A look at Prison Mirror, one of the US' oldest prison newspapers, running since 1887, made by and for the people held at the Minnesota Correctional Facility (Meg Anderson/NPR)

Mediagazer: A look at Prison Mirror, one of the US' oldest prison newspapers, running since 1887, made by and for the people held at the Minnesota Correctional Facility (Meg Anderson/NPR)

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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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Will Shanklin /
Engadget: Yahoo News gets an AI-powered overhaul

Coleen O'Lear /
Coleen O'Lear on LinkedIn: You know I live for launching news products! 🚀 This one will forever be near and dear ... my first launch at Yahoo News was a big one. …

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.

Vera H-C Chan /
Vera H-C Chan on LinkedIn: AI scaling up human ingenuity is key (and not the other way around). Glad to see Yahoo continue to make strides in this area. …

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 …

Natalie Korach /
The Wrap: Yahoo News Integrates Artifact AI Technology Into Reimagined App - Here's What's Different

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. …

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A look at the problems of new legislation to support journalism, through state tax money or fees on Big Tech, in California, New York, and Canada— Newspaper lobbyists look out only for themselves — Whither news? — · — Just now — California legislators have amended …

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@gaufre, @danablankenhorn@threads.net, @jeffjarvis, @timmcguire, @progresschamber, @gaufre, @jeffjarvis and @pehoco@threads.net

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@gaufre: @jeffjarvis We've introduced a ton of better language to ensure the money support the jobs and transparency.

Dana Blankenhorn /
@danablankenhorn@threads.net: Investors need to save journalism. Politicians can't. @jeffjarvis: New post on the bad newspaper legislation in California, New York, and Canada. “If you're going to pass laws to support journalism, then don't support news as it was, support news as it could be.” https://medium.com/... @progresschamber: After taking a year to fix CJPA, the bill still suffers from the same issues: it still sends money to hedge funds and Fox News. It still results in local outlets losing link traffic. Check out @jeffjarvis's post on CJPA's problems: https://medium.com/...

@jeffjarvis:
@gaufre They should have better. The money will support hedge fund publishers over them.

Nieman Lab:

The Insider Union asks BI management to share details of its OpenAI licensing deal, citing issues with ChatGPT's inaccurate or missing links to Insider scoops— “We are...deeply worried that despite this partnership, OpenAI may be downplaying rather than elevating our works,” Business Insider's union wrote in a letter to management.

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@davetroy, @laurengoode, Talking Biz News, @decka227, @themckenziest, @krustelkram and @estherbrooklyn

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Andrew Deck /
@decka227: ChatGPT is hallucinating fake links to Business Insider articles, despite its parent company's multimillion-dollar deal with OpenAI. My latest for @NiemanLab, including details on @InsiderUnion's letter calling for BI to share its OpenAI contract. https://www.niemanlab.org/...

Lauren McKenzie /
@themckenziest: @decka227 ... It's truly incredible just how bad this all is

Céline Keller /
@krustelkram: “... Altman proclaimed that AI hallucinations (when an LLM asserts something untrue as fact, because AI doesn't know anything) are a feature, not a bug, and ... should be regarded as a form of creative expression.” Silicon Valley's False Prophet https://www.wheresyoured.at/ ... [image]

NPR:

A look at Prison Mirror, one of the US' oldest prison newspapers, running since 1887, made by and for the people held at the Minnesota Correctional Facility— Inside a state prison near Stillwater, Minn., past the armed guards and the wings of cells stacked one on top of another …

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@johncarson, Prison Journalism Project on LinkedIn, @meerabee, @camilosmith, @spj_tweets and @omunderdal

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John Carson /
@johncarson: https://www.npr.org/... “Publications like this aren't common, but in an era where many journalism outlets in the free world are struggling to thrive amid scores of layoffs, journalism behind bars is actually growing.” = Really interesting. Prison Journalism Project on LinkedIn: A newspaper in a Minnesota prison began publishing more than a century ago. The paper covers prison life and gives its writers purpose. …

Ameera Butt /
@meerabee: I learned about the oldest prison newspaper from @meg_anders Publications like this aren't common, but in an era where many journalism outlets in the free world are struggling to thrive amid scores of layoffs, journalism behind bars is actually growing. https://www.npr.org/...

Camilo /
@camilosmith: A newspaper in a Minnesota prison began publishing more than a century ago. The paper covers prison life and gives its writers purpose. It's one of around two d... Source: NPR https://search.app/... @spj_tweets: “The Prison Mirror is one of the oldest prison newspapers in the country, running since 1887. Publications like this aren't common, but in an era where many journalism outlets...are struggling to thrive... journalism behind bars is actually growing.” https://www.npr.org/...

Olav Mitchell Underdal /
@omunderdal: This prison newspaper has been publishing for more than a century - A newspaper in a Minnesota prison began publishing more than a century ago. The paper covers prison life and gives its writers purpose. It's one of around two dozen similar publications ... https://www.npr.org/...

