Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews plans to leave as the president of CBS News after less than a year, amid cost cuts from parent company Paramount Global (Brian Steinberg/Variety)

Mediagazer: Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews plans to leave as the president of CBS News after less than a year, amid cost cuts from parent company Paramount Global (Brian Steinberg/Variety)

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Associated Press:

The US DOJ seized two domain names and 968 X accounts that were part of a Russian propaganda effort using fake social profiles, planned by a senior editor at RT— A Russian internet propaganda campaign backed by the Kremlin that spread disinformation in the United States and relied …
Discussion: Reuters, Ars Technica, Engadget, US Department of Justice, @thezedwards, CNN, Decrypt, @wiczipedia@threads.net, SiliconANGLE, CyberScoop, @passantino@threads.net, @gregotto, Washington Post, @bing_chris, The Register, NPR, CyberScoop, PCMag, The Verge, @renee.diresta@threads.net, @kevincolliernbc@threads.net, The Record, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, MeidasTouch News, @skykiss@sfba.social, Bloomberg, Semafor and The Daily Beast, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

David Gilbert /
Ars Technica: How disinformation from a Russian AI spam farm ended up on top of Google search results

Mat Smith /
Engadget: The Morning After: US officials help take down AI-powered Russian bot farm with nearly 1,000 fake X accounts US Department of Justice: Justice Department Leads Efforts Among Federal, International, and Private Sector Partners to Disrupt Covert Russian Government-Operated Social Media Bot Farm

Zach Edwards /
@thezedwards: @Bing_Chris RT is outrageous. Imagine being a western brand still supporting the RT ad tech supply chains @ https://rt.com/ads.txt [image]

Sean Lyngaas /
CNN: Justice Department says it disrupted Russian ‘bot farm’ used to spread propaganda in US

Jason Nelson /
Decrypt: US Disrupts AI-Fueled Russian Bot Farm on Twitter

Nina Jankowicz /
@wiczipedia@threads.net: Ah, the halcyon days of relative tech transparency and public/private cooperation 🥹

Duncan Riley /
SiliconANGLE: Justice Department seizes domains linked to Russian disinformation campaign

Jon Passantino /
@passantino@threads.net: Whoa. A senior RT editor orchestrated a disinformation scheme that used fake social media accounts to push AI-generated posts targeting Americans https://www.cnn.com/...

Greg Otto /
@gregotto: Wow not even back a week and CyberScoop is already getting better answers from the Russians than the MaInStrEaM MeDiA https://cyberscoop.com/... [image]

Chris Bing /
@bing_chris: A story in two parts: “Farming is a beloved pastime for millions of Russians” [image]

Matthew Connatser /
The Register: FBI, cyber-cops zap ~1K Russian AI disinfo Twitter bots

Shannon Bond /
NPR: U.S. says Russian bot farm used AI to impersonate Americans

Michael Kan /
PCMag: US Disrupts Russian Bots Spreading Propaganda on Twitter

Gaby Del Valle /
The Verge: DOJ seizes ‘bot farm’ operated by the Russian government

Renee DiResta /
@renee.diresta@threads.net: 2 - in the olden days we might have gotten a statement or even a data set from Twitter to answer that question and more. Sad those days are over; the fact that DOJ sent these accounts to the company reinforces the value of multi stakeholder collaboration and analysis on inauthentic networks. …

Renee DiResta /
@renee.diresta@threads.net: 2 thoughts on this DOJ Russian bot disruption story 1 - that RT operated the tool is very interesting. At SIO we'd long described “covert social” activity (fake accts) as one quadrant within a much broader integrative full spectrum propaganda strategy that Russia (and other states) use, alongside overt state propaganda channels. …

Kevin Collier /
@kevincolliernbc@threads.net: Seizing these guys' domain names has been the main thing that Meta, the company that's most transparent about fighting propaganda campaigns, has urged the US to do. Meta can keep deleting accounts but it costs the Russians more resources to rebuild fake sites. https://www.justice.gov/...

