Global Project Oasis study: the number of launches of digital news startups has been slowing since 2022 in Europe, Latin America, and North America (Hanaa' Tameez/Nieman Lab)

Mediagazer: Global Project Oasis study: the number of launches of digital news startups has been slowing since 2022 in Europe, Latin America, and North America (Hanaa' Tameez/Nieman Lab)

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The Guardian:

In a letter to ex-prime minister Gordon Brown, the UK's Met police say a special team is examining claims that Will Lewis helped cover up phone hacking claims— Exclusive: Scotland Yard move on complaint by ex-PM Gordon Brown, who accuses Will Lewis of phone hacking ‘cover-up’ in 2011
Discussion: NPR, CNN, New York Times, @froomkin, @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social, @jeffjarvis, @jackshafer, @bgrueskin, @davidfolkenflik,

Discussion:

David Folkenflik /
NPR: U.K. police open criminal investigation into Washington Post publisher

Hadas Gold /
CNN: UK police examining allegations Washington Post publisher purposely deleted emails in phone hacking scandal

Dan Froomkin /
@froomkin: WILL LEWIS MUST GO. I wrote this back when we only knew the very least of it. It's now truer than ever. https://presswatchers.org/...

Jeff Jarvis /
@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social: Will Lewis can't hide now.... UK police special enquiry team to examine role of Washington Post chief in email deletions — https://www.theguardian.com/ ... @jeffjarvis: Murdoch's man, Will Lewis, might be hiding under a rock, hoping the storm over him blows over. No. His hole gets deeper. First Murdoch papers targeted me. Now there is evidence they falsely implicated me in a cover-up By Gordon Brown https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

Jack Shafer /
@jackshafer: “Blazoned across the top of every edition of the Washington Post is the statement, ‘Democracy dies in darkness’,” Brown wrote. “But what if the publisher himself is a master of the dark arts?” https://www.npr.org/...

Bill Grueskin /
@bgrueskin: Jeff Bezos surely wasn't planning on “Scotland Yard investigates Washpost CEO” stories after he hired Will Lewis. But when you bring aboard a top executive from a Rupert Murdoch property, that risk has to be built into the transaction. https://www.npr.org/...

David Folkenflik /
@davidfolkenflik: Lawyers for Prince Harry and leading politicians allege Lewis ordered millions of emails destroyed. They also say he concocted a false alibi to justify that; months later, he told police of a tip that a former prime minister schemed to steal emails from Murdoch's CEO in the UK.

David Folkenflik /
@davidfolkenflik: News: Scotland Yard has opened a criminal inquiry into the actions of Washington Post publisher Will Lewis while police were investigating phone hacking and other crimes at Rupert Murdoch's tabloids in 2011. My story from London for NPR (and thread): https://www.npr.org/...

David Folkenflik /
@davidfolkenflik: Lewis has denied all wrongdoing but has not commented on these details. Murdoch's News UK says the concern was real though a consultant found no signs of tampering. Former PM Gordon Brown denied the scheme. His complaint to Scotland Yard led police to open the new inquiry.

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NPR:

Lawyers for Prince Harry and others accused WaPo CEO Will Lewis of fabricating a fake security threat 13 years ago in order to delete emails at Murdoch tabloids— LONDON — Attorneys for Prince Harry and prominent U.K. politicians today accused Washington Post chief executive and publisher …

Discussion:
The Guardian, MediaPost, Media Nation and @northernlights@mstdn.ca

Discussion:

Gordon Brown /
The Guardian: First Murdoch papers targeted me. Now there is evidence they falsely implicated me in a cover-up

Ray Schultz /
MediaPost: ‘Washington Post’ CEO Will Lewis Investigated By UK Police Over ‘Obstruction’

Dan Kennedy /
Media Nation: Will Lewis is back in the news. And once again, it's for all the wrong reasons. @northernlights@mstdn.ca: The former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom tells how he was victimised by Rupert Murdoch. Even the Prime Minister of an important country is assaulted by this immoral creature. — Mugdock is old and near death; he will roast on the other side, oh yes. — #ukpolitics — https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

Deadline:

In a Q&A at the NABJ convention, Trump questions Kamala Harris' ethnicity, calls ABC News' Rachel Scott “very rude”, and complains about audio problems— “I've known her for a long time indirectly, directly, very much,” Trump said. “And she was always of Indian heritage and she was promoting Indian heritage.

