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A group of researchers say Twitch is increasingly becoming a news source, and traditional news outlets could use it for added income and audience engagement (Matt Cooper/University of Oregon) - 2024-05-04T09:50:01-04:00

Matt Cooper / University of Oregon:
A group of researchers say Twitch is increasingly becoming a news source, and traditional news outlets could use it for added income and audience engagement  —  The popular app Twitch, created to livestream video game action, is redefining journalism as it becomes a source for news, University of Oregon research found.

How the AI-generated music video for Washed Out's The Hardest Part was created entirely using OpenAI's Sora, a first from a major record label (Wendy Lee/Los Angeles Times) - 2024-05-03T23:50:06-04:00

Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times:
How the AI-generated music video for Washed Out's The Hardest Part was created entirely using OpenAI's Sora, a first from a major record label  —  “The Hardest Part,” a new song from indie pop artist Washed Out, is all about love lost, among the most human of themes.

UNESCO: at least 749 environmental reporters have faced violence and intimidation since 2009, 44 were murdered but that resulted in just five convictions (Patrick Greenfield/The Guardian) - 2024-05-03T21:15:00-04:00

Patrick Greenfield / The Guardian:
UNESCO: at least 749 environmental reporters have faced violence and intimidation since 2009, 44 were murdered but that resulted in just five convictions  —  Unesco joint research dating back 15 years found violence and intimidation against about 750 reporters and 44 murders  —  The age of extinction is supported by

Google updates its ad policy to ban the promotion of services that generate, distribute, or store synthetic sexually explicit content, starting May 30, 2024 (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Roundtable) - 2024-05-03T20:20:00-04:00

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable:
Google updates its ad policy to ban the promotion of services that generate, distribute, or store synthetic sexually explicit content, starting May 30, 2024  —  Google Ads, Shopping Ads, Admob, and other Google Ads products will soon disallow deepfake sexual content, synthetic sexually explicit content …

The Post Millennial and Human Events websites were hacked and defaced late May 2, initially with links added to datasets of subscribers, writers, and editors (AJ Vicens/CyberScoop) - 2024-05-03T18:50:03-04:00

AJ Vicens / CyberScoop:
The Post Millennial and Human Events websites were hacked and defaced late May 2, initially with links added to datasets of subscribers, writers, and editors  —  The hack included links to download subscriber data and a message claiming that Post Millennial's editor was transitioning to a woman.

A look at news publishers' conflicting approaches toward AI companies, and how the lack of a data marketplace makes it hard for buyers and sellers to set rates (Sara Fischer/Axios) - 2024-05-03T17:30:03-04:00

Sara Fischer / Axios:
A look at news publishers' conflicting approaches toward AI companies, and how the lack of a data marketplace makes it hard for buyers and sellers to set rates  —  - The new suits add heft to the Times' claims. … Several other large news publishers, including the Financial Times …

X launches Stories on X, with news curated and summarized by Grok AI, available for Premium subscribers in the Explore tab on iOS and on the web (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) - 2024-05-03T16:55:01-04:00

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
X launches Stories on X, with news curated and summarized by Grok AI, available for Premium subscribers in the Explore tab on iOS and on the web  —  X, formerly Twitter, is now using Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok to power a feature that summarizes the personalized trending stories in the app's Explore section.

In a letter, several Democrats serving as their state's top election officials ask Meta to repeal a policy allowing ads that claim the 2020 election was stolen (Christina A. Cassidy/Associated Press) - 2024-05-03T16:15:01-04:00

Christina A. Cassidy / Associated Press:
In a letter, several Democrats serving as their state's top election officials ask Meta to repeal a policy allowing ads that claim the 2020 election was stolen  —  Several Democrats serving as their state's top election officials have sent a letter to the parent company of Facebook …

Sources: the expectation at Paramount Global is that neither of the two offers in play, Skydance-RedBird and Sony Pictures-Apollo, will come to fruition (Todd Spangler/Variety) - 2024-05-03T15:55:05-04:00

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sources: the expectation at Paramount Global is that neither of the two offers in play, Skydance-RedBird and Sony Pictures-Apollo, will come to fruition  —  After months of M&A talks, Paramount Global and controlling shareholder Shari Redstone might be going it alone after all.

Elon Musk says he wants Grok to create news summaries by relying solely on X posts, without looking at article text, and improved story citations are coming (Alex Kantrowitz/Big Technology) - 2024-05-03T14:40:06-04:00

Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology:
Elon Musk says he wants Grok to create news summaries by relying solely on X posts, without looking at article text, and improved story citations are coming  —  Musk emails with details on AI-powered news inside X. An AI bot will summarize news and commentary, sometimes looking through tens of thousands of posts per story.

