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Nielsen: the Harris-Trump debate drew ~67.14M US viewers across multiple networks, almost 16M more viewers than the final Biden-Trump debate in June — That number was up 31% from the 51.266 million who tuned in to Trump's debate with president Joe Biden (from CNN) in June, before the latter dropped out to endorse Harris.
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How Linsey Davis and David Muir firmly pursued real-time fact-checking to build guardrails around Trump in the ABC News debate between Trump and Harris — Calmly and firmly, Linsey Davis and David Muir pursued the kind of real-time fact-checking missing from many previous debates.
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Bluesky rolls out the ability to post videos of up to 60 seconds with optional attached subtitles; each post can contain one video, and adult content is allowed — Bluesky, the social networking startup now nearing 10 million users thanks to X's ban in Brazil, will now allow users to share videos …

Oahu Publications, which owns Hawaii newspapers, is using AI-generated newscasters on the YouTube and Instagram channels of The Garden Island, launched in 1902 — A company that owns several newspapers in Hawaii is using AI-generated newscasters to create video news segments against the wishes …
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Shares of Truth Social owner Trump Media closed down over 10% after Trump's debate with Harris, ending at their lowest level since they began publicly trading — The share price of Trump Media plunged more than 13% on Wednesday, a day after majority shareholder Donald Trump gave …
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Forbes' unionized editorial staff passes a vote of no confidence in CEO Mike Federle and chief content officer Randall Lane, over pay issues and more — The unionized editorial staff of Forbes, represented by The NewsGuild of New York, has overwhelmingly passed a vote of no confidence …
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Amazon's Prime Video adds AI-driven “Prime Insights”, expands interactive ad formats, and adds 50 new brands as advertisers for Thursday Night Football — As it gets ready to kick off its third season of exclusive streams of Thursday Night Football, Prime Video is rolling …
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Tune.fm, a music streaming service with an integrated NFT marketplace that offers blockchain micropayments to artists, raised $50M from Global Emerging Markets — The fresh capital brings Tune.fm's total funding to $80 million. The funds will be used to reward artists and users within the platform.

Nine CEO Mike Sneesby steps down and will depart the company at the end of September after over three years in the role; CFO Matt Stanton is named interim CEO — Nine chief executive Mike Sneesby will depart the company at the end of September after 3½ years in the role.
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Sources: a group led by Dovid Efune, conservative publisher of The New York Sun, bids for The Telegraph; source: backers include Oaktree and Hudson Bay Capital — The Scoop — A group of North American financiers led by a low-profile, British-born conservative publisher have emerged …
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A group of Democratic senators asks the FTC and DOJ to probe whether AI tools that summarize online content like news may amount to anticompetitive practices — A group of Democratic senators is urging the FTC and Justice Department to investigate whether AI tools that summarize …
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Seoul-based Spoon Labs, which operates an audio streamer called Spoon and a short video app called Vigloo, raised ~$89.3M from PUBG publisher Krafton — It's the firm's largest investment in a non-gaming area to date — PUBG firm Krafton has invested KRW 120 billion ($89.3 million) in streaming company Spoon Labs.
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