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Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Ned Blackhawk wins the National Book Award for nonfiction and Justin Torres wins for fiction; 12+ nominees issue a statement seeking an Israel-Hamas cease-fire — Justin Torres' novel “Blackouts,” a daring and illustrated narrative that blends history and imagination in its recounting …
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Zibby's Highlights, Vulture, Literary Hub, Publishers Weekly, New York Times, NPR and Los Angeles Times
Tom Jones / Poynter:
How the Washington Post decided to publish an extremely graphic report on mass shootings, aiming to balance showing the reality and avoiding desensitization — ‘We just felt that there was a lack of understanding of what actually happens in these shootings,’ the Post's executive editor told Poynter.
Will Knight / Wired:
YouTube lets some Shorts creators test Dream Track, a new DeepMind-powered AI tool to generate and remix music in the styles of nine artists, including Sia — YouTube creators will get to test a new AI tool that generates and remixes music in the style of several famous musicians, including Sia, Demi Lovato, and T-Pain.
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YouTube Official Blog, The Wrap, Billboard, The Guardian, The Daily Beast, Amanda Carl on LinkedIn, Deepti Jasti on LinkedIn, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Vadim Lavrusik on LinkedIn, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, The Verge, @keunwoochoi, @pushmeet, @vaibhavk97, @mealreplacer, @andrewcurran_, @andrewcurran_, Music Ally, @jannespijkervet, @catalinacangea, The Verge, @sedielem, @giffmana, CMU and Billboard, more at Techmeme »
Dan Sheehan / Literary Hub:
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Anne Boyer resigns as The New York Times Magazine's poetry editor, objecting to “ghoulish euphemisms” about Palestinian suffering — It's been a hell of a 24 hours for writers demonstrating moral courage. — Last night at the National Book Awards …
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@danpjsheehan, @aliner, @afrofatalism and @athena@union.place
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
An interview with Newsquest CEO Henry Faure Walker about bucking the trend of regional press decline, AI experiments, digital subscriptions, and more — Online paywalls, AI experiments and local ad sales all came up in the rare interview. — The chief executive of the UK's second biggest …
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Henry Faure Walker on LinkedIn
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A group of 10 staff members at podcast company Pushkin Industries unionize through the WGA East, with the management voluntarily recognizing the proposed unit — The unionization effort comes amid a broader retrenchment in the podcasting market
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Hollywood Reporter and @ashleyrcarman
Aditya Kalra / Reuters:
Sources: India's Reliance signs a deal with The Pokémon Company to exclusively stream 1,000+ TV episodes and ~20 movies on JioCinema, to compete with Disney — The entertainment unit of India's Reliance (RELI.NS) has signed a deal with The Pokemon Company to show children's shows …
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@adityakalra and @adityakalra
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Study: there are ~6,000 local newspapers left in the US, down from 8,891 in 2005; 4,790 publish weekly and 6.4% of counties don't have a local news outlet — The decline of local newspapers accelerated so rapidly in 2023 that analysts now believe the U.S. will have lost one-third of the newspapers …
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Local News Initiative, Sara Fischer on LinkedIn, @sarafischer and Poynter
Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
A look at the precedent of journalists from the US news organizations embedding with the IDF, which has reignited a debate about the ethics of the practice — On November 4, CNN broadcast a report on the Israel-Hamas war that was unlike any of its prior coverage: Jeremy Diamond …
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@edieocre, @newrepublic, @saddamscribe, @edieocre, @newrepublic, @newrepublic, @newrepublic, @newrepublic and Hollywood Reporter
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Pew: 30% of US adults regularly get their news from Facebook, 26% from YouTube, 16% from Instagram, 14% TikTok, 12% X, 8% Reddit, and 5% Nextdoor and LinkedIn — Facebook may be ready to divorce the news business, but it's still the No. 1 source of news on social media for Americans.
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
GB News launches a paid membership scheme offering access to paywalled content, members-only events, a newsletter, and more for £5, £10, or £20 per month — The new GB News memberships cost between £5 and £20 monthly. — GB News has introduced …
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@chrismsutcliffe
Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter:
Warner Music Group reports Q4 revenue up 6% YoY to $1.58B, net income up 3% YoY to $154M, and says overall yearly revenue surpasses $6B, a first — The major label behind Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa and Cardi B saw overall yearly revenue for fiscal 2023 surpass $6 billion for the first time.
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Billboard and Warner Music Group
Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters:
Spotify expands Spotify Audience Network, its advertising marketplace for podcasts launched in 2021, to five new markets, including Sweden and India — Music streaming company Spotify (SPOT.N) on Thursday said it will launch its advertising marketplace for podcasts in five new markets, including Sweden and India.
Josh Ye / Reuters:
Source: ByteDance's Douyin tests letting some creators with 100K+ followers add paywalls to parts of their videos; Chinese media reports Douyin takes a 30% cut — TikTok owner ByteDance is testing a paywall feature for content creators on its short video platform Douyin in China …
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