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4:05 PM ET, September 18, 2024

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David Pierce / The Verge:
YouTube launches Communities, a space where creators can let fans post content and chat, and Community Hub, which shows creators all their channel's activity  —  Many creators post videos on YouTube but take to other platforms to actually interact with their fans and viewers.
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
The EU's General Court backs Google's challenge against the EU's €1.49B antitrust fine, imposed in 2019 for hindering rivals in online search ads  —  Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google won a legal challenge on Wednesday against a 1.49 billion euro ($1.7 billion) European Union antitrust fine …
Doric Sam / Bleacher Report:
ESPN's NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski is leaving after seven years to become general manager of the men's basketball program at his alma mater St. Bonaventure  —  In a stunning turn of events, ESPN lost arguably the best basketball insider in media on Wednesday.
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Patreon adds Autopilot, which predicts free members that are most likely to upgrade and offers discounts, after finding upgrade rates grew by ~19% in testing  —  Patreon is rolling out new automated features for creators to convert free members to paid ones.
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Lionsgate, the studio behind The Hunger Games, John Wick, and Twilight, signs a deal with Runway to use generative AI in its movies and TV shows  —  Hollywood studio will give the tech company access to its library of movies and shows in exchange for a custom-built AI model
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Memos: Spotify VP and Head of Content Business Sahar Elhabashi plans to leave at the end of 2024; Roman Wasenmüller will become interim podcast head  —  Sahar Elhabashi, VP and head of the podcast business at Spotify, will leave the streaming giant at the end of 2024 after six years at the company.
Discussion: Radio Ink and Podnews
Podnews:
WARC forecasts Spotify's global advertising revenue to grow 13% YoY to $2.1B in 2024; podcast ad revenue growth outpaced increases in music ad monetization  —  Spotify, the world's most popular audio streaming subscription service, is now turning to opportunities in the video advertising space whilst making …
Axios:
Major US networks are eyeing local sports rights as part of their streaming and broadcast portfolios, while NBA and MLB explore ways to nationalize local rights  —  - That has allowed local TV giants like Scripps and Gray TV to compete for sports rights.  — While teams are striking …
 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ex-Guardian Media Editor Jim Waterson launches London Centric, a Substack for “in-depth journalism” covering London, charging £7.95 per month or £79.50 per year
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
LinkedIn confirms training its AI on user data by default, and says it is “making sure that those who have specific privacy preferences” can opt out
Oliver Darcy / Status:
CNN quietly pulled some primetime shows, including Anderson Cooper 360, over the summer from CNN Max, which remains in beta for its first anniversary
Discussion: LION Publishers
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Law360 workers end their strike after reaching a five-year contract deal that lifts wages by an average of 12%, includes an average bonus of $9,000, and more
Sanjai P R / Bloomberg:
UK filing: Zee Entertainment says Disney's Indian unit is seeking $940M in damages after Zee defaulted on payment for TV rights of cricket matches
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Nathan J. Robinson / Current Affairs:
The Atlantic poses as a magazine of thoughtful ideas, but its writers get away with sloppy, unsupported arguments, and its errors are long-lasting and insidious
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Five contestants in Beast Games sue MrBeast and Amazon, claiming unpaid wages, emotional distress, the production failed to prevent sexual harassment, and more
 

 
From Techmeme:

Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog:
DeepSeek releases MIT-licensed DeepSeek-V3-0324, the latest version of their enormous DeepSeek v3 model; the previous DeepSeek v3 version had a custom license

Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog:
Alibaba releases Qwen2.5-VL-32B, a 32B open model under Apache 2.0, claims better alignment with human preferences and math reasoning than earlier 2.5 VL models

Matthew Griffin / Bloomberg:
eToro files for an IPO, with plans to list on the Nasdaq, and reports 2024 revenue of $12.6B, about 96% of which was from cryptoassets, and net income of $192M

 
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