Investigation: Google returned AI-written summaries for ~25% of news-related US search queries in mid-May 2024, with organic links pushed far down the page (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)

Mediagazer: Investigation: Google returned AI-written summaries for ~25% of news-related US search queries in mid-May 2024, with organic links pushed far down the page (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)

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TechCrunch:

Yahoo confirms it has been testing an AI summaries feature for a few months on the Yahoo News website for a small, single-digit percentage of articles— Yahoo's AI push isn't over just yet. The company, also TechCrunch's parent, recently launched AI-powered features for Yahoo Mail …

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Wired:

Yahoo debuts a revamped version of its free Yahoo News app, powered by Artifact's AI tech, after acquiring the Instagram co-founders' news app in April 2024— Artifact, the news app startup from Instagram's cofounders, was purchased by Yahoo earlier this year.
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Natalie Korach /
The Wrap: Yahoo News Integrates Artifact AI Technology Into Reimagined App - Here's What's Different

Caragh Fisher O'Connor /
Caragh Fisher O'Connor on LinkedIn: The new era of Yahoo News is here - and it's pretty great! Today we introduce a brand new mobile app and homepage powered by the incredible AI technology …

Jim Lanzone /
@jlanzone: @kevin @mikeyk Also important to note that the app is grounded in partnerships with a huge number of curated content sources across dozens of categories - reducing spam/noise - and we share revenue with those partners.

Jim Lanzone /
@jlanzone: It's alive. Yahoo+Artifact app launches today. Thanks @kevin and @mikeyk for helping us make it happen. Killer roadmap ahead - so much more we can do here.

Andrew Machado /
Andrew Machado on LinkedIn: Today we unveiled a completely redesigned Yahoo News mobile app and Yahoo.com in the US. — The new app is all about delivering a much more personalized news experience. …

New York Times:

Disney and Ron DeSantis reach a 15-year agreement to let Disney undertake a $17B expansion of Walt Disney World near Orlando; Disney will end all litigation— The deal locks in a 15-year expansion plan for Disney World and clears a path for Disney to restart political donations in Florida.

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The Wrap, Fox Business, Quartz, Gizmodo, Reuters, Associated Press, Axios, Orlando Sentinel and CNN

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Kayla Cobb /
The Wrap: Disney and DeSantis End Florida Feud, Making Way for $17B Disney World Development

Gordon Jackson /
Gizmodo: Disney Buries the Hatchet With Ron DeSantis In Huge New Land Deal Associated Press: DeSantis appointees bury the hatchet with Disney by approving new development deal

Rebecca Falconer /
Axios: DeSantis appointees approve Disney World resort development plan

Skyler Swisher /
Orlando Sentinel: 'It's great for Orlando': $17B Disney World development plan gets final approval

Semafor:

AI search engine Perplexity says it was working on revenue-sharing deals with publishers when Forbes staff accused it of plagiarizing Forbes' White Stork scoop— The Scoop — Perplexity, the AI search startup that recently came under fire from Forbes for allegedly misusing its content …

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Reed Albergotti /
@reedalbergotti: @mattswider ... Actually, I always thought publishers were wrong to give away content for free and to play the clickbait game. I was writing about the ills of social media and the perverted incentives when everyone else was still in love with Facebook. My point here was that AI models can look...

John Paczkowski /
@johnpaczkowski: 1. Forbes HAS a hard paywall already. Perplexity took our paywalled work from behind it 2. Like most publishers, we are indexed by search engines. Unlike most search engines, Perplexity scraped and copied our stories and republished them under its own brand. [image] @jason: @JohnPaczkowski They didn't ask for permission and took a substantial amount? Have you run more tests on this? You should publish dozens of examples like the NYTimes did

John Paczkowski /
@johnpaczkowski: 1. Lol. Nice story placement, Perplexity. 2. But it misses the point. Beyond attribution **The company took our paywalled work, without our permission, and competitively broadcast it across web, video, mobile — as though it were itself a media outlet.**

Campbell Brown /
@campbell_brown: @mattswider Fair point. I would just love to see the path forward be more than a one time payment and be potential source of revenue for ALL publishers. Check out https://tollbit.com/. I don't know if it's the answer, but one off deals aren't the longterm solution.

