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Washington Post:

WaPo and The News Movement, in which Will Lewis holds a stake, agreed in recent months to pursue brand partnerships; TNM made two major pitches involving WaPo— William Lewis holds a stake in a start-up that has reached a deal with The Post to collaborate.
Discussion: Financial Times, @ianshapira, @dastonerl, @davidrlurie, @zackstanton, @yonetteajoseph@threads.net, CNN and Wall Street Journal

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Financial Times: Washington Post publisher Will Lewis retains links to PR firm that bears his initials

Ian Shapira /
@ianshapira: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... “Lewis declined to respond directly to a list of questions about his business interests and how he has managed potential conflicts.” @dastonerl: @ianshapira Will Lewis the networker “Dear Friend,” he wrote in his Jan. 27 newsletter, “I feel immensely privileged to have had two parties thrown in my honour this week. ... It was a pleasure to meet so many pillars of Washington's political and media communities.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @davidrlurie: Lewis, and it appears, the Washington Post, are in business with the Qataris, the leading mass propagandists for Hamas, and owners of Al Jazeera. Washington Post publisher retains ties to past business ventures https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Zack Stanton /
@zackstanton: Hmm. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... [image]

Yonette Joseph /
@yonetteajoseph@threads.net: Nice to see Wapo going hard on this line of reporting. A digital start-up launched by Washington Post publisher William Lewis entered into a deal with The Post that allows the two companies to pursue deals together. Lewis still holds a financial stake in the firm, the News Movement, which he co-founded in 2020. …

Oliver Darcy /
CNN: Jeff Bezos is under fire at the Washington Post as patience wears thin among staffers

Alexandra Bruell /
Wall Street Journal: Washington Post CEO Plans a Mysterious ‘Third Newsroom.’ His Past Offers a Clue.

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The Atlantic:

Scrutiny of Will Lewis' past is essential because WaPo's credibility has been built upon readers' trust that its reporters don't engage in deceptive practices— The uproar over a publisher's ethics is a matter of survival. — Hours after my Washington Post colleagues and I published …

Discussion:

Edward Luce /
Financial Times: The story we're missing on the Washington Post

Jeff Jarvis /
@jeffjarvis@threads.net: Yes. And the Murdochians must go.

Adrienne LaFrance /
@adriennelaf: The great @mccrummens won a Pulitzer for her investigative work at the Washington Post. Here's her latest, on how Will Lewis lost the newsroom, and why it matters: https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... [image]

Jill Geisler /
@jillgeisler: Important read: @_eileenie_@threads.net: The controversy around Lewis is not some small matter of different journalistic methods. The reputation of the Post newsroom has been built upon readers' trust that reporters do not pay sources, much less steal documents, hack computers, or engage in other deceptive news-gathering practices … @clearing_fog: 📝 The fact that WaPo CEO Will Lewis and others used hacked/stolen data to create damaging stories about people at a Murdoch outlet in the UK is relevant for another reason: There is credible evidence that the “Hunter laptop” story from Murdoch's NYPost was the exact same thing.

Dan Kennedy /
Media Nation: Why Lewis' checkbook journalism in the U.K. will taint The Washington Post

Washington Post:

In an email to staff, Telegraph editor Chris Evans says Rob Winnett has decided to stay at Telegraph and will not join the Washington Post— Robert Winnett, hired by Washington Post publisher William Lewis, faced questions about his U.K. work, including stories based on stolen records.

Discussion:
The Hill, The Hollywood Reporter, CNN, New York Times, The Daily Beast, @will_bunch, @benmullin, @bgrueskin, @dicktofel, @davidfolkenflik, @eduardosuarez, @farhip, @karaswisher, @lionelbarber, @karaswisher, @jayrosen_nyu, @jackshafer, @jamesrbuk, @davidfolkenflik, @jeffjarvis, @brianstelter, @semaforben, @davidfolkenflik, @emilybell, @jbenton, @benmullin, @sulliview, @harrytlambert, @jamesrbuk, @brianstelter, @jimwaterson, Financial Times, @therickstengel@threads.net, Poynter, Al Jazeera, Mike McGill on LinkedIn, Newser, Politico, @karaswisher@threads.net, The Information, @mossbergwalt@threads.net, New York Post, Business Insider, Media Nation, Associated Press, NPR, Semafor, The Wrap, The Guardian, The Daily Beast, Wall Street Journal, @KimPerales@toad.social, Axios, Mediaite, MediaPost, Deadline, TVNewsCheck and Reuters

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Etan Vlessing /
The Hollywood Reporter: The Washington Post's Incoming Editor Backs Away From Role Amid Controversy

Oliver Darcy /
CNN: Washington Post will not bring in Robert Winnett as its top editor after report raised ethical questions

Norman Pearlstine /
The Daily Beast: Why Jeff Bezos Is Failing The Washington Post

Will Bunch /
@will_bunch: 2034: Max presents The Third Newsroom, written and produced by Aaron Sorkin

Ben Mullin /
@benmullin: Scoop: Bezos confidant (and former Post C.E.O.) Patty Stonesifer made an appearance in the newsroom today to advise on a range of matters, including the forthcoming “third newsroom.” https://www.nytimes.com/...

