Members of The NewsGuild of New York vote 1,229 to 599 to make a temporary dues rate of 1.75% permanent; the rate had been set to expire on September 30, 2024 (NewsGuild of New York)

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Reuters:

SCOTUS declines to impose limits on the way Biden administration may communicate with social media platforms in the First Amendment case of Murthy v. Missouri— The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Wednesday to impose limits on the way President Joe Biden's administration may communicate …
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Discussion:

Todd Spangler /
Variety: Supreme Court Strikes Down Republican Challenge to Biden Administration's Efforts Urging Social Media Platforms to Remove Disinformation

Lauren Feiner /
The Verge: SCOTUS: White House can keep yelling at Facebook about covid misinfo, for now

Amy Howe /
SCOTUSblog: Justices side with Biden over government's influence on social media content moderation

Eric Goldman /
Technology & Marketing Law Blog: Plaintiffs Lack Standing to Sue Over Government Jawboning When Their Evidence is Based on Vibes-Murthy v. Missouri

Wendy Davis /
MediaPost: SCOTUS Scraps Restrictions On Biden Admin's Communications With Social Platforms

Mark Joseph Stern /
@mjs_dc: Alito dissents, joined by Thomas and Gorsuch. He calls it “one of the most important free speech cases to reach this Court in years” and embraces the lower courts' claim that the Biden administration censored users of social media companies by promoting removal of disinformation.

Mark Joseph Stern /
@mjs_dc: Justice Barrett's opinion has sharp words for both the 5th Circuit and Trump Judge Terry Doughty, who imposed the original “sweeping” injunction. Barrett says many of Doughty's factual findings “unfortunately appear to be clearly erroneous.” https://www.supremecourt.gov/ ... [image]

Maria Deutscher /
SiliconANGLE: Supreme Court rules US officials can continue communicating with social media companies

Adam Liptak /
New York Times: Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Biden Administration's Contacts With Social Media Companies

Ted Johnson /
Deadline: Supreme Court Sides With White House In Case Challenging Government Efforts To Curb Social Media Disinformation

Rep. Dan Bishop /
@repdanbishop: Alito's dissent is spot-on. The doctrine of standing is necessary to keep the judiciary within its bounds. Here, it constrains SCOTUS to leave unaddressed “arguably the most massive attack on free speech in US history.” That means it falls to Congress and the President to stop [image]

Eric Geller /
@ericgeller: This win for the Biden administration will likely come as a huge relief to the FBI and CISA, as it dispels a shadow that had gathered over the agencies' work to combat election misinformation. We might see tech companies open back up to this kind of collaboration now.

Alison Durkee /
Forbes: Supreme Court Won't Stop Biden Administration From Working With Social Media Companies

Dakota Antelman /
WHDH-TV: Supreme Court allows White House to press social media companies to remove disinformation

Kara Swisher /
@karaswisher: Correct decision. The GOP has lost the narrative here: Supreme Court allows White House contacts with social media firms https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Amy Kroin /
Free Press: Supreme Court Ruling on Social Media Affirms the First Amendment and the Government's Responsibility …

Mark Joseph Stern /
@mjs_dc: The Supreme Court's first decision of the day is Murthy v. Missouri, the social media “jawboning” case. By a 6-3 vote, the court holds that the plaintiffs lack standing. Big win for the Biden administration. Another loss for the 5th Circuit. https://www.supremecourt.gov/ ... [image]

Jay Michaelson /
The Daily Beast: Supreme Court to MAGA: Your Social Media Conspiracy Dreams Are Bunk

Ashley Belanger /
Ars Technica: SCOTUS nixes injunction that limited Biden admin contacts with social networks

David G. Savage /
Los Angeles Times: Supreme Court dismisses Republican suit claiming Biden officials censored social media

Sarah Owermohle /
STAT: Supreme Court rejects challenge to Biden's use of bully pulpit to fight Covid misinformation

Natalie Korach /
The Wrap: Supreme Court Rules Feds' ‘Misinformation’ Talks With Social Media Platforms Did Not Violate First Amendment

Caroline Anders /
Semafor: US Supreme Court rules in favor of government in social media jawboning case

Brandy Zadrozny /
@brandyzadrozny: Alito argues in the dissent that the federal government's coercive social media censorship campaign was just so sophisticated and its threats so subtle ... it's almost as if there never was a government conspiracy to censor people in the first place. https://www.supremecourt.gov/ ... [image]

Mark Joseph Stern /
Slate: The Supreme Court Gave Biden a Chance to Fight Disinformation. It's Too Little, Too Late.