Daryna Antoniuk /
The Record: Russian state media uses covert software for disinformation bots, US warns Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: U.S. Says It Disrupted Russian Effort To Spread Disinformation With Fake Social Media Accounts

Ron Filipkowski /
MeidasTouch News: DOJ Shuts Down Russian Bot Operation on X

Kailee /
@skykiss@sfba.social: Russian internet propaganda campaign backed by the Kremlin spread disinformation in the United States and relied on artificial intelligence has been disrupted, the Justice Department said Tuesday in announcing the seizure of 1,000 bogus social media accounts. …

Jamie Tarabay /
Bloomberg: US Says Russia Used AI-Powered Bots in Disinformation Scheme

404 Media:

TUAW is back online after shutting down in 2015; the new owners seem to be using TUAW as an AI content farm, copying others' posts and using ex-writers' names— This month, “Christina Warren” started blogging again for The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW), a legendary and long-dead Apple …

Discussion:
Engadget, @rawsoncj@threads.net, @dangillmor@mastodon.social, @film_girl@threads.net, @harrymccracken@mastodon …, @baldur@toot.cafe, @waxy@xoxo.zone, @film_girl@threads.net, @jasonkoebler@threads.net, @ichris@mastodon.social, Six Colors, AppleInsider, @rawsoncj@threads.net, @shawnhooper@fosstodon.org, @film_girl and @kevinlovestech@mstdn.ca

Discussion:

Karissa Bell /
Engadget: Apple blog TUAW returns as an AI content farm

Chris Rawson /
@rawsoncj@threads.net: I wrote for tuaw.com from 2009 until 2015, when our malevolent overlords at AOL closed shop on us. The site lived on in a dusty Engadget archive... until now. TUAW has relaunched as an AI slop site. Apparently, I now wrote for the site starting in 2004. …

Dan Gillmor /
@dangillmor@mastodon.social: Hong Kong clamps down on the speech of people who believe in human rights. — Hong Kong also permits thieving plagiarists to buy the expired domain name of a once-great tech blog and launch an “AI” bullshit factory that uses the names of people who wrote for the blog. — https://www.404media.co/...

Christina Warren /
@film_girl@threads.net: So someone bought the TUAW domain, populated it with AI-generated slop, and then reused my name from a job I had when I was 21 years old to try to pull some SEO scam that won't even work in 2024 because Google changed its algo. Assholes! H/t @gruber Hey @miketrose and @superpixel5 and the whole gang are here. …

Harry McCracken /
@harrymccracken@mastodon.social: Who could have predicted a nightmare like this? — (There's at least one fake AI story about me here.) — https://www.404media.co/...

Baldur Bjarnason /
@baldur@toot.cafe: “A Beloved Tech Blog Is Now Publishing AI Articles Under the Names of Its Old Human Staff” — https://www.404media.co/... > The site's new owners have stolen her identity, replaced her photo with an AI-generated one, and have been publishing what appear to be AI-generated articles under her byline. … @waxy@xoxo.zone: TUAW relaunched as zombie content farm with AI articles under the names of its old staff: the new domain owners even generated AI photos for each author, despite not buying rights to any of the content https://www.404media.co/...

Christina Warren /
@film_girl@threads.net: Thank you @jasonkoebler and the people at @404mediaco for writing about this! https://www.404media.co/...

Jason Koebler /
@jasonkoebler@threads.net: Beloved Apple blog TUAW was shut down in 2015, sold to private equity, then sold to a company in Hong Kong. It recently relaunched as an AI content farm using the stolen identities and bylines of its former human staff. A nightmare: https://www.404media.co/...

Chris Enns /
@ichris@mastodon.social: I hate AI crap like this so much: A Beloved Tech Blog Is Now Publishing AI Articles Under the Names of Its Old Human Staff https://www.404media.co/...

Chris Rawson /
@rawsoncj@threads.net: Engadget has now picked up on the AI-powered zombification of TUAW and the borderline(?) identity theft of its former authors, including me. This century is so dumb. What a time to be alive. https://www.engadget.com/...

Shawn Hooper /
@shawnhooper@fosstodon.org: TUAW, a site that was shut down 10 years ago, was sold to a private equity firm, then to a company in Hong Kong, and has now stolen its old workers' identities and is running their old work through #AI summarizers. — https://www.404media.co/...