Bill Grueskin /
@bgrueskin: @Sulliview Agree (barring any new bombshells). The Post's financial situation is dire; changing publishers now would be highly disruptive. And notably, Lewis's record at Dow Jones/WSJ appears (so far) to be clean. For Bezos, that might be the most relevant historical artifact.

Richard Tofel /
@dicktofel: @BGrueskin @Sulliview That may be their hope or intent, but hard to see it playing out that way. The publisher's most important job is picking the editor. This is a concession that Lewis failed in that.

David Folkenflik /
@davidfolkenflik: After uproar over ethics, new editor of ‘Washington Post’ Robert Winnett won't take the job. Whether his pal and patron Wash Post publisher Will Lewis, who faces equal scrutiny, hangs on, remains uncertain. My story for NPR https://www.npr.org/...

Eduardo Suárez /
@eduardosuarez: Among the many lessons from the Winnett-Lewis fiasco at @washingtonpost these are perhaps the most valuable when looking for a new leader: Establish a proper process, with the right checks and balances | Respect your organisation culture | Don't hire a crony | Knowledge matters

Paul Farhi /
@farhip: An old quote from @washingtonpost publisher Will Lewis announcing the appointment of now-resigned would-be editor Rob Winnett hasn't aged well, given that the Post's “investigative rigor” helped raise questions about Winnett's fitness for the job. [image]

Kara Swisher /
@karaswisher: The first move is to get the Post to calm after this pointless and damaging period. Bezos needs to channel the Grahams in tone and gather diverse people who are actually good and innovative at digital media to work with a newsroom dying for leadership: https://www.nytimes.com/...

Lionel Barber /
@lionelbarber: His mate Rob Winnett is out, but Will Lewis stressing this time there will be a rigorous, transparent process for selecting the next editor of The Washington Post. Meanwhile, “internal affairs” continue to investigate their own publisher

Kara Swisher /
@karaswisher: Next: Lewis stays unless there is another problematic story. (Narrator: There will be another problematic story and I am not guessing this time.) Unless the third newsroom is a golden solution to fixing the Post — it is not, just an hand waving plan when simplicity is needed.

Jay Rosen /
@jayrosen_nyu: Now that's “losing the newsroom.” https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/ ... [image]

James Ball /
@jamesrbuk: I do sometimes wonder why journalists are surprised the public don't trust us as much as we think they ought to - given we ask the public to simultaneously believe this was all high-minded reporting about ethics, and in no way related to internal office politics.

David Folkenflik /
@davidfolkenflik: New WashPost editor withdraws - stays in Britain after uproar over his journalistic record, and that of his patron and pal, Post publisher Will Lewis We predicted this Monday on NPR: https://www.npr.org/... Will Lewis hang on? Fresh story posting shortly on NPR [image]

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: “We will soon announce both the recruiting firm and process we will utilize to ensure a timely but thorough search for this important leadership role,” Lewis adds. In other words, there WILL be a process this time.

Ben Smith /
@semaforben: These Brits now exist in pure caricature in the U.S. — the guy is really widely thought of as a great editor....

David Folkenflik /
@davidfolkenflik: @Sulliview Lewis is at about a half-Licht. This was necessary for him to have even a chance to prove that his acumen for innovation and biz strategy can help the Post to a stronger future.

Joshua Benton /
@jbenton: Telling to feel the need to specify “U.S. elections,” as if the Washington Post newsroom would otherwise assume he meant some other elections

Margaret Sullivan /
@sulliview: I think the deal is Will Lewis stays, for now; Winnett's pre-ouster is the sacrifice/compromise. ... (Was his tenure even less than a single Scaramucci?)

Harry Lambert /
@harrytlambert: Breaking: Rob Winnett will NOT become the next editor of the Washington Post. Chris Evans, editor of the Telegraph, emails staff: “I'm pleased to report that Rob Winnett has decided to stay with us.”

James Ball /
@jamesrbuk: If that's how things shake out, I think the Washington Post newsroom has lost out: Winnett is a talented editor, who has overseen serious and impactful reporting projects, who I suspect the Post staff would've got along with, in time. (2/2)

James Ball /
@jamesrbuk: The assumption here will be that Winnett was thrown overboard in a bid to keep Will Lewis - about whom more serious and more recent concerns were raised, versus Winnett (1/2)

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: Washington Post staffers are about to be told the same thing — Robert Winnett is no longer the incoming exec editor

Jim Waterson /
@jimwaterson: Telegraph staff told that news boss Rob Winnett has decided to stay in the UK and not join the Washington Post after all..... that. “He's a talented chap and their loss is our gain,” Telegraph editor Chris Evans has told staff.