Will Oremus /
@willoremus: SCOTUS rules in the social media “jawboning” case to re-allow contacts between Biden admin and tech firms, overturning a lower court. Notably, they ruled the plaintiffs lacked standing, rather than deciding on merits. Live blog w/ reactions & analysis: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Jay Bhattacharya /
@drjbhattacharya: The Supreme Court just ruled in the Murthy v. Missouri case that the Biden Administration can coerce social media companies to censor and shadowban people and posts it doesn't like. Congress will now need to act to enforce the Constitution since the Sup. Ct. won't.

Mark Joseph Stern /
@mjs_dc: Here is Barrett listing a bunch of mistakes that Trump Judge Terry Doughty made in his notorious July 4 opinion of last year banning millions of federal employees from “encouraging” social media companies to moderate any content. https://www.supremecourt.gov/ ... [image]

Lawrence Hurley /
NBC News: Supreme Court tosses out claim Biden administration coerced social media companies to remove content

Josh Sorbe /
@joshsorbe: Justice Barrett saying “I don't care about your rebrand, Elon” LOLOL [image]

Rebecca Kern /
@rebeccamkern: Cool to see my @politico reporting cited in the Supreme Court dissent to Murthy v Missouri decision today - https://www.politico.com/... [image]

Frank Figliuzzi /
@frankfigliuzzi1: This is a win for national security and a loss for adversaries posting disinformation and propaganda: Supreme Court allows White House to press social media companies to remove disinformation | CNN Politics https://www.cnn.com/...

Matt Taibbi /
@mtaibbi: Well, this massively sucks, not that it was unexpected. Buckle up for Big Brother, folks https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

Karissa Bell /
Engadget: Supreme Court ruling may allow officials to coordinate with social platforms again

Jan Wolfe /
Wall Street Journal: Supreme Court Rules for Biden Administration in Covid-Era Speech Case

Dan Frieth /
Reclaim The Net: Supreme Court Sides With Biden Administration Over Accusations of Social Media Censorship Pressure

Issie Lapowsky /
Fast Company: The Supreme Court sides with Biden administration in social media ‘jawboning’ case

Ron Filipkowski /
@ronfilipkowski: So, the whole ‘Twitter Files’ hoopla resulted in two clown show hearings with Jim Jordan that resulted in nothing, the main investigative journalist getting blocked by Musk after he hired him, he then quit the platform, now the Supreme Court tossed the lawsuits. Nice work. CBS News: Breaking down Supreme Court's decision siding with Biden administration on social media case

LateNighter:

Paramount has shut down its Comedy Central website, which held The Daily Show clips and the full run of The Colbert Report, after its shutdown of MTV News' site— First on LateNighter: One of the richest repositories of late-night videos is no longer. — ComedyCentral.com had been home …

Discussion:

Mike Roe /
The Wrap: Paramount Kills More Online Content, Axing Archives From Comedy Central, MTV, TV Land and CMT

Kimberly Roots /
TVLine: Comedy Central Website Shuttered, Decades of Daily Show and Colbert Report Clips Gone in a Blink

Rick Porter /
The Hollywood Reporter: Paramount Cuts Nearly All Content On Comedy Central, TV Land, CMT and MTV Websites

David Folkenflik /
@davidfolkenflik: This is a crime against humor and humanity @bisexualkaiju.bsky.social: These studios aren't shit, and I think they need another strike to rock their moneymaking machines to get their heads on straight. [embedded post]

Phil Meyer /
@philmeyer: As of Wednesday afternoon, sites for Comedy Central, CMT, Yellowstone airer Paramount Network & TV Land were instead directing users to Paramount+. On Monday, MTVnews site was taken down, purging some 20 years of stories from the web. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ... @punkonbus1701@tenforward.social: Y'all better buy all the physical copies of your favorite Trek shows now, if you haven't already.🤣🖖🏿 — #Paramount #ComedyCentral #StarTrek — Paramount Axes Comedy Central Site, 25+ Years of Daily Show Clips Gone — https://latenighter.com/...

