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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
USA Today names Jamie Stockwell, a former editor at WaPo and NYT, as its next top editor; she is the third person named to the job in the past three years — Ms. Stockwell, who recently left The Washington Post, is the third person named to the job in the past three years.
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Sean Hollister / The Verge:
After an online backlash, Superhuman says experts can now opt out of Grammarly's Expert Review feature by emailing a dedicated address, but fails to apologize — No apology, no overall change in direction. … They did the same to my boss Nilay Patel, my colleagues David Pierce and Tom Warren …
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Shannon Bond / NPR:
The Coalition for Independent Technology Research sues the Trump administration over a policy targeting noncitizens whose work the government deems “censorship” — An adjunct professor at a university in the eastern U.S. who studies online harms to children has left the country …
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Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
A US judge orders states to negotiate a potential resolution with Live Nation and declines to rule on the request for a mistrial after the DOJ settled — A New York federal judge ordered a group of states to engage in settlement talks with Live Nation Entertainment Inc. to potentially resolve claims …
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Alanna Durkin Richer / Associated Press:
The US DOJ reaches a settlement in its antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation, in a case that alleged an illegal monopoly over US live events
The US DOJ reaches a settlement in its antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation, in a case that alleged an illegal monopoly over US live events
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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Meta's Oversight Board calls for an AI content moderation overhaul, saying current methods are not “comprehensive enough” to handle misinformation in a conflict — The board is calling on Meta to scale AI content labeling, including C2PA.
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Android Headlines, Digit, The Information, Oversight Board, Rest of World, Engadget and The Indian Express
Kerry Flynn / Axios:
YouTube expands its likeness detection tool to a select group of government officials, political candidates, and journalists to fight AI impersonation — YouTube is expanding a tool designed to detect impersonations to a select group of government officials, political candidates and journalists.
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The Hollywood Reporter, YouTube Official Blog, The Wrap, TechCrunch, PCMag, 9to5Google, The Verge, New York Times and NextBigWhat, more at Techmeme »
Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory, Richard Osman, and ~10,000 writers publish Don't Steal This Book, an “empty” book to protest AI companies using their work — About 10,000 writers including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman join copyright campaign
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Plagiarism Today, Deadline, Newser, The Bookseller, The Independent, @JulietEMcKenna@wandering.shop, LBC, @opposablethumbs.bsky.social, Harry Ferguson on LinkedIn, Don't Steal This Book, ITV News, @writersguildgb.bsky.social, @senategabe.bsky.social, Gamereactor UK, @ednewtonrex, @tobywalsh, @christopherpittard …, The Verge and Daily Mail, more at Techmeme »
Lily Ford / The Hollywood Reporter:
Xicoia Studios releases a single and music video made by “real humans” starring AI “actor” Tilly Norwood ahead of Norwood's official AI acting debut this year — Featuring Norwood flying through the clouds on a blow-up flamingo, the video begins with a note …
Gian Volpicelli / Bloomberg:
Meta emails advertisers about “location fees” in select European countries to cover digital services taxes, starting July 1; Google and Amazon have similar fees — Meta Platforms is asking advertisers to cover the costs of digital services taxes, levies imposed by countries on local sales made by technology firms.
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Reuters, Payments Dive, Search Engine Land, Brussels Signal, @rokhladnik, Communicate Online and Mobile Dev Memo, more at Techmeme »
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
A former adviser sues Paramount President Jeff Shell for $150M over an alleged unpaid PR contract, and claims Shell disclosed non-public Paramount plans to him — Jeff Shell, the president of Paramount Skydance, was sued Monday by a man who claims he is owed $150 million for crisis communications services …
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Terrence O'Brien / The Verge:
Yamaha launches Creator Pass, which bundles services and apps focused on music and podcast production, including Landr and Output, starting at $14.99/month — The new subscription bundles several other subscriptions under a single umbrella. … Yamaha is taking a big leap into subscription services …
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Melissa Denes / The Guardian:
An interview with Lucia Osborne-Crowley about enduring threats and sexual harassment to report on Ghislaine Maxwell, her book about the Maxwell trial, and more — Lucia Osborne-Crowley has endured threats and sexual harassment to report on Jeffrey Epstein's chief enabler.
