Tuesday, October 22, 2024 |
| “By revealing the impact of these strikes, we were able to use footage released for one purpose to show a different perspective on the incidents.” By Hanaa' Tameez. |
The Lenfest Institute launches $10 million AI news program for big-city dailies with backing from OpenAI and Microsoft What We’re ReadingSt. Louis Magazine / Sarah Fenske
St. Louis Argus gets $100,000 Press Forward grant after helping itself to others’ work →“A review of the Argus’ website and recent newsletters shows stories and photographs taken from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis Public Radio, St. Louis Magazine, KTVI (FOX2), and STLMade, the Greater St. Louis, Inc.-funded initiative to bring good news to the region. The Argus hasn’t asked for, or received, permission to reprint those stories and photos, according to editors at each.”Axios / Sara Fischer
The NewsGuild has filed an unfair labor practice complaint against The New York Times →“The NewsGuild claims, according to a spokesperson, that at least 20 Tech Guild members have been pulled into one-on-one interrogation meetings with their managers over the past few weeks to ask if they supported a strike.”Semafor / Max Tani
The Los Angeles Times won’t endorse a presidential candidate →“Executive editor Terry Tang told editorial board staff earlier this month that the paper would not be endorsing a candidate in the presidential election this cycle, a decision that came from the paper’s owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, a doctor who made his fortune in the healthcare industry.” (See also:
This political era has nearly killed off newspaper endorsements for president)International News Media Association / Greg Piechota
Ukrainian media battles for survival and truth amid the war with Russia →“Despite the fatigue that has gripped Ukraine and diminished global attention, The New Voice of Ukraine’s audience has surged, as did online subscriptions, driven by demand for independent journalism.”The Verge / Jess Weatherbed
Celebrity jet-tracking accounts have vanished from Threads and Instagram →“Meta provided no direct warning or explanation for the suspensions, according to Jack Sweeney, who says the accounts appear ‘blacked out with no options to interact or receive information.'”TechCrunch / Natasha Lomas
Ireland adopts Online Safety Code for video-sharing platforms, including TikTok →“Under the Code, in-scope platforms are required to have terms and conditions that ban uploads or sharing of a range of harmful content types — including cyberbullying; promoting self-harm or suicide and promoting eating or feeding disorders, in addition to banning content that incites hatred or violence, terrorism, child sex abuse material (CSAM), and racism and xenophobia.”Local News Initiative / Mark Caro
After the Chicago Tribune didn’t replace retiring architecture critic Blair Kamin, he funded his own successor →“Kamin is paying for the Tribune’s next architecture writer out of his own pocket. Why would he do such a thing? ‘I’m a realist, and I realize that, given who the Tribune is owned by now and given the realities of the business model of journalism having collapsed, either somebody was going to do something, or nothing would get done,’ he said.”Vox / Rebecca Jennings
Autumn is being eaten by a deluge of AI slop →“It’s not just limited to Pinterest or ‘vibes’: AI-generated content is now infiltrating social media in ways that have a meaningful impact on people’s lives.”Variety / Brian Steinberg
U.S. political advertising helped boost third quarter revenue for TelevisaUnivision →“In the U.S., political advertising drove a 5% uptick in overall ad revenue, while subscription and licensing revenue rose 6%.”Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism / Eduardo Suárez
Why millions of Americans avoid the news, and what it means for the U.S. election →“You have a larger segment of people who are on the right ideologically and who are also avoiding news, and part of what they are expressing is dissatisfaction with conventional sources of journalism.”Federal Trade Commission
FTC officially bans fake online reviews and buying social media followers →“Fake reviews not only waste people’s time and money, but also pollute the marketplace and divert business away from honest competitors,” said FTC Chair Lina M. Khan. “By strengthening the FTC’s toolkit to fight deceptive advertising, the final rule will protect Americans from getting cheated, put businesses that unlawfully game the system on notice, and promote markets that are fair, honest, and competitive.”WSJ / Ryan Knutson
Hugh Hefner’s son wants to buy back Playboy →“It’s a great American company and a great American brand, outside of my personal connection to it,” [Cooper] Hefner, 33, said in an interview. But it “has been managed to a state of potentially nonexistence.”
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