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Casey Newton / Platformer:
Sources: Stanford Internet Observatory is winding down after five years and won't conduct research into any future elections; Stanford may retain SIO's branding — After five years of pioneering research into the abuse of social platforms, the Stanford Internet Observatory is winding down.
Boone Ashworth / Wired:
Yahoo debuts a revamped version of its free Yahoo News app, powered by Artifact's AI tech, after acquiring the Instagram co-founders' news app in April 2024 — Artifact, the news app startup from Instagram's cofounders, was purchased by Yahoo earlier this year.
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Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab:
The Insider Union asks BI management to share details of its OpenAI licensing deal, citing issues with ChatGPT's inaccurate or missing links to Insider scoops — “We are...deeply worried that despite this partnership, OpenAI may be downplaying rather than elevating our works,” Business Insider's union wrote in a letter to management.
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@davetroy, @laurengoode, @estherbrooklyn, Talking Biz News, @decka227, @themckenziest and @krustelkram
Meg Anderson / NPR:
A look at Prison Mirror, one of the US' oldest prison newspapers, running since 1887, made by and for the people held at the Minnesota Correctional Facility — Inside a state prison near Stillwater, Minn., past the armed guards and the wings of cells stacked one on top of another …
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@johncarson, @meerabee, @omunderdal, @spj_tweets, Prison Journalism Project on LinkedIn and @camilosmith
Helen Davidson / The Guardian:
A Chinese court sentences Sophia Huang Xueqin, who reported on #MeToo movement and Hong Kong pro-democracy protests, to 5 years on state subversion charges — Sophia Huang Xueqin, who reported on #MeToo movement and Hong Kong pro-democracy protests, sentenced along with labour activist Wang Jianbing
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Voice of America, Committee to Protect …, @sophiedrich, @jfsteinfeld, CBS News, New York Times and Coalition For Women …
Jeff Jarvis / Whither news?:
A look at the problems of new legislation to support journalism, through state tax money or fees on Big Tech, in California, New York, and Canada — Newspaper lobbyists look out only for themselves — Whither news? — · — Just now — California legislators have amended …
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@jeffjarvis, @timmcguire, @progresschamber, @gaufre, @gaufre, @jeffjarvis, @danablankenhorn@threads.net and @pehoco@threads.net
Michael Schaffer / Politico:
Sources say the publisher Little, Brown canceled prominent journalist Jason Zengerle's biography of Tucker Carlson, partly due to Carlson's mainstream absence — A major publisher just canceled a big-budget book on the former Fox News star, cementing his mainstream absence.
Digiday:
GroupM expects global ad spending excluding political advertising to grow 7.8% in 2024, a bump from its original 5.3% forecast; Dentsu also bumped its forecast — Don't ever say that uncertainty stops ad spending. — So far this year, it's held up strong despite regional conflicts …
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@digiday, Michael Burke on LinkedIn, Gregory Jensen on LinkedIn and WORLD SCREEN
Megan Cattel / Nieman Reports:
Q&A with Ibrahaim Abdelbaki, the editor of BBC Arabic's Lifeline Service in Gaza, on providing information to displaced citizens, reporting challenges, and more — How the BBC Arabic's Lifeline Service in Gaza is delivering vital information to displaced citizens and airing first-hand accounts of survivors.
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Investigation: Google returned AI-written summaries for ~25% of news-related US search queries in mid-May 2024, with organic links pushed far down the page — The dramatic impact of Google's AI-written summaries on search result visibility for publishers has been revealed through exclusive new research.
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Future Media, Dominic Ponsford on LinkedIn, @laurahelmuth@mastodon.social and KHOU-TV
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK nonprofit The Bureau of Investigative Journalism launches paid memberships and explores other revenue streams to address a £250,000 funding shortfall — The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) is on a mission to diversify its revenue away from relying on foundations as …
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Sheila Dang / Reuters:
A US judge orders X's lawsuit against Media Matters over accusations of misrepresenting the amount of antisemitic content on X will go to trial on April 7, 2025 — Social media platform X's lawsuit against media watchdog group Media Matters will head to trial on April 7, 2025, a U.S. District judge ordered on Thursday.
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