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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.
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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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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
A profile of Nandini Jammi, a co-founder of Check My Ads, a nonprofit using social media to call out companies whose ads appear on far-right creators' websites — Nandini Jammi is fighting to defund right-wing influencers like Alex Jones — When Elon Musk reinstated far-right influencer …
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Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
Sources: sparked by Spotify's complaint in 2019, the EU may fine Apple in 2024 and plans to ban its anti-steering App Store rules used on music streaming rivals — - EU to ban allegedly abusive App Store rules for music rivals — Antitrust decision due early 2024 and could come with fines
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Macworld, 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.
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@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.
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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
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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
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@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.
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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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CBS News and Committee to Protect …
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.
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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
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@cultrhack, Music Business Worldwide, Billboard, Music Ally and CMU
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