Christina Warren /
@film_girl: So someone bought the TUAW domain, populated it with AI-generated slop, and then reused my name from a job I had when I was 21 years old to try to pull some SEO scam that won't even work in 2024 because Google changed its algo. Assholes! H/t @gruber [image] @kevinlovestech@mstdn.ca: @shawnhooper Saw that story! Incredible! Makes me think every writer should have ownership of their work, and take it with them when they leave, especially now with AI theft like this! — Publish the archive themselves using Authory, Ghost, or something else. Keep control over it. — Thoughts? …

NPR:

Ex-WSJ reporter Stephanie Armour sues the paper, alleging it sought to shed staffers who incur big health care costs by invoking “trumped up performance issues”— A disability discrimination lawsuit filed Tuesday by a veteran reporter who left the Wall Street Journal …

Discussion:
Poynter, @thetrough, @davidfolkenflik, @bizwriterkristi, @tatecurtis, @allisonprang, @iape1096, The Desk, Robert Housman on LinkedIn and Talking Biz News

Discussion:

Ted Mann /
@thetrough: “Among the requirements during her 30-day review period: produce a scoop a week.” To rig the game is bad enough, but to be this obvious about it just makes the bosses look stupid. What a shameful way to treat a great reporter. https://www.npr.org/...

David Folkenflik /
@davidfolkenflik: ‘Wall Street Journal’ sued by star reporter for discrimination - ⁦@StephArmour1⁩ alleges paper targeted higher paid staffers with health problems as part of effort to slash costs and layoffs - she left paper in spring My story for NPR https://www.npr.org/...

Kristi E. Swartz /
@bizwriterkristi: 'Armour had been allowed to work from home several days a week to help her manage post traumatic stress disorder and anxiety disorder, both of which constitute disabilities under D.C. human rights law. https://www.npr.org/... @tatecurtis: A profoundly disturbing trend: Weaponizing performance reviews to reduce headcount. https://www.npr.org/...

Allison Prang /
@allisonprang: Good story from @NPR on a lawsuit brought against @WSJ for pushing out one of its own longtime, fantastic reporters, @StephArmour1. There are some crazy tidbits in this story including this one: She was required to produce a scoop per week. https://www.npr.org/... @iape1096: “Before leaving the paper, Armour was the representative of the Journal's newsroom on the union's board of directors.” https://www.npr.org/...

Robert Housman /
Robert Housman on LinkedIn: NPR's coverage of my client's employment discrimination lawsuit against Dow Jones (Wall Street Journal). — https://lnkd.in/erYzPh4n

Business Insider:

David Ellison has repeatedly framed “New Paramount” as partially a tech company, but the company's problem isn't its tech but rather its scale— - David Ellison says the new Paramount will be a “World-Class Media and Technology Enterprise.” — He's Oracle founder Larry Ellison's son …

Discussion:

Derek E. Baird /
@derekeb: “However great tech doesn't matter without massive amounts of content — because you need watch time per user per day to be multiples higher” — because that's how you would tune a useful algorithm that lets users find shows and movies they want to watch." https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...

Peter Kafka /
@pkafka: Paramount is going to compete with tech companies by becoming a tech company, says its owner-to-be. Which is what his team was whispering about back in April, when it also didn't really make sense. Drumroll for the link!

Emil Protalinski /
Emil Protalinski on LinkedIn: You can't merge your way into becoming a tech company. — Paramount Global and Skydance Media are merging in an $8 billion deal, (maybe?) ending months of chaotic talks. …

Ed Lee /
@edmundlee@threads.net: The narrative on @skydance / @paramountco deal is Hollywood goes big tech, but what Ellison really bought is @CBS — $16B in profit since 2021, while the movie studio only made $360mm (including $119mm loss in 2023). Ellison is a legit movie guy. …

Rafael Brown /
Rafael Brown on LinkedIn: David Ellison, former CEO of Skydance, now chairman and CEO of Paramount, and son of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison appears to be teaming up with his dad …

Todd Spangler /
Variety: Paramount-Skydance Merger: 5 Burning Questions About the Deal

Brooks Barnes /
New York Times: A Diminished Hollywood Welcomes a New Mogul

Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly /
Observer: David Ellison Has Ambitious Plans for Paramount Following the Skydance Merger

Dawn Chmielewski /
Reuters: Skydance's David Ellison describes Paramount's tech-media hybrid future