An interview with UK culture secretary Lucy Frazer on blocking RedBird IMI's Telegraph takeover bid, plans to cap foreign state ownership at 5%, and more (Financial Times) - 2024-05-03T13:55:00-04:00

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An interview with UK culture secretary Lucy Frazer on blocking RedBird IMI's Telegraph takeover bid, plans to cap foreign state ownership at 5%, and more  —  Culture secretary says UK ‘not stopping’ foreign investment as she defends blocking sale to Abu Dhabi-backed company

Jeff Lawson's Global Tetrahedron plans membership tiers for The Onion and doesn't plan to put up a hard paywall, as it moves away from G/O's ad-focused approach (Steven Levy/Wired) - 2024-05-03T10:55:02-04:00

Steven Levy / Wired:
Jeff Lawson's Global Tetrahedron plans membership tiers for The Onion and doesn't plan to put up a hard paywall, as it moves away from G/O's ad-focused approach  —  Entrepreneur Jeff Lawson's plan to revive venerable satirical outlet The Onion involves borrowing from the playbook of the founders of WhatsApp.

RSF publishes its World Press Freedom Index and places Norway, Denmark, and Sweden in the top three, the US down 10 spots at 55, and Eritrea in last place (Tom McArthur/BBC) - 2024-05-03T09:25:03-04:00

Tom McArthur / BBC:
RSF publishes its World Press Freedom Index and places Norway, Denmark, and Sweden in the top three, the US down 10 spots at 55, and Eritrea in last place  —  Gaza is one of the deadliest places in the world to be a journalist, according to Reporters Without Borders

Fubo reports 1.51M FuboTV subscribers at the end of Q1, down from 1.61M in Q4, revenue up 24% YoY to $394M, and a $56.1M loss, down from $83.6M a year ago (Etan Vlessing/The Hollywood Reporter) - 2024-05-03T08:40:04-04:00

Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Fubo reports 1.51M FuboTV subscribers at the end of Q1, down from 1.61M in Q4, revenue up 24% YoY to $394M, and a $56.1M loss, down from $83.6M a year ago  —  The streaming platform shrunk its losses on higher subscription and advertising revenue.  —  Sports streaming platform FuboTV …

The Guardian outlines plans for "a small number of voluntary redundancies", says it is 60% funded by readers, and had a £39M loss in the year to March 2024 (Bron Maher/Press Gazette) - 2024-05-03T08:00:33-04:00

Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
The Guardian outlines plans for “a small number of voluntary redundancies”, says it is 60% funded by readers, and had a £39M loss in the year to March 2024  —  Editor Katharine Viner said the business foresees revenue pressures continuing into the next year at least.

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A group of researchers say Twitch is increasingly becoming a news source, and traditional news outlets could use it for added income and audience engagement (Matt Cooper/University of Oregon) - 2024-05-04T09:50:01-04:00

How the AI-generated music video for Washed Out's The Hardest Part was created entirely using OpenAI's Sora, a first from a major record label (Wendy Lee/Los Angeles Times) - 2024-05-03T23:50:06-04:00

UNESCO: at least 749 environmental reporters have faced violence and intimidation since 2009, 44 were murdered but that resulted in just five convictions (Patrick Greenfield/The Guardian) - 2024-05-03T21:15:00-04:00

Google updates its ad policy to ban the promotion of services that generate, distribute, or store synthetic sexually explicit content, starting May 30, 2024 (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Roundtable) - 2024-05-03T20:20:00-04:00

The Post Millennial and Human Events websites were hacked and defaced late May 2, initially with links added to datasets of subscribers, writers, and editors (AJ Vicens/CyberScoop) - 2024-05-03T18:50:03-04:00

A look at news publishers' conflicting approaches toward AI companies, and how the lack of a data marketplace makes it hard for buyers and sellers to set rates (Sara Fischer/Axios) - 2024-05-03T17:30:03-04:00

X launches Stories on X, with news curated and summarized by Grok AI, available for Premium subscribers in the Explore tab on iOS and on the web (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) - 2024-05-03T16:55:01-04:00

In a letter, several Democrats serving as their state's top election officials ask Meta to repeal a policy allowing ads that claim the 2020 election was stolen (Christina A. Cassidy/Associated Press) - 2024-05-03T16:15:01-04:00

