Mark Zuckerberg says Threads has 175M+ MAUs, up from 150M in April, ahead of its one-year anniversary on July 5; source: Meta may turn on ads in Threads in 2025 (Alex Heath/The Verge)

Mediagazer: Mark Zuckerberg says Threads has 175M+ MAUs, up from 150M in April, ahead of its one-year anniversary on July 5; source: Meta may turn on ads in Threads in 2025 (Alex Heath/The Verge)

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Wall Street Journal:

Sources: Skydance reached a preliminary deal to pay $1.75B for National Amusements and agreed to a 45-day period where other Paramount bidders can make offers— Skydance would pay $1.75 billion for National Amusements under the preliminary deal — David Ellison's production company …
Discussion: The Streamable, Variety, CNBC, Cord Cutters News, The Hollywood Reporter, New York Times, The Desk, Variety, Broadband TV News, @xpangler, Jessica Toonkel on LinkedIn, @sherman4949, Media Play News, @richlightshed, @rfaughnder, @sherman4949, Awful Announcing, The Information, Financial Times, Los Angeles Times, The Wrap, Deadline, @paulconstant.com and Forbes, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

David Satin /
The Streamable: Ownership Stunner: Skydance, Paramount Agree to Preliminary Merger Deal Terms After Talks Resume

Todd Spangler /
Variety: Paramount Stock Pops on New Skydance Merger Offer New York Times: Sources: talks between Skydance and Shari Redstone's National Amusements resume, just weeks after the parties called off initial negotiations

Cynthia Littleton /
Variety: Skydance Media and National Amusements Inc. Reach New Merger Agreement for Paramount Global

Julian Clover /
Broadband TV News: Paramount agrees new Skydance bid

Todd Spangler /
@xpangler: The renewed Skydance-NAI discussions are “extremely serious” but there's still no certainty a sale will make it to the finish line, ⁦@Variety_Cynthia⁩ reports https://variety.com/...

Jessica Toonkel /
Jessica Toonkel on LinkedIn: Just weeks after walking away, Shari Redstone, the controlling shareholder of Paramount, has reached a deal with Skydance to sell her family company. …

Alex Sherman /
@sherman4949: @RichLightShed Yes! That's not mutually exclusive here. They can invest in P+ with another service.

Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: David Ellison's Skydance Media Reportedly Inks New Preliminary Deal to Buy Paramount Global Holding Company National Amusements @richlightshed: @sherman4949 Well see, but our reporting has been consistent that they want to invest heavily in Paramount+ to compete with Netflix

Ryan Faughnder /
@rfaughnder: Guess it's too late to leak that I'm also interested in bidding for National Amusements. Oh well

Alex Sherman /
@sherman4949: BTW If Skydance does reach a deal with Paramount, as I reported yesterday, the Skydance team is also interested in merging Paramount+ with another streaming service. https://www.cnbc.com/...

Andrew Bucholtz /
Awful Announcing: After Paramount Global bid failed, Skydance is now trying to buy it through National Amusements

Martin Peers /
The Information: Amazon's Stock Record as Jassy Approaches Three-Year CEO Anniversary

Meg James /
Los Angeles Times: David Ellison agrees to buy Redstone family firm that controls Paramount Deadline: Back In Business: Skydance And Shari Redstone Reach Terms On New Merger Proposal For Paramount

Paul Constant /
@paulconstant.com: Perhaps I died and am in purgatory. That would explain why the news has been regurgitating “Biden is old” and “Paramount might sell to Skydance” stories like a skipping record for the past three months. [embedded post]

Antonio Pequeño IV /
Forbes: Paramount Reaches Tentative Merger Deal With Skydance—Stock Spikes 8%

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Bloomberg:

Sources: Paramount Global is in exclusive talks to sell BET for $1.6B-$1.7B to buyers that include BET CEO Scott Mills and Chinh Chu, who runs CC Capital— - Discussing offer from BET CEO and CC Capital's Chinh Chu — New interest after Paramount talks with Skydance fell apart