Discussion:
The Hollywood Reporter, Washington Post, Mediaite, HuffPost, New York Times, TIME, TheGrio, CBS News, Rolling Stone, @mossbergwalt@threads.net, @abbydphillip, NABJ, The Guardian, Poynter, @kamalahq, @chenueher, @aprildryan, @cbcpac, WXIA-TV, Axios, @timothystamm101@threads.net, @kenpopehat@threads.net, @kbode@threads.net, @natashasalford, PolitiFact, @graceokoro2, @moniquepressley, The Daily Beast, Media Matters for America, Politico, @goodyk@threads.net, Slate, @dkiesow@threads.net, The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, Iowa Capital Dispatch, @hadas_gold, The Wrap, NBC4 Washington, @brianstelter, @noahcrothman, Fox News, TMZ.com, @willsommer, @jeffstorobinsky, @hadas_gold, @acyn, Boing Boing, The 19th, @corbinbolies, @parkermolloy, Shari Dunn on LinkedIn, @hadas_gold, @brianstelter, @trumpstaxes, Mother Jones, Forbes, @hadas_gold, @semaforben, @errinhaines, New York Daily News, Variety, Barrett Media, Associated Press, ABC7, New Republic and The Hill

Discussion:

Kevin Dolak /
The Hollywood Reporter: Donald Trump's Contentious National Association of Black Journalists Address Goes Off the Rails Immediately

Michael Luciano /
Mediaite: CNN Guest Takes Sledgehammer to Segment on Trump's ‘Ridiculous’ Kamala Harris Attack: ‘Can We Just Talk About How Ignorant This Whole Conversation Is?’

Ryan Grenoble /
HuffPost: Five Wild Moments From Trump's Trainwreck NABJ Interview

Simon J. Levien /
New York Times: Live Election Updates: Trump to Take Questions at Conference for Black Journalists

Philip Elliott /
TIME: Trump Falsely Claims Harris Hasn't Always Identified as Black

April Ryan /
TheGrio: Harris won't attend NABJ convention as group faces backlash over Trump invitation CBS News: Trump spars with reporters at Black journalists' conference over Kamala Harris' ethnicity, immigration and jobs

Tessa Stuart /
Rolling Stone: ‘The American People Deserve Better’: Harris Responds to Trump's Racist Rant

Walt Mossberg /
@mossbergwalt@threads.net: This @washingtonpost headline could be a permanent fixture for all news organizations, not just fact checkers. All they'd have to do is swap in different venues and audiences.

Abby D. Phillip /
@abbydphillip: Incredibly proud of @rachelvscott and @kadiagoba today. Substantive but tough questioning. NABJ leadership made a decision grounded in journalism to have Trump come answer questions. And it produced one of the newsiest interviews with him this year.

Kstewart /
NABJ: VP Harris In Talks With NABJ For Virtual or In-Person Q&A in September, Former President Trump Set to Appear In Person Wednesday

Adria R Walker /
The Guardian: Black journalists respond to ‘disastrous’ Trump panel at annual convention

Kerwin Speight /
Poynter: What it was like to be in the room with Trump at NABJ

Chenue Her /
@chenueher: Donald Trump campaign's statement after his appearance at the NABJ convention today: “Today's biased and rude treatment from certain hostile members of the media will backfire massively.” #NABJ24 [image] @aprildryan: SCOOP: according to those (many) familiar with this situation, Tuesday am both Ken Lemon President of NABJ and Drew Berry Executive Director of the NABJ told Harris folks she “needed” to be in Chicago in person for the convention. The NABJ shut down the conversation for a virtual

Donesha Aldridge /
WXIA-TV: Heated dialogue on display as Trump answers questions during panel at NABJ conference

Timothy Stamm /
@timothystamm101@threads.net: Considering he seemed to have no filter and was saying his racism outlook and being incredibly weird about it I think yes because it makes the weird, creep, and loon attacks stick even harder.