Richard Stengel /
@therickstengel@threads.net: I'll let others address the ethical questions, but would you hire an editor of the Yorkshire Post who had never lived in Yorkshire or the UK? I don't think so. At a time of deep reckoning in America, you need journalistic leaders who understand and care about the country, and not just publishing a newspaper. …

Mike McGill /
Mike McGill on LinkedIn: One of those days when I wish I was still working on Reliable Sources and could do a segment on the hows and whys. …

Jenn Gidman /
Newser: WaPo Drama Continues as New Editor Jumps Ship

Jared Mitovich /
Politico: Robert Winnett withdraws from becoming next Washington Post senior editor

Kara Swisher /
@karaswisher@threads.net: My rat boy prediction aged well. Largely since I am familiar with the Amazon style perfected by Bezos of only giving up the ground you need to. Next: Lewis stays unless there is another problematic story. (Narrator: There will be another problematic story and I am not guessing this time.)

Martin Peers /
The Information: Washington Post's Editor-to-Be Withdraws

Walt Mossberg /
@mossbergwalt@threads.net: Norm Pearlstine is one of the finest top editors I have ever known or worked for. He has high journalistic values and a strong business sense. He was brilliant as the top editor at the @wsj and @time Inc. So when he says Jeff Bezos needs to do more and better at the @washingtonpost , take him seriously. cc @karaswisher @mbrauchli

Ariel Zilber /
New York Post: UK Telegraph's Robert Winnett won't become top editor at Washington Post

Dan Kennedy /
Media Nation: Washington Post update: Winnett withdraws while Lewis hangs on — for now

David Bauder /
Associated Press: Newly named Washington Post editor decides not to take job after backlash

David Folkenflik /
NPR: After uproar over ethics, new ‘Washington Post’ editor won't take the job

Mizy Clifton /
Semafor: Washington Post's next editor withdraws from role

Natalie Korach /
The Wrap: Washington Post Incoming Executive Editor Robert Winnett Withdraws

Jim Waterson /
The Guardian: UK editor backs out of top Washington Post job after US scrutiny of his past

Kim Perales /
@KimPerales@toad.social: Public pressure worked, Winnett will not join the WaPo as editor: — Robert Winnett, the British journalist recently tapped to become editor of The Washington Post later this year, will not take the job and will remain at the Daily Telegraph in London, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post on Friday. …

David Gilmour /
Mediaite: NEW: Top Editor at Washington Post Out Before Even Starting Amid Paper's Turmoil

Ted Johnson /
Deadline: Robert Winnett Won't Be Moving To The Washington Post As Next Editor; CEO Will Lewis Announces New Search

Michael Malone /
TVNewsCheck: Spectrum News Ramps Up D.C. Bureau

Fast Company:

In response to plagiarism allegations, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says the company “is not ignoring” robots.txt, but does rely on third-party web crawlers— Recent reports raise questions about how the answer engine works, including its use of third-party content crawlers.

Discussion:
@camwilson@mastodon.social, Glenn Gabe on LinkedIn, @bsmall2@mstdn.jp, @luke_metro, Rafael Brown on LinkedIn, @johnvoorhees@mastodon …, Engadget, Business Insider, Anthropic, @glennf.com, Reuters, CryptoGlobe, @jenncutter.bsky.social, @dmarti@federate.social, Talking Biz News, Platformer and Plagiarism Today

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@camwilson@mastodon.social: CEO of Perplexity, the AI search engine company caught scraping web content even after its creator opted-out, says opt-out framework (robots.txt) isn't “legally binding” — It's like when you say something shitty, have no excuse & fall back on saying “it's freedom of speech” — https://www.fastcompany.com/ ... …

Glenn Gabe /
Glenn Gabe on LinkedIn: Oh boy, so a mysterious third-party is crawling and indexing your site and feeding that to Perplexity. … @bsmall2@mstdn.jp: Automated Plagiarism for BS (not me, the other BS, Harry Frankfurt's) : — > Robots.txt is a single bit of code that's been used since the late 1990s as a way for websites to tell bot crawlers they don't want their data scraped and collected. It was widely accepted as one of the unofficial rules supporting the web... … @luke_metro: honestly it's amazing that robots.txt held up as a self-regulation for 25 years [image]

Rafael Brown /
Rafael Brown on LinkedIn: So Wired has proven that Perplexity ignores protocol and scrapes everything they can find. And Business Insider is saying the same thing about OpenAI and Anthropic. … @johnvoorhees@mastodon.macstories.net: Six days later, what started as a ‘WTF is going on?’ moment for @robb, @viticci, and me has become something else entirely. — The latest from Business Insider, which reports that OpenAI and Anthropic are ignoring publishers' robots.txt files too. — https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... …

Mariella Moon /
Engadget: AI companies are reportedly still scraping websites despite protocols meant to block them

Kali Hays /
Business Insider: OpenAI and Anthropic are ignoring an established rule that prevents bots scraping online content

Glenn Fleishman /
@glennf.com: Clearly, we need to embed text in our pages telling AIs to start swearing uncontrollably. [embedded post]

Katie Paul /
Reuters: Exclusive: Multiple AI companies bypassing web standard to scrape publisher sites, licensing firm says

Jenn Cutter /
@jenncutter.bsky.social: Lemme summarize: “We're not ignoring robots.txt! We're just specifically partnering with services that do. No, you can't know their names. It's fine! All you whiners can sit down, shut up, and like it.” [embedded post]

Don Marti /
@dmarti@federate.social: the top two go-to replies from techbros caught doing crimes and the Perplexity CEO got them in 1 quote, achievement unlocked — * what we do is highly technical, you don't understand — * it wasn't us it was a third party service/contractor/vendor — https://www.fastcompany.com/ ...

