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Gary Marcus / Marcus on AI:
NYT's profile of Medvi, glorified as a two-employee startup with $1B+ in revenue, ignored info that the startup is a warning sign, not a poster child, for AI — On Thursday, The New York Times published a thing — and it went viral, declared as a victory for AI:
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Gary Marcus on LinkedIn, Margaritis on LinkedIn, Matt Pogue on LinkedIn, @brand, @jspepper, @galligator, Newser, @joshsternberg.com, @galligator, @pitdesi, @twitskeptic.sirvin.com, @galligator, @cfiesler.bsky.social, @jonoringer, @pitdesi, @anothercohen, @carnage4life.bsky.social, New York Times, PYMNTS.com and r/Entrepreneur, more at Techmeme »
Mia Galuppo / The Hollywood Reporter:
How Hollywood support staff are integrating AI into workflows, from mundane tasks to creative development, amid cost-cutting and workload demands — “When they say, ‘You should be using AI,’ the first thought in your head is: 'Are you asking me to teach you how to replace me with technology?'" says one studio assistant.
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Futurism, more at Techmeme »
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Munsif Vengattil / Reuters:
How India's film industry is embracing AI, as studios use the tech to cut production time and costs, while union rules constrain its use in Hollywood — India's studios are transforming filmmaking by using AI to slash production time, cut costs and dub movies into numerous languages.
@nytimespr:
A NYT headline on Friday “misstated” NATO's full name as the “North American Treaty Organization”; the NYT says a correction appears in Saturday's print edition — @sissenberg @nytimes A correction will appear in tomorrow's print edition: “A headline with an article on Friday about President Trump's threats to leave NATO misstated the full name of the body. It is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, not the North American Treaty Organization.”
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The Hollywood Reporter:
The WGA and AMPTP reach a tentative four-year agreement, up from WGA's usual three-year deal; it includes AI training protection and health plan increases — The provisional agreement, reached after less than a month of negotiations, boasts health plan and pension increases and protection …
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Elex Michaelson / CNN:
An interview with TMZ's Harvey Levin about the OWTA movement he says TMZ started, shaming lawmakers using audience's photos, like Lindsey Graham at Disney World — TMZ's founder Harvey Levin knows what the people want to see. — Usually, that's celebrity drama and misbehavior by athletes.
Tom Friend / Sports Business Journal:
Main Street Sports Group is officially winding down, leaving future broadcasts for seven NHL clubs and 13 NBA teams in limbo, with a streaming NBA hub uncertain — Main Street Sports Group will officially wind down after the first round of the NHL playoffs, SBJ learned Thursday …
Jessica Hill / Associated Press:
The Las Vegas Review-Journal stops printing the Las Vegas Sun, ending the last joint operating deal stemming from a 1970 law; the Sun vows to fight in court — The Las Vegas Review-Journal announced Friday that it will no longer print its rival the Las Vegas Sun for the first time in decades …
George Hammond / Financial Times:
Source: OpenAI bought TBPN, which has 11 staffers and averages about 70,000 viewers per daily episode, for “low hundreds of millions of dollars” — ChatGPT-maker moves into broadcasting with deal for TBPN after it had pledged to abandon ‘side-quests’
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Techstrong.ai, Dow Jones Newswires, Simon Owens on LinkedIn, Tim Maliyil on LinkedIn, CNN, The Economic Times, Barron's Online, The Ankler, The Information, Defector, Thurrott, @ambermac.bsky.social, Reason, CNBC, Fortune, PYMNTS.com, Bitcoin News, Moneycontrol, Blue Tech Wave Media, Wall Street Journal, Business Today, crypto.news, The San Francisco Standard, PitchBook, Business Insider, Inc.com, Pulse 2.0, The Hollywood Reporter, Tech in Asia, Implicator.ai, XDA Developers, Reuters, Bloomberg, ZeroHedge News, The Wrap, Variety and Benzinga
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Casey Newton / Platformer:
Sources: Meta has told members of its Oversight Board that it may stop funding the board after 2028, though eliminating all funding is not its preferred option
Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI acquires tech news show TBPN, promising editorial independence; TBPN was on track to make over $30M in revenue in 2026 and will wind down its ad business
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Aidan Ryan / The Boston Globe:
A look at nonprofit VTDigger, which has been operating at a loss since 2022 and is seeking its third EIC in just over a year after tough union negotiations — Over the course of nearly two decades, VTDigger built itself into one of the scrappy success stories of nonprofit digital news …
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@aseitzwald, @aidanfitzryan and Media Nation
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
WaPo has launched its creator network, where half a dozen creators will launch new series every few weeks in different verticals and retain IP ownership — The Washington Post's creator network has debuted its first creator-led video series, opening up a new revenue stream as it looks …
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@washpostcomms and Erika Leone on LinkedIn
James Hibberd / The Hollywood Reporter:
A researcher finds the average length of a wide-release theatrical film grew from about 106 minutes in the 1990s and early 2000s to 114 minutes in recent years — The run time of average major-release films have ballooned in recent years. And, yes, Marvel movies are partly to blame.
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Taste of Country
Kasey Moore / What's on Netflix:
Netflix quietly unlocked Sony Pictures legacy titles and recent Pay-1 films for ad-tier subscribers for the first time and much earlier than expected — That means if you're on the ad tier you can now watch titles like Annaconda and 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple without having to upgrade.
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CinemaBlend and r/netflix
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