Matt Swider /
@mattswider: @campbell_brown Thanks for actually responding & addressing, Campbell. I like this idea: “Spotify” for publishers (although we always hear artists get pittance), based on reads (like song plays). The best article I've read is by @Jason. Publishers fell for tech's promises once & got burned by

John Paczkowski /
@johnpaczkowski: Some head exploding irony here, given the Facebook armageddon for publishers

Matt Swider /
@mattswider: @campbell_brown What about small publishers? Are these deals only going to be for larger publishers (so far, that's been the case with ChatGPT)? Why has Perplexity stolen the content of Forbes and my site while charging $20/mo. Is it OK to have done so in the meantime? https://x.com/...

Daniel Griffin /
@danielsgriffin: @semafor @ReedAlbergotti Is *a Perplexity user* in “a Perplexity user created a page” the right framing? Compare the “Curated by” label on these two pages: (1) https://www.perplexity.ai/... (2) https://www.perplexity.ai/... [image]

Campbell Brown /
@campbell_brown: This seems like the right take - aligned incentives and a real potential ally for publishers: “Perplexity planning revenue-sharing deals with publishers”. https://www.semafor.com/...

Eric Newcomer /
@ericnewcomer: @ReedAlbergotti @semafor it doesn't feel like this is about our role as journalists in the traditional sense since it is about their story. reporters would fight with other reporters on twitter if they didn't get proper credit and the perplexity situation seems far more egregious than most media

Eric Newcomer /
@ericnewcomer: @semafor @ReedAlbergotti nihilism @ReedAlbergotti . media companies steal too much reporting so let's shrug our shoulders with AI. the information is sometimes successful when it scolds publications for not crediting it. what's different here? public shame is one of the few levers we have to get

Reed Albergotti /
@reedalbergotti: @EricNewcomer @semafor Also, how is “public shame” literally the very first step? Is our job as journalists just online mob justice now? What happened to nuance and intellectual curiosity?

Reed Albergotti /
@reedalbergotti: @EricNewcomer @semafor I said clearly that perplexity should have credited them higher up. I just don't think the Forbs people had to go for the jugular like that. I think twitter brings out the worst in people sometimes. A civil conversation would get more done. @semafor: 🟡 SCOOP: Perplexity, the AI search startup that recently came under fire from Forbes, was already planning revenue-sharing deals with publishers, @ReedAlbergotti reports. The deals would provide a framework to earn recurring income. https://www.semafor.com/...

John Paczkowski /
John Paczkowski on LinkedIn: Perplexity's knock off of our reporting and competitive republishing of same in a variety of formats (including YouTube) feels like a real crystallization of the “Can journalism survive AI?” convo. …

Dare Obasanjo /
@carnage4life@threads.net: I have no idea what's up with AI companies speed running the news coverage from “scrappy underdog” to “evil big tech” before they even get that big. We were going to pay you isn't an excuse for plagiarizing content. What seemed like an honest mistake now looks more deliberate.

Dare Obasanjo /
@carnage4life@threads.net: This article is also a great example of the genre of “press release masquerading as news article”

Henry Hong-Yiu Cheung /
@henryhycheung@threads.net: Would you say the same of OpenAI? re:NYTimes

Casey Newton /
@crumbler@threads.net: i think OpenAI and every LLM maker has things to answer for. Perplexity has been egregious due to the way that it continues to rip off reporters' verbatim phrasing wholesale and resell it for $20 a month without compensating the journalists

Casey Newton /
@crumbler@threads.net: Who cares? ‘Working on deals’ doesn't give you a free pass to plagiarize other people's work. This company is ethically bankrupt

Dare Obasanjo /
@carnage4life@mas.to: This article is also a great example of the genre of “press release masquerading as news article” https://www.semafor.com/...

Aravind Srinivas /
Aravind Srinivas on LinkedIn: Worth a read for a balanced perspective by Reed Albergotti and Semafor on how AI-native search and journalism can flourish together: — https://lnkd.in/...

Reuters:

A US judge orders X's lawsuit against Media Matters over accusations of misrepresenting the amount of antisemitic content on X will go to trial on April 7, 2025— Social media platform X's lawsuit against media watchdog group Media Matters will head to trial on April 7, 2025, a U.S. District judge ordered on Thursday.

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Press Gazette:

Investigation: Google returned AI-written summaries for ~25% of news-related US search queries in mid-May 2024, with organic links pushed far down the page— The dramatic impact of Google's AI-written summaries on search result visibility for publishers has been revealed through exclusive new research.