Discussion:
Stereogum, Fortune, @mattbelloni, Fast Company, New York Post, @reigncoates, IndieWire, The Wrap, The Desk, Variety, The Streamable, Axios, Cord Cutters News, The Hollywood Reporter, Forbes and New York Times

Discussion:

Danielle Chelosky /
Stereogum: Internet Archive Creates Searchable MTV News Database After Paramount Deletes Entire Site

Michelle F. Davis /
Fortune: Paramount merger with Skydance back on under new terms following collapse of talks

Matthew Belloni /
@mattbelloni: So Shari's failure to sell a year ago lowered the price of the asset a few hundred million dollars 🤦 ♂️ .... https://www.bloomberg.com/...

Chris Morris /
Fast Company: Skydance-Paramount merger is reportedly back on after Barry Diller expresses interest

Josh Kosman /
New York Post: Shari Redstone reaches preliminary deal to sell controlling stake in Paramount to Skydance Media for $1.75B @reigncoates: They pulled the rug from under Tyler and tried to raise the price in the 25th hour. Now they're gonna get less. BET has no IP of note. Paramount is just dumb.

Lucas Manfredi /
The Wrap: Paramount Stock Rises Over 5% Amid Renewed BET Network Sale Talks

Matthew Keys /
The Desk: Paramount looks to sell BET for around $1.7 billion

Todd Spangler /
Variety: Paramount Reportedly in Talks to Sell BET for $1.6 Billion in Buyout Led by CEO Scott Mills

Dan Primack /
Axios: Report: Barry Diller is circling Paramount

Erik Hayden /
The Hollywood Reporter: Paramount Renews Talks to Sell BET Assets

Antonio Pequeño IV /
Forbes: Billionaire Barry Diller In Potential Takeover Talks With Paramount Following Skydance's Failed Bid, Report Says

Mastodon Blog:

Mastodon adds clickable bylines under article links, pointing to the author's fediverse account; The Verge and MacRumors are among the pubs using the feature— A new feature for media organizations, journalists and bloggers — To reinforce and encourage Mastodon as the go-to place for journalism …

Discussion:
The Verge, TechCrunch, @Mastodon@mastodon.social, @garry@mstdn.social, @yaohsi@istanza.ch, @dangillmor@mastodon.social, Melanie Sill on LinkedIn, @mho@social.heise.de, @amberage@eldritch.cafe, @ernie@writing.exchange, @buddiesofbudgie@floss.social, @seanfobbe@fediscience.org, J. Nathan Matias on LinkedIn, @bretcarmichael@mastodon …, @nileane@nileane.fr, @btp@fosstodon.org, @Edent@mastodon.social, @frozencanuck@mas.to, @dimillian@mastodon.social and @IceCubesApp@mastodon.online

Discussion:

Sarah Perez /
TechCrunch: Twitter/X alternative Mastodon appeals to journalists with new ‘byline’ feature @Mastodon@mastodon.social: Today we're launching a new #Mastodon feature that will highlight writers and journalists that are active on the fediverse when their their articles are being shared. — https://blog.joinmastodon.org/ ...

Garry Knight /
@garry@mstdn.social: Twitter/X alternative Mastodon appeals to journalists with new ‘byline’ feature — 'Starting Tuesday, the company is adding clickable author bylines on link posts that can direct Mastodon users to the author's account on the fediverse, if active, in turn allowing journalists to gain more exposure and increase their following.' … @yaohsi@istanza.ch: Unfortunately, I foresee that it will be of no use as journalists are X junkies at the last stage — https://techcrunch.com/...

Dan Gillmor /
@dangillmor@mastodon.social: Kudos to @Gargron for giving journalists a terrific new tool for built-in bylines. I will use it as soon as permitted! — https://blog.joinmastodon.org/ ...

