Google makes SynthID Text, which lets developers watermark and detect text generated by AI models, generally available (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

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Google makes SynthID Text, which lets developers watermark and detect text generated by AI models, generally available— Google is making SynthID Text, its technology that lets developers watermark and detect text generated by generative AI models, generally available.

Wall Street Journal:

Jefferies says the anime market in North America has grown from $1.6B in 2018 to $4B in 2024, as once-niche anime is shaping up as Japan's next big export— As Japanese animation and comics go global, opportunities abound for investors — Move over, Marvel. The next blockbuster entertainment franchise might come from Japan.
Discussion: Douglas Montgomery on LinkedIn and Semafor

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Douglas Montgomery /
Douglas Montgomery on LinkedIn: Anime the Apple of NY's Eye — The Wall Street Journal and the The Economist have both written articles on the global strength of #anime in the last few weeks. …

Paige Bruton /
Semafor: Fast-growing anime industry boosts Japan's soft power

Axios:

The NewsGuild of New York files an NLRB unfair labor practice charge against the NYT, claiming management violated rules by interrogating staff about strikes— - “While we respect the union's right to engage in protected actions, threatening a strike at this time feels both unnecessary …

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@crguildny, @sarafischer, @bymikedavis, @anastasiakeeley and NewsGuild of New York

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Sara Fischer /
@sarafischer: Scoop: @newsguild files unfair labor practice charge against @nytimes —Claims at least 20 Tech Guild members have been pulled into 1:1 interrogation mtgs w managers to ask if they supported a strike. (Tech guild voted to authorize a strike last month.) https://www.axios.com/...

Mike Davis /
@bymikedavis: “Only contracts negotiated under the current NewsGuild leadership have taken more than two years” yeah because newsguild members decided they were absolutely fed up with acting like doormats for billionaire bosses. solidarity forever with @NYTGuildTech

Annie Shields /
@anastasiakeeley: NEWS: NYT Tech Guild members have been pulled into interrogation meetings with managers in the past few weeks to ask if they support a strike, and to tell employees that if they choose to work during the strike, the company will help them scab discreetly. https://www.axios.com/...

Press Gazette:

Bloomberg Media says it added 200K subscriptions in the past four months, and launches a magazine-style Weekend Edition led by ex-Quartz EIC Katherine Bell— Bloomberg Weekend Edition is intended to bring in new subscribers and give existing ones a reason to stay.

TechCrunch:

TikTok brings its STEM feed to all users in the US, the UK, and Ireland by default to help find educational content, after launching the feed to under-18 users— TikTok announced on Wednesday that it's bringing its STEM feed to all users in the United States, United Kingdom, and Ireland by default.

Reuters Institute:

Q&A with Benjamin Toff, recently senior research fellow at the Reuters Institute, about how news avoidance could shape the US election and candidates' tactics— “News avoiders see journalists as part of a disconnected elite,” says Benjamin Toff, who led our Trust in News Project and authored a book on the subject

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American Press Institute

Press Gazette:

The UK's Reach plans to hire 60 new editorial staff, including “audience writers” and “general assignment journalists”, after cutting 700 staff in 2023— Reach has said it is hiring 60 new editorial staff which will include “audience writers” and “general assignment journalists”.

Discussion:
HoldtheFrontPage

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Variety:

Yahoo News partners with McAfee to utilize its deepfake image detection tech to identify pictures and photos that may have been generated or altered by AI— Yahoo News is bringing in a partner to help keep misinformation at bay. — The news-distribution giant, the holder …

Discussion:

Sona Iliffe-Moon /
Sona Iliffe-Moon on LinkedIn: In the evolving age of AI, it's more important than ever to promote a reliable news environment. To help us ensure we're staying steps ahead … McAfee: McAfee Introduces AI-Powered Deepfake Image Detection Technology on Yahoo News to Verify Authenticity of News Images

Kat Downs Mulder /
Kat Downs Mulder on LinkedIn: We are excited to partner with McAfee to implement their new deepfake image detection technology into the content quality system on Yahoo News. …

Washington Post:

Q&A with Bryan Curtis, editor at large at the Ringer, on why podcasts are dominating the 2024 US election, covering the podcast sector, and more— Candidates are changing the way they try to reach new audiences. Traditional media need to keep up. … Monopolies and oligopolies don't yield courteously to competition.

The Hindu:

Wikipedia takes down a page about its court case with Asian News International, after a Delhi High Court order; Wikipedia is fighting to keep user IDs private— The takedown follows an order by the Delhi High Court that the Wikipedia page describing criticism of the lawsuit ‘amounts to interference in Court proceedings’

Discussion:
Bar and Bench and Scroll.in

Local News Initiative:

With aid from Journalism Funding Partners, a retired Chicago Tribune architecture critic funded his replacement, a biweekly architecture columnist at the outlet— After the Chicago Tribune didn't replace retiring architecture critic Blair Kamin, he funded his own successor

Discussion:
@troutgirl.bsky.social

Wall Street Journal:

Joseph Gordon-Levitt criticizes AI, calling Hollywood a “canary in the coal mine” for other industries, and says studios “own the IP and I don't own any of it”— Actor says AI companies use movies and TV to make money without fairly compensating actors; industry should ‘get ahead of that flood’