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Press Gazette:

UK nonprofit The Bureau of Investigative Journalism launches paid memberships and explores other revenue streams to address a £250,000 funding shortfall— The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) is on a mission to diversify its revenue away from relying on foundations as …

The i Paper:

Sources detail Evgeny Lebedev's decision to end the Evening Standards' daily print edition under pressure from a Saudi investor, after prevaricating for years— Current and former employees tell the story behind the daily edition's closure — Evgeny Lebedev agreed to axe …

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Rich James /
@richjamesuk: Evgeny Lebedev agreed to axe the Evening Standards' daily print edition after bowing to pressure from his Saudi investor, @theipaper understands. “Lord Lebedev, his Saudi investor, and why he cut the Evening Standard”: Big read from @adamsherwin10 - https://inews.co.uk/...

Bloomberg:

The National Music Publishers' Association files an FTC complaint against Spotify, saying Spotify's decision to offer audiobooks reduced songwriters' royalties— Spotify's audiobook bundle has put it at war with music publishers … The audiobooks addition gave Spotify leeway to reclassify …

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CMU, Digital Music News, Music Ally, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Billboard, Music Business Worldwide and Rolling Stone

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Chris Cooke /
CMU: Music publishers now fighting Spotify audiobook bundling trick on multiple fronts

Ashley King /
Digital Music News: Music Publishing Revenue Climbed 11% to $6.2 Billion in 2023, NMPA Reports

Ben Lovejoy /
9to5Mac: Audiobooks are a Spotify scam to cheat consumers and musicians, say music labels

Kristin Robinson /
Billboard: NMPA Fires New Volley in Spotify Fight by Filing FTC Complaint, Letters to State Attorneys General & More

Murray Stassen /
Music Business Worldwide: MUSIC PUBLISHERS FILE COMPLAINT WITH US FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION AGAINST SPOTIFY OVER AUDIOBOOK BUNDLE

Associated Press:

Fox Sports acquires the rights to broadcast IndyCar starting in 2025, replacing NBC, which has held the rights since 2009; Fox now has Daytona 500 and Indy 500— Fox Sports said Thursday it acquired the rights to broadcast IndyCar starting in 2025, a move that gives the network …

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Matthew Keys /
The Desk: Fox grabs rights to IndyCar Series races, starting in 2025

Nathan Brown /
Yahoo News: IndyCar wanted to prioritize reach with new TV deal. It found that with Fox.

Brian Steinberg /
Variety: Fox Sports Snares Indianapolis 500 and NTT IndyCar Series From NBC

Josh Dickey /
The Wrap: IndyCar Racing Series TV Rights Acquired by Fox Sports, Will Broadcast All 17 Events Including Indianapolis 500

David Satin /
The Streamable: Fox Reportedly Adding IndyCar Rights; What Are All the Major Sports to Be Available on Venu Sports?

Jeff Gluck /
New York Times: Fox acquires IndyCar media rights, including Indy 500, beginning in 2025

Tim Hauraney /
@timhauraney: Beginning 2025 all IndyCar races will now be broadcasted on FOX in what the series and network is calling a “Historic Media Rights Deal” @theathletic: NEWS: Fox Sports is going big with a new IndyCar broadcasting agreement, replacing NBC as the series' exclusive partner beginning in 2025. All 17 NTT IndyCar Series races, plus Indianapolis 500 qualifying, will be shown on the main Fox network. More ⤵️ https://www.nytimes.com/...

New York Post:

CNN signs a deal to use AP stories on its website, the first time it has done so since cutting ties 14 years ago to focus more on original reporting— CNN staffers fear a new deal with the Associated Press may spell layoffs at the third-place cable news network.

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Editor and Publisher and NewscastStudio

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Michael P. Hill /
Editor and Publisher: CNN signs AP deal for first time in 14 years

Michael P. Hill /
NewscastStudio: CNN signs AP deal for first time in 14 years

The Hollywood Reporter:

A profile of Bryan Freedman, a divisive entertainment lawyer known for his rabidity and ruthlessness and who has represented Tucker Carlson, Don Lemon, and more— When pissed-off power players from Megyn Kelly and Bethenny Frankel to Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon need a warrior to fight …