Melanie Sill /
Melanie Sill on LinkedIn: I left Twitter two years ago and have only one regret: That so many journalists and news organizations stayed, despite the platform's deterioration …

Martin Holland /
@mho@social.heise.de: I like the new #CreatorTag introduced by #Mastodon today and hope this gets adopted widely: — https://blog.joinmastodon.org/ ... But don't you think, it's a little bit sad, that @Gargron and his screenshots most prominently mention the adoption by @verge even though all of their authors haven't been active here for weeks, months or even years? …

Mx Amber Alex /
@amberage@eldritch.cafe: Highlighting journalism on Mastodon | Eugen Rochko, Mastodon gGmbH Blog — 1) That will get abused SO much. Write something malicious, misattribute to someone whose reputation you'd like to ruin, et voila. The allowlisting is a good stopgap, but he ruins that by announcing it will be disabled (or disableable) in the future. …

Ernie Smith /
@ernie@writing.exchange: Good news—@tedium is one of the sites doing this. https://blog.joinmastodon.org/ ... @buddiesofbudgie@floss.social: The blog posts on our website now support the recently announced #Fediverse creator meta tag by @Mastodon 🎉 — https://blog.joinmastodon.org/ ... If you have a news site or blog, be sure to add this support as well. That way we can highlight more awesome folks in the Fediverse. @seanfobbe@fediscience.org: This seems like a really cool new feature to make Mastodon more attractive to journalists by highlighting their Mastodon accounts under their articles: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/ ... I'm curious to see it in action.

J. Nathan Matias /
J. Nathan Matias on LinkedIn: Excited to see new Mastodon features designed to highlight journalism on the platform: “To reinforce and encourage Mastodon as the go-to place for journalism, we're launching a new feature today. …

Bret Carmichael /
@bretcarmichael@mastodon.social: This is a smart move by @Mastodon. #Twitter / #X journalism is struggling, and #Threads doesn't want journalism. Mastodon is leaning into it though, “To reinforce and encourage Mastodon as the go-to place for journalism, we're launching a new feature today.” … @nileane@nileane.fr: Some great podcast recommendations in @Mastodon's latest announcement post 👀 — https://blog.joinmastodon.org/ ... [image]

Terence Eden /
@Edent@mastodon.social: If you share a link to my blog - shkspr.mobi - Mastodon will now let people see that I wrote it. — https://blog.joinmastodon.org/ ... This is a great move for the #OpenWeb - and it is brilliant to finally move away from the moribund #OpenGraphProtocol. @frozencanuck@mas.to: “Mastodon is the perfect platform to amass a loyal audience that you, as the author, truly own, and can take with you across the fediverse” — This is an excellent feature! — I really hope journalists take note and make use of it. And for those journalists who are not yet on @Mastodon it will help motivate them to give Mastodon a try. …

Thomas Ricouard /
@dimillian@mastodon.social: I love journalism, and this is excellent news! — https://blog.joinmastodon.org/ ...

Dan Gillmor:

Journalists need to reject formulas that have made them ineffective, like presenting “both sides”, after the SCOTUS ruling giving presidents unrestricted power— This is the first in a series of posts. — Dear journalists: This is your moment.

Discussion:
@androcat@toot.cat: @Mediagazer aka “Not repeating falsehoods, not giving tacit approval to the reprehensible”

Damon Kiesow /
@dkiesow@threads.net: Journalism has always been activist. To say it is not is to believe the status quo has always been and that it is the perfect state of affairs. https://dangillmor.medium.com/ ...

Dan Gillmor /
@dangillmor@mastodon.social: If Biden does decide not to run again, one of the worst effects will be the New York Times' conclusion that it can decide the outcome of our political campaigns. — The paper's campaign to remove Biden — using its “news” and commentary pages — has been unrelenting. … @mkb@mastodon.social: @Mediagazer @karlauerbach Someone here on Mastodon framed it as [the poor paraphrasing is my fault]: — If one person says it is raining and another says it is not, a journalist's job is not to quote both of them. A journalist's job is to look out the window and see which one of them is correct.

