Music streaming has exited its high-growth era, as big streaming services pick up fewer new subscribers, causing revenue shortfalls for music labels (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

Mediagazer: Music streaming has exited its high-growth era, as big streaming services pick up fewer new subscribers, causing revenue shortfalls for music labels (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

Top News:

Awful Announcing:

The Boston Globe issues a correction and apologizes for incorrectly calling Olympic boxer Imane Khelif “transgender” in a headline in its Friday print edition— “The editing lapse is regretful and unacceptable” — Paris, France; Imane Khelif (ALG) reacts after defeating Anna Luca Hamori …
Discussion: @bostonglobe, The Boston Globe, New York Post, @luckytran@threads.net, @theerougarou, @jayrosen_nyu, @metraux_julia, @gregbeacham, @ebharrington, @brooklynmarie, @parkermolloy, @esqueer_, @erininthemorn, Media Nation, The Guardian, Axios, @underthedesknews@threads.net, @joanwestenberg@threads.net, @qasimrashid@threads.net, BBC

Discussion:
The Boston Globe: Editor's note — A significant error was made in a headline on a story in Friday's print sports section …

Christian Arnold /
New York Post: Boston Globe offers lengthy correction to factually inaccurate Imane Khelif headline amid Olympic gender controversy

Dr. Lucky Tran /
@luckytran@threads.net: This was a horrible error, but it's important to note that this isn't an isolated incident. Headlines being chosen by editors without input from writers or adequate factchecking has been a continuing source of misinformation spread by major media outlets. @theerougarou: The Imane Khelif disinformation regarding her being a man was started by Putin's pal Umar Kremlev. It's Russian propaganda and a lot of media organizations helped spread it far and wide. #IStandWithImaneKhelif [video]

Julia Métraux /
@metraux_julia: @brooklynmarie side note, wondering if Boston Globe uses AI to assist in writing headlines

Greg Beacham /
@gregbeacham: @BrianHolidae That's not my headline. That word isn't in my story. My stories are syndicated worldwide, and customers are allowed to write their own headlines.

Brooke Harrington /
@ebharrington: @brooklynmarie “This editing lapse is regretful” WTF? The staff of one of the world's major metropolitan newspapers don't know the difference btw “regretful” (an emotion which only a living being can have) & “regrettable?” They need to hire a copy editor while they're at it. @thomasastewart

Brooke Binkowski /
@brooklynmarie: Haha. Hey newsrooms, are you ready to start hiring disinformation experts again? Because boy howdy, you sure need us.

Parker Molloy /
@parkermolloy: @BostonGlobe You did this on purpose. Shame on you.

Alejandra Caraballo /
@esqueer_: Hey @BostonGlobe, what the hell is this?! This is a flat out lie in print. [image]

Erin Reed /
@erininthemorn: 1. Yesterday, the Boston Globe printed a news article on Imane Khelif, a cisgender boxer, titled: “Transgender boxer Advances” Khelif is not trans. This isn't even asserted by the IAB. It is an egregiously false headline. Subscribe to support my journalism. Lets dig in. [image]

Alexandra Topping /
The Guardian: Algerian boxer at centre of gender row sheds tears after quarter-final victory

V Spehar /
@underthedesknews@threads.net: The Algerian boxer was DQed by a corrupt Russian boxing organization called the IBA. She was never “gender tested” she's not trans or intersex. She was DQed and slandered after Algeria (a long time ally of Russia) voted to recognize Russian agression against Ukraine. …

Joan Westenberg /
@joanwestenberg@threads.net: Well, congratulations everyone. You did it again. You let them turn some shit that had nothing to do with trans people - fucking nothing at all, because none of us were even fucking involved - into a 48 hour news cycle of shitting on trans people to the point that it made following the fucking olympics - that, again, we weren't even involved with - fucking traumatic. …

Qasim Rashid /
@qasimrashid@threads.net: As Boston Globe now tries to walk back their racism & Islamophobia against Imane Khelif, know that this is just a show to try to prevent a major lawsuit. Their shtick is racism. Just last week they framed Trump's grotesque racism against Kamala Harris as “Harris faces pivotal moment.” 🙄

Qasim Rashid /
@qasimrashid@threads.net: Left: A white woman Ilona Maher is body shamed & @BostonGlobe praises her for “growing the game and helping women see themselves.” Right: An Arab Muslim woman Imane Khelif is body shamed & Boston Globe piles on the reckless misinformation Pay close attention—this is how legacy media normalizes & advances white supremacy

Advanced Television:

Parks Associates: 46% of US households own at least one streaming media player, while 68% own a CTV; Roku makes the most popular player, followed by Amazon— Parks Associates' has released its Tech Ecosystem Dashboard revealing Roku is the most popular brand of streaming media players in the US, followed by Amazon.

Discussion:
Cord Cutters News and Media Play News

Discussion:

Raymond McCain /
Cord Cutters News: Study: Roku is the Most Popular Brand of Streaming Players

Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: Parks: Roku Most-Used Streaming Media Device

Bloomberg:

Music streaming has exited its high-growth era, as big streaming services pick up fewer new subscribers, causing revenue shortfalls for music labels— Investors worry the industry has peaked. Label bosses preach patience. — Hollywood is warming up to the promise of artificial intelligence.

