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A look at an ISIS-affiliated media program called News Harvest, which is using AI-generated news anchors to disseminate extremist propaganda quickly and cheaply (Pranshu Verma/Washington Post) - 2024-05-18T00:30:04-04:00

Pranshu Verma / Washington Post:
A look at an ISIS-affiliated media program called News Harvest, which is using AI-generated news anchors to disseminate extremist propaganda quickly and cheaply  —  The Islamic State-affiliated media broadcast News Harvest shows how artificial intelligence can be used to disseminate extremist propaganda quickly and cheaply.

Sources: Sony and Apollo sign NDAs but back away from their $26B offer for Paramount's assets, partly due to Sony shareholders' concerns over streaming costs (New York Times) - 2024-05-17T21:55:01-04:00

New York Times:
Sources: Sony and Apollo sign NDAs but back away from their $26B offer for Paramount's assets, partly due to Sony shareholders' concerns over streaming costs  —  The two companies have expressed interest in acquiring the media conglomerate, but are backing away from their $26 billion all-cash offer.

The US says it is deeply concerned over reports that Zhang Zhan, imprisoned after covering COVID-19 in China, has disappeared after her expected prison release (Hayley Wong/South China Morning Post) - 2024-05-17T18:55:02-04:00

Hayley Wong / South China Morning Post:
The US says it is deeply concerned over reports that Zhang Zhan, imprisoned after covering COVID-19 in China, has disappeared after her expected prison release  —  - Zhang Zhan, arrested in 2020 after reporting on coronavirus in Wuhan, has not been heard from since her expected prison release date, advocates say

The CPJ led a coalition of media and civic groups urging the US DOJ to drop charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has a UK hearing on May 20 (Committee to Protect Journalists) - 2024-05-17T16:10:02-04:00

Committee to Protect Journalists:
The CPJ led a coalition of media and civic groups urging the US DOJ to drop charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has a UK hearing on May 20  —  The Committee to Protect Journalists led a coalition of civil society organizations urging the United States Department of Justice …

Reddit reintroduces the awards system it shut down in 2023, ends the replacement Golden Upvotes system, and expands its Contributor Program to 35 countries (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch) - 2024-05-17T14:25:00-04:00

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Reddit reintroduces the awards system it shut down in 2023, ends the replacement Golden Upvotes system, and expands its Contributor Program to 35 countries  —  Reddit announced on Wednesday that it is reintroducing its awards system after shutting down the program last year.

Q&A with New Yorker journalist Rachel Aviv on her Lucy Letby article, the cost of trial transcripts in the UK, the police documentary about the case, and more (Sarah Scire/Nieman Lab) - 2024-05-17T13:55:03-04:00

Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with New Yorker journalist Rachel Aviv on her Lucy Letby article, the cost of trial transcripts in the UK, the police documentary about the case, and more  —  “So much of the media coverage — and the trial itself — started at the point at which we've determined that [Lucy] …

Source: Roku's Sunday morning MLB package is worth $30M over three years, but the MLB can earn more from ads; Peacock paid $30M/year for the package before (Evan Drellich/New York Times) - 2024-05-17T11:15:04-04:00

Evan Drellich / New York Times:
Source: Roku's Sunday morning MLB package is worth $30M over three years, but the MLB can earn more from ads; Peacock paid $30M/year for the package before  —  Major League Baseball's Sunday morning package on Roku, called “Sunday Leadoff,” is worth a total of $30 million over three years …

Seven Black and female Chicago Tribune journalists file a federal suit against Alden, claiming it has knowingly paid them less than White and male counterparts (Laura Wagner/Washington Post) - 2024-05-17T10:40:01-04:00

Laura Wagner / Washington Post:
Seven Black and female Chicago Tribune journalists file a federal suit against Alden, claiming it has knowingly paid them less than White and male counterparts  —  It's the latest revolt by journalists at a newspaper owned by Alden Global Capital.  —  Chicago Tribune journalists filed suit Thursday …

Survey: 39% of Americans say it is at least somewhat important that they get news from journalists who share their political views (Emily Tomasik/Pew Research Center) - 2024-05-17T08:50:01-04:00

Emily Tomasik / Pew Research Center:
Survey: 39% of Americans say it is at least somewhat important that they get news from journalists who share their political views  —  Most Americans say it is not important that the news they get comes from journalists who share their political views, age, gender or other traits.