Jenn Gidman /
Newser: Say Hello to the ‘New Paramount’ — And goodbye to the reign of the Redstone family, as Paramount plans its merger with Skydance

RELATED:
Axios: Source: Oracle founder Larry Ellison will invest ~$6B into the Paramount-Skydance deal, with RedBird Capital Partners contributing the remaining $2B

Discussion:
Engadget, The Hill, Bloomberg, @tvgrimreaper, @danprimack, The Wrap, New York Post, Deadline, Los Angeles Times, Business Insider, Slate, Next TV, WORLD SCREEN, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and New York Times

Discussion:

Mariella Moon /
Engadget: Paramount and Skydance will merge to create new tech-media giant

Christopher Palmeri /
Bloomberg: Paramount Merger Is Latest Prize for RedBird Dealmaker Cardinale

Dan Primack /
@danprimack: Small scoop on Paramount deal: Larry Ellison and his fam are investing $6 billion of the $8 billion purchase price, w/ RedBird contributing the remainder. KKR not putting in new $$. Earlier reporting on that was wrong. $PARA https://www.axios.com/...

Alexandra Steigrad /
New York Post: Skydance CEO David Ellison — and scandal-scarred media exec Jeff Shell — signal $2B in cost cuts for Paramount

Dade Hayes /
Deadline: Paramount-Skydance Deal: Top Execs On Wooing Talent, Boosting Streaming And The Mantra That Persuaded Shari Redstone: “Don't Take It Private, Break It Up And Kill It”

Samantha Masunaga /
Los Angeles Times: David Ellison is taking control of Paramount. Now the real work begins

Paige Bruton /
Business Insider: Meet David Ellison, Larry Ellison's son who is about to take over at Paramount

Alex Kirshner /
Slate: The Slow-Motion Paramount Saga Is Over. A New Rich Kid Will Take Control of the Iconic Brand.

Jon Lafayette /
Next TV: David Ellison Spells Out Goals for ‘New Paramount’

Mansha Daswani /
WORLD SCREEN: Paramount & Skydance Clinch Merger Deal

Todd Spangler /
Variety: Paramount Global Will Pay Skydance $400 Million Breakup Fee if It Lands a Better Offer

Alex Weprin /
The Hollywood Reporter: The Paramount-Skydance deal has a “go shop” policy, where Paramount would pay Skydance a $400M breakup fee if Paramount finds another buyer within 45 days

TMZ.com:

George Stephanopoulos replies to a pedestrian on Biden, saying “I don't think he can serve four more years”; ABC says “George expressed his own point of view”— GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS BIDEN CAN'T SERVE 4 MORE YEARS … 6:28 PM PT — George Stephanopoulos tells TMZ …

Discussion:
NBC News, Fox News, HuffPost, CNN, @dylanbyers, @abbydphillip, @redsteeze, @collinrugg, @tmz, @todarorichard, @waylon_wc, @themainnetwork, Newser, Washington Post, The Wrap, New York Post, Deadline, Mediaite, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter

Discussion:

Phil Helsel /
NBC News: ABC's George Stephanopoulos appears to say of Biden: 'I don't think he can serve four more years' Fox News: ABC distances itself from Stephanopoulos' claim Biden can't serve second term: ‘Not the position’ of network

Lee Moran /
HuffPost: George Stephanopoulos Caught On Camera Doubting Joe Biden, Just Days After Interview

Oliver Darcy /
CNN: George Stephanopoulos gets blunt after Biden interview: 'I don't think he can serve four more years'

Dylan Byers /
@dylanbyers: NEW @PuckNews: ABC's George Stephanopoulos, who recently interviewed Biden and was today caught in TMZ video saying he doesn't think Biden “can serve four more years,” tells me, via spokesperson: “Earlier today I responded to a question from a passerby. I shouldn't have.” In a

Abby D. Phillip /
@abbydphillip: .@brianstelter reacts to GMA anchor George Stephanopoulos' remarks that he doesn't think Biden can serve four more years. [video]

Stephen L. Miller /
@redsteeze: The Biden campaign chose to do scripted radio interviews that resulted in a black female host losing her job. The Biden campaign chose George Stephanopoulos as the go to interviewer, and he staid he thinks Biden can't serve another term. The campaign made these choices, just as

