The California State Senate passes SB 1327, a bill aimed at imposing a "data extraction mitigation fee" on Big Tech to help fund local journalism (Laurel Rosenhall/Los Angeles Times)

Mediagazer: The California State Senate passes SB 1327, a bill aimed at imposing a “data extraction mitigation fee” on Big Tech to help fund local journalism (Laurel Rosenhall/Los Angeles Times)

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@benmullin:

The WHCA says it is “deeply concerned” that CNN blocked repeated requests to let the White House travel pool in studio for tonight's presidential debate— scoop: The White House Correspondents' Association says it's “deeply concerned” that CNN “has rejected our repeated requests to include the White House travel pool inside the studio.” The full statement: [image]
Discussion: Fox News: Journalists call out CNN for limiting in-person press access to the debate: ‘Deeply concerned’

Raquel ‘Rocky’ Harris /
The Wrap: White House Correspondents Call on CNN to Let Presidential Debate Journalists in Studio After ‘Repeated Requests,’ Rejections @deadline: The White House Correspondents' Association is urging CNN to allow at least one print pool reporter inside the studio for the duration of tonight's presidential debate, after the network rejected previous requests https://deadline.com/...

Byron York /
@byronyork: A pool reporter should absolutely be in the room. No objection from Biden or Trump. CNN refusing access.

Ted Johnson /
Deadline: White House Correspondents' Association Protests After CNN Limits In-Studio Print Pool Access During Duration Of Biden-Trump Debate

Bryan S. Myrick /
@bryanmyrick: This is bad, bad form by CNN. Plenty of time to reverse course and do the right thing. A single pool reporter should be allowed to observe the entire event in situ.

Andrew Restuccia /
@andrewrestuccia: A reasonable request from the WHCA. The presence of a print pooler at the debate should be a no-brainer

@deadline:
White House Correspondents' Association Protests After CNN Limits In-Studio Print Pool Access During Duration Of Biden-Trump Debate https://deadline.com/...

Ben Mullin /
@benmullin: NEWS, w/@katie_robertson: A group of senior Washington journalists have signed a letter to CNN on behalf of the White House Correspondents' Association asking the network to widen access to tonight's debate. The letter: [image]

Alex Weprin /
The Hollywood Reporter: With CNN Debate Hours Away, Multiple News Outlets Are Still Seeking More Access

Kai Ryssdal /
@kairyssdal: It's completely amazing that CNN — a journalism organization — would stiff arm other journalism organizations. Very bad look. Then again remember they had to be shamed into sharing the feed of the debate. I legit wonder what the though process is here.

Sean Davis /
@seanmdav: CNN has banned non-CNN apparatchiks from even being physically present at the debate, because CNN plans to rig the debate—and potentially even edit or fabricate footage—without any third-party observers to hold them accountable. The level of corruption here is so insane that it's

Ashley Parker /
@ashleyrparker: Off the top of my head, I can think of at least two high profile instances where the WHCA immediately supported CNN when the Trump admin. tried to ban them. Now, CNN is banning the WHCA travel pool — OF WHICH THEY ARE A MEMBER — from access to the debate hall. The mind reels.

@deadline:
When President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump debate at CNN's studios in Atlanta, they will do so without any audience. Most reporters credentialed to cover the event will be in a press area in a separate building https://deadline.com/...

Raquel ‘Rocky’ Harris /
TVNewsCheck: White House Correspondents Call On CNN To Let Presidential Debate Journalists In Studio After ‘Repeated Requests,’ Rejections

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@cbcpac:

The head of the Congressional Black Caucus PAC calls on CNN to give credentials to Black-owned media outlets for tonight's debate; none were credentialed so far— Full statement from @RepGregoryMeeks: [image]

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Elie Mystal /
@elienyc: @Fly_Sistah Yeah, CNN is pulling the Jim Crow thing of “Anybody COULD HAVE showed up to vote. We just didn't tell any Black people when or where the election was but, IF THEY HAD FOUND OUT, we totally would have let them vote. Promise.”