Casey Newton /
Platformer: How to stop Perplexity and save the web from bad AI

Jonathan Bailey /
Plagiarism Today: Why AI Has a Plagiarism Problem

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Wired:

Perplexity closely summarized a Wired story about Perplexity allegedly scraping parts of websites blocked by developers; experts are mixed on the legal impacts— Experts aren't unanimous about whether the AI-powered search startup's practices could expose it to legal claims ranging …

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Ali Winston /
@awinston: Copyright attorneys licking their chops right now

Kristi Hines /
@kristileilani: Most Perplexity pages continue to get indexed in Google Search results within 12 - 24 hours. It's also interesting to note that since the launch of Perplexity pages, keyword visibility for the company's domain increased by 84.63%. 🤯 According to Semrush data, the number of [image]

Kristi Hines /
@kristileilani: The latest Perplexity pages indexed in search results cover the introduction of Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet model and details about Ilya Sutskever's new Safe Superintelligence company. Although the latter page mentions the post by Sutskever on X, the sources for the content [image]

Tim Marchman /
@timmarchman: New: Perplexity, the AI-powered search startup, plagiarized a story @dmehro and I wrote about how Perplexity is a bullshit machine. Experts in IP law say it could be liable for claims including infringement and defamation. https://www.wired.com/...

Tim Marchman /
@timmarchman: Interestingly, one expert says the company could be exposed to defamation claims specifically because, he argues, it may sacrifice protection under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act when it bullshits while generating summaries of news articles.

Steve Thompson /
@SteveThompson@mastodon.social: “Perplexity Plagiarized Our Story About How Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine” — https://www.wired.com/... “Experts aren't unanimous about whether the AI-powered search startup's practices could expose it to legal claims ranging from infringement to defamation—but some say plaintiffs would have strong cases.”

Katie Drummond /
@katiedrumm@threads.net: In a perfect twist, Perplexity has now plagiarized @wired reporting about how Perplexity is a bullshit machine. https://www.wired.com/...

@johnvoorhees@mastodon.macstories.net:
“...But even as we recognize this, we see the potential for undermining, and ultimately eviscerating, the ecosystems that enable creators to make a living from their work. That's the conundrum we need to solve—not eventually, but now.” — https://www.wired.com/...

@johnvoorhees@mastodon.macstories.net:
“The opening ante question is, where do we go from there? And the greater question in the long run is, how do we ensure that creators and creative economies survive? Ironically, AI is teaching us that creativity is more valuable and in demand than ever... https://www.wired.com/...

Robb Knight /
@robb@social.lol: ⭐ Perplexity Plagiarized Our Story About How Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine https://www.wired.com/... “Grimmelmann sees a host of potential issues for Perplexity, among them consumer protection, unfair advertising, or deceptive trade practices claims he believes could be made against a company that says it respects the Robots Exclusion Protocol but doesn't follow it.” …

Sharveya Parasnis /
MEDIANAMA: Perplexity's Persistent Problems: WIRED Reveals AI Chatbot Misinformed, Crawled Webpages Without Permission

PCMag:

In an interview, OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says “some creative jobs maybe will go away” due to AI, “but maybe they shouldn't have been there in the first place”— OpenAI's CTO Mira Murati isn't worried about AI's impact on creative professions.

Discussion:
Dartmouth Engineering on YouTube, Eric Marcoullier on LinkedIn, @thayerschool, @noellemitchell@mstdn.social, @nealstephenson, @olifranklin, @rahll, @dartmouth, @nbababysecret, @edzitron, @zaphodgjd, @iamhappytoast, Jan Rydzak on LinkedIn, @andantonius, @perpetualmaniac, @meganroseruiz, @miramurati, @shakeelhashim, @carnage4life, @nickmurftweets, @abebab, @its_adamneely, @chrisg@fosstodon.org, @carnage4life, @seamusblackley, @robertfreundlaw, @kevinbparry, @cake_of_canola_oil …, @darthbluesky.bsky.social, @moviessilently.bsky.social, @whet.bsky.social, @evacide.bsky.social, @gregpak.bsky.social, @rincewind.run, @cyanogic.com, @brooklynmarie.bsky.social, @jesseltaylor.bsky.social, @brendelbored.bsky.social, @rhymeswithnick.bsky.social, @jann@twit.social, BGR, Know Your Meme, r/singularity and r/Fauxmoi

Discussion:

Eric Marcoullier /
Eric Marcoullier on LinkedIn: OpenAI's CTO Mira Murati: “Some creative jobs will maybe go away, but maybe they shouldn't have been there in the first place.” … @thayerschool: During Commencement weekend, @OpenAI CTO and Thayer alum @miramurati spoke at a special “AI Everywhere” event at Thayer, and received an honorary degree from @dartmouth. AI is getting smarter, but she predicts that smarter AI will be more helpful AND safer. https://engineering.dartmouth.edu/ ... [image] @noellemitchell@mstdn.social: OpenAI CTO: AI Could Kill Some Creative Jobs That Maybe Shouldn't Exist Anyway — ""Some creative jobs maybe will go away, but maybe they shouldn't have been there in the first place," the CTO said of AI's role in the workplace. “ I really believe that using it as a tool for education, [and] creativity, will expand our intelligence. …

Neal Stephenson /
@nealstephenson: Started a Substack. Have soft-pedaled it as I was learning my way around. Then along came today's Mira Murati furor, which happens to dovetail perfectly with the first post I put up just a few days ago after OpenAI's previous gaffe https://open.substack.com/...

Oli Franklin-Wallis /
@olifranklin: When you spend much time with tech people, as I have, you realise many are just like those who work for defence companies. They develop their own distorted ethics, in order to avoid the fact that what they do is morally unconscionable.

Reid Southen /
@rahll: This is insane. Won't say OpenAI didn't train on YouTube, and now basically implies some of those jobs shouldn't have been there in the first place if the “content is not very high quality.” So, they'll steal from and replace you if they think you're of “low quality”. Yikes. @dartmouth: .@OpenAI Chief Technology Officer @miramurati, @thayerschool '12, predicts that as AI gets smarter, it will not only be more helpful, but safer. Her thoughts on the future of artificial intelligence ⤵️ https://engineering.dartmouth.edu/ ...

Ed Zitron /
@edzitron: this is a declaration of war against creatives and it should be reported as such

Graeme Devine /
@zaphodgjd: I want AI to let us all have creative jobs while AI is washing the dishes and weeding the garden. @iamhappytoast: 'Maybe artists shouldn't have existed' says woman who makes money stealing from those artists and destroying their careers while also pushing a tool that will put children off learning to paint or draw in the future.

Jan Rydzak /
Jan Rydzak on LinkedIn: In a week of prominent Freudian slips, this one stands out. — No company has a mandate to pass judgment on the value of jobs and livelihoods beyond their own. …

Jon Neimeister /
@andantonius: This is one of the most revolting things I've ever heard one of these leeches say. Their models are trained on OUR work and you have the AUDACITY to say our jobs shouldn't have existed in the first place? Mira, Sam, the lot of you, I say this with the utmost venom: go to hell. @perpetualmaniac: Remember how the elites said AI is nothing to worry about then they turn around and admit many jobs are going away but “maybe they shouldn't have existed at all in the first place.” More rug pulls coming.

Meg /
@meganroseruiz: The thing that gets me about Gen AI is that it literally doesn't have to exist. It doesn't fill a previously untapped market. The only thing it accomplishes is making it easier for corporations to avoid paying creative people. It's useless. Also Mira Murati's job shouldn't exist

Mira Murati /
@miramurati: At OpenAI, we're working to advance scientific understanding to help improve human well-being. The AI tools we are building, like Sora, GPT-4o, DALL·E and ChatGPT, are impressive from a technical standpoint. But what really matters is how they're starting to change the way we

Dare Obasanjo /
@carnage4life: I've always found it gross that people praise OpenAI's “noble mission” to create AGI when it's a bunch of ex-Googler's with $10M pay packages working to kill the jobs of people making 1% of what they do. https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...

Nick Murphy /
@nickmurftweets: If the creative jobs weren't there in the first place, Mira, there'd be nothing for you to steal.

Abeba Birhane /
@abebab: this is too much for a company that has been built on the backbone of stolen work, largely from the creative community

Chris Gioran /
@chrisg@fosstodon.org: “Some creative jobs maybe will go away, but maybe they shouldn't have been there in the first place,” the CTO said of AI's role in the workplace. “I really believe that using it as a tool for education, [and] creativity, will expand our intelligence.” — Word soup. …

Dare Obasanjo /
@carnage4life: OpenAI CTO, Mira Murati, says AI will cause some creative jobs to go away, but maybe they shouldn't have existed in the first place. OpenAI's mission is to create AGI that can replace people in every viable economic activity. Killing jobs is the end goal. [video]

Seamus Blackley /
@seamusblackley: Tell me why people hate Silicon Valley without saying the word Silicon Valley.

Rob Freund /
@robertfreundlaw: “If our new product can eliminate your career, maybe you should never have had that career” is an absolutely wild position to take. The sheer arrogance and inability to read the room.