Michael Cohen testifies about his ties to reporters during Donald Trump's NY trial, showing the complicated relationships journalists often have with sources (CNN's Reliable Sources) - 2024-05-17T00:40:05-04:00

CNN's Reliable Sources:
Michael Cohen testifies about his ties to reporters during Donald Trump's NY trial, showing the complicated relationships journalists often have with sources  —  The Donald Trump hush money trial is dragging reporters into uncomfortable territory and laying bare the complicated relationships journalists often have with sources.

In a lawsuit, the Mechanical Licensing Collective claims Spotify's recent subscription offers that bundle music and audiobooks would result in lower royalties (Jem Aswad/Variety) - 2024-05-16T22:00:32-04:00

Jem Aswad / Variety:
In a lawsuit, the Mechanical Licensing Collective claims Spotify's recent subscription offers that bundle music and audiobooks would result in lower royalties  —  The lawsuit states that, beginning in March 2024, Spotify announced that its Premium Individual, Duo and Family subscription streaming plans …

Two voice actors sue AI startup Lovo, saying it illegally used recordings of their voices to make audio clones without their permission; Lovo denies the claims (Cade Metz/New York Times) - 2024-05-16T20:55:00-04:00

Cade Metz / New York Times:
Two voice actors sue AI startup Lovo, saying it illegally used recordings of their voices to make audio clones without their permission; Lovo denies the claims  —  Two voice actors say an A.I. company created clones of their voices without their permission.  Now they're suing.

Sources: many NPR employees expressed anger or concern over the Backstop, a new layer of editors who will review all of NPR's journalism before it is released (Benjamin Mullin/New York Times) - 2024-05-16T19:50:05-04:00

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Sources: many NPR employees expressed anger or concern over the Backstop, a new layer of editors who will review all of NPR's journalism before it is released  —  Many employees have expressed concern that a new group of six editors called the Backstop will be unnecessary and slow down NPR's journalism.

The California Senate Appropriations Committee approves a bill imposing fees on Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon to pay for local news through employment tax credits (Steven Waldman/@stevenwaldman) - 2024-05-16T18:55:09-04:00

Steven Waldman / @stevenwaldman:
The California Senate Appropriations Committee approves a bill imposing fees on Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon to pay for local news through employment tax credits  —  The California Senate Appropriations Committee minutes ago approved Sen. Glazer's bill to put a fee on Alphabet, Meta & Amazon to pay for reviving local news (through employment tax credits). 1st time such a fee would be dedicated to saving local news. https://www.rebuildlocalnews.org/ ...

The Biden-Harris campaign accepts an invitation from CBS News to participate in a vice presidential debate on July 23 or August 13 (Erin Doherty/Axios) - 2024-05-16T18:45:02-04:00

Erin Doherty / Axios:
The Biden-Harris campaign accepts an invitation from CBS News to participate in a vice presidential debate on July 23 or August 13  —  - “We look forward to the Trump campaign accepting one of these dates so that the full debate calendar for this campaign can be set,” the Biden campaign said.

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Mediagazer - 2024-05-18T00:30:48-04:00

A look at an ISIS-affiliated media program called News Harvest, which is using AI-generated news anchors to disseminate extremist propaganda quickly and cheaply (Pranshu Verma/Washington Post) - 2024-05-18T00:30:04-04:00

Sources: Sony and Apollo sign NDAs but back away from their $26B offer for Paramount's assets, partly due to Sony shareholders' concerns over streaming costs (New York Times) - 2024-05-17T21:55:01-04:00

The US says it is deeply concerned over reports that Zhang Zhan, imprisoned after covering COVID-19 in China, has disappeared after her expected prison release (Hayley Wong/South China Morning Post) - 2024-05-17T18:55:02-04:00

The CPJ led a coalition of media and civic groups urging the US DOJ to drop charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has a UK hearing on May 20 (Committee to Protect Journalists) - 2024-05-17T16:10:02-04:00

Reddit reintroduces the awards system it shut down in 2023, ends the replacement Golden Upvotes system, and expands its Contributor Program to 35 countries (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch) - 2024-05-17T14:25:00-04:00

Q&A with New Yorker journalist Rachel Aviv on her Lucy Letby article, the cost of trial transcripts in the UK, the police documentary about the case, and more (Sarah Scire/Nieman Lab) - 2024-05-17T13:55:03-04:00

Source: Roku's Sunday morning MLB package is worth $30M over three years, but the MLB can earn more from ads; Peacock paid $30M/year for the package before (Evan Drellich/New York Times) - 2024-05-17T11:15:04-04:00