Ken White /
@kenpopehat@threads.net: I mean “Trump visits the National Association of Black Journalists” already sounds like an SNL skit, I don't know what people expected.

Karl Bode /
@kbode@threads.net: not when a feckless press frames it this way, putting the false claim completely unchallenged in the headline

Natasha S. Alford /
@natashasalford: On a personal note, NABJ has meant a lot to so many of us, so this has been hard to see play out on multiple levels. But I will never forget that Donald Trump insulted and was hostile to a Black female journalist in our own communal space and was unchecked. And the feeling of

Samantha Putterman /
PolitiFact: Donald Trump's Pants on Fire claim at NABJ about how Kamala Harris ‘became’ Black @graceokoro2: @NatashaSAlford The powerlessness is self-inflicted. You bring Trump on, knowing who he is and how he operates, it's professional malpractice not to be ready for him. It's your show, your platform, yet you're powerless? No American journalist has found a way to interview Trump since 2015. #NABJ

Monique Pressley /
@moniquepressley: @NatashaSAlford There were checks in the audience. Including @rolandsmartin . Hard to do more when the leadership of the organization has signed up its own folks for unnecessary abuse.

Josephine Walker /
The Daily Beast: Roy Wood Jr. Sets Off Hilarious #WhenITurnedBlack Trend to Mock Trump

Lis Power /
Media Matters for America: Harris Faulkner does damage control for Trump after his disastrous NABJ panel she co-moderated

Bill Goodykoontz /
@goodyk@threads.net: ABC News needs to give Rachel Scott a raise or promotion or both. NABJ

Damon Kiesow /
@dkiesow@threads.net: The “objective” headlines after the NABJ event promise to be almost as bad as Trump.

David A. Graham /
The Atlantic: Donald Trump Questions Whether Kamala Harris Is Really Black

Jon Skolnik /
Vanity Fair: All of the Crazy Things Donald Trump Said to a Roomful of Black Journalists

Ariana Figueroa /
Iowa Capital Dispatch: Trump insults Harris, makes false claims, quarrels with Black journalists at conference

Hadas Gold /
@hadas_gold: Trump attacking Rachel Scott sitting right next to her says her questions are ‘nasty’

Raquel ‘Rocky’ Harris /
The Wrap: Donald Trump Says Kamala Harris ‘Happened to Turn Black’ After Only Promoting Indian Heritage at NABJ Conference | Video

Alex Fisher /
NBC4 Washington: ‘All of a sudden’: Trump tells Black journalists in Chicago Kamala Harris ‘turned Black’

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: Real headline about something that really happened today... https://www.motherjones.com/ ... [image]

Noah Rothman /
@noahcrothman: I really don't get the white-hot reaction from NABJ dissidents raging against Trump's appearance. This was one of the toughest interviews he's sat through in a while, and it was really illuminating. Lots to chew on. The panel did a great job. Fox News: Trump clashes with ABC News reporter over ‘nasty question,’ blasts ‘fake news network’ during heated Q&A

Will Sommer /
@willsommer: The pioneer of the “Kamala Harris isn't black” smear was Stop the Steal rally organizer Ali Alexander — who hasn't been seen much in the discourse since being caught up in a teen sexting scandal. But his attack lives on! [image]

Jeff Storobinsky /
@jeffstorobinsky: The ENTIRE @NABJ Trump Interview (34 Minutes) [video]

Hadas Gold /
@hadas_gold: @rachelvscott Trump now seems to be blaming Rachel for the equipment issues???? @acyn: Faulkner: What I loved that we could not see today was how much of that audience was enjoying the moment of hearing from the candidates [video]

Ellsworth Toohey /
Boing Boing: Trump's NABJ meltdown: Orange snowflake roasted by Black journalists

Candice Norwood /
The 19th: Trump questions whether Harris is Black in combative interview

Corbin Bolies /
@corbinbolies: Harris Faulkner says the audience listening to Trump speak today only really ever saw him on TV and didn't know a lot about his policies. The audience is comprised of hundreds of journalists.