The Verge:

NBCU says an AI-generated voice of legendary sportscaster Al Michaels is going to give daily, personalized recaps of the Paris Olympics on its streamer Peacock— Legendary sportscaster Al Michaels is going to give daily, personalized recaps of the Paris Olympics on Peacock — well, an AI-generated Al Michaels voice will.

Discussion:
The Hollywood Reporter, NBCSports.com, CNN, New York Times, Forbes, Barrett Media, The Wrap, al.com, USA Today, Awful Announcing, Los Angeles Times, @tomkludt, @nestruck, Cord Cutters News, Deadline, Variety, TVLine, CNET, Engadget, TechRadar, Vanity Fair, @brandonmillman, @craighorlbeck, Digital Trends and TVNewsCheck, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Alex Weprin /
The Hollywood Reporter: NBC Brings A.I. Al Michaels to Peacock for Customized Paris Olympics Recaps NBCSports.com: PEACOCK UNVEILS PERSONALIZED OLYMPIC RECAPS FEATURING THE VOICE OF LEGENDARY SPORTS ANNOUNCER AL MICHAELS GENERATED WITH A.I.

Samantha Murphy Kelly /
CNN: NBC to use AI version of announcer Al Michaels' voice for Olympics recaps

John Koblin /
New York Times: Now Narrating the Olympics: A.I.-Al Michaels

Brian Bushard /
Forbes: A.I. Al Michaels? NBC Will Use Legendary Broadcaster's A.I.-Generated Voice For Paris Olympics

Robert Zeglinski /
USA Today: NBC will use A.I. Al Michaels for Olympic recaps and the video example is, as he said, ‘frightening’

Joe Lucia /
Awful Announcing: An AI recreation of Al Michaels' voice will be part of Peacock's Olympics coverage

Stephen Battaglio /
Los Angeles Times: Al Michaels returns to the Olympics — as the AI voice of Peacock

Tom Kludt /
@tomkludt: NEW: NBC is recreating Al Michaels' voice using A.I. for this summer's Olympics coverage. I talked to Michaels, who was skeptical but gave the project his blessing: “Frankly, it was astonishing. It was amazing. And it was a little bit frightening.” https://www.vanityfair.com/...

J. Kelly Nestruck /
@nestruck: Every time I see an article about an Al these days, I think it's about AI. As it happens, this one is about an Al and AI.

Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: Peacock Will Use AI-Powered Announcers Using The Voice of Al Michaels For The Olympics

Dade Hayes /
Deadline: NBCUniversal Believes In A.I. Miracles, Sets Tech-Assisted Al Michaels As Virtual Host Of Daily Paris Olympics Recaps On Peacock

Brian Steinberg /
Variety: AI-Generated Version of Al Michaels' Voice Will Deliver NBC's Paris Olympics Recaps

Matt Webb Mitovich /
TVLine: Olympics: Peacock to Offer Personalized Daily Recaps Featuring A.I.-Generated Voice of Al Michaels

Eli Blumenthal /
CNET: Peacock Will Use an AI Version of Al Michaels To Create Personalized Olympic Recaps

Will Shanklin /
Engadget: Welcome to the future, where AI-generated Al Michaels reads you personalized Olympic recaps

Jacob Krol /
TechRadar: Peacock subscribers will soon have custom Olympic updates delivered by an AI version of an iconic broadcaster

Tom Kludt /
Vanity Fair: “It Was Astonishing”: How NBC Convinced Al Michaels to Embrace His AI Voice for Olympics Coverage

Brandon Millman /
@brandonmillman: I'm sorry... what? Today in “Things Absolutely Nobody Is Asking For In Any Capacity, Ever.”

Craig Horlbeck /
@craighorlbeck: I'm nearing old man yells at cloud territory but this is the most nauseating use of AI. Michaels is so deep in his cashing checks era that he's going to kickstart the AI broadcasting takeover. Who needs this! At least call him “A.I. Michaels”. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...

Phil Nickinson /
Digital Trends: AI-powered Al Michaels will provide daily recaps from the Paris Olympics

Brian Steinberg /
TVNewsCheck: AI-Generated Version Of Al Michaels' Voice Will Deliver NBC's Paris Olympics Recaps

The Hollywood Reporter:

Dish offers customers who sign up for a two-year contract a new bundle with Netflix's ad-supported tier for free, or its ad-free tiers at a $7/month discount— The satellite TV company is giving its customers access to Netflix's ad-supported tier at no cost, or its ad-free tiers at a discount.