Seven Black and female Chicago Tribune journalists file a federal suit against Alden, claiming it has knowingly paid them less than White and male counterparts (Laura Wagner/Washington Post) - 2024-05-17T10:40:01-04:00

Survey: 39% of Americans say it is at least somewhat important that they get news from journalists who share their political views (Emily Tomasik/Pew Research Center) - 2024-05-17T08:50:01-04:00

Michael Cohen testifies about his ties to reporters during Donald Trump's NY trial, showing the complicated relationships journalists often have with sources (CNN's Reliable Sources) - 2024-05-17T00:40:05-04:00

In a lawsuit, the Mechanical Licensing Collective claims Spotify's recent subscription offers that bundle music and audiobooks would result in lower royalties (Jem Aswad/Variety) - 2024-05-16T22:00:32-04:00

Two voice actors sue AI startup Lovo, saying it illegally used recordings of their voices to make audio clones without their permission; Lovo denies the claims (Cade Metz/New York Times) - 2024-05-16T20:55:00-04:00

Sources: many NPR employees expressed anger or concern over the Backstop, a new layer of editors who will review all of NPR's journalism before it is released (Benjamin Mullin/New York Times) - 2024-05-16T19:50:05-04:00

The California Senate Appropriations Committee approves a bill imposing fees on Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon to pay for local news through employment tax credits (Steven Waldman/@stevenwaldman) - 2024-05-16T18:55:09-04:00

The Biden-Harris campaign accepts an invitation from CBS News to participate in a vice presidential debate on July 23 or August 13 (Erin Doherty/Axios) - 2024-05-16T18:45:02-04:00

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Mediagazer - 2024-05-18T00:30:48-04:00

A look at an ISIS-affiliated media program called News Harvest, which is using AI-generated news anchors to disseminate extremist propaganda quickly and cheaply (Pranshu Verma/Washington Post) - 2024-05-18T00:30:04-04:00

Pranshu Verma / Washington Post:
A look at an ISIS-affiliated media program called News Harvest, which is using AI-generated news anchors to disseminate extremist propaganda quickly and cheaply  —  The Islamic State-affiliated media broadcast News Harvest shows how artificial intelligence can be used to disseminate extremist propaganda quickly and cheaply.

Sources: Sony and Apollo sign NDAs but back away from their $26B offer for Paramount's assets, partly due to Sony shareholders' concerns over streaming costs (New York Times) - 2024-05-17T21:55:01-04:00

New York Times:
Sources: Sony and Apollo sign NDAs but back away from their $26B offer for Paramount's assets, partly due to Sony shareholders' concerns over streaming costs  —  The two companies have expressed interest in acquiring the media conglomerate, but are backing away from their $26 billion all-cash offer.

The US says it is deeply concerned over reports that Zhang Zhan, imprisoned after covering COVID-19 in China, has disappeared after her expected prison release (Hayley Wong/South China Morning Post) - 2024-05-17T18:55:02-04:00

Hayley Wong / South China Morning Post:
The US says it is deeply concerned over reports that Zhang Zhan, imprisoned after covering COVID-19 in China, has disappeared after her expected prison release  —  - Zhang Zhan, arrested in 2020 after reporting on coronavirus in Wuhan, has not been heard from since her expected prison release date, advocates say

The CPJ led a coalition of media and civic groups urging the US DOJ to drop charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has a UK hearing on May 20 (Committee to Protect Journalists) - 2024-05-17T16:10:02-04:00

Committee to Protect Journalists:
The CPJ led a coalition of media and civic groups urging the US DOJ to drop charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has a UK hearing on May 20  —  The Committee to Protect Journalists led a coalition of civil society organizations urging the United States Department of Justice …

Reddit reintroduces the awards system it shut down in 2023, ends the replacement Golden Upvotes system, and expands its Contributor Program to 35 countries (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch) - 2024-05-17T14:25:00-04:00

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Reddit reintroduces the awards system it shut down in 2023, ends the replacement Golden Upvotes system, and expands its Contributor Program to 35 countries  —  Reddit announced on Wednesday that it is reintroducing its awards system after shutting down the program last year.

