China-linked app NewsBreak used AI to write 40+ inaccurate local US stories since 2021 and in March added a note that its content "may not always be error-free" (Reuters)

Mediagazer: China-linked app NewsBreak used AI to write 40+ inaccurate local US stories since 2021 and in March added a note that its content “may not always be error-free” (Reuters)

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Engadget:

Twitch says its Twitch Tier 1 subscriptions in the US will increase from $4.99 per month to $5.99 per month on July 11, the first price hike for US subscribers— Monthly Tier 1 memberships will go up by $1 in July. — Twitch is joining Spotify, Max, Peacock, Crunchyroll …
Discussion: @twitchsupport, @majorlinux@toot … and help.twitch.tv, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:
@twitchsupport: @DrSteinmanTTV Hey, Streamers will continue earning according to their revenue share (50-70%)💜 Streamers will make more money per subscription with the price increase. @majorlinux@toot.majorshouse.com: It was bound to happen eventually. — Twitch is raising US subscription prices for the first time — https://www.engadget.com/... #Twitch #Subscriptions #Prices #US #Streaming #ContentCreation — [image]

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Variety:
WBD increases the price for Max's ad-free version from $15.99 to $16.99 per month and the Ultimate ad-free tier from $19.99 to $20.99 per month

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The Verge, 9to5Mac, ComingSoon.net, Digiday, @sarafischer, @jbflint, Mumbrella, New York Post, @tvgrimreaper, @variety, The Hollywood Reporter, The A.V. Club, StreamTV Insider, The Desk, Los Angeles Times, Engadget, The Streamable, IndieWire, BGR, Deadline, Next TV, The Wrap, Media Play News, TVLine and Digital Trends

Discussion:

Emma Roth /
The Verge: Max raises prices across its ad-free plans

Sara Fischer /
@sarafischer: 🤑 Summer stream-flation https://www.axios.com/... #axiosmediatrends [image]

Joe Flint /
@jbflint: Stating the obvious but goal here is to get more subscribers to drop ad-free and sign up for lower price commercial version of platform. Me, I'll pay the extra $1.

Rosie Drew /
Mumbrella: Online ad spend increases as lack of consumer confidence forces marketers to focus on ‘short-term sales targets’

Eric Revell /
New York Post: Max streaming service is latest to hike prices — here's how much it will cost you @variety: Existing subscribers will be notified 30 days in advance of their plan renewing and see price increases starting from their next billing cycle on or after July 4. The ad-supported price remains the same at $9.99/month or $99.99/year. https://variety.com/...

Etan Vlessing /
The Hollywood Reporter: Max Raises Price for Ad-Free Subscriber Tier

Bevin Fletcher /
StreamTV Insider: Warner Bros. Discovery increases prices for ad-free Max subscriptions

Matthew Keys /
The Desk: Max rolls out price increase on ad-free tiers of service

Christi Carras /
Los Angeles Times: Warner Bros. Discovery is raising Max prices. Here's how much it'll cost you

Lawrence Bonk /
Engadget: Max just raised subscription prices again

David Satin /
The Streamable: Canceling Max Because of Newest Price Hike? Which Cheaper Streamers Should You Replace It With?

Samantha Bergeson /
IndieWire: The Max Price Increase Is Here, Just in Time for ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2

Denise Petski /
Deadline: Max Hikes Prices For Ad-Free Plans Effective Immediately

Lucas Manfredi /
The Wrap: Max Hikes Prices on Ad-Free Tiers

Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: Max Streaming Service Raising Subscription Prices

Ryan Schwartz /
TVLine: Max Is Raising Prices, Effective Immediately — How Much It'll Cost to Stream Without Ads

Phil Nickinson /
Digital Trends: The ad-free options for Max are getting more expensive

Wall Street Journal:

Sources: the NBA is closing in on deals with NBC, ESPN, and Amazon that would bring in ~$76B in media revenue over 11 years; the deals will include WNBA rights— The National Basketball Association entered its first TV negotiations in a decade with a problem: Its main business partners seemed to be on shaky footing.