Discussion:
@rezendi, more at Techmeme »

Politico:

Trump withdraws from the September 10 ABC debate, citing his legal conflicts with ABC and Biden ending his campaign, and pitches a September 4 Fox News debate— The Harris campaign said Saturday that it would be “happy to discuss further debates after the one both campaigns have already agreed to …

Discussion:
The Hill, New York Times, @jason_koebler, @bgrueskin, @davidplouffe, @mattmfm, @asfried, @justinbaragona, @sahilkapur, @kamalaharris, @kamalahq, @keithedwards@threads.net, The Sun, @craig.forman@threads.net, NPR, The Hollywood Reporter, The Guardian, Mediaite, NBC News, Boing Boing, CNN, BBC, UPI, New York Daily News, Variety, CBS News, HuffPost, TVLine, Boston Herald, Rolling Stone, New York Post, Fox News and Reuters

Discussion:
New York Times: Trump Cancels a Debate With Harris on ABC News and Pitches One With Fox News Instead

Jason Koebler /
@jason_koebler: No update or correction notes on radically different headlines for the same story is not something that passes editorial or ethical muster at any place I've ever worked including the independently owned website we now run

Bill Grueskin /
@bgrueskin: First try: Trump Agrees to a Fox News Debate Second try: Trump Proposes a Fox News Debate Third try: Trump Backs Out of ABC Debate and Proposes One on Fox (That's why Philip Graham called journalism “the first rough draft of history,” folks) [image]

David Plouffe /
@davidplouffe: Donald Trump is cowardly backing out of the debate he agreed to. One just like the debate he did in June. Now, he seems only comfortable in a cocoon, asking his happy place Fox to host a Trump rally and call it a debate. Maybe he can only handle debating someone his own age.

Matt McDermott /
@mattmfm: Keep seeing a talking point from Trump supporters that Trump agreed to “debate Biden” on ABC. That's not accurate: Trump agreed to debate terms that invite any and all candidates who meet a polling and ballot access threshold. The terms did not specify Biden.

Amy Fried /
@asfried: Trump backs out of the planned debate on September 10 on ABC. He then unilaterally sets a new date, changes the hosts to Fox and says that, instead of no audience, it will be in an arena. And this is how the NY Times headline reads: @DougJBalloon [image]

Justin Baragona /
@justinbaragona: Here's Drudge Report's headline on Trump backing out of the ABC News debate with Harris: [image]

Sahil Kapur /
@sahilkapur: Donald Trump backs out of a previously scheduled presidential debate on ABC after Kamala Harris replaces Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket. Now he says he'll agree to debate Harris if it's hosted by Fox News in a “full arena audience.” [image]

Kamala Harris /
@kamalaharris: It's interesting how “any time, any place” becomes “one specific time, one specific safe space.” I'll be there on September 10th, like he agreed to. I hope to see him there.

Keith Edwards /
@keithedwards@threads.net: Doing a “debate” on a network that had to payout $700M+ because they lied about the 2020 election is a nonstarter

Sophie Gable /
The Sun: Trump agrees to Fox News debate against Kamala Harris in front of ‘full arena audience’ & reveals ‘conflict of interest’

Craig Forman /
@craig.forman@threads.net: Newsroom internal discussions of headlines are often like trading-room floor discussions of long positions: very closely held. But @nytimes headline ‘evolution’ on today's Harris-Trump ‘Debate’ story raises more questions than answers. What actually happened here? In order from (L to R 'current headline')

Willem Marx /
NPR: Trump posts about a new debate plan, and Harris pushes back

Christy Piña /
The Hollywood Reporter: Trump Backs Out of Harris Debate on ABC News, Agrees to One on Fox News

Phillip Nieto /
Mediaite: Trump Rages If He Doesn't See Kamala Harris In Fox Debate He 'Won't See Her At All!'

Tom Bennett /
BBC: Trump and Harris at odds over presidential debate

Muri Assunção /
New York Daily News: Harris campaign says Trump is ‘running scared’ as he backs out of ABC debate, pushes for Fox News

Brian Steinberg /
Variety: Trump Pulls Out of ABC Debate With Harris, Makes Pitch for Fox News

Ben Blanchet /
HuffPost: Trump Says He's Agreed To Fox News Debate, In Apparent Attempt To Avoid Harris On ABC

Matt Webb Mitovich /
TVLine: Kamala Harris Calls Out Donald Trump for Backing Out of Sept. 10 Debate on ABC

Joe Dwinell /
Boston Herald: Trump agrees to debate Harris Sept. 4 on Fox, she's sticking with ABC offer

Daniel Kreps /
Rolling Stone: Kamala Harris' Campaign Blasts ‘Scared’ Trump for Proposing Fox News Debate

Patrick Reilly /
New York Post: Trump says he's agreed to Fox News offer to debate Kamala Harris on Sept. 4