Discussion:
Next TV, Variety, The Desk and About DISH

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Todd Spangler /
Variety: Dish Bundles Netflix for Free With New Two-Year Offer

Wall Street Journal:

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appears in a Russian Court for the start of his closed-door trial on espionage charges, which he denies— Proceedings lack due process, at a time of heightened tensions between Washington and Moscow — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appeared …

Discussion:
Nieman Lab, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Hill, @benjaminwittes@threads.net, @windsormann@threads.net, CNN, Associated Press, The Daily Beast, @maxseddon, Mediaite, Reporters Without Borders, Newser, Paul Berger on LinkedIn, Fox News, Al Jazeera, New York Times, Politico, Al Jazeera, Committee to Protect …, Financial Times, Semafor, CBS News, Talking Biz News and Voice of America

Discussion:
Nieman Lab: The espionage trial of Evan Gershkovich signals a dangerous new era for journalism in Russia

Francesca Ebel /
Washington Post: Closed-door espionage trial of U.S. journalist kicks off in Russia

Benjamin Wittes /
@benjaminwittes@threads.net: Fact check: Absolutely true.

Windsor Mann /
@windsormann@threads.net: Many of the people who think Julian Assange is a journalist and a hero are completely indifferent to the fate of Evan Gershkovich.

Max Seddon /
@maxseddon: Evan Gershkovich's trial has begun in secret in Ekaterinburg, the city where Russia's FSB arrested him last year. Beyond surreal to see Evan, a superb journalist, in the defendant's glass cage on these ludicrous charges, for which Russia has not provided any evidence. [video]

Isaac Schorr /
Mediaite: Trump Observes Start of Evan Gershovich Trial in Russia By Preemptively Boasting That He Will Free the WSJ Reporter: ‘Fear Not, Evan’ Reporters Without Borders: Evan Gershkovich trial moves forward despite lack of evidence supporting Russian espionage charges

Kate Seamons /
Newser: The Secret Trial of Evan Gershkovich Has Begun

Paul Berger /
Paul Berger on LinkedIn: “When his case comes before a judge this week, it will not be a trial as we understand it, with a presumption of innocence and a search for the truth. …

Virginia Pietromarchi /
Al Jazeera: Russia starts US journalist Evan Gershkovich's trial: What's next for him? Committee to Protect Journalists: US journalist Evan Gershkovich faces 20-year sentence as trial begins in Russia Financial Times: Live news: Russia-held journalist Evan Gershkovich appears in court on espionage charges

Chris Roush /
Talking Biz News: Closed-door trial of WSJ's Gershkovich begins

Vanity Fair:

Will Lewis should be held accountable as a powerful executive and not simply seen through a parochial US lens that views UK journalists as having lax ethics— Will Lewis's ethical imbroglio has led to caricatures of British editors. But the Washington Post publisher should be held accountable …

Discussion:
The Daily Beast, MediaPost, @bgrueskin, @jon_allsop, @mlcalderone, TVNewsCheck and Financial Times

Discussion:

Harry Lambert /
The Daily Beast: Cop: Jeff Bezos' WaPo CEO Deceived Police, Framed U.K. Prime Minister

Ray Schultz /
MediaPost: Will Lewis Saga Continues With A New Allegation And A Newsletter Suspension

Bill Grueskin /
@bgrueskin: “Swap in Fox News on the US side of the equation and the BBC on the other, and suddenly the US is the country that appears to have the ethics problem.” https://www.vanityfair.com/...

Jon Allsop /
@jon_allsop: Delighted to be asked to share some further thoughts on this for @VanityFair. With links to good stuff by @jamesrbuk and @TomMcTague, among others. https://www.vanityfair.com/...

Michael Calderone /
@mlcalderone: The view from London: @Jon_Allsop on the moral panic around the “British Invasion” of US newsrooms https://www.vanityfair.com/...