Discussion:
Sports Media Watch, Barrett Media, New York Post, Chris Pfaff on LinkedIn, @benfritz, Cord Cutters News, @asharma, @jbflint, @webbarr, @jbflint, The Ringer

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Barrett Media: Report: NBA Closing In on $76 Billion TV Media Rights Deal With Disney, NBCUniversal, Amazon

Matt Ehalt /
New York Post: NBC, ESPN, Amazon ‘closing in’ on $76 billion deals with NBA as TNT's future in jeopardy

Chris Pfaff /
Chris Pfaff on LinkedIn: At the buzzer...Turner is shut out of the new National Basketball Association (NBA) TV deal. This is extraordinary, given Turner (Turner Broadcasting System, Inc)'s legacy with the NBA. …

Ben Fritz /
@benfritz: NBCU is preparing to pay $2.5B per year for new NBA rights on-air and on Peacock and it could have major repercussions for the company's entertainment spending. [image]

Ben Fritz /
@benfritz: Great scoop on the details of the NBA's next blockbuster, $76 billion(!!) TV deal by @JBFlint @asharma + @thesimonetti full of juicy details. https://www.wsj.com/...

Amol Sharma /
@asharma: A few of the details in here: — About half of NBC's 100 games will be exclusively available on Peacock, a big bet on streaming. — NBC likely raising Peacock price and planning significant budget cuts — Amazon was invited in during the “exclusive” TNT/ESPN negotiations.

Amol Sharma /
@asharma: The NBA is closing in on deals with NBC, Amazon and ESPN that point to the staggering value of sports rights and the anxieties of media's biggest players. “Entertainment is a swamp, and sports is the only firm ground.” w/ @JBFlint @ @thesimonetti https://www.wsj.com/...

Joe Flint /
@jbflint: Don't be surprised if the next court Adam Silver and David Zaslav see each other in isn't at Madison Square Garden. W/⁦@asharma⁩ & ⁦@thesimonetti⁩ https://www.wsj.com/... @webbarr: “Entertainment is a swamp, and sports is the only firm ground,” - former Fox Sports chief David Hill https://www.wsj.com/...

Joe Flint /
@jbflint: What divided the NBA and TNT wasn't a couple hundred million bucks. It was the NBA cherry picking playoffs and other big games from TNT to sell to Amazon and NBC. https://www.wsj.com/...

Joe Flint /
@jbflint: For Comcast and NBC an NBA deal puts pressure on Peacock which will need to raise prices. Deal also causing tensions with entertainment teams who fear significant cost cuts to help sports foot bill for massive bet. A lot has to go right for this to work. https://www.wsj.com/...

Sportico:

Diamond Sports Group reaches a tentative deal for a new naming-rights sponsor for its regional sports networks; a report says FanDuel plans to replace Bally's— Diamond Sports Group on Tuesday confirmed that it has reached an agreement in principle on a new naming-rights sponsor …

Discussion:
The Streamable, Bloomberg, Legal Sports Report, Awful Announcing, Barrett Media, Cord Cutters News and Next TV

Discussion:

David Satin /
The Streamable: NBA, NHL Demand Answers from Diamond Sports Group as Future of Regional Sports Networks Fades

Christopher Palmeri /
Bloomberg: FanDuel Nears Deal for Naming Rights to Diamond Sports Channels

Sam McQuillan /
Legal Sports Report: FanDuel Deal For Bally Sports Channels Hinges On Diamond Bankruptcy

Sean Keeley /
Awful Announcing: FanDuel reportedly taking over naming rights on Diamond's Bally Sports networks

Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: Comcast May Kill Bally Sports As The NHL Demands Clarity On The Future of The RSNs This Week

Reuters:

Netflix plans to donate $1M to the Innocence Project to settle a defamation lawsuit by ex-prosecutor Linda Fairstein over a 2019 Central Park Five show— Netflix (NFLX.O) settled a defamation lawsuit brought by best-selling author and former Manhattan sex crimes prosecutor Linda Fairstein …

Discussion:
@theferocity.bsky.social, UPI, The Wrap, Deadline, Los Angeles Times, The Daily Beast, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter

Discussion:

Sheri Walsh /
UPI: Netflix, ex-prosecutor Linda Fairstein settle defamation lawsuit over ‘Central Park Five’ docuseries

Jacob Bryant /
The Wrap: Ava DuVernay Calls Linda Fairstein a Bully ‘Responsible’ for Wrongful Central Park 5 Conviction in Statement on Settlement

