Mediagazer: Meta is working to extend its fact-checking to Threads in early 2024; ratings currently only appear on Threads content with matching Facebook or Instagram posts (Malak Saleh/Engadget)

1:40 PM ET, December 13, 2023

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Malak Saleh / Engadget:

Meta is working to extend its fact-checking to Threads in early 2024; ratings currently only appear on Threads content with matching Facebook or Instagram posts — The program will roll out next year, according to executives. — Threads is going to make an effort to moderate more of the user-generated content on the platform.

Discussion: The Verge, MediaPost, TechCrunch, @mosseri@threads.net and Social Media Today, more at Techmeme »

Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:

Axel Springer signs a multiyear deal with OpenAI, which plans to offer ChatGPT news summaries and use Politico, Business Insider, and others to train AI models — Generative-AI company reaches multiyear pact with owner of Politico, Business Insider and major European properties

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Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:

Sources: the EU plans to hit Apple with a ban on anti-steering App Store rules for music streaming rivals and a possible fine in 2024, after Spotify's complaint — - EU to ban allegedly abusive App Store rules for music rivals — Antitrust decision due early 2024 and could come with fines

Discussion: Reuters, AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, @teroterotero and The Information, more at Techmeme »

Ken Bensinger / New York Times:

A look at a small group of video meme-makers, who are effectively serving as a shadow online ad agency for Donald Trump's 2024 campaign by flooding social media — A team of meme-makers has been flooding social media with pro-Trump posts riddled with sexist and racist tropes. Donald Trump is cheering them on.

Discussion: @johncardillo, @justin_vogt and @markjacob16

Jay Peters / The Verge:

Netflix publishes its first What We Watched report, detailing the most-watched content from January to June 2023; The Night Agent was #1 with 812M+ hours viewed — Netflix is going to start publishing a new report twice a year that details the most popular shows and movies on the platform.

Katie Campione / Deadline:
Analysis: Netflix's H1 2023 viewership report gives an insight into its renewals and cancellations, the Top 100 list is dominated by original content, and more

Benjamin Parkin / Financial Times:

Pro-government news outlets and influencers in Bangladesh are promoting disinformation created with AI startups' cheap tools ahead of the January 2024 elections — Ahead of South Asian nation going to the polls in January, AI-generated disinformation has become a growing problem

Discussion: @1br0wn, @areeqchowdhury, @tobywalsh and @valayism

Jake Kanter / Deadline:

At a UK hearing, BBC Chair Samir Shah discusses Gary Lineker's recent X posts, saying that repeated rows over them does “damage to the reputation” of the BBC — The BBC's incoming chairman has yet to step foot on the corporation's premises, but he has already waded into his first scandal.

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Scott Roxborough / The Hollywood Reporter:

The EU Parliament decides not to ban geo-blocking for films and TV content, after 600+ companies, including sports leagues, signed a letter opposing the ban — Parliament opted to further assess the potential impact of a geo-blocking ban, which the audio-visual industry claims …

Matthew Keys / The Desk:

Fox News shakes up its executive structure, including making Porter Berry Fox News Digital's EIC and changing oversight of Fox Nation and Fox Business Network — Fox Corporation's Fox News Media has promoted five of its executives to new roles within the division.

Discussion: The Wrap, Variety, Media Play News, @jeremymbarr, @jeremymbarr and Hollywood Reporter

Ruth Michaelson / The Guardian:

A profile of Plestia Alaqad, one of several nontraditional journalists with large Instagram followings who have documented the Israel-Hamas war from inside Gaza — Plestia Alaqad went from Instagrammer to reporter after her footage of Israel's assault on besieged enclave went viral

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David Ingram / NBC News:

Media Matters sues Texas AG Ken Paxton in federal court, saying Paxton violated the First Amendment by opening a probe into Media Matters' reporting about X — In a complaint filed in federal court Monday, Media Matters asked a judge to determine whether Attorney General Ken Paxton violated its constitutional rights.

Discussion: National Review, @aridrennen, @lproulx.bsky.social, Los Angeles Blade, The Daily Beast, Reclaim The Net, UPI, The Hill, The Messenger, Fox News and BizPac Review

Jasper Jolly / The Guardian:

Hipgnosis sold 20K “non-core” songs for $23.1M, a 14% discount to their September 30 valuation, and plans to use proceeds to pay back some revolving credit — London-listed music investor sells ‘non-core’ song rights at a discount to raise cash as it battles debt pile

Discussion: @cultrhack, Music Business Worldwide, Billboard, Music Ally and CMU

Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:

Ampere: Disney+ and Hulu combined would have more popular titles in the US than any other service and its catalog size would rank second only to Prime Video — The streamers' merged content catalog size would rank second only to Amazon Prime Video and ahead of Netflix, according to Ampere Analytics.

Discussion: UPI, @minddestroyedx, @ampereanalysis, Ampere Analysis, @tvgrimreaper and Niko Burton on LinkedIn

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