How Meta's Canada news ban affected the town of Squamish and how outlets are working around the ban, including through paid posts on Meta (Lauren Watson/Columbia Journalism Review)

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The Verge:

Google rolls out ads in AI Overviews when a user's question has a “commercial angle”, and identifies the ads with a “sponsored” header, on mobile in the US— Google is rolling out ads in AI Overviews, which means you'll now start seeing products in some of the search engine's AI-generated summaries.
Discussion: PRWeek, 9to5Google and Search Engine Land, more at Techmeme »

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PRWeek: Pinterest unveils AI-fueled ad tools

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TechCrunch:

Google rolls out AI-organized Search results in the US on mobile, showing users AI-aggregated pages of content from forums, articles, YouTube videos, and more— Google will begin to show ads in AI Overviews, the AI-generated summaries it supplies for certain Google Search queries …

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Ad Age, Adweek, SE Ranking Blog, The Drum, The Information, Semafor, @mizshellytee.bsky.social, @dshieldspgh.bsky.social, @wagatwe.com, @xodaniwrites.bsky.social, 9to5Google, @feralhattie.bsky.social, Search Engine Land, @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social and Android Authority, more at Techmeme »

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Trishla Ostwal /
Adweek: Publisher Traffic Spiked Thanks to Google's Gen AI Overview Tweaks

Webb Wright /
The Drum: New ads in search AI Overviews unlock greater monetization opportunities for Google

Shelly /
@mizshellytee.bsky.social: Today's a good day to switch your default search engine to something else, if you haven't already. [embedded post]

Dan Shields /
@dshieldspgh.bsky.social: <insert thisisfine.gif> [embedded post] @xodaniwrites.bsky.social: Even with human editors, the headline can make or break a piece. [embedded post] @feralhattie.bsky.social: Just in time to lend a smidge, a dollop, a hint of added election chaos! Thanks awfully, goog [embedded post]

Danny Goodwin /
Search Engine Land: Google AI Overview ads launch on mobile in U.S.

Alex Brown /
@bookjockeyalex.bsky.social: please. i'm begging you to stop. no one wants this. [embedded post]

Calvin Wankhede /
Android Authority: Google's declining search quality drove me to Perplexity, but is the grass really greener?

CNN:

Melania Trump's book publisher asked CNN to sign an NDA and pay $250K to interview her, but then called the request a “miscommunication”— Nearly two months ago, CNN reached out to Melania Trump's book publisher to request an interview with the former first lady ahead of her upcoming memoir.

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The Guardian, New York Post, Mediaite, The Hill, The Wrap, Vanity Fair, Metro.co.uk, KSTP-TV, @claytravis, @joshtpm, @hadas_gold, @weathersbywi, @dfriedman33, @lesliestreeter, DNyuz and Boing Boing

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Martin Pengelly /
The Guardian: Melania Trump passionately defends abortion rights in upcoming memoir

Ariel Zilber /
New York Post: CNN claims Melania Trump's book publisher demanded $250K for interview

Sarah Rumpf /
Mediaite: CNN Reporter Absolutely Shreds Melania Trump Over ‘Completely Unprecedented and Very, Very Unusual’ $250K Request to Do an Interview

Dominick Mastrangelo /
The Hill: CNN says Melania Trump publisher asked for $250K fee in response to interview request

Andi Ortiz /
The Wrap: ‘The View’: Sunny Hostin Thinks Melania Trump ‘Hates’ Donald and ‘Wants to Take Him Out’ With New Abortion Rights Video

Bess Levin /
Vanity Fair: Melania Trump's Publisher Demanded $250,000 From CNN for an Interview About Her Book: Report

Jessica Kwong /
Metro.co.uk: Melania Trump book publisher ‘tried to charge CNN $250,000 for an interview’

Clay Travis /
@claytravis: Honestly they should have asked for $10 million. Why should Melania speak to CNN when Kamala and Walz ignore you guys too? (Except for a ten minute slobber fest with Dana Bash).

Hadas Gold /
@hadas_gold: Even if the contract was mistakenly sent, the amount fits in with what she's been paid for appearances in the past as @PamelaBrownCNN reports

Brandon Weathersby /
@weathersbywi: Price of the brick went up since April. [image]

Dan Friedman /
@dfriedman33: $500K and she'll exclusively change her mind to pro-life. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

Leslie Gray Streeter /
@lesliestreeter: You can't miscommunicate a check that big.

Jason Weisberger /
Boing Boing: Melania's representatives backpedal after attempt to fleece CNN

The Times:

Reuters withdraws two stories on the World Anti-Doping Agency after it was found that WADA's media head received a Reuters press pass for the Masters golf event— World Anti-Doping Agency media chief James Fitzgerald accredited for golf event via Reuters, who have admitted to ‘a violation of our journalistic standards’

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Talking Biz News, Reuters, @2xaught7.bsky.social, @tariqpanja,

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Chris Roush /
Talking Biz News: Reuters pulls stories on anti-doping agency

Tariq Panja /
@tariqpanja: The WADA official denies to @martynziegler the two things are connected and that he was attending the golf in a private capacity. [image]

Tariq Panja /
@tariqpanja: @martynziegler This is the note attached to the stories that are now no longer available. [image]

Tariq Panja /
@tariqpanja: Global news agency Reuters has pulled two stories related to the World Anti Doping Agency after WADA's chief comms officer was found to have been supplied with a Reuters press pass for the coveted Augusta Masters golf. Story here by @martynziegler https://www.thetimes.com/...