Melanie Sill /
Melanie Sill on LinkedIn: The New York Times is on an old-school crusade focused on Joe Biden's age and the paper's belief he should leave the presidential race. I've seen this before. …

Melanie Sill /
Melanie Sill on LinkedIn: A clarion call: who will be remembered as #journalism's heroes of these times, as Ida B. Wells, Edward R. Murrow are remembered for theirs? …

Bruce Mirken /
@BruceMirken@mas.to: @dangillmor nails it: — “If our #democracy falls, one key enabler will have been the most consequential failure to date of a a vital institution do its job: #journalism... “Please, journalists, declare independence from business as usual, from the counterproductive customs that have prevailed in our media even as the danger has escalated. …

Tofu Golem /
@tofugolem@mastodon.social: @dangillmor — We have already seen the response of American mainstream journalists: they downplayed the severity and threat of this ruling. — They are doing everything possible to avoid letting the public know what a threat to the republic this ruling was. …

Dan Gillmor /
@dangillmor@mastodon.social: My new post: “At its moment of peril, democracy needs journalists to be activists” — “Dear journalists: This is your moment, your opportunity. — “It's your chance, maybe your final one, to stand proudly for reality and democracy, for freedom of expression, for human rights. …

Melanie Sill /
@melaniesill@mastodon.social: A clarion call: who will be remembered as #journalism's heroes of these times, as Ida B. Wells, Edward R. Murrow are remembered for theirs? This is the moment to shed old formulas in unprecedented times, writes @dangillmor in the first of a planned series of posts. https://dangillmor.medium.com/ ... #USPol #journalists

The Verge:

Mark Zuckerberg says Threads has 175M+ MAUs, up from 150M in April, ahead of its one-year anniversary on July 5; source: Meta may turn on ads in Threads in 2025— A year and a half ago, Threads was but a twinkle in Mark Zuckerberg's eye. — Now, the rival to Elon Musk's X has reached …

Discussion:
TechCrunch, @zuck@threads.net, Washington Post, Bloomberg, @walthickey, @maxwelltani, @willoremus and Platformer, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Aisha Malik /
TechCrunch: Threads nears its one-year anniversary with more than 175M monthly active users

Mark Zuckerberg /
@zuck@threads.net: Threads now has more than 175M monthly actives. What a year.

Kurt Wagner /
Bloomberg: Meta's Threads Considers Ads as Rivalry With X Approaches First Anniversary

Walter Hickey /
@walthickey: Threads has 175 million users https://sherwood.news/...

Will Oremus /
@willoremus: Threads turns 1 this week. We interviewed @mosseri and wrote about how far it has come (175m users), how far it still has to go to catch X (pretty far), and whether its refusal to embrace hard news, politics or even “social issues” will help or hinder it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Casey Newton /
Platformer: Q&A with Adam Mosseri on Threads' first year, not leaning into political content, driving engagement, focusing on real time content, fediverse, and more

The Verge:

Reddit users: Netflix is phasing out its cheapest $11.99/month ad-free tier for existing subscribers as planned, pushing its $6.99, $15.49, and $22.99 tiers— Netflix is following through on its plan to phase out its cheapest ad-free tier for existing subscribers.

Discussion:
9to5Mac, MobileSyrup, Android Authority, PCMag, Financial Express, Neowin, Android Central, Tom's Guide, PhoneArena, Business Standard, @tvgrimreaper, PYMNTS.com, @tvgrimreaper, GameSpot, Android Headlines, How-To Geek, Android Police, TechRadar, Mashable, BGR, Trusted Reviews, r/mildlyinfuriating, r/television and Slashdot, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Bradly Shankar /
MobileSyrup: Netflix is phasing out its cheapest ad-free plan in Canada

Andrew Grush /
Android Authority: Netflix begins phasing out its cheapest ad-free plan in select markets

Jibin Joseph /
PCMag: Netflix Is Forcing People on Its Basic Tier to Pick a New Plan Financial Express: Netflix starts pushing users to watch ads or buy more expensive plan in these countries to boost revenue

Harsh Shivam New Delhi /
Business Standard: Netflix to discontinue basic ad-free subscription plan in these countries @tvgrimreaper: Maybe Netflix got tired of reading all those “Netflix just doesn't have enough ad inventory” stories?