Q&A with New Yorker journalist Rachel Aviv on her Lucy Letby article, the cost of trial transcripts in the UK, the police documentary about the case, and more (Sarah Scire/Nieman Lab) - 2024-05-17T13:55:03-04:00

Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with New Yorker journalist Rachel Aviv on her Lucy Letby article, the cost of trial transcripts in the UK, the police documentary about the case, and more  —  “So much of the media coverage — and the trial itself — started at the point at which we've determined that [Lucy] …

Source: Roku's Sunday morning MLB package is worth $30M over three years, but the MLB can earn more from ads; Peacock paid $30M/year for the package before (Evan Drellich/New York Times) - 2024-05-17T11:15:04-04:00

Evan Drellich / New York Times:
Source: Roku's Sunday morning MLB package is worth $30M over three years, but the MLB can earn more from ads; Peacock paid $30M/year for the package before  —  Major League Baseball's Sunday morning package on Roku, called “Sunday Leadoff,” is worth a total of $30 million over three years …

Seven Black and female Chicago Tribune journalists file a federal suit against Alden, claiming it has knowingly paid them less than White and male counterparts (Laura Wagner/Washington Post) - 2024-05-17T10:40:01-04:00

Laura Wagner / Washington Post:
Seven Black and female Chicago Tribune journalists file a federal suit against Alden, claiming it has knowingly paid them less than White and male counterparts  —  It's the latest revolt by journalists at a newspaper owned by Alden Global Capital.  —  Chicago Tribune journalists filed suit Thursday …

Survey: 39% of Americans say it is at least somewhat important that they get news from journalists who share their political views (Emily Tomasik/Pew Research Center) - 2024-05-17T08:50:01-04:00

Emily Tomasik / Pew Research Center:
Survey: 39% of Americans say it is at least somewhat important that they get news from journalists who share their political views  —  Most Americans say it is not important that the news they get comes from journalists who share their political views, age, gender or other traits.

Michael Cohen testifies about his ties to reporters during Donald Trump's NY trial, showing the complicated relationships journalists often have with sources (CNN's Reliable Sources) - 2024-05-17T00:40:05-04:00

CNN's Reliable Sources:
Michael Cohen testifies about his ties to reporters during Donald Trump's NY trial, showing the complicated relationships journalists often have with sources  —  The Donald Trump hush money trial is dragging reporters into uncomfortable territory and laying bare the complicated relationships journalists often have with sources.

In a lawsuit, the Mechanical Licensing Collective claims Spotify's recent subscription offers that bundle music and audiobooks would result in lower royalties (Jem Aswad/Variety) - 2024-05-16T22:00:32-04:00

Jem Aswad / Variety:
In a lawsuit, the Mechanical Licensing Collective claims Spotify's recent subscription offers that bundle music and audiobooks would result in lower royalties  —  The lawsuit states that, beginning in March 2024, Spotify announced that its Premium Individual, Duo and Family subscription streaming plans …

Two voice actors sue AI startup Lovo, saying it illegally used recordings of their voices to make audio clones without their permission; Lovo denies the claims (Cade Metz/New York Times) - 2024-05-16T20:55:00-04:00

Cade Metz / New York Times:
Two voice actors sue AI startup Lovo, saying it illegally used recordings of their voices to make audio clones without their permission; Lovo denies the claims  —  Two voice actors say an A.I. company created clones of their voices without their permission.  Now they're suing.

Sources: many NPR employees expressed anger or concern over the Backstop, a new layer of editors who will review all of NPR's journalism before it is released (Benjamin Mullin/New York Times) - 2024-05-16T19:50:05-04:00

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Sources: many NPR employees expressed anger or concern over the Backstop, a new layer of editors who will review all of NPR's journalism before it is released  —  Many employees have expressed concern that a new group of six editors called the Backstop will be unnecessary and slow down NPR's journalism.

The California Senate Appropriations Committee approves a bill imposing fees on Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon to pay for local news through employment tax credits (Steven Waldman/@stevenwaldman) - 2024-05-16T18:55:09-04:00

Steven Waldman / @stevenwaldman:
The California Senate Appropriations Committee approves a bill imposing fees on Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon to pay for local news through employment tax credits  —  The California Senate Appropriations Committee minutes ago approved Sen. Glazer's bill to put a fee on Alphabet, Meta & Amazon to pay for reviving local news (through employment tax credits). 1st time such a fee would be dedicated to saving local news. https://www.rebuildlocalnews.org/ ...

The Biden-Harris campaign accepts an invitation from CBS News to participate in a vice presidential debate on July 23 or August 13 (Erin Doherty/Axios) - 2024-05-16T18:45:02-04:00

Erin Doherty / Axios:
The Biden-Harris campaign accepts an invitation from CBS News to participate in a vice presidential debate on July 23 or August 13  —  - “We look forward to the Trump campaign accepting one of these dates so that the full debate calendar for this campaign can be set,” the Biden campaign said.