Mediagazer: A look at Nightshade and Glaze, UChicago researchers' tools that help artists “mask” or even “poison” their work to break AI models later trained on the data (Melissa Heikkilä/MIT Technology Review)

2:30 PM ET, October 24, 2023

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The entertainment industry grapples with the same debates over the Israel-Hamas war that are playing out on college campuses, in offices, and among friends — Dave Chappelle spars with a fan; writers union members criticize leaders over silence — A midshow spat between comedian Dave Chappelle and a fan.

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Sharon Knolle / The Wrap:
WGA East explains that it hasn't released a public statement about the Israel-Hamas war to protect its journalist members, which make up 40% of the guild

Discussion: Bollyinside, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, New York Times and WGA for Peace

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:

Sources: Apple will update tvOS with a redesigned TV app around December and remove some of its dedicated apps on the Apple TV to steer more users to the TV app — - Company envisions one place for customers to find video — Dedicated apps for buying movies and shows will be phased out

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Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review:

A look at Nightshade and Glaze, UChicago researchers' tools that help artists “mask” or even “poison” their work to break AI models later trained on the data — A new tool lets artists add invisible changes to the pixels in their art before they upload it online …

Discussion: Krista Jäntti on LinkedIn, @vruz@mastodon.social, Theo Priestley on LinkedIn, Dubravko Dolic on LinkedIn, Engadget, @ashedryden@scholar.social, Rafael Brown on LinkedIn, @rthornton777@mastodon.social, Prof J. Mark Bishop on LinkedIn, @moh_kohn@mastodon.scot and @00Aaron@social.coop, more at Techmeme »

Brian Schwartz / CNBC:

Tucker Carlson's Last Country signs its first advertising deal, with conservative-friendly shopping app Public Square worth at least $1M — - Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson's new media company signed its first advertising deal. — The agreement is with conservative-friendly …

Discussion: The Wrap and @pogue.bsky.social

Anja Karadeglija / National Post:

The Canadian Association of Broadcasters urges the government to include services beyond Google's and Meta's, like Apple News, in the Online News Act — The association said only Google and Meta are covered by the Online News Act, ‘even though there are other platforms that benefit from the distribution of news content’

Discussion: @jbenton and @jbenton

The Daily Beast:

Sources: The Messenger staffers push to unionize amid concerns, including its AI partnership with Seekr and its president suggesting the site is “out of money” — Staffers at the struggling media start-up are pushing to unionize as they deal with a slew of new woes …

Discussion: The Wrap, Mediaite, @jbenton, @jayrosen_nyu, @mediaevan, @jayrosen_nyu, @jbenton and @paleofuture.bsky.social

Elvira Pollina / Reuters:

DAZN and Sky retain the rights to screen live matches of Italy's Serie A for the next five seasons, after Italian soccer clubs approved bids worth €4.5B+ — DAZN and Sky will keep the rights to screen live Serie A matches in Italy for the next five seasons after Italian clubs …

Discussion: Forbes, The Athletic, SportsPro, WORLD SCREEN, Sportico, Broadband TV News, Front Office Sports and Bloomberg

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:

Spotify Q3: revenue up 11% YoY to €3.4B, MAUs up 26% to 574M, subscribers up 16% YoY to 226M, and €32M operating income, vs. a €44.6M loss est.; SPOT jumps 9%+ — Spotify Technology SA rose the most since January after the music-streaming giant reported third-quarter results …

Discussion: Yahoo Finance, Digital Music News, The Information, The Wrap, The Verge, Deadline, Billboard, Music Ally, @richlightshed, The Hollywood Reporter and Spotify, more at Techmeme »

Brian Steinberg / Variety:

Streaming services, including Hulu, Peacock, and Max, are increasingly showing “pause ads”, which appear a few seconds after a viewer pauses the programming — Time for a different sort of commercial break. — Any subscriber to the ad-supported version of Hulu is bound …

Discussion: Coleman Insights and ComingSoon.net, more at Techmeme »

CNN:

Asked about their coverage of the hospital bombing in Gaza, WSJ declines to comment, the AP and Al Jazeera ignore inquiries, Reuters and CNN admit no fault — Most news organizations seem eager to sweep last week's negligent coverage of the Gaza hospital explosion under the rug …

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Crunchyroll launches its streaming service on Amazon's Prime Video Channels, starting at $7.99 per month in the US, Canada, Sweden, and the UK — If you're a Prime Video subscriber, beginning today, you can start streaming Crunchyroll, the popular anime service, right from inside the Prime Video app.

Discussion: Screen Rant, The Streamable, The Streamable, Billboard, Engadget, Cord Cutters News, The Wrap, Next TV, Deadline, About Amazon, Collider and Media Play News

Science:

Science journal eLife fires Editor-in-Chief Michael Eisen for posting an Onion article on X regarding Palestinians; fellow editor Lara Urban resigns in protest — eLife's Michael Eisen ousted for social media posts perceived as siding with Palestinians over Israel

Discussion: New York Post, @acdha@thepit.social, Mediaite, @gonzalormoreira, @mostlyphysics@fediscience.org, @mbeisen, The Daily Beast, @agoldmund, @heavyredaction, @elisabethbik.bsky.social and @kameryn.bsky.social

Tyler Cowen / Marginal REVOLUTION:

Tyler Cowen announces econgoat.ai, the first “generative book” that lets readers query the material to create more content, derived from a 100K-word manuscript — I am pleased to announce and present my new project, available here, free of charge.

Discussion: @pogue.bsky.social, more at Techmeme »

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