@tvgrimreaper:
The price increases will continue until morale improves. As if the video market hasn't already been flooded with price crashing ad inventory, look out below for ad prices now.

Arol Wright /
How-To Geek: Netflix is Starting To Kill Off Its Basic Plan

Cesar Cadenas /
TechRadar: Netflix is kicking subscribers off its old cheap ad-free plan - now they have a tricky choice

Matt Binder /
Mashable: Netflix ‘Basic’ subscribers are getting warnings about their plans coming to an end

Chris Smith /
Trusted Reviews: Netflix turning off cheaper ad-free tier, asking users to choose new plan r/television: Netflix is starting to phase out its cheapest ad-free plan / The streamer announced that it's taking away the plan from existing subscribers, starting with the UK and Canada.

CNBC:

EverPass Media, which has commercial rights to NFL's Sunday Ticket, acquires UPshow, a service that enables live sports streaming at commercial establishments— A satellite dish is no longer the only way bars and restaurants can air the National Football League's package of “Sunday Ticket” games.

Discussion:
EverPass Media, The Hill, Awful Announcing, The Media Leader, Barrett Media, Deadline, Sportico and The Hollywood Reporter

Discussion:
EverPass Media: EverPass Media Acquires UPshow, Allowing NFL Sunday Ticket to be Streamed at Commercial Businesses for the First Time Ever

Joe Lucia /
Awful Announcing: EverPass Media acquires UPshow, allowing further Sunday Ticket commercial distribution

Sabrina Quagliozzi /
The Media Leader: EverPass Media brings streamed NFL Sunday Ticket to bars and restaurants

Dade Hayes /
Deadline: UFC & WWE Parent TKO Group Invests In EverPass Media, A Distributor Of NFL Sunday Ticket And Other Sports Properties To Commercial Businesses

Caitlin Huston /
Sportico: TKO Invests In NFL, RedBird Venture as It Inks Sunday Ticket Deal

New York Times:

Judges have allowed First Amendment free speech rights to be hijacked to suppress the sovereignty of humans in favor of the power of companies and machines— The First Amendment was written in the 18th century with the noble and vitally important goal of ensuring robust political debate and a free press.

Discussion:
@g_shullenberger, @elonmusk, @mkhammer, @rationalist69, @alex, @jess_miers, Ann Rutledge on LinkedIn, @sergiovengeance, @murielblaivephd, @aaron_renn, @scottgreenfield, @jeninyounesesq, @pluribuspub, @centralunplan, @jeninyounesesq, @g_shullenberger, @aricohn, @michaelkpate, @g_shullenberger, @emmma_camp_, @scottlincicome, Fox News, Reason, Public Knowledge, Freedom of the Press …, @KevinCarson1@kolektiva.social, @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social, News/Media Alliance, Engadget, Bloomberg, The Verge, Free Press, Slate, Techdirt and Deadline

Discussion:

Geoff Shullenberger /
@g_shullenberger: Wu also notes that the 1st Amendment is being invoked to defend TikTok's foreign ownership, over and against legislation supported by many conservatives (and opposed by progressives including Jamaal Bowman): [image]

Mary Katharine Ham /
@mkhammer: Guys, the First Amendment used to be a “tool that helped the underdog.” But now it's out of control bc its expansiveness is threatening that most underdoggy of underdogs, the “core functions of the state!” [image] @rationalist69: This headline is obnoxiously inflammatory, and I am very sympathetic that people hear this kind of language and assume the worst - but, hot take, I think there's some fair points made in this. https://www.nytimes.com/... @alex: this is actually a guest essay by Tim Wu arguing that offering 1A protections to certain corporate decisions that are automated could be an error but go off on the virtue-signaling

Jess Miers /
@jess_miers: There's something particularly absurd about a law professor, cloaked head to toe in academic freedom, using the press to complain about the First Amendment. How's the view from up there, Tim? https://www.nytimes.com/...