Digiday:

GroupM expects global ad spending excluding political advertising to grow 7.8% in 2024, a bump from its original 5.3% forecast; Dentsu also bumped its forecast— Don't ever say that uncertainty stops ad spending. — So far this year, it's held up strong despite regional conflicts …

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Gregory Jensen on LinkedIn, @digiday, Michael Burke on LinkedIn and WORLD SCREEN

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Gregory Jensen /
Gregory Jensen on LinkedIn: Whew. Unpredictable as ever, global ad spending forecasts, which exclude political ad spend, indicate ad spend is rising more quickly … @digiday: Don't ever say that uncertainty stops ad spending. So far this year, it's held up strong despite regional conflicts, sticky inflation, high borrowing costs and the possibility of several markets slipping into a recession. https://digiday.com/...

Michael Burke /
Michael Burke on LinkedIn: Does better measurement = more ad spend? — It's encouraging to see increasingly optimistic ad growth expectations, and “better measurement tools” is cited as one of the key reasons. …

Mansha Daswani /
WORLD SCREEN: GroupM: 2024 Adspend To Rise 7.8 Percent

Platformer:

Sources: Stanford Internet Observatory is winding down after five years and won't conduct research into any future elections; Stanford may retain SIO's branding— After five years of pioneering research into the abuse of social platforms, the Stanford Internet Observatory is winding down.

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Casey Newton /
@caseynewton@mastodon.social: NEWS: After sustained attacks from House Republicans, the Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled. A huge blow to academic freedom and our ability to understand platforms and influence operations https://www.platformer.news/ ... [image]

Annemarie Bridy /
@AnnemarieBridy@mastodon.social: Here's a good example of the vulnerability of university researchers who lack tenure. — The Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled https://www.platformer.news/ ...

Brian Knutson /
@knutson_brain@sfba.social: @Mediagazer Inspired our current work on sentiment and social media virality (which will continue)... @Mikal@sfba.social: @Mediagazer — It's appalling that Stanford caved in to GOP bullying. Anyone who thinks we need to play nice with fascists is in for a horrible reality check very soon.

Lauren Weinstein /
@lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org: After sustained attacks by the GOP, Stanford Internet Observatory is being shut down — https://www.platformer.news/ ... [image]

Joshua Foust /
@joshuafoust@appdot.net: The bad guys are winning. Get angry. — https://www.platformer.news/ ...

Dan Gillmor /
@dangillmor@mastodon.social: The massively bad-faith Republican “investigations” — persecutions to deter truth-telling — into vital research on right-wing extremism have paid off for the extremists. — In a cowardly but understandable move, Stanford University is dismantling its Internet Observatory, which has been a focus of the Republican lies and attacks. … @metacurity@infosec.exchange: https://www.platformer.news/ ... Oh no! — The Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled

Julia Scott /
@juliascribe: Oh NO. This is a huge deal. Such a disappointing move from @Stanford whose students and staff have been menaced by elected lawmakers and their henchmen. Unbelievable. The Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled https://www.platformer.news/ ...

Nieman Reports:

Q&A with Ibrahaim Abdelbaki, the editor of BBC Arabic's Lifeline Service in Gaza, on providing information to displaced citizens, reporting challenges, and more— How the BBC Arabic's Lifeline Service in Gaza is delivering vital information to displaced citizens and airing first-hand accounts of survivors.

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.

Discussion:
Future Media, Dominic Ponsford on LinkedIn, @laurahelmuth@mastodon.social and KHOU-TV

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Dominic Ponsford /
Dominic Ponsford on LinkedIn: Today Press Gazette publishes the first major research into the impact of AI Overviews on publisher search discoverability. …

Laura Helmuth /
@laurahelmuth@mastodon.social: Google serving up AI responses to HEALTH-related queries is one of the most dangerous applications of this whole stupid thing. Anyway, bookmark and subscribe to trusted sources of information while you can still find them. https://pressgazette.co.uk/...

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 …

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Media Voices

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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Los Angeles Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Associated Press, Fox Business, Quartz, Gizmodo, The Wrap, New York Daily News, Orlando Sentinel, Reuters, Axios and CNN

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Samantha Masunaga /
Los Angeles Times: Florida tourism board approves Walt Disney World expansion plans, ending Disney-DeSantis feud

Winston Cho /
The Hollywood Reporter: Disney Wins Approval of $17B Development Deal With DeSantis Truce

Mike Schneider /
Associated Press: With deal done, Disney will withdraw lawsuit, ending conflict with DeSantis and his appointees

Gordon Jackson /
Gizmodo: Disney Buries the Hatchet With Ron DeSantis in Huge New Land Deal

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

Evan Rosen /
New York Daily News: Disney reaches deal with Fla. Gov. DeSantis, makes way for $17B park expansion

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

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

Adweek:

Disney debuts two new ad products across its streaming portfolio: shoppable ads and advergames, which let viewers play branded games rather than watch ads— Exclusive: The products aim to make CTV ads more engaging — Disney has debuted two new ad products across its streaming portfolio …

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Sabrina Quagliozzi /
The Media Leader: Pinterest launches Pinterest Ad Labs for brands to experiment with AI ad formats

Rob Aksman /
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Jamie Power /
Jamie Power on LinkedIn: At Disney, we're focused on building creative solutions to deliver the best experience for our viewers and brands - it's our top priority. …

Kevin Kraft /
Kevin Kraft on LinkedIn: Thrilled to share this fantastic article highlighting Disney's innovative strides in ad tech. At KERV Interactive, we've had the immense pleasure …

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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@richjamesuk

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Rich James /