Parker Molloy /
@parkermolloy: There's like a 50/50 chance he just doesn't know the difference between Harris and Nikki Haley. He's confused the two on multiple occasions.

Shari Dunn /
Shari Dunn on LinkedIn: The foolishness and F-ery of this situation. Insults, lack of answers, and unbridled ignorance about how white supremacy impacts Black identity in the United States. …

Hadas Gold /
@hadas_gold: @rachelvscott “You invited me under false pretences” Trump says, attacks NABJ for what he says is not having equipment ready and being late

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: Harris campaign responds to Trump's “tirade” at NABJ by reupping the debate challenge: “All Donald Trump needs to do is stop playing games and actually show up to the debate on September 10” [image] @trumpstaxes: The entire #NABJ24 interview of Trump in Chicago was a Category 5 Dumpster Fire, but THIS is the clip that everyone will be talking about. It will quickly remind everyone what a weird, disgusting, racist piece of garbage Trump is. [video]

Sara Dorn /
Forbes: Trump Questions Kamala Harris' Race: Claims She ‘Became A Black Person’ In Combative Interview

Ben Smith /
@semaforben: This is the absolute best way to resolve these arguments about platforming people.

Jawn Staley /
@errinhaines: In the roughly half hour interview with three Black women journalists at the annual @nabj convention, Trump launched several racist and sexist attacks against Harris — his latest in a familiar playbook targeting women and people of color. https://19thnews.org/...

Dave Goldiner /
New York Daily News: Trump to Black journalists: Kamala Harris only recently ‘became a Black person’

Clayton Davis /
Variety: Donald Trump: 'I Didn't Know' Kamala Harris ‘Was Black Until a Few Years Ago’ When ‘She Happened to Turn Black’ Barrett Media: News Media Reacts to Donald Trump Appearance at National Association of Black Journalists Convention ABC7: Trump questions Harris' race in NABJ interview in Chicago, says VP pick ‘does not have any impact’

Cheyanne M. Daniels /
The Hill: NABJ members divided over decision to allow Trump to speak at conference

The Desk:

A press release, now killed, said “Apex Capital Trust” put in a bid for Paramount, prompting multiple news stories, but background info on the org looks sketchy— A $43 billion offer to acquire Paramount Global from a group purporting to be an investment firm appears to be a hoax …

Discussion: LinkedIn,
Reuters, Business Wire, Bloomberg, Next TV, Financial Times, Media Play News, @waltlightshed, Variety, @thedeskdotnet, @ft, @matthewkeyslive, @louis_ashworth, @matthewkeyslive, @jbflint, Deadline, Quartz, Bloomberg, The Wrap, @antoinegara, @grimes_ce and Talking Biz News

Discussion: LinkedIn:
Reuters: Apex Capital Trust submits an offer to acquire Paramount Global, offering an all-cash deal for up to $43B that includes paying a $400M breakup fee to Skydance How everyone — including Linkedin News — got fooled by a fake $43 billion bid for Paramount Global

Daniel Frankel /
Next TV: ‘Apex’ Predator Feeds on Media Business Press With Apparent BusinessWire Press-Release Hoax About Rival Paramount Bid

Louis Ashworth /
Financial Times: The latest takeover bid for Paramount is a little unusual

Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: Business Wire Pulls Apparent Bogus Presser on London-Based Apex Capital Trust's Competing $43 Billion Bid for Paramount Global