Ann Rutledge /
Ann Rutledge on LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/... No duh. — This is a very good 11th hour analysis. And now I would like to point out the last-hour element missing from Tim Wu's argument and venture a rationale. …

Sergio Vengeance /
@sergiovengeance: The first amendment says “Congress shall make no law” It does NOT say “Mark Zuckerberg shall make no terms of service on Facebook.” If you don't understand this then you don't understand the basics about the first amendment and what it protects.

Muriel Blaive, PhD /
@murielblaivephd: @JeninYounesEsq It's a similar catch-22 as with the so-called fact-checking sites social media companies subcontract. If the fact-checkers censor something on social media (or at least on Facebook, where it happened to me), it's impossible to appeal to Facebook because they claim they are not

Aaron M. Renn /
@aaron_renn: I wasn't expecting it from the title, but this op-ed is actually pretty good. https://www.nytimes.com/...

Scott Greenfield /
@scottgreenfield: Columbia law prof Tim Wu argues that the 1st Amendment has outlived its usefulness because it can't silence speech he doesn't like. A lot of prawfs really hate free speech these days. https://www.nytimes.com/...

Jenin Younes /
@jeninyounesesq: What makes this yet more outrageous is that the companies claim that they aren't liable for what people say on the platforms (under section 230) yet at the same time they purport to be exercising editorial discretion so as to make the curation of their platforms 1A protected. @pluribuspub: Writing in the New York Times, Tim Wu argues that the First Amendment “is spinning out of control” as liberal and conservative courts alike expand its protection to corporations and classify any movement of information as speech: https://www.nytimes.com/...

Ash Kantor /
@centralunplan: I am seeing dunks on this article but its fine - it is not “obvious” that the 1st Am extends to content algs, selling data, financial donations, or foreign ownership of comm platforms. It could! Imo it should for some of those. But it is clearly a contested expansion.

Jenin Younes /
@jeninyounesesq: Reading the Netchoice & Murthy cases together, it's clear the Court has lost the plot on free speech. According to the Court, social media platforms have 1A rights. Yet the Court is unwilling to safeguard individuals' free speech rights from government censorship.

Geoff Shullenberger /
@g_shullenberger: Conservatives are trashing @superwuster's op-ed without reading it. Wu criticizes SCOTUS's reasoning that Big Tech's control over speech on its platforms is protected by the 1st Amendment, and hence not subject to legislation like that passed by the GOP in TX and FL.

Ari Cohn /
@aricohn: If at any point you find yourself arguing that the First Amendment is out of control because it is protecting too much speech from government meddling, consider whether it is in fact you that is out of control.

Michael K Pate /
@michaelkpate: I would like to see @superwuster propose a revised First Amendment. The original isn't perfect but I don't think the problem is that bad. And the “solution” could be far worse. https://www.nytimes.com/...

Geoff Shullenberger /
@g_shullenberger: If you don't believe me, just read the article. Its main thrust is that the 1st Amendment is indeed meant to protect Americans' speech, but is increasingly being used to defend powerful entities—Big Tech, the Chinese government—from threats to their power: https://www.nytimes.com/...

Emma Camp /
@emmma_camp_: Believe it or not, the heavy arm of the state has no business telling social media companies how to regulate protected speech on their own websites ffs. https://www.nytimes.com/...