Dominic Patten /
Deadline: Ava DuVernay Rips Central Park 5 Prosecutor After Lawsuit Settlement, Praises Netflix For “Unwavering Support” & $1M Innocence Project Donation

Christi Carras /
Los Angeles Times: Netflix, Ava DuVernay settle defamation lawsuit brought by ‘When They See Us’ prosecutor

Gene Maddaus /
Variety: Linda Fairstein and Netflix Settle Suit Over Ava DuVernay's Central Park Five Series

Reuters:

China-linked app NewsBreak used AI to write 40+ inaccurate local US stories since 2021 and in March added a note that its content “may not always be error-free”— Last Christmas Eve, NewsBreak, a free app with roots in China that is the most downloaded news app in the United States …

Discussion:
@reuters, @wexler, @reuters and @robdecola

Discussion:
@reuters: NewsBreak is a privately held start-up, whose primary backers are in San Francisco and Beijing. It's the most-downloaded news app in the US. And, using AI, it has also published erroneous stories, @pearswick writes https://www.reuters.com/...

Nu Wexler /
@wexler: “Newsbreak generates revenue by showing ads to its users, who are predominantly female, above the age of 45, without college degrees, and live in suburban or rural parts of the U.S. ... ” https://www.reuters.com/...

@reuters:
Billing itself as ‘the go-to source for all things local,’ NewsBreak says it has over 50 million monthly users. But the app's AI has resulted in some erroneous stories. NewsBreak blames incorrect source material https://www.reuters.com/... [image]

Mumbrella:

Several senior executives, including sales managers, are leaving as part of News Corp Australia's ongoing restructuring; more staff cuts are expected next week— The biggest restructuring in News Corp Australia's history continues to roll on, as several senior executives have been moved on.

Discussion:
Australian Financial Review, Mediaweek and

Discussion:

Sam Buckingham-Jones /
Australian Financial Review: News Corp on edge as redundancies roll out after major restructure

Tess Connery /
Mediaweek: Michael Miller calls for tech giants to be bound by ‘social licence’: 'They don't mine our minerals, they mine our lives'

New York Times:

The Columbia Law Review's website was taken offline by its board of directors after the journals' student editors published an article criticizing Israel— The board of directors of the student-run publication said that the article, by a Palestinian human rights lawyer, had not been subject to sufficient review.

Discussion:
CNN, The Daily Beast, The Intercept, @jameeljaffer and Associated Press

Discussion:

Jordan Valinsky /
CNN: Columbia Law Review website is down after publishing a story criticizing Israel

Dan Ladden-Hall /
The Daily Beast: Columbia Law Review Site Taken Down Over Article Accusing Israel of Genocide The Intercept: Columbia Law Review Refused to Take Down Article on Palestine, So Its Board of Directors Nuked the Whole Website

Jameel Jaffer /
@jameeljaffer: This is a crazy, disturbing story. I would like to know more about the purported procedural irregularities, but nuking the website is a drastic, extraordinary step that requires much more justification than has been supplied by the directors thus far. https://theintercept.com/...

Reuters:

A federal class action suit against the NFL over claims of using agreements to control Sunday Ticket distribution, letting DirecTV raise prices, heads to trial— The National Football League and subscribers to its “Sunday Ticket” televised game package are headed to trial on Wednesday …

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Bloomberg

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Bloomberg:

FT Ventures buys a minority stake in Toronto-based news company The Logic, launched in 2018; the FT's media consulting arm will help with subscriptions and more— FT Ventures will become a minority owner of the Toronto-based news company, which was launched in 2018.

Discussion:
Talking Biz News

Discussion:

Chris Roush /
Talking Biz News: Canada biz news site The Logic raises $4 million

Bloomberg:

The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal rules that a class action lawsuit against Google over allegations of abusing its dominance in digital ads can proceed— London judges ruled a class action lawsuit to proceed against Google potentially seeking billions of pounds in damages over allegations …

Discussion:
Press Gazette, City A.M., Advanced Television, Reuters, @pressgazette and more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Charlotte Tobitt /
Press Gazette: £13.6bn damages claim against Google on behalf of UK publishers to go to trial

Maria Ward-Brennan /
City A.M.: Google faces £14bn UK class action after Tribunal greenlights claim @pressgazette: New: £13.6bn damages claim against Google on behalf of UK publishers to go to trial London's Competition Appeal Tribunal on Wednesday certified a claim representing UK publishers and allowed it to go to trial, dismissing Google's arguments against it https://pressgazette.co.uk/...