Collin Rugg /
@collinrugg: BREAKING: ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos caught on video saying he doesn't think Biden can serve another 4 years after his interview. Stephanopoulos was intercepted in midtown Manhattan in footage released by TMZ. Reporter: “Do you think Biden should step down? You've [video] @tmz: #GeorgeStephanopoulos just made a STUNNING comment: he told someone on the streets of #NewYork that he doesn't think President #JoeBiden can serve another term! https://www.tmz.com/... [video] @todarorichard: George just interviewed Biden to try to boost his ratings. After the interview, he was asked if he thinks Biden can make it four more years, and he said he doesn't think so. It is time to “take the keys away” from Biden and bring in a better option. https://www.tmz.com/...

Waylon Cunningham /
@waylon_wc: Now that's a good man-on-the-street interview https://www.tmz.com/... @themainnetwork: Anyone thinking this wasn't done on purpose doesn't get politics. This guy is too strategic to just randomly say this - George Stephanopoulos Says Biden Can't Serve Another 4 Years https://www.tmz.com/...

Jenn Gidman /
Newser: Stephanopoulos Caught Spilling His Inner Thoughts on Biden

Andrew Jeong /
Washington Post: George Stephanopoulos caught on camera expressing doubts about Biden

Tess Patton /
The Wrap: After Biden Interview, ABC's George Stephanopoulos Says 'I Don't Think He Can Serve 4 More Years' | Video

Samuel Chamberlain /
New York Post: George Stephanopoulos says 'I don't think' Biden can serve 4 more years after ABC interview

Ted Johnson /
Deadline: George Stephanopoulos Captured On Video Saying He Doesn't Think Joe Biden Can Serve Another Four Years

Charlie Nash /
Mediaite: 'I Don't Think He Can Serve Four More Years': George Stephanopoulos Says Biden Not Up to the Task After Interviewing Him

Brian Steinberg /
Variety: George Stephanopoulos Says He 'Shouldn't Have' Commented on President Joe Biden's Ability to Serve Second Term

Variety:

Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews plans to leave as the president of CBS News after less than a year, amid cost cuts from parent company Paramount Global— CBS News may be on the hunt for another newsroom honcho. … Shaking up the senior executive structure at a major news organization in the middle …

Discussion:
The Wrap, The Hollywood Reporter, @bristei and Deadline

Discussion:

Natalie Korach /
The Wrap: CBS News President Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews to Exit Role

Alex Weprin /
The Hollywood Reporter: CBS News President Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews to Exit, Shifts to Advisor Role Through 2024 Election

Brian Steinberg /
@bristei: NEW: CBS News President Ingrid Cirpiran-Matthews is exiting her role after less than a year amid cost cuts from parent Paramount Global.... https://variety.com/...

Axios:

The Washington Post launches Climate Answers, an AI chatbot that responds to climate questions with info from WaPo articles, and aims to expand to more topics— - The Post is working with several AI firms, including OpenAI and Meta's Llama, to power its own large-language model …

Discussion:

Sara Fischer /
@sarafischer: New: @washingtonpost has created its own AI chatbot that answers Qs based only on its own journalism —Chatbot will initially answer only Qs on Climate, but WaPo hopes to expand to other topics —WaPo has quietly added AI summaries to ~10% of articles https://www.axios.com/...

David Savage /
@david_t_savage: will be very interested if the marginal energy consumption / emissions impact of answering a query with an AI here is higher than the theoretical decarbonization benefit of those questions being answered. I'd bet on no.

Charles Logan /
@charleswlogan.bsky.social: Famously environmentally-friendly AI answering questions about climate. No notes! — www.axios.com/2024/07/09/w... @paintedsky.ca: While this* will likely do absolutely nothing in the larger scheme of things, at least it made me feel maybe 1% better — *I wrote a letter to the editor of the Washington Post [images]

Magdalena Donea /
@maggy.kia.net: This is the closest I could get it to answer any kind of question about its own footprint (I had to word it super generically before it stopped telling me it doesn't know anything about that) and... well: [embedded post]

Neil Stenhouse /
@nstenhouse.bsky.social: Darn it. Was hoping the Climate Answers AI would be able to tell me this [embedded post]

Wall Street Journal:

Memo: Mark Thompson says CNN is cutting about 100 jobs, plans to launch its first CNN.com subscription product later in 2024, but offers few details, and more— CEO Mark Thompson said it was “a logical possibility” that CNN might pursue a subscription bundle similar to what the New York Times offers.