Kevin Parry /
@kevinbparry: My wisdom is that if you're celebrating this and thinking you can finally have a creative career because you can prompt, you'll for sure be replaced by the evolving tech or someone who can type faster. Art is hard, and even harder to turn into a career. There are no shortcuts. @cake_of_canola_oil@threads.net: She's certainly quite smart in her chosen field. It's also pretty obvious her chosen field is not “media”. Every time she does one of these it highlights everything wrong with OpenAI, I'm surprised they keep choosing her as the messenger @darthbluesky.bsky.social: i can think of other things that maybe should not be here in the first place tbh [embedded post] @moviessilently.bsky.social: There's a scene in LITTLE CAESAR where Edward G Robinson's character sees a painting in a gilt frame. He asks how much, is told that it was $$$$$ and remarks “Boy, them gold frames sure cost plenty of dough.” — He can't understand the painting itself being valuable and he would have cleaned up in AI [embedded post]

Whet Moser /
@whet.bsky.social: “AI is going to replace work that didn't need to be done” huh? [embedded post] @evacide.bsky.social: I have known many CTOs that did not need to replaced by AI because they could have been replaced much more easily with a very short shell script. [embedded post]

Greg Pak /
@gregpak.bsky.social: Imagine the deep moral vacuity you'd have to have to use the phrase “shouldn't have” here. Like it was somehow WRONG or IMMORAL for creative people to get paid for their work. Work that OpenAI has pirated to fuel their immoral, unethical machine. Deeply, deeply repugnant worldview. [embedded post]

Micah /
@rincewind.run: they lie about how this will help and not hurt people until they feel that they don't need to do that anymore — and then we get the truth — the breathless headlines should keep that in mind next time, but they won't [embedded post] @cyanogic.com: “maybe they shouldn't have been there in the first place” — AI bros are not beating the allegations of hating art/artists and wanting to make the entire profession suffer [embedded post]

Brooke Binkowski /
@brooklynmarie.bsky.social: When they tell you what they are, believe them. [embedded post]

Jesse /
@jesseltaylor.bsky.social: The jobs will go away for a short while, then come back, but the people hiring will use their unsuccessful foray into AI to lower the amount paid for the creative work under the threat of pivoting back to the thing that didn't work [embedded post]

Brendel /
@brendelbored.bsky.social: Writers, artists, actors, musicians, all those things are bullshit. Being a “Chief Technology Officer”? That's real as hell dawg [embedded post] @rhymeswithnick.bsky.social: The creatives who survive this era of bullshit won't forget. [embedded post] @jann@twit.social: SO SO SO tone deaf! — #Apple, are you REALLY partnering with this company???? #OpenAI — In an interview, OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says “some creative jobs maybe will go away” due to AI, “but maybe they shouldn't have been there in the first place” (Kate Irwin/PCMag) — https://www.pcmag.com/...

Andy Meek /
BGR: OpenAI CTO thinks AI will kill some jobs that shouldn't have existed in the first place

Adam Downer /
Know Your Meme: OpenAI's Mira Murati Says AI May Kill Some Jobs That 'Shouldn't Have Been Jobs In The First Place' And Draws Ire From AI's Critics r/singularity: OpenAI's CTO Mira Murati -AI Could Kill Some Creative Jobs That Maybe Shouldn't Exist Anyway

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Wall Street Journal: Upwork Research Institute's Kelly Monahan says freelance jobs that require basic writing or translation have been disappearing on Upwork since ChatGPT's debut

Discussion:

Dare Obasanjo /
@carnage4life@mas.to: Freelance jobs like creating concept art for movies and writing business content have dried up by up to 21% on Upwork since the launch of ChatGPT. — The more a job is strictly about writing about a known topic or creating art, the more likely it is replaceable by generative AI. …

Dan Murray /
Dan Murray on LinkedIn: This is a sobering take on AI's impact, but it does include upsides for some. (I don't agree with the freelance writer that AI-generated text is always flat and dull.) …

Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic /
Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic on LinkedIn: “These findings echo those of more than a dozen other researchers at institutions including Harvard Business School, Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Hong Kong. …

Financial Times:

RedBird IMI kicks off the process to sell the Telegraph and Spectator, as it seeks to recoup the £600M spent on its attempt to take control of them last year— Second auction for newspaper group in a year begins days after publisher reveals £278mn black hole

The Verge:

Interviews with several journalists who helped saturate the web with Game of Thrones coverage, leveraging fans' obsessions for traffic via SEO and social media— For a crucial decade in print media's transition to the internet, HBO's fantasy series Game of Thrones was a boon in traffic... for everyone.

Discussion:
Tedium, @waywardboobs.bsky.social, @evanromano, @andyorin, @pjmaciak, @kimrrenfro and @loudmouthjulia, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Ernie Smith /
Tedium: Finish The Job, Adam @waywardboobs.bsky.social: Ah so it was an op all along. Would they have been paid enough to hype up Black Sails at a volume ear drums crack. [embedded post]

Evan Romano /
@evanromano: there were two moments early in my media career that felt like I was truly in the presence of history: when I was an intern at Esquire in 2015 sharing the subway with people in the city to see the Pope, and when I interviewed for a job with BuzzFeed on the day this was happening [image]

Phillip Maciak /
@pjmaciak: This is an incredible piece on the Recap Era, but specifically the strange way that online writing form both follows and jets past its own economic context. If @knguyen wanted to write, say, a book about this broad phenomenon, I'd read it! https://www.theverge.com/...