@pressgazette:
Google has now given a statement calling the lawsuit “speculative and opportunistic. We'll oppose it vigorously and on the facts” https://pressgazette.co.uk/...

Wired:

Russian journalists and dissidents are taking advantage of YouTube, the only major US platform available in Russia and a primary entertainment source for many— YouTube remains the only major US-based social media platform available in Russia. It's become “indispensable” to everyday people, making a ban tricky.

Discussion:
@justinling@mastodon.online, more at Techmeme »

The Guardian:

Heavy-handed moves by The Washington Post's new publisher, Will Lewis, have alienated and angered some of its talented staff; a course correction is in order— When Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post in 2013, he said he wanted to give the storied but struggling newspaper the “runway” it needed to take off in the digital age.

Discussion:
Press Watch, Axios, Fox News, Poynter, @karaswisher, @ichinoy, @jayrosen_nyu, @froomkin, @ichinoy, @brizzyc, @jayrosen_nyc@threads.net, @davew@mastodon.online, Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Associated Press, Columbia Journalism Review, New York Post, Media Nation, MediaPost and Mediaite

Discussion:

Dan Froomkin /
Press Watch: Beware the Tory takeover of the Washington Post

Sara Fischer /
Axios: Media scrambles for survival ahead of 2024 Fox News: Washington Post newsroom in turmoil as insiders criticize leadership's ‘poorly handled’ transition

Tom Jones /
Poynter: After a tumultuous recent past, The Washington Post looks to an uncertain future

Kara Swisher /
@karaswisher: This by @davidfolkenflik covers the sitch there fairly. One add: 1. Creating a needlessly hot mess does not make any more money for a place that needs it. And 2. This has been a failure of the top execs & Bezos & not the journalism, so slapping the news staff was boneheaded.

Ira Chinoy /
@ichinoy: I worked @washingtonpost, where I helped build the data journalism program. These are accomplished, hardworking professionals. They don't need to be told to “get with the program.” The Post ownership can't find an impressive American journalist to run the news? Won't end well...

Jay Rosen /
@jayrosen_nyu: The Washington Post should become “the first elite newsroom to abandon the both-sides and pox-on-both-your-houses reporting style and instead actively warn readers...” That's @froomkin's argument. He used to work for the Post. https://presswatchers.org/... [image]

Dan Froomkin /
@froomkin: The great @sulliview reports that publisher Will Lewis totally bombed on Monday.

Ira Chinoy /
@ichinoy: Also, in such a high-quality newsroom, if you can't foster respect for the leadership from the bottom up, it's a lost cause.

Carrie Brown /
@brizzyc: “Journalists don't delude themselves that newsrooms are democracies; they know they don't get a vote. But successful newsrooms aren't dictatorships, either.”

Jay Rosen /
@jayrosen_nyc@threads.net: The Washington Post should become “the first elite newsroom to abandon the both-sides and pox-on-both-your-houses reporting style and instead actively warn readers...” That's @froomkind's argument. And he used to work for the Post. https://presswatchers.org/...

Jay Rosen /
@jayrosen_nyc@threads.net: Read Margaret Sullivan on the lit fuse at the Washington Post. https://www.theguardian.com/ ... @davew@mastodon.online: @Mediagazer Democracy dies in darkness isn't a slogan. It's their mission statement

Charlotte Klein /
Vanity Fair: “I Can't Sugarcoat It Anymore”: Will Lewis Bluntly Defends Washington Post Shake-Up

David Bauder /
Associated Press: With its top editor abruptly gone, The Washington Post grapples with a hastily announced restructure

Jon Allsop /
Columbia Journalism Review: The Brits are coming. Again.

Alexandra Steigrad /
New York Post: Washington Post staffers clash with CEO at all-hands meeting after top editor exits: ‘Get with the program’

Dan Kennedy /
Media Nation: Post notes: Buzbee's departure, diversity concerns and a squishy-soft profile

Ray Schultz /