Discussion:
The Wrap, Variety, CNN, The Hollywood Reporter, Cord Cutters News, @pressgazette, @alexweprin, @bristei, @brianstelter and @bristei

Discussion:

Natalie Korach /
The Wrap: CNN to Lay Off 100 Staffers, Plots Digital Subscription Launch for End of Year

Brian Steinberg /
Variety: CNN Plans Launch of Digital Subscription Product by End of 2024 Amid Newsroom Layoffs

Oliver Darcy /
CNN: CNN chief Mark Thompson announces sweeping overhaul of news network, cuts 100 jobs

Alex Weprin /
The Hollywood Reporter: CNN to Lay Off 100 Staffers as It Preps Major Revamp of Digital Efforts

Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: CNN Will Layoff About 100 Employees & Launch a Free Streaming Channel Plus a Digital Subscription Service This Year @pressgazette: CNN chief executive Mark Thompson has told staff that the organisation is cutting around 100 jobs, equivalent to approximately 3% of its total workforce https://pressgazette.co.uk/...

Alex Weprin /
@alexweprin: Major changes coming to CNN. A subscription product launching this year, with others to follow. A total reorg of its newsrooms. “strategic” push into AI. And layoffs, with about 100 staff to be cut today. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...

Brian Steinberg /
@bristei: CNN will cut 100 jobs as it seeks to move more readily into digital, and will launch a subscription product via its website by the end of the year https://variety.com/...

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: “CNN said it is cutting about 100 jobs and will launch its first CNN·com subscription product later this year as it looks to lessen its dependence on its cable-TV channel.” https://www.wsj.com/...

Poynter:

A profile of nonprofit National Trust for Local News, which has raised and invested $38M since 2021 to buy and recapitalize financially precarious publications— The National Trust for Local News has found that the nonprofit sector 'doesn't need more coaches.' Instead, it will send in a hands-on team.

Washington Post:

A look at The Shade Room, which started as an Instagram celebrity gossip page on Black Hollywood and now aims to improve its standards and do original reporting— CEO Angie Nwandu said she wants to grow political coverage on her site that reflects the page's diverse Black audience: “Black people are not a monolith.”

Discussion:
@scottbrodbeck

Discussion:

Scott Brodbeck /
@scottbrodbeck: Honestly think this is an effective way to start new local news pubs. Not gossip but start with a creator who amasses a following with local content on social or wherever, then build up around that audience. Starting with local govt coverage and newspaper fare is uphill path.

The Verge:

Spotify adds the ability for users to leave comments on podcasts, expanding on polls and Q&As; comments will be private by default, and creators can opt out— The company already lets Spotify podcasters offer polls and Q&As, so this new feature could give creators new ways to interact with their audiences.

Discussion:
Spotify, Engadget, Podnews, TechCrunch, Music Ally, Digital Music News, Spotify for Podcasters, WinBuzzer, 9to5Mac, Dataconomy and Daily Memphian

Discussion:

Mariella Moon /
Engadget: Spotify is launching a comment section for podcasts

Sarah Perez /
TechCrunch: Chasing YouTube, Spotify adds comments to podcasts

Stuart Dredge /
Music Ally: Spotify adds comments for podcasts... could music follow?

Ashley King /
Digital Music News: Joe Rogan Wanted Podcast Comments on Spotify Years Ago — Now It's Finally Happening

Luke Jones /
WinBuzzer: Spotify Introduces Comment Section for Podcasts

Ryan Christoffel /
9to5Mac: Podcasts now support comments on Spotify; should Apple do the same?

Eray Eliaçık /
Dataconomy: Yes, Crunchyroll comments gone, and here is why

Press Gazette:

City AM editor Andy Silvester plans to leave the free London business newspaper after overseeing its transition to a digital-first newsroom and a new website— City AM editor Andy Silvester is leaving the free business newspaper after almost four years at the helm.