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Sources: Linda Yaccarino told close contacts that some advertisers returning and xAI acquiring X, which effectively demoted her, made it a good time to depart — The X CEO stabilized the social-media company's ad business, but contended with an erratic boss and pressure to move faster
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
X CEO Linda Yaccarino says that “after two incredible years, I've decided to step down”; X hired Yaccarino in June 2023 after she ran NBCUniversal's ad business
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New York Times:
Sources: Linda Yaccarino had discussed with X employees her plans to leave the company earlier this week, before Grok's antisemitic replies
Sources: Linda Yaccarino had discussed with X employees her plans to leave the company earlier this week, before Grok's antisemitic replies
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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Google adds image-to-video generation to Veo 3 in the Gemini app for Pro and Ultra subscribers, and says users have created 40M+ videos since Veo 3's May launch — Google said on Thursday it's adding an image-to-video generation feature to its Veo 3 AI video generator through its Gemini app.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The UK's Reach plans to merge its national and regional sports journalism teams into one central hub, resulting in around 50 layoffs — Reach has proposed major changes to how its sports journalists work, merging many of its national and regional teams in England into a central hub with around 50 redundancies anticipated.
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Emily Sundberg / Feed Me:
Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie is launching a biweekly column on Lachlan Cartwright's Breaker, a publication hosted on Substack rival beehiiv — Good day to be the CEO of beehiiv. — ∙ Paid — Good morning everyone. Your song of the summer might be Sabrina Carpenter's Manchild or Morgan Wallen's What I Want.
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Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
Google launches AI ad tools in India; the country repealing its so-called “Google Tax” has made it more attractive to global tech companies selling online ads — Google has launched a suite of its AI-powered advertising tools in India, which debuted in the U.S. in May …
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Financial Times:
Investor letter: US newsroom-cum-hedge fund Hunterbrook Global is valued at $100M after new funding, which a source says will go toward expanding its newsroom — Novel investment firm that trades off its reporters' scoops raises fresh capital and plans move into litigation
Amy Hollyfield / Dallas Morning News:
Dallas Morning News parent company DallasNews Corporation signs a merger agreement to be acquired by Hearst, in a deal that values it at $74.9M — DallasNews Corporation, the public parent company of The Dallas Morning News and Medium Giant, has signed a definitive merger agreement …
Danielle Broadway / Reuters:
SAG-AFTRA says Hollywood video game voice and motion capture actors signed a new contract with game studios, including AI protections like consent requirements — Hollywood video game voice and motion capture actors signed a new contract with video game studios on Wednesday with a focus …
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McKenzie Sadeghi / NewsGuard's Reality Check:
NewsGuard is retiring “misinformation” and “disinformation” as primary labels, saying the words have become meaningless and politicized — Welcome to Reality Check, a newsletter that helps you keep track of the false claims and online conspiracy theories that shape our world — and who's behind them.
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Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg:
WPP names Microsoft Global Enterprise COO Cindy Rose as CEO, effective September 1, succeeding Mark Read; Rose has been on WPP's board since 2019 — Rose, 59, will take on the role leading the advertising group beginning Sept. 1, the company said in a statement on Thursday.
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Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Condé Nast and Hearst sign multiyear agreements with Amazon to license their content for use in Amazon's AI shopping assistant Rufus; the terms are undisclosed — Condé Nast and Hearst have signed multi-year agreements with Amazon to license their content for use in its AI shopping assistant Rufus.
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Camille Bromley / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Megan Greenwell, author of Bad Company, a book on PE firms' impact on media and other industries, on unionization efforts, nonprofit outlets, and more — A conversation with the author of Bad Company. — In 2019, Megan Greenwell was the editor in chief of Deadspin …
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Rebecca Keegan / The Hollywood Reporter:
A look at celebrity impersonation scams and the steps taken by Hollywood to combat them, including a likeness management tool CAA is developing with YouTube — Victims think they're talking to Keanu Reeves. Or Kevin Costner. Then come the pleas for cash.
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