Nyamekye Daniel /
Atlanta Black Star: ‘Disrespectful’: CNN Excludes Black American Media from 2024 President Debate In Atlanta But Approved Credentials for Reporters from Other Countries

Symone D. Sanders Townsend /
@symonedsanders: The @CBCPAC has now weighed in on this with a statement from @RepGregoryMeeks: “This afternoon we learned that CNN has credentialed 800 members of the media for the first presidential debate of the election cycle. Not one represents a Black-owned media outlet. CNN's exclusion of

Elie Mystal /
@elienyc: CNN excluding Black owned press from attending the presidential debate IN ATLANTA is so very on point for late stage American corporate media https://www.11alive.com/... @rolandsmartin: “... all those excuses ...” - CNN's failed security clearance arguments for freezing out Black media at the first presidential debate REVEALED 👀 FULL VIDEO 👉🏾 Atlanta Mayor DISAPPOINTED With CNN After Black Media Credential SNUB https://www.youtube.com/... #RolandMartinUnfiltered [video]

@rolandsmartin:
“It was a disappointment to hear that you got 6 or eight hundred credentialed organizations and the Black media outlets don't have a shot at it” - Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens talks CNN SNUBBING Black media for prez debate 👀 https://www.youtube.com/... #RolandMartinUnfiltered [video]

Stephanie Myles /
@stefmylestennis: Like ANY high-profile event, there was a deadline to apply for credentials. It seems these outlets didn't .. inquire before the deadline or as soon as the date and location were set. They just expected an invite. That's not “being excluded”. Now, they're complaining. @stacybrownmedia: @rolandsmartin ... also requested credentials and were denied. Here's the denial: Hi Stacy, Thanks for reaching out. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of requests and space and security constraints, we are unable to accommodate any additional credential requests following our

Atlanta Black Star /
@atlblackstar: Who's surprised? CNN excludes Black media from presidential debate despite proximity to Black-owned outlets in Atlanta. https://atlantablackstar.com/ ... [image]

Patricia Murphy /
@murphyajc: The Atlanta Voice is among the Black media turned down for credentials to the CNN debate *in* Atlanta. Also, the biggest political story in Atlanta now is campaigns' outreach to Black voters who, for some reason, don't feel like a part of the political process.

Gerald A. Griggs /
@attorneygriggs: .@CNN should allow media credentials for black media for the #PresidentialDebate. Full Stop! This is unacceptable.

Chris Evans /
@notcapnamerica: .@CNN explain why you have excluded every Black media outlet from covering this debate?? cc: @jaketapper @andersoncooper @wolfblitzer

Kianga Moore /
EBONY: CNN's Exclusion of Black Media Raises Concerns Over Influence and Voting Suppression

Atlanta Black Star /
@atlblackstar: The Chairman of CBCPAC criticized CNN in a statement for excluding Black-owned media from the upcoming presidential debate's credentials. Despite hosting the debate in Atlanta near Black media outlets, CNN did not invite any Black-owned publications. https://atlantablackstar.com/ ... [image]

Joy-Ann Reid /
@joyannreid@threads.net: One of the Blackest cities in America is hosting a presidential debate and Black-owned media are reportedly having trouble getting access. Make it make sense... @cnn @fly_sistah: @ElieNYC The wild part is CNN claims Black media outlets missed the June 7 deadline although CNN never told any of them about the process to get credentials nor any deadline. They did ZERO outreach to Black media outlets but international outlets have credentials. https://theatlantavoice.com/ ...

@maxwelltani:

CNN responds to the WHCA on debate access: the print pool reporter gets studio access at the first ad break, and a tight pool of photographers gets full access— In a statement, CNN responded to concerns from the WHCA on press access to the debate room. The network says the “debate is being held without an audience in a CNN studio and is closed to press.” [image]

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The Wrap, Bloomberg and Washington Examiner

Nieman Lab:

Tests show that ChatGPT is hallucinating URLs in some citations, directing users to broken links for at least 10 news publications with OpenAI licensing deals— Nieman Lab's tests show ChatGPT is directing users to broken URLs for at least 10 publications with OpenAI licensing deals.

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Engadget, @jaredlholt, @decka227, @adamjohnsonchi, @researchbuzz@researchbuzz … and @christianschwaegerl …

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Pranav Dixit /
Engadget: Please don't get your news from AI chatbots

Jared Holt /
@jaredlholt: For all the fears and talks of an “AI-powered future” around the tech industry, the crux of the issue here is that the tech sucks and is being forced out of production anyway, making it the consumer's problem

Andrew Deck /
@decka227: ChatGPT is hallucinating fake URLs for at least 10 publications that have OpenAI licensing deals. I tested the chatbot's ability to cite its news sources for @NiemanLab. It regularly generated broken links to even its partners' biggest investigations. https://www.niemanlab.org/...