Walter Piecyk /
@waltlightshed: Reuters really on top of things — tweeting out this fake headline yet again at 6:30pm. cc @RichLightShed #facepalm #FakeNews

Todd Spangler /
Variety: Apex Capital Trust Submits $43 Billion Bid for Paramount Global, Including Payment of $400 Million Breakup Fee to Skydance @thedeskdotnet: MASSIVE HOAX: A $43 billion “bid” from “Apex Capital” for Paramount Global was based on a fake press release issued by @BusinessWire, which was widely reported on by Reuters, Variety, Deadline Hollywood and the New York Post before it was withdrawn. https://thedesk.net/...

Matthew Keys /
@matthewkeyslive: Update: @TheWrap has amended its story, and LinkedIn has pulled an article that aggregated posts about the bid that wasn't.

Matthew Keys /
@matthewkeyslive: News orgs fall for hoax on $43 billion “bid” for Paramount Global from investment firm that doesn't exist; @Variety has already updated its article, but stories from @Reuters, @Deadline and @TheWrap are still online. https://thedesk.net/... $PARA

Louis Ashworth /
@louis_ashworth: i love finance and markets https://www.ft.com/...

Matthew Keys /
@matthewkeyslive: Reuters has finally withdrawn its story on the fake $43 billion offer for Paramount. $PARA [image]

Joe Flint /
@jbflint: I hear Acme is also lining up a bid.

Dade Hayes /
Deadline: Paramount Shares Sink After Hours Amid Questions About Legitimacy Of Supposed New Takeover Bid - Update

Lucas Manfredi /
The Wrap: Apex Capital Trust Submits Competing Bid to Acquire Paramount for Up to $43 Billion

Antoine Gara /
@antoinegara: Even in the dead of summer and everyone's in Paris — the financial world keeps the @FTAlphaville desk fully stocked with fresh rabbit holes to crawl down and untangle. @Louis_Ashworth https://www.ft.com/...

Christopher Grimes /
@grimes_ce: Treat yourself to this: The latest takeover bid for Paramount is a little unusual https://www.ft.com/... via @ft Brilliant by @louis_ashworth

Al Jazeera:

An Israeli airstrike kills Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Ismail al-Ghoul and his cameraman Rami al-Refee in the Gaza Strip— Ismail al-Ghoul and Rami al-Refee killed in Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City. — Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Ismail al-Ghoul and his cameraman Rami al-Refee …

Discussion:

Mike Heuer /
UPI: IDF airstrike kills Al Jazeera journalist, cameraman @cfahey@berlin.social: Israel killed another two Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza today. Ismail al-Ghoul and his cameraman Rami al-Rifi were killed when their car was hit by an airstrike in the Shati refugee camp. — #Israel #Gaza #KillingJournalists — https://www.aljazeera.com/...

Hadas Gold /
@hadas_gold: A correspondent for the Al Jazeera network - Ismail al-Ghoul - and his cameraman Rami Al-Rifi, have been killed in Gaza in an airstrike while reporting from Haniyeh's family home. They had been live all day.

Mariya /
@mkpetkova@mastodon.world: The Israeli army killed today two colleagues, Ismail Al Ghoul and Rami Al Rafee. May they rest in peace and their killers face justice. — #Palestine #Gaza #Genocide — https://www.aljazeera.com/... @pressfreedom: CPJ calls on #Israel to explain the killing of Al Jazeera #Gaza correspondent Ismail Al Ghoul and camera operator Rami Al Refee in an Israeli airstrike west of Gaza City on Wednesday. Read our statement: https://cpj.org/...

Emanuel Fabian /
The Times of Israel: Palestinian media says Israeli Gaza strike killed 2 Al Jazeera journalists; IDF doesn't comment Committee to Protect Journalists: Al Jazeera journalists Ismail Al Ghoul and Rami Al Refee killed in Gaza

David Gilmour /
Mediaite: Al Jazeera Reporter Breaks Down On Air Covering Graphic Killing Of Two Colleagues In Gaza

Nieman Lab:

Global Project Oasis study: the number of launches of digital news startups has been slowing since 2022 in Europe, Latin America, and North America— The number of digital news startup launches has been slowing since 2022 in Europe, Latin America, and North America, according to the new Global Project Oasis report.