Scott Lincicome /
@scottlincicome: If we don't control the first amendment, then giant tech companies like the New York Times might end up amplifying dangerous opinions about the first amendment. Fox News: Former Biden adviser's op-ed lambasted for claim that the ‘First Amendment is out of control’

Jacob Sullum /
Reason: A Law Professor's Beef With a First Amendment ‘Spinning Out of Control’: Too Much Speech of the Wrong Sort

Shiva Stella /
Public Knowledge: Supreme Court Decision in NetChoice Case Protects Online Free Speech

Caitlin Vogus /
Freedom of the Press Foundation: Supreme Court reaffirms press precedent in social media cases

Kevin Carson /
@KevinCarson1@kolektiva.social: Old-line liberals are viscerally hostile to anything networked or distributed, and can't conceive of any approach to reform that involves decentralized self-governance rather than a mid-20th century industrial dinosaur model (see Frank, Thomas). …

Jeff Jarvis /
@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social: Tim Wu has been at war against the First Amendment since his 2017 paper, “Is the First Amendment Obsolete?” As the net enables public discourse as n ever before and as fascism rises, we need its protection more than ever. But The Times gives him frequent opportunity to express what in my mind is a dangerous opinion without the balance of defending its freedoms. …

Charlotte McBirney /
News/Media Alliance: Supreme Court Remands Cases; Sidesteps First Amendment Question in Texas and Florida Social Media Laws Case

Karissa Bell /
Engadget: Supreme Court remands social media moderation cases over First Amendment issues

Noah Feldman /
Bloomberg: Supreme Court Social Media Ruling Is a Free-Speech Landmark

Lauren Feiner /
The Verge: Supreme Court protects the future of content moderation

Tim Karr /
Free Press: Internet Speech Cases Turn on Procedural Grounds as the Supreme Court Articulates Strong …

Richard L. Hasen /
Slate: The First Amendment Just Dodged an Enormous Bullet at the Supreme Court

Mike Masnick /
Techdirt: In Content Moderation Cases, Supreme Court Says ‘Try Again’ - But Makes It Clear Moderation Deserves First Amendment Protections

Press Gazette:

Brad Stone, editor of Bloomberg Businessweek, which moved to monthly circulation, says print may make a comeback as readers want “distraction-free luxury”— Editor of Businessweek Brad Stone said he believes print journalism could make a comeback as the 95-year-old title moved from weekly to monthly circulation this week.

TechCrunch:

Telegram rolls out the ability for creators to share paid content to channels using its Stars digital currency and for channels to convert Stars to Toncoin— Telegram launched a digital currency called Stars for in-app use last month. Now, the company is expanding its use cases to paid content.

Wired:

AI spam still sometimes ranks higher than original reporting in Google Search despite Google's adjustments to target AI spam in March 2024— Google adjusted its policies to target AI spam earlier this year, but plagiarizing content still comes up higher in search results months later—and SEO experts aren't sure why.

Discussion:
@wired, The Overspill, Digital Journal, @wired, Beyond Search, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:
@wired: @reece___rogers “This is a really rampant problem on Google right now, and it's hard to answer specifically why it's happening,” says Lily Ray, senior director of search engine optimization at the marketing agency Amsive. Full story: https://www.wired.com/...

Charlesarthur /
The Overspill: Start Up No.2247: free our data Keir Starmer!, Google News likes AI spam, making batteries with salt, AirPod cameras?, and more

@wired:
great! now, google search's AI is prioritizing sites that plagiarize news instead of original news sources. let's dive into the mess 🙃 https://www.wired.com/...

@wired:
what does that look like? let us show you. hoping to find a recent story on adobe's AI, @reece___rogers typed in “adobe train ai content” into google search. the result? our WIRED story *under* a site that basically plagiarized our entire article https://www.wired.com/... [image]

Stephen E. Arnold /
Beyond Search: Will Google Charge for AI Features? Of Course

Capital Brief:

Memo: News Corp CEO Robert Thomson signals the company is weighing legal action against at least one generative AI firm, weeks after finalizing an OpenAI deal— In the memo, the CEO shared more detail on his approach to generative AI, which he considers a major risk to journalism — even as the company strikes deals with AI firms.

Discussion:
@johnbuckley_ and @kalihays1@threads.net

Discussion:

John Buckley /
@johnbuckley_: Scoop: News Corp boss Robert Thomson signals AI legal action in staff memo via @capitalbrief https://www.capitalbrief.com/ ...

Kali Hays /