Adam Johnson /
@adamjohnsonchi: We must PAUSE this tech imminently, it is mere months from becoming a god-like entity @researchbuzz@researchbuzz.masto.host: Well this is absolutely fucknuts — ‘In my testing, I repeatedly prompted ChatGPT to link out to these publications’ marquee articles, including Pulitzer Prize-winning stories and years-long investigations.... All together, my tests show that ChatGPT is currently unable to reliably link out to even these most noteworthy stories by partner publications.' …

Bloomberg:

Naver-owned Webtoon shares closed up 9.5% at $23 in the online comics company's Nasdaq debut, giving it a market value of ~$2.9B, after an IPO that raised $315M— - Online comics company's first-time share sale priced at top — Firm sees growth beyond Korea coming from Japan, France

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Forbes, Reuters, Crunchbase News, @nasdaqexchange and Deadline, more at Techmeme »

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Rob Salkowitz /
Forbes: Post IPO, WEBTOON Executives Talk Future Plans And Market Trends

Joanna Glasner /
Crunchbase News: Webtoon Rises Modestly In IPO Debut @nasdaqexchange: 🌟170M monthly active users. 🚀$1.3B annual revenue. 🌎150+ countries. 🎨24M Creators. Millions of people have found their story on WEBTOON (@webtoonofficial)—and now we get to be a part of that story! #WEBTOON is #NasdaqListed, and we're thrilled to be their exchange partner! [video]

Jesse Whittock /
Deadline: Naver's Comic Platform Webtoon Entertainment Seeks To Raise $315M Through U.S. IPO

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Financial Times:
Naver-owned online comics platform Webtoon raised $315M in its Nasdaq IPO at $21 per share, the top of its $18-$21 marketed range, valuing the company at $2.7B

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BBC, Yahoo Finance, Publishing Perspectives, WEBTOON, @lucas_shaw, @nasdaqexchange, Fast Company, KED Global and Reuters

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João da Silva /
BBC: Korean web comic giant set for $2.7bn market debut

Porter Anderson /
Publishing Perspectives: South Korea-Owned Webtoon Launches Its Nasdaq IPO

Lucas Shaw /
@lucas_shaw: A webtoon business is about to go public with a value of $3 billion. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

@nasdaqexchange:
🎉Welcome to the Nasdaq family, WEBTOON (@webtoonofficial)! 🎉 📚Now trading on @NasdaqExchange, $WBTN is a global storytelling platform that enables Creators and users to discover, create, and share stories. #NasdaqListed [video]

Michael Grothaus /
Fast Company: Webtoon IPO: Stock price will be closely watched today as comics platform debuts on Nasdaq

Seok-Cheol Choi /
KED Global: Naver's webtoon unit to raise $315 mn via Nasdaq IPO

Los Angeles Times:

The California State Senate passes SB 1327, a bill aimed at imposing a “data extraction mitigation fee” on Big Tech to help fund local journalism— The California state Senate on Thursday passed legislation aimed at helping the news industry by imposing a new tax on some of the biggest tech companies in the world.

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California State Legislature: Bill Text — SB-1327 Income taxation: credits: local news media: data extraction transactions.

Steven Waldman /
@stevenwaldman: WOW. The California Senate just voted to approved, by 2/3 vote, SB1327, Sen. Glazers bill to provide $500 million for local news, paid for by a tax on the big tech companies. Huge breakthrough.

Senator Catherine Blakespear /
@senblakespear: I am proud to be a co-author of #SB1327, by @Steve_Glazer. Journalism is critical to our democracy. As a former journalist, I know the value of news and an informed public, and we need it for democracy to work. Glad to see it pass the Senate today! @AsmBuffyWicks @CNPAservices [image]

Matt Pearce /
@mattdpearce: It's officially JOURNALISM POLICY SUMMER in California with Assemblymember @BuffyWicks' CJPA and Senator @Steve_Glazer's SB 1327 both advancing this week! We have not seen American journalism policy this ambitious since the creation of Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 👏