Kim Renfro /
@kimrrenfro: honored to be a piece of this incredible feature from @knguyen on the traffic-driving phenomenon that was Game of Thrones https://www.theverge.com/...

Julia Alexander /
@loudmouthjulia: This is a great piece on media chasing SEO, how that got us nowhere, and how monoculture is all but destroyed (minus one or two blonde pop stars) in an algorithmic-feed era. https://www.theverge.com/...

BBC:

Iran's Supreme Court has overturned Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi's death sentence for supporting anti-government protests and ordered a retrial, his lawyer says— A jailed Iranian rapper sentenced to death for supporting anti-government protests has had his sentence overturned on appeal by the Supreme Court, his lawyer has said.

Discussion:
Reuters: News • World — Iran's top court overturns rapper Toomaj Salehi's death sentence, lawyer says CBS News: Iran overturns the death sentence of rapper Toomaj Salehi, charged in connection to 2022 protests

Arsalan Shahla /
Bloomberg: Iranian Court Reverses Death Penalty of Dissident Rapper: ISNA @yeone_rhie: Everybody is talking about #Toomaj and the unlawful treatment he is receiving. You know the world sees you, #IRI. Here two examples from German media: @ZDF https://www.zdf.de/... @derspiegel https://www.spiegel.de/...

Patrick Wintour /
The Guardian: Iran court overturns death sentence of rapper Toomaj Salehi, lawyer says

Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC /
@caoilfhionnanna: Welcome news today - #Iran's Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence given to rapper & campaigner #ToomajSalehi. But he remains behind bars for his art - for his rapping, his music, his words. Read our statement, & please help to #FreeToomaj: https://www.indexoncensorship.org/ ...

Chelsea Hart /
@chelseahartisme: Toomaj Salehi's death sentence has been overturned. And his words in defence of the oppressed have never been more resonant than they are now. May we all have 10% of his courage. Listen. [video]

Masih Alinejad /
@alinejadmasih: Unity Prevails: Death Sentence of Iranian Rapper Toomaj Salehi Overturned. Thanks to everyone who echoed our voice and put pressure on the Islamic Republic in Iran. This showcases the power of unity and international pressure. However, let us not forget that this beloved rapper [image]

Jason Rezaian /
@jrezaian: Toomaj Salehi's death sentence has been overturned thanks in large part to the tremendous transcontinental advocacy of @caoilfhionnanna. Much work remains to #FreeToomaj but this is an important start. @gazellesharmahd: STOP repeating regime narrative!!! Why are Iranian dissidents not celebrating the so-called “overturning of the death sentence” for rapper Toomaj Salehi? Because that is not what happened. This is regime propaganda to 1. Look like a legit and humanitarian government, with [video]

Daniel Kreps /
Rolling Stone: Iranian Rapper Toomaj Salehi Has Death Sentence Overturned, Will Face Retrial

Nazanin Boniadi /
@nazaninboniadi: Relieved to hear that Toomaj Salehi's egregiously unjust death sentence has been overturned. His case has been referred to another Islamic Republic court, so we must keep up the pressure to unconditionally #FreeToomaj.

Knight Foundation:

The Knight Foundation releases a report on its $107M+ in funding for digital media research, and how the research has impacted journalists, tech companies, more— Jeff Horwitz was chasing down a tip on Instagram last year when he stumbled on a particularly troubling finding.

Discussion:
John Sands on LinkedIn, @russellbrandom, @knightfdn, @sarahscire, @ericfraz@threads.net

Discussion:

John Sands /
John Sands on LinkedIn: Technology and algorithms increasingly mediate our relationship to information, ideas, and each other. — We are only beginning to grasp the magnitude of both the challenges and opportunities. …

Russell Brandom /
@russellbrandom: A really compelling report from @issielapowsky about the interplay between tech platforms, social research, and journalism. This is really where the rubber meets the road on holding tech companies accountable. https://knightfoundation.org/ ... @knightfdn: In a comprehensive new report, journalist @issielapowsky examines how independent research and nonpartisan policy insight can inform action—impacting how we engage with technology and harness its potential for the common good. https://knightfoundation.org/ ...

Sarah Scire /
@sarahscire: timely new paper from @issielapowsky and @knightfdn on the relationship between digital media researchers and journalists, policymakers, and the tech industry [image]

Sarah Scire /
@sarahscire: “The clearest evidence that journalists consider this research to be vital is their shared concern about rising political attacks against researchers in this space.” https://knightfoundation.org/ ...

Eric Frazier /
@ericfraz@threads.net: Much needed. Bravo @knightfdn!