Discussion:
Global Project Oasis: Executive Summary — Independent digital media are an increasingly vital sector … @niemanlab: According to new data from #GlobalProjectOasis, the average annual revenues for digital news startups: - Europe: $649,951 - North America: $602,821 - Latin America: $159,825 We rounded up the rest of the report's findings here: https://www.niemanlab.org/... @joao_f_pinto: The number of digital news startup launches has been slowing since 2022 in Europe, Latin America, and North America. Economic challenges, slow growth, and political conflicts are some of the potential reasons for the drop. #media #journalism https://www.niemanlab.org/...

Matt Pearce /
@mattdpearce: digital media was a ZIRP phenomenon ☠️ https://www.niemanlab.org/... [image]

The Hollywood Reporter:

Sports rights deals are moving money out of Hollywood to leagues: sports make up 40% of Disney's content budget, NBC's NBA deal will replace 150+ hours of shows— The league's $76 billion worth of long-term rights agreements may usher in a massive transfer of wealth from Hollywood …

Discussion:
Associated Press, @alexweprin and TVNewsCheck

Discussion:

Brian Steinberg /
Associated Press: Fox News, Known for Opinion Shows, Gets Ratings Boost From Breaking July Headlines

Alex Weprin /
@alexweprin: At a time when content budgets are mostly flat (or even down), sports programing is eating up more and more of that budget. Even at Netflix, which will debut two NFL games this year, and the WWE in 2025. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...

Matthew Keys /
TVNewsCheck: Paramount Offer From ‘Apex Capital’ Appears To Be Hoax

Bloomberg:

Sources: Disney is cutting about 140 jobs at Disney Entertainment Television, or about 2% of staff; cuts will fall hardest on NatGeo, Freeform, and ABC stations— The company is eliminating about 140 jobs, or about 2% of staff at Disney Entertainment Television, said the people …

Discussion:
The Wrap, Deadline, New York Post, Quartz, mikemcguff.com, AV Club, Los Angeles Times, The Desk, Adweek, Lucas Shaw on LinkedIn and TVNewsCheck

Discussion:

Loree Seitz /
The Wrap: Disney Entertainment Television Lays Off 140 Staffers, Including 13% of National Geographic Workforce

Nellie Andreeva /
Deadline: Disney Entertainment Television Lays Off 140, National Geographic Heavily Impacted

Alexandra Steigrad /
New York Post: ABC News, ‘GMA’ staffers brace for layoffs as Disney demands budget slashes: sources

Emma Keates /
AV Club: Maybe Disney should have invested some of that Russo money into National Geographic

Samantha Masunaga /
Los Angeles Times: Disney television unit hit with 140 layoffs, including cuts at National Geographic

Lucas Shaw /
Lucas Shaw on LinkedIn: The hits keep coming. — Disney is cutting about 140 jobs in its TV group. NatGeo is hit the hardest. It's cutting about 13% of its staff. …

Engadget:

A group of US senators unveils the NO FAKES Act, which would make individuals and companies liable for producing, hosting, or sharing unauthorized AI deepfakes— OpenAI joined several entertainment industry groups in backing the NO FAKES Act. — Today, a group of senators introduced the NO FAKES Act …

Discussion:
U.S. Senator Christopher Coons of Delaware: Senators Coons, Blackburn, Klobuchar, Tillis introduce bill to protect individuals' voices and likenesses from AI-generated replicas

Cristiano Lima-Strong /
Washington Post: Senators want to prevent the next Scarlett Johansson AI voice fiasco

Amy Klobuchar /
@amyklobuchar@threads.net: Today I spoke on the Senate floor to push for the passage of my bills to ban deceptive deepfakes of federal candidates and require disclaimers on AI-generated political ads. With less than 100 days until the election, we need common sense rules in place to protect our democracy.