Matt Pearce /
@mattdpearce: Pardon my language, but holy shit: The California Senate just voted 27-7 to advance Senator @Steve_Glazer's SB 1327, which would tax big tech to fund hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of journalist employment tax credits in California. https://mattdpearce.substack.com/ ... @progresschamber: Surprise! The California Senate just pushed a digital ad tax through at the last minute. In a vote today without notice, the CA Senate rushed SB 1327 to the floor despite concerns it will raise costs for small businesses and consumers. Our statement: https://progresschamber.org/ ... [image]

Rebekah Entralgo /
The NewsGuild: California Senate Passes $500 Million Journalism Jobs Bill Matt Pearce: Breaking news: California Senate advances a major data mining tax to fund journalism jobs

Mumbrella:

Nine CEO tells staff that around 200 jobs, ~4% of its workforce, will be cut, including up to 90 roles from Publishing and 38 from news and current affairs— Up to 200 jobs are set to be made redundant at Nine as soon as Friday. — Nine Entertainment CEO Mike Sneesby notified staff of the move …

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Sydney Morning Herald, AdNews News, @colonelhogans, @meadea, @therealpbarry, @calumjaspan_, Mediaweek, @maxwalden_, @anguslivingston, Capital Brief and TV Tonight

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Rick /
@colonelhogans: While keep paying Karl Stephanovic $2M per year to talk shit.... Nine to cut up to 200 jobs as ‘economic headwinds’ bite @smh

Amanda Meade /
@meadea: Nine Entertainment chief executive Mike Sneesby has told staff the company is cutting 200 jobs due to the “economic headwinds” facing the media, with the biggest cuts to come from legacy mastheads the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

Paul Barry /
@therealpbarry: Cuts, cuts, more cuts. Australian MSM in heaps of trouble Nine to cut up to 200 jobs as ‘economic headwinds’ bite https://www.smh.com.au/...

Calum Jaspan /
@calumjaspan_: SMH and The Age parent company Nine to cut up to 200 jobs, around 4pc of company headcount. Up to 90 to go in publishing division. Story @theage @smh https://www.smh.com.au/...

Max Walden /
@maxwalden_: Australia's largest locally owned media conglomerate Nine will shed 200 staff as a deal with Meta ends, per CEO Mike Sneesby. Some 70-90 of these jobs across successful publishing division - Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Australian Financial Review, Brisbane Times, WA Today [image]

Angus Livingston /
@anguslivingston: Nine has 5000 employees, half the job cuts are coming in the relatively small Publishing division, which has been strongly profitable and passed those profits through to shareholders

Front Office Sports:

A Los Angeles jury sides against the NFL in a Sunday Ticket antitrust trial, saying the league owes $4.7B+ to subscribers and $96M to bars and restaurants— A jury in Los Angeles sided against the NFL on Thursday in the Sunday Ticket trial that could cost the league billions.

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Awful Announcing, The Wrap, Associated Press, Reuters, Variety, New York Times, Ad Age, The Desk, @meghanncuniff, Awful Announcing, Los Angeles Times, Next TV, CBS News, Fox Business, The Verge, ESPN, NBCSports.com, USA Today, The Hollywood Reporter, Sportico, @loudmouthjulia, Cord Cutters News, @eriqgardner, @meghanncuniff, Media Play News, TVNewsCheck and Deadline

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Daniel Kaplan /
Awful Announcing: What's next for NFL after bombshell Sunday Ticket lawsuit verdict?

Jacob Bryant /
The Wrap: NFL to Pay $4.7 Billion in ‘Sunday Ticket’ Antitrust Damages, LA Jury Rules

Todd Spangler /
Variety: NFL Socked With $4.7 Billion-Plus Verdict in Sunday Ticket Case, League to Appeal Decision

Meghann Cuniff /
@meghanncuniff: @NFL @DIRECTV Jury in the Sunday Ticket antitrust trial orders NFL to pay $96 million in damages to commercial class and $4 BILLION in damages to the residential class.

Sam Farmer /
Los Angeles Times: NFL ordered to pay billions in damages for ‘overcharged’ Sunday Ticket

Jon Lafayette /
Next TV: NFL Loses Sunday Ticket Case, Ordered To Pay $4.7 Billion CBS News: Jury in NFL “Sunday Ticket” case rules league violated antitrust laws, awards nearly $4.8 billion in damages

Richard Lawler /
The Verge: Sunday Ticket jury orders NFL to pay fans $4.7 billion in damages

Mike Florio /
NBCSports.com: NFL vows to “certainly contest” multi-billion-dollar verdict in Sunday Ticket case

Michael McCann /
Sportico: NFL Ordered to Pay $4.7 Billion in Sunday Ticket Trial Verdict

Julia Alexander /
@loudmouthjulia: Appeals will happen, but what a significant ruling. https://frontofficesports.com/ ...