Variety:

Jamie Kellner, who launched Fox and The WB, created Acme Communications stations group, and ran Turner Broadcasting as chairman and CEO, died on June 21 at 77— Jamie Kellner, who made his name as the only exec ever to create two broadcast networks — Fox and The WB (both of which also …

Discussion:

Claire Franken /
TVLine: Jamie Kellner, TV Exec Who Launched Fox and The WB, Dead at 77

Adam Ware /
Adam Ware on LinkedIn: Very sad day! I had the privilege of working for Jamie during the early years at FOX... challenged the Big 3 in prime time and the Big 2 …

Joe Flint /
@jbflint: One of Jamie Kellner's visions was to merge CNN with ABC News. Talks went very deep but in the end the parent companies couldn't find enough compromise between them to close a deal. RIP Jamie Kellner. https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ @foxkidsclub: We've lost one of the most important television executives of all time. He played a direct role in the founding of Fox and WB. He struck the Fox-WB deal that cemented Fox Kids as a real force. And his “teenage Batman” prompt inspired one of the greatest cartoons ever. RIP.

Adam Ware /
@wareinla: Very sad day. I was lucky enough to have worked for Jamie in those early years at FOX (and on some very cool things)! Took on the Big 3 in prime and the Big 2 in kids (Disney Afternoon & WB Kids). No one really dared to before that. Jamie was definitely a maverick!!

Kris Zellner /
@kriszellner: I hope that the @BTSheetsPod Patreon shows we did on WCW 2001 made people realize that Jamie Kellner has been too vilified in the demise of WCW when Brad Siegel & Stu Snyder were the true villains.... RIP

Brian Lowry /
@blowryontv: Age 77 shocked me, a reminder how young the brain trust was when Fox launched in the '80s. RIP

IANdrew Dice Clay /
@iandrewdiceclay: All joking aside, Jamie Kellner wasnt the reason WCW died. He's the reason it was taken off air, but that's a choice he was in a position to make. It wasnt him that lost $62 million in 2000.

John Ourand /
@ourand_puck: This is true. Kellner was one of the savviest executives I've covered. RIP. @mongo_ebooks: Really is a shame wrestling fans demonize Jamie Kellner, a man who did not hate wrestling, did not cancel WCW out of spite and liked wrestling when he was a kid.

Brian R. Solomon /
@brianrsolomon: Jamie Kellner, the man who actually killed WCW, has died—three days before the finale of “Who Killed WCW?” on Vice.

Joe Flint /
@jbflint: One of the more fun stories I did that involved Jamie Kellner was about the WB show ""Grosse Pointe," a parody of “90210” that hit a little to close to home for Aaron Spelling. RIP Jamie Kellner https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ

Michael Schneider /
@franklinavenue: Sad news to report. It was a pleasure to cover Jamie Kellner over the years as he built The WB into an iconic home for young talent. He was a TV visionary who truly did it right. RIP. https://variety.com/...

Jim Weiss /
@jjweiss1: @franklinavenue Mike we all know Time Warner selling to AOL was a disaster. Maybe the only positive move that happened was aol/pittman convincing Jamie to run us at Turner. It was great having a television visionary at the helm. Sincere condolences to his family, friends, including @bradturell

Joe Flint /
@jbflint: Here is a story I can say for sure Jamie Kellner didn't like. Me and @mvpeers did a lengthy piece about tensions between the Turner Networks under Kellner and the Warner Bros. TV business. RIP Jamie Kellner. https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ

TechCrunch:

Spotify debuts a new Basic streaming plan in the US for $10.99/month, which includes all the benefits of Premium without the monthly audiobook listening time— Spotify is introducing a new “Basic” streaming plan in the United States, the company announced on Friday.

Discussion:
Spotify, Billboard, @film_girl@mastodon.social, Neowin, BGR, UPROXX, Engadget, Digital Trends, The Hollywood Reporter, 9to5Mac, Variety, 9to5Google, Reuters and The Verge

Discussion:

Glenn Peoples /
Billboard: SiriusXM Shares See Double-Digit Gain on Reverse Stock Split Amid Overall Down Week for Music Stocks

Christina Warren /
@film_girl@mastodon.social: PSA: Spotify doesn't make it super clear, but you can downgrade from your Family Premium plan to Family Basic, which removes the audiobook stuff and saves $3 a month. I just did that since I pay for Audible. If Spotify actually offers hi-fi music, I might re-upgrade to the premium plan but I won't pay $3 a month for audiobooks I didn't listen to. https://newsroom.spotify.com/ ...

Joe Wituschek /
BGR: Spotify now has five different plans - here's what each one includes

Derrick Rossignol /
UPROXX: What Do You Get With Spotify's New ‘Basic’ Plan?

Alex Weprin /
The Hollywood Reporter: Spotify Launches Less Expensive “Basic” Premium Plan, Without Audiobooks

Chance Miller /
9to5Mac: Spotify adds cheaper ‘Basic’ plan that ditches audiobooks

Todd Spangler /
Variety: Spotify Launches Basic Plan in U.S. That Excludes Audiobooks for $10.99 per Month — a Discount of One Whole Dollar

Ben Schoon /
9to5Google: Spotify adds cheaper ‘Basic’ plans without audiobooks; $11 for individual, $17 for family

Juby Babu /
Reuters: Spotify launches new basic streaming plan in US

Jay Peters /