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1:50 PM ET, September 29, 2023

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Letterboxd's founders sell a majority stake to Victoria-based Tiny; a source says the deal values the film-focused social network with ~10M users at $50M+  —  Two designers from New Zealand built a wildly popular social network for movie buffs.  Now, they're cashing in (and sticking around for the sequel).
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Podcast company Pushkin Industries is laying off 17 of its 54 employees, its second round of cuts in 2023, and making changes to its leadership team  —  ‘The Tipping Point’ author will step into editorial director role as part of executive shakeup  —  Bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell's company …
The Marshall Project:
The Marshall Project launches its second local news operation in Jackson, Mississippi, with two reporters starting October 2  —  Two journalists will produce enterprise and investigative journalism for audiences across Mississippi, including those affected by its criminal justice system.
Bob Sillick / Editor and Publisher:
A look at Agenda Watch, built by Stanford's Big Local News, which scrapes public agencies' documents to help reporters on city hall, police, and schools beats  —  A journalist's job can be exciting: uncovering a critical lead for a new story or elbowing aside a gaggle of other media pros to question a government official.
Washington Post:
The Supreme Court agrees to hear two cases concerning whether Florida and Texas can restrict social media companies from removing political posts or accounts  —  The Supreme Court on Friday said it would wade into the future of free speech online and decide whether laws passed in Texas …
Naomi Clarke / The Independent:
GB News presenter Calvin Robinson says he has been suspended for defending Dan Wootton online, making him the channel's third suspended presenter  —  Robinson hosts a religious current affairs programme on the channel. … GB News presenter Calvin Robinson has said the broadcaster has suspended …
Nieman Lab:
Two experts warn generative AI could threaten press freedom by deepening media dependence on tech companies and urge journalists to develop power to shape AI  —  Generative AI systems act like “stochastic parrots,” using statistical models to guess word orders and pixel placements.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
AMC Networks launches an ad-supported AMC+ tier for $4.99 per month, featuring fewer than five minutes of ads per hour and the same programming as ad-free  —  AMC Networks has joined the ranks of ad-supported streaming.  —  The company said Thursday that it has begun rolling …
Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap:
Negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and video game companies end without a deal; the current contract will continue as the sides “make final efforts to reach a deal”  —  Current contract extended as groups prepare for “final efforts” to reach a new agreement
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Society of Professional Journalists treasurer Israel Balderas, as membership and revenue dwindle; its foundation still has $14M in the bank
Drew Richardson / CNBC:
After Media Matters found NFL ads placed on white nationalist accounts on X, the NFL says it “expressed our concerns to X to understand and rectify the issue”
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Google lets publishers use a robots.txt flag to opt out of the company using their data to train its AI models, while remaining accessible through Google Search
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Tony Stubblebine / The Medium Blog:
Medium plans to block AI companies from training on posts published on Medium until the company can get concessions regarding credit, compensation, and consent
Songtradr:
Music licensing marketplace Songtradr acquires Bandcamp and plans to keep operating Bandcamp as a marketplace and community with an artist-first revenue share
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Wall Street Journal:
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Emma Agyemang / Financial Times:
Around 58 countries now offer a digital nomad visa, as governments compete with each other to attract talent; the number of US digital nomads hit 17.3M in 2023
 
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