Sources: the expectation at Paramount Global is that neither of the two offers in play, Skydance-RedBird and Sony Pictures-Apollo, will come to fruition (Todd Spangler/Variety) - 2024-05-03T15:55:05-04:00

Elon Musk says he wants Grok to create news summaries by relying solely on X posts, without looking at article text, and improved story citations are coming (Alex Kantrowitz/Big Technology) - 2024-05-03T14:40:06-04:00

An interview with UK culture secretary Lucy Frazer on blocking RedBird IMI's Telegraph takeover bid, plans to cap foreign state ownership at 5%, and more (Financial Times) - 2024-05-03T13:55:00-04:00

Jeff Lawson's Global Tetrahedron plans membership tiers for The Onion and doesn't plan to put up a hard paywall, as it moves away from G/O's ad-focused approach (Steven Levy/Wired) - 2024-05-03T10:55:02-04:00

RSF publishes its World Press Freedom Index and places Norway, Denmark, and Sweden in the top three, the US down 10 spots at 55, and Eritrea in last place (Tom McArthur/BBC) - 2024-05-03T09:25:03-04:00

Fubo reports 1.51M FuboTV subscribers at the end of Q1, down from 1.61M in Q4, revenue up 24% YoY to $394M, and a $56.1M loss, down from $83.6M a year ago (Etan Vlessing/The Hollywood Reporter) - 2024-05-03T08:40:04-04:00

The Guardian outlines plans for "a small number of voluntary redundancies", says it is 60% funded by readers, and had a £39M loss in the year to March 2024 (Bron Maher/Press Gazette) - 2024-05-03T08:00:33-04:00

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A group of researchers say Twitch is increasingly becoming a news source, and traditional news outlets could use it for added income and audience engagement (Matt Cooper/University of Oregon) - 2024-05-04T09:50:01-04:00

Matt Cooper / University of Oregon:
A group of researchers say Twitch is increasingly becoming a news source, and traditional news outlets could use it for added income and audience engagement  —  The popular app Twitch, created to livestream video game action, is redefining journalism as it becomes a source for news, University of Oregon research found.

How the AI-generated music video for Washed Out's The Hardest Part was created entirely using OpenAI's Sora, a first from a major record label (Wendy Lee/Los Angeles Times) - 2024-05-03T23:50:06-04:00

Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times:
How the AI-generated music video for Washed Out's The Hardest Part was created entirely using OpenAI's Sora, a first from a major record label  —  “The Hardest Part,” a new song from indie pop artist Washed Out, is all about love lost, among the most human of themes.

UNESCO: at least 749 environmental reporters have faced violence and intimidation since 2009, 44 were murdered but that resulted in just five convictions (Patrick Greenfield/The Guardian) - 2024-05-03T21:15:00-04:00

Patrick Greenfield / The Guardian:
UNESCO: at least 749 environmental reporters have faced violence and intimidation since 2009, 44 were murdered but that resulted in just five convictions  —  Unesco joint research dating back 15 years found violence and intimidation against about 750 reporters and 44 murders  —  The age of extinction is supported by

Google updates its ad policy to ban the promotion of services that generate, distribute, or store synthetic sexually explicit content, starting May 30, 2024 (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Roundtable) - 2024-05-03T20:20:00-04:00

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable:
Google updates its ad policy to ban the promotion of services that generate, distribute, or store synthetic sexually explicit content, starting May 30, 2024  —  Google Ads, Shopping Ads, Admob, and other Google Ads products will soon disallow deepfake sexual content, synthetic sexually explicit content …

The Post Millennial and Human Events websites were hacked and defaced late May 2, initially with links added to datasets of subscribers, writers, and editors (AJ Vicens/CyberScoop) - 2024-05-03T18:50:03-04:00

AJ Vicens / CyberScoop:
The Post Millennial and Human Events websites were hacked and defaced late May 2, initially with links added to datasets of subscribers, writers, and editors  —  The hack included links to download subscriber data and a message claiming that Post Millennial's editor was transitioning to a woman.

A look at news publishers' conflicting approaches toward AI companies, and how the lack of a data marketplace makes it hard for buyers and sellers to set rates (Sara Fischer/Axios) - 2024-05-03T17:30:03-04:00

Sara Fischer / Axios:
A look at news publishers' conflicting approaches toward AI companies, and how the lack of a data marketplace makes it hard for buyers and sellers to set rates  —  - The new suits add heft to the Times' claims. … Several other large news publishers, including the Financial Times …

X launches Stories on X, with news curated and summarized by Grok AI, available for Premium subscribers in the Explore tab on iOS and on the web (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) - 2024-05-03T16:55:01-04:00

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
X launches Stories on X, with news curated and summarized by Grok AI, available for Premium subscribers in the Explore tab on iOS and on the web  —  X, formerly Twitter, is now using Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok to power a feature that summarizes the personalized trending stories in the app's Explore section.