Porter Anderson /
Publishing Perspectives: Association of American Publishers Backs the Senate ‘NO FAKES Act’

Daniel Tencer /
Music Business Worldwide: Artists, rightsholders applaud introduction of ‘landmark’ NO FAKES Act in US Senate

Chris Cooke /
CMU: NO FAKES Act will make likeness and voice rights non-assignable, cap licensing duration

Dylan Smith /
Digital Music News: Federal Lawmakers Officially Introduce the ‘No Fakes Act’ — Industry Responses Are Overwhelmingly Positive

Gene Maddaus /
Variety: Entertainment Industry Backs Bill to Outlaw AI Deepfakes

Ethan Millman /
Rolling Stone: Senators Introduce Long-Awaited Bill to Protect Artists From AI Deepfakes

Kristin Robinson /
Billboard: New Senate Bill Could Protect Artists from AI Deepfakes

New Yorker:

Spotify prioritizes what a user has recently listened to and recommended content, encouraging users to become passive listeners, a form of enshittification— The platform interface has gradually made it harder to find the music I want to listen to. With the latest app updates, I'd had enough.

Discussion:

Jarrett Fuller /
Jarrett Fuller on LinkedIn: It was an honor to talk with Kyle Chayka about Spotify, digital design, and my recent thinking about “corporation-centered design” for his latest piece in The New Yorker: …

Jon Goldmann /
Jon Goldmann on LinkedIn: Excellent write up on Spotify's “slow-motion bait and switch” in The New Yorker: https://lnkd.in/... …

Dan Klyn /
Dan Klyn on LinkedIn: This is about a lot of things, but mostly it's about information architecture — 👇😬🤡

Kyle Austin /
Kyle Austin on LinkedIn: I'm not ready to quit Spotify like Kyle Chayka, but I was happy to share a few thoughts with him for his latest piece in The New Yorker as someone … Spotify: Join Top Brazilian Artists for a Historic Concert Dedicated to the Late Icon Marília Mendonça

Meta:

Meta reports Q2 revenue up 22% YoY to $39.07B, net income up 73% YoY to $13.47B, and family daily active people up 7% YoY to 3.27B on average for June 2024— Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2024.

Discussion:
Variety, The Information, Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Todd Spangler /
Variety: Meta Q2 Sales Jump 22% in Wall Street Beat as Its AR/VR and Metaverse Business Loses Billions

Kalley Huang /
The Information: Meta's Revenue Rises 22% in the Second Quarter

Jill Goldsmith /
Deadline: Facebook Parent Meta Shares Pop On Strong Q2 Advertising

Alex Weprin /
The Hollywood Reporter: Meta Beats Wall Street Estimates But Warns AI Spending Will Surge In 2025

The Verge:

Reddit CEO says Microsoft, Anthropic, and Perplexity need to pay to scrape the site's data, and it has been “a real pain in the ass to block these companies”— After striking deals with Google and OpenAI, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is calling on Microsoft and others to pay if they want to continue scraping the site's data.

Discussion:
Engadget, Bloomberg, @jwherrman, Ars Technica, @jwherrman and Prof. Ahmed Banafa on LinkedIn, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Danny Gallagher /
Engadget: Reddit CEO wants Microsoft to pay for its content

Aisha Counts /
Bloomberg: Reddit Blocks Microsoft From Searching Site Without Paying

John Herrman /
@jwherrman: the tech giants were built on the web. now they're strip-mining it https://nymag.com/...

Scharon Harding /
Ars Technica: Blocking AI bots from Microsoft, others has been “pain in the a**”: Reddit CEO

John Herrman /
@jwherrman: the era of unilateral AI data scraping isn't just unethical, it's going to have enormous unintended consequences https://www.theverge.com/...

Prof. Ahmed Banafa /