Bloomberg:

The NFL is in talks with Skydance Media and its major investor RedBird Capital Partners about deals that could include a sale of NFL Media and NFL Network— - Discussions revolve around the league's media assets — Earlier conversations with ESPN are said to have stalled

Columbia Journalism Review:

How Meta's Canada news ban affected the town of Squamish and how outlets are working around the ban, including through paid posts on Meta— Meta's Canadian news ban, as told through my small town — In March of 2021, a set of Facebook pages showed up in the feeds of my neighbors in Squamish …

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@cjr

Axios:

A look at James McDonald's Access Global, which has bought seven local news sites and launched eight in Philadelphia and on the Jersey Shore over the last year— McDonald thinks there's a viable business model for hyper-local sites if they're tied to coverage from a broader region or city.

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Simon Owens on LinkedIn

The Guardian:

The BBC cancels a planned Boris Johnson interview after presenter Laura Kuenssberg says she accidentally sent the former UK prime minister her briefing notes— Briefing notes mistakenly being sent to ex-PM meant it was ‘not right for the interview to go ahead’, says presenter

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Andrew MacAskill /
Reuters: BBC cancels interview with Boris Johnson after ‘embarrassing’ mistake

Laura Kuenssberg /
@bbclaurak: While prepping to interview Boris Johnson tomorrow, by mistake I sent our briefing notes to him in a message meant for my team. That obviously means it's not right for the interview to go ahead. It's very frustrating, and there's no point pretending it's anything other than

Steven McIntosh /
BBC: Kuenssberg ‘embarrassed’ by Johnson message error

Nazir Afzal /
@nazirafzal: I told you Laura Kuenssberg was struggling now that she is in opposition! She could, of course, ask some different questions that Boris Johnson hasn't seen in advance. For a change.

James O'Brien /
@mrjamesob: I'll do it.

Glyn Moody /
@glynmoody@mastodon.social: #BBC cancels Boris #Johnson interview after Laura #Kuenssberg message gaffe - https://www.theguardian.com/ ... gosh, it's almost as if she has been working hand-in-glove with the tories for years...

Alice Jones /
@alicevjones: Looking forward to the Netflix dramatisation of this, followed by the Amazon Prime one a couple of months later

Jonathan Shainin /
@jonathanshainin: I hope they make two movies about this one too

Dave Jones /
@welshgasdoc:

Tim Stickland /
@sticklandtim@mastodon.green: #ukPolitics — #BBC — #BorisJohnson — Since I'm paying for this through my licence fee, can I have a copy please. And why message him anyway ? — @LauraKT any comment.... https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

Steve Topple /
Canary: NO ONE believes Kuenssberg's excuse over Johnson interview - except her corporate media mates

Henry Morris /
@mrhenrymorris: Those leaked questions in full: [image]

Ross McCafferty /
@rossmccaff: 325 grand a year

Jake Kanter /
Deadline: BBC Scraps Interview With Boris Johnson After Laura Kuenssberg Mistakenly Shared Briefing Notes With Former UK Prime Minister

Ellise Shafer /
Variety: BBC's Boris Johnson Interview Canceled After Presenter Laura Kuenssberg Mistakenly Sent Former U.K. Prime Minister Briefing Notes

Anita Singh /
Telegraph: ‘Embarrassed’ Laura Kuenssberg cancels Boris interview after she sent him her briefing notes

Reuters:

Russian journalists Antonina Favorskaya, Sergei Karelin, Konstantin Gabov, and Artem Kriger go on trial in Moscow over their alleged links to Alexei Navalny— Four Russian journalists went on trial in Moscow on Wednesday on charges of involvement in an “extremist” group after authorities accused …

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Adweek, Associated Press and DNyuz

Variety:

Samsung TV Plus adds about 4,000 hours of ad-supported, free-to-stream Korean shows and movies, following deals with CJ ENM and others— Leading Korean content owners including CJ ENM and NEW ID have struck supply deals with Samsung TV Plus, a U.S. free ad-supported TV (FAST) channel.

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Neowin, Samsung Newsroom, Streaming Better, Media Play News and WORLD SCREEN

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Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: Samsung TV Plus Ups South Korean Streaming Content Portfolio in the U.S.

Alexa Alfano /
WORLD SCREEN: Samsung TV Plus Acquires Raft Of K-Content

The Hollywood Reporter:

New Yorker union members vote to authorize a strike ahead of the magazine's annual festival as they negotiate a second contract with Condé Nast— More than six months into negotiations over a second labor contract, the magazine's union is asserting that wage floors …

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CNN, @newyorkerunion, NewsGuild of New York and @newyorkerunion

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@newyorkerunion: After months of negotiations, management has proposed raising the salary floor from $60,000 to $61,500. Our proposed minimum is $67,000: a fair baseline for the rising cost of living. Prestige can't feed us; we want fair pay for everyone at The @NewYorker, and we want it now. [image]

Reuters:

Tanzania suspends the digital content licenses of a local media company for 30 days for allegedly publishing content damaging the country's image— Tanzania's communications regulator has suspended the digital platforms of a local media company for allegedly publishing restricted content …

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