In a letter, several Democrats serving as their state's top election officials ask Meta to repeal a policy allowing ads that claim the 2020 election was stolen (Christina A. Cassidy/Associated Press) - 2024-05-03T16:15:01-04:00

Christina A. Cassidy / Associated Press:
In a letter, several Democrats serving as their state's top election officials ask Meta to repeal a policy allowing ads that claim the 2020 election was stolen  —  Several Democrats serving as their state's top election officials have sent a letter to the parent company of Facebook …

Sources: the expectation at Paramount Global is that neither of the two offers in play, Skydance-RedBird and Sony Pictures-Apollo, will come to fruition (Todd Spangler/Variety) - 2024-05-03T15:55:05-04:00

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sources: the expectation at Paramount Global is that neither of the two offers in play, Skydance-RedBird and Sony Pictures-Apollo, will come to fruition  —  After months of M&A talks, Paramount Global and controlling shareholder Shari Redstone might be going it alone after all.

Elon Musk says he wants Grok to create news summaries by relying solely on X posts, without looking at article text, and improved story citations are coming (Alex Kantrowitz/Big Technology) - 2024-05-03T14:40:06-04:00

Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology:
Elon Musk says he wants Grok to create news summaries by relying solely on X posts, without looking at article text, and improved story citations are coming  —  Musk emails with details on AI-powered news inside X. An AI bot will summarize news and commentary, sometimes looking through tens of thousands of posts per story.

An interview with UK culture secretary Lucy Frazer on blocking RedBird IMI's Telegraph takeover bid, plans to cap foreign state ownership at 5%, and more (Financial Times) - 2024-05-03T13:55:00-04:00

Financial Times:
An interview with UK culture secretary Lucy Frazer on blocking RedBird IMI's Telegraph takeover bid, plans to cap foreign state ownership at 5%, and more  —  Culture secretary says UK ‘not stopping’ foreign investment as she defends blocking sale to Abu Dhabi-backed company

Jeff Lawson's Global Tetrahedron plans membership tiers for The Onion and doesn't plan to put up a hard paywall, as it moves away from G/O's ad-focused approach (Steven Levy/Wired) - 2024-05-03T10:55:02-04:00

Steven Levy / Wired:
Jeff Lawson's Global Tetrahedron plans membership tiers for The Onion and doesn't plan to put up a hard paywall, as it moves away from G/O's ad-focused approach  —  Entrepreneur Jeff Lawson's plan to revive venerable satirical outlet The Onion involves borrowing from the playbook of the founders of WhatsApp.

RSF publishes its World Press Freedom Index and places Norway, Denmark, and Sweden in the top three, the US down 10 spots at 55, and Eritrea in last place (Tom McArthur/BBC) - 2024-05-03T09:25:03-04:00

Tom McArthur / BBC:
RSF publishes its World Press Freedom Index and places Norway, Denmark, and Sweden in the top three, the US down 10 spots at 55, and Eritrea in last place  —  Gaza is one of the deadliest places in the world to be a journalist, according to Reporters Without Borders

Fubo reports 1.51M FuboTV subscribers at the end of Q1, down from 1.61M in Q4, revenue up 24% YoY to $394M, and a $56.1M loss, down from $83.6M a year ago (Etan Vlessing/The Hollywood Reporter) - 2024-05-03T08:40:04-04:00

Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Fubo reports 1.51M FuboTV subscribers at the end of Q1, down from 1.61M in Q4, revenue up 24% YoY to $394M, and a $56.1M loss, down from $83.6M a year ago  —  The streaming platform shrunk its losses on higher subscription and advertising revenue.  —  Sports streaming platform FuboTV …

The Guardian outlines plans for "a small number of voluntary redundancies", says it is 60% funded by readers, and had a £39M loss in the year to March 2024 (Bron Maher/Press Gazette) - 2024-05-03T08:00:33-04:00

Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
The Guardian outlines plans for “a small number of voluntary redundancies”, says it is 60% funded by readers, and had a £39M loss in the year to March 2024  —  Editor Katharine Viner said the business foresees revenue pressures continuing into the next year at least.