Eriq Gardner /
@eriqgardner: Wow! And good chance it gets tripled to $12 billion! https://frontofficesports.com/ ...

Eriq Gardner /
@eriqgardner: And as much as $12 billion is 👀, the more significant impact could be each NFL team becoming free to make their own streaming deals. Yes, there will be an appeal (calling Brett Kavanaugh), but this may be a real game-changer.

Meghann Cuniff /
@meghanncuniff: @NFL @DIRECTV “It's a great verdict for the consumers of America,” lead @SusmanGodfrey attorney Bill Carmody told reporters. Carmody said the jury upheld antitrust laws “despite the star power of the defendants.”

Meghann Cuniff /
@meghanncuniff: NFL Sunday Ticket is currently available through YouTube TV. Neither Google nor YouTube are defendants in this case, but plaintiffs' attorneys squarely implicated them in trial, telling jurors the price-fixing conspiracy continues to this day.

Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: L.A. Jury Orders NFL Pay $4.7 Billion in ‘Sunday Ticket’ Class-Action Antitrust Lawsuit Damages

Associated Press:

The Center for Investigative Reporting, which produces Mother Jones and Reveal, has sued ChatGPT maker OpenAI and Microsoft, saying OpenAI violated copyrights— The Center for Investigative Reporting said Thursday it has sued ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its closest business partner, Microsoft …

Discussion:
Engadget, The Wrap, Al Jazeera and The Hollywood Reporter

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Natalie Korach /
The Wrap: The Center for Investigative Reporting Launches Lawsuit Against OpenAI, Microsoft Over Copyright Infringement

Wired:

Amazon is investigating Perplexity over whether the AI search startup is violating AWS rules by scraping websites that attempted to prevent it from doing so— AWS hosted a server linked to the Bezos family- and Nvidia-backed search startup that appears to have been used to scrape the sites …

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@timmarchman, @sarahnemerson, @laurengoode, @crumbler@threads.net, @dmehro, The Verge, TechCrunch and Bloomberg, more at Techmeme »

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Tim Marchman /
@timmarchman: NEW from @AndrewCouts and @dmehro: Amazon Web Services is investigating Perplexity following a WIRED investigation into the “answer engine.” Clients must, Amazon tells WIRED, respect robots.txt: https://www.wired.com/...

Sarah Emerson /
@sarahnemerson: “The machine associated with Perplexity appears to be engaged in widespread crawling of news websites that forbid bots from accessing its content. Spokespeople for the Guardian, Forbes, and The New York Times also say they detected the IP address on its servers multiple times.”

Lauren Goode /
@laurengoode: Amazon's cloud division has launched an investigation into Perplexity AI, to determine whether the AI search startup is violating AWS rules by scraping websites that tried to prevent it from doing so https://www.wired.com/... via @AndrewCouts @dmehro

Casey Newton /
@crumbler@threads.net: Should be a quick investigation!

Dhruv Mehrotra /
@dmehro: NEW: Perplexity was using a secret AWS-hosted virtual machine to scrape the web. Major newsroom we spoke to observed its IP address in their server logs. Now Amazon is investigating. w/ @AndrewCouts https://www.wired.com/...

Elizabeth Lopatto /
The Verge: Perplexity's grand theft AI

The Desk:

Comcast is adding the sports-focused Fubo app to supported Xfinity Flex, Xumo TV, and Xumo Stream boxes— Customers of Comcast's broadband product Xfinity Internet now have access to sports-centric streaming service Fubo on the company's lased streaming boxes.

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Cord Cutters News, Next TV, The Streamable and Media Play News

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Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: Fubo Launches on Xfinity Flex, & Xumo Box/TV Giving Comcast Customers an Option For Bally Sports

Daniel Frankel /
Next TV: Fubo Launches Natively on Xumo and Xfinity Flex Streaming Devices

Associated Press:

Seven nonprofits including the Freedom of the Press Foundation file a brief saying the US law forcing ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban is unconstitutional— A group of nonprofits argued in a legal filing that the federal law requiring TikTok's parent company to sell the platform …

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