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@apnewsguild:
The AP News Guild reaches an agreement on a three-year deal after 19+ months of bargaining, securing raises and protection against “riskier aspects” of AI — After more than 19 months of bargaining, the @APNewsGuild has reached an agreement with @AP on a three-year deal. [image]
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Stephanie Sugars / U.S. Press Freedom Tracker:
A look at instances of the US criminalizing routine journalism in 2023, from arrests or detainments to courts demanding that journalists identify their sources — Stephanie Sugars from Freedom of the Press Foundation — Charges criminalized routine newsgathering, from seeking comment to protecting sources
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@uspresstracker, @uspresstracker, @robert_gerhardt, TucsonSentinel.com, Freedom of the Press …, Poynter and ScheerPost.com
New York Times:
Sources: Apple discussed multiyear deals worth $50M+ with publishers including NBC News, Condé Nast, and IAC to train its generative AI systems on news articles — The company has discussed multiyear deals worth at least $50 million to train its generative A.I. systems on publishers' news articles.
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Liam Reilly / CNN:
The Washington Post Guild reaches a tentative deal on a new contract, guaranteeing employee essential rights, securing raises, and nearly doubling salary floors — The Washington Post Guild, the union that represents roughly 1,000 of the newspaper's staffers, reached a tentative agreement Friday …
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Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
The Washington Post Guild says “the company seems to have exceeded its buyout goal” — Managers “are attempting to bribe some colleagues to stay,” the Washington Post Guild told members Tuesday. — More people than expected have volunteered to take buyouts from the Washington Post …
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@froomkin, The Daily Beast, CNN, New York Post, Talking Biz News and Poynter
Ken White / The Popehat Report:
Substack brands itself as avoiding value judgments, but its justification for allowing certain offensive speech is full of value judgments, chosen to make money — Dealing With Nazis, Or Not, Can Be A Brand. Substack's Monetizing It. — Substack has Nazis, because of course it does.
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Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie doubles down on not moderating Nazi content, after 200+ authors criticize the company for “platforming and monetizing Nazis”
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Ethan Zuckerman:
A study estimates that there are 13.3B+ videos on YouTube, of which 4B+ were posted to the platform in 2023, and the median YouTube video has 39 views — I got interested in this question a few years ago, when I started writing about the “denominator problem”.
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@pauladamsmith@threads.net, @e_salvaggio, @dloss, @wholemarsblog, @ethanz and Journal of Quantitative …, more at Techmeme »
Current:
An excerpt from the book What Works in Community News on the digital nonprofit NJ Spotlight News, which launched in May 2010 and was acquired by NJ PBS in 2019 — Amid the crisis in local news, there are signs of hope as new media outlets arise to address community concerns and deliver vital information.
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Media Nation
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
Spotify pulls support for two music festivals in France, in protest against a new tax that would impose a levy of 1.5% to 1.75% on all music streaming services — Spotify is pulling support for two music festivals in protest against a controversial new tax directed at music-streaming platforms operating …
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The Hill, NME, The Verge and Digital Music News
Tory Shepherd / The Guardian:
Australian ABC radio journalist Antoinette Lattouf files an unlawful termination claim, saying she was fired over her social media posts on the Israel-Hamas war — Journalist's submission seeks a declaration the ABC breached the Fair Work Act, compensation and a penalty for the broadcaster
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@Qldaah@aus.social, Mumbrella, Sydney Morning Herald, Mumbrella, Crikey and ABC
Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Lionsgate unveils a deal to spin off its studios business, comprising its TV and movie divisions and a 20K-title library, via a SPAC merger at a $4.6B valuation — The Hollywood giant has tied up with a blank check company to create a separately traded public company and eventually separate its studio businesss from Starz.
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Albany Times Union:
A hyperlocal site falsely reported a murder in Newburgh, New York, prompting a debate about its media ethics and the city's policy for handling media inquiries — A hyperlocal news site falsely reports a killing, and city officials pounce — NEWBURGH — On Dec. 4, a hyperlocal digital news site based …
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@revkin and @brianstelter@threads.net
Reuters:
Some analysts say a WBD and Paramount merger would likely leave the companies “worse off”: billions deeper in debt and saddled with dying traditional TV assets — Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.O) and Paramount Global (PARA.O) are likely to be “worse off” together as a merger …
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
A look at the financial pressures on National Amusements and Paramount, as Shari Redstone weighs a sale of her family's controlling stake in National Amusements
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New York Post, @benmullin, Variety, Awful Announcing, Financial Times, TrekMovie.com and New York Post
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