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10:25 AM ET, May 17, 2024

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Arasu Kannagi Basil / Reuters:

OpenAI and Reddit partner to bring Reddit content to OpenAI tools including ChatGPT via Reddit's Data API and to add AI features to Reddit; RDDT is up 12%+ — Reddit (RDDT.N) has partnered with OpenAI to bring the social media platform's content to popular chatbot ChatGPT …

Mia Sato / The Verge:

Memo: Gannett is adding AI-generated summaries to the top of some stories, with a disclaimer at the bottom; some USA Today stories already show the summaries — Gannett, the media company that owns hundreds of newspapers in the US, is launching a new program that adds AI-generated bullet points …

Discussion: @roc_howe, @kennysmith@mstdn.social, @rocnewsguild, @miasato.2@threads.net, Digiday and Futurism

Steven Waldman / @stevenwaldman:

The California Senate Appropriations Committee approves a bill imposing fees on Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon to pay for local news through employment tax credits — The California Senate Appropriations Committee minutes ago approved Sen. Glazer's bill to put a fee on Alphabet, Meta & Amazon to pay for reviving local news (through employment tax credits). 1st time such a fee would be dedicated to saving local news. https://www.rebuildlocalnews.org/ ...

Discussion: @danibergstrom and @mattdpearce

Jon Campbell / Gothamist:
New York's $90M employment tax credit for local news outlets currently excludes publicly traded TV and radio companies as well as nonprofit news outlets

Discussion: @wesleylowery, Variety, @nicdawes, @nicdawes, @baekdal, @vitalcitynyc, @civiletti, @nicdawes, @joncampbellny, @giambusso and @christrobbins

Emily Tomasik / Pew Research Center:

Survey: 39% of Americans say it is at least somewhat important that they get news from journalists who share their political views — Most Americans say it is not important that the news they get comes from journalists who share their political views, age, gender or other traits.

Discussion: @mediathoughts

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Disney, Fox, and WBD unveil the name of their sports streaming venture: Venu Sports, whose debut is planned for fall 2024 — “We are excited to officially introduce Venu Sports, a brand that we feel captures the spirit of an all-new streaming home where sports fans outside …

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:

Sony Music sends letters to 700+ AI companies, developers, and music streaming platforms warning over the “unauthorized use” of Sony's content in training AI — Music group representing Adele and Beyoncé contacts more than 700 companies to prohibit use of content

CNN's Reliable Sources:

Michael Cohen testifies about his ties to reporters during Donald Trump's NY trial, showing the complicated relationships journalists often have with sources — The Donald Trump hush money trial is dragging reporters into uncomfortable territory and laying bare the complicated relationships journalists often have with sources.

Discussion: The Hill, Reuters Institute, @chriscillizza, @ravishinginplaid@threads.net, @jeffplatsky, @ravishinginplaid@threads.net, @bgrueskin, @saintbridge@threads.net, @katiephang@threads.net, @katiephang@threads.net, @katiephang@threads.net, @oliverdarcy@threads.net, @katiephang@threads.net, @clydehaberman, Breitbart, @webby2001@threads.net, @mindys4biden and Daily Kos

Jem Aswad / Variety:

In a lawsuit, the Mechanical Licensing Collective claims Spotify's recent subscription offers that bundle music and audiobooks would result in lower royalties — The lawsuit states that, beginning in March 2024, Spotify announced that its Premium Individual, Duo and Family subscription streaming plans …

Discussion: Music Ally, Fortune, Music Business Worldwide, Billboard and Digital Music News

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:

Sources: many NPR employees expressed anger or concern over the Backstop, a new layer of editors who will review all of NPR's journalism before it is released — Many employees have expressed concern that a new group of six editors called the Backstop will be unnecessary and slow down NPR's journalism.

Discussion: NPR, Columbia Journalism Review, @jayrosen_nyu, @lydenfreeagent, @lowkell, @donlinn, @obviousdwest@hachyderm.io and Current

Cade Metz / New York Times:

Two voice actors sue AI startup Lovo, saying it illegally used recordings of their voices to make audio clones without their permission; Lovo denies the claims — Two voice actors say an A.I. company created clones of their voices without their permission. Now they're suing.

Discussion: Marilyn Simes on LinkedIn, @charlescmann, @davidmackau, @albertfong98, @omunderdal, Frank Verderosa on LinkedIn, Avi Bar-Zeev on LinkedIn, The Wrap, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter

Erin Doherty / Axios:

The Biden-Harris campaign accepts an invitation from CBS News to participate in a vice presidential debate on July 23 or August 13 — - “We look forward to the Trump campaign accepting one of these dates so that the full debate calendar for this campaign can be set,” the Biden campaign said.

Discussion: CNN, Fox News, Associated Press, New York Daily News, Adweek, New York Post, Fox News, New Republic, Mediaite and The Hill

Lili Bayer / The Guardian:

Some Slovakian ministers and political allies of Prime Minister Robert Fico blame the media for the attempt on Fico's life — Journalists voice concern after senior figures from ruling coalition blame independent outlets and opposition parties for incident

Discussion: Balkan Insight, Financial Times, New York Times, PolitiFact, Politico, Associated Press, ICIJ, Breitbart, CBS News, The Sun, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Foreign Policy, The Hill, The Daily Beast, Al Jazeera, The White House and Reuters

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