Financial Times:

Sources: YouTube is in talks with Sony, Warner, and Universal to license their songs for AI music generation tools coming in 2024 that mimic artists' music— Licensing negotiations come as music industry wrestles with legal and creative impact of artificial intelligence

Discussion:
Music Business Worldwide, The Information, @annaknicolaou and Media Play News, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Daniel Tencer /
Music Business Worldwide: YouTube in talks with Sony, Universal, Warner to license music for AI tools (report)

Sahil Patel /
The Information: YouTube Is Reportedly in Talks with Record Labels to License Music for New AI Tools

Anna Nicolaou /
@annaknicolaou: scoop: Youtube is offering music labels lump sums of cash to get more artists to allow their songs to train AI. currently, only a handful of artists have signed on to an earlier test phase, including Charli XCX. Youtube wants to expand this to dozens of artists. more here: [image]

Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: YouTube Reportedly in Talks With Record Labels to License Songs for A.I.

Radio & Television Business Report:

Audacy promotes Jeff Sottolano to chief programming officer from EVP and head of programming; he'll be responsible for content on radio stations and podcasts— Thanks to a new deal that sees him agreeing to a multi-year contract extension, the individual who has served as Executive Vice President …

Discussion:
Inside Radio and

NewsGuild of New York:

Members of The NewsGuild of New York vote 1,229 to 599 to make a temporary dues rate of 1.75% permanent; the rate had been set to expire on September 30, 2024— NEW YORK - In a resounding display of solidarity and as an investment in the future of their union, members of The NewsGuild …

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@susandecarava and @nyguild

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Susan DeCarava /
@susandecarava: Immensely proud of how @nyguild members came together thru a democratic process and ultimately decided to invest in the future of our union. We are all in! And will continue the work we do together to build worker power now and for future generations #1U #GuildStrong

Reuters:

Seven content-licensing sellers of music, image, and other AI training datasets form the Dataset Providers Alliance to advocate for “ethical data sourcing”— OkSeven content-licensing sellers of music, image, video and other datasets for use in training artificial intelligence systems …

Discussion:
Alex Bestall on LinkedIn and Android Headlines, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Alex Bestall /
Alex Bestall on LinkedIn: Proud to be launching the Dataset Providers Alliance (DPA) today! — The DPA brings together an international group of dataset providers …

The Keyword:

An overview of China's Dragonbridge multiyear disinfo campaign that uses AI-generated content and spans several social networks to target geopolitical rivals— The most prolific PRC-linked influence operator continues to lean into US social wedge issues, Taiwan and major news events …

Discussion:
SC Media, @billyleonard, @mel_lombardi, Gianluca Varisco on LinkedIn, @royalhansen and SiliconANGLE, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Shaun Nichols /
SC Media: Google details nightmare whack-a-mole scenario with Dragonbridge disinfo campaign

Billy Leonard /
@billyleonard: 🔥 new research and analysis from @Google TAGs @AZakButler on the most prolific 🇨🇳 IO actor, DRAGONBRIDGE 🐉🌉 a short 🧵 https://blog.google/...

Melanie Lombardi /
@mel_lombardi: This year in Q1, @Google TAG has disrupted 10,000+ instances of activity from the Chinese linked DRAGONBRIDGE influence network. Read more in TAG's new blog: https://blog.google/...

Gianluca Varisco /
Gianluca Varisco on LinkedIn: Today we are sharing updated insights about DRAGONBRIDGE, the most prolific IO actor Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) tracks. … @royalhansen: Great update from @google TAG's Zak Butler on the Chinese linked DRAGONBRIDGE influence operation + how we've continued to track pursuits, techniques + engagement. In Q1, @Google disrupted 10,000+ instances of activity, read more about those details here: https://blog.google/...

Duncan Riley /
SiliconANGLE: Google intensifies efforts against wide-reaching China-linked influence operation

GolfMagic:

Caffeine TV, a streaming platform that has been carrying LIV Golf's content, announces it is shutting down due to a lack of profitability— LIV Golf's free streaming provider, Caffeine TV, has ended its service with immediate effect. — LIV Golf has been dealt a hammer blow …

Discussion:
Ad Age, Awful Announcing, Barrett Media, @2xaught7.bsky.social, @ryanbarwick, @michaelmiraflor, @moe_rants, @scottnover and @ryanbarwick

Discussion:

Joe Lucia /
Awful Announcing: Streaming platform Caffeine shuts down

Ryan Barwick /
@ryanbarwick: @michaelmiraflor even if they said they had a million subscribers I'd still raise my eyebrows.

Michael J. Miraflor /
@michaelmiraflor: @Ryanbarwick I am online way too much and had never heard of them.

Scott Nover /