Jarrett Renshaw /
Reuters: New ads calling Trump ‘afraid to debate’ to follow him on campaign trail

Semafor:

The WSJ's explosive report from January about UNRWA's alleged links to Hamas were based on Israeli intel reports the WSJ has been unable to confirm— In January, The Wall Street Journal made an explosive claim: Quoting “intelligence reports,” the paper reported that not only had 12 members …

Discussion:
@maxwelltani

Discussion:

Max Tani /
@maxwelltani: New: My look at a January WSJ scoop about intelligence claiming that 10% of UNRWA had ties to Hamas. “The fact that the Israeli claims haven't been backed up by solid evidence doesn't mean our reporting was inaccurate,” the WSJ head of standards said. https://www.semafor.com/... [image]

Financial Times:

How YouTube, NBC, Eurosport, and others are enlisting creators to cover the Paris Olympics, to fill in storytelling gaps and captivate a younger generation— NBC and Eurosport among those using ‘creators’ to spur interest and reach wider audiences — Sandra Kwon's life …

Bloomberg:

A look at tension at Crooked Media, which produces and releases 14 podcasts, amid staff turnover, an unfair labor practice claim, and big pre-election workloads— Some employees feel their progressive ideals aren't reflected in the workplace at one of the most prominent liberal media outlets

Discussion:
@marissabbq, @aherman2006, @max_fisher, @travishelwig, @_eileenie_@threads.net, The Wrap, The Daily Caller and New York Post

Discussion:

Marissa /
@marissabbq: Left in 2021, after a return to office plan that wasn't being equally applied to all employees...the union is asking for some pretty simple shit. #keepcrookedprogressive

Alison Herman /
@aherman2006: it is never a recipe for a healthy and functional work environment for a company's entire senior management cadre to be outward facing talent. and that's all I have to say on that!!

Max Fisher /
@max_fisher: As part of @crooked_union fighting for our first contract, we have substantive disagreements with management. But it's just not true the staff is “rebelling” or riven by some grand ideological divide. What I've seen is a company where we're all committed to a shared mission and [image]

Travis Helwig /
@travishelwig: In the past, I've worked good jobs and bad jobs (Ellen DeGeneres made me cry a lot), and I can say without a doubt that Crooked is the best place I've ever worked. I was further left than the hosts on a lot of things too, but I never felt unheard. I genuinely miss working there. @_eileenie_@threads.net: Yeah, pretty hard to take the @podsaveamerica class warriors seriously when the pod bros & their wives buy $10 million homes, and post Insta photos of themselves hobnobbing with celebs and taking exotic, fancy vacations while their employees work 12 days in a row and 12-hour days. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

Mike Roe /
The Wrap: ‘Pod Save America’ Producer Crooked Media Faces Internal Conflict as Employees Look to Unionize | Report

Robert McGreevy /
The Daily Caller: Workers Revolt At Obama Staffers' Liberal Media Company Over Founders' Plutocratic Shift And Israel Coverage

NPR:

A look at the impact of Trump's NABJ convention visit, from a longtime member: good exposure for NABJ, revealing quotes, and rising division among NABJ members— CHICAGO — At first, it felt like watching a slow-motion car crash. — I wasn't actually in the room when Donald Trump brought …

Discussion:
Washington Post, @karenattiah, @watchdogdiva, @kyraazore, @karenattiah, @curiousscout, @karenattiah, Footnotes, Corynne L. Corbett on LinkedIn, @karenattiah@threads.net, @edeggans@threads.net, @kbode@threads.net, @edeggans@threads.net, HuffPost, Eric Deggans on LinkedIn, Adweek, Columbia Journalism Review, MediaPost, American Press Institute, NABJ and The Hollywood Reporter

Discussion:

Karen Attiah /
Washington Post: At NABJ, Trump was both a missile and a mirror

Karen Attiah /
@karenattiah: There is one last thing that has been bothering me about Trump being the first live appearance at #NABJ24. And for days I couldn't put my finger on it. And then I remembered. This year's conference theme is— wait for it— “Winds of Change: Journalism over Disinformation”.

Mc Nelly Torres /
@watchdogdiva: @KyraAzore @NABJ And then Faulkner went to the Hannity show and lied about what took place on stage and how people in the audience reacted because, again, she's not a journalist, she's a mouth piece for a propaganda machine.

Kyra E. Azore /
@kyraazore: It was just announced that Trump panel moderator, Harris Faulkner is not a member of @NABJ It remains unclear what the qualifications to moderate this panel #NABJ24

Karen Attiah /
@karenattiah: I'm still at #nabj24 and many are just tired of Black women being offered up as mules and martyrs so that outsiders can enjoy a racist Trump spectacle. I get it, outsiders don't care if @nabj community gets broken, just for the sake of a few, fleeting sound bites. But I do. @curiousscout: The feedback from #NABJ members following former president Trump's “interview” is resoundingly pissed. And several are upset at how our Black women journalists were basically sacrificed for political headlines, as noted by @KarenAttiah

Karen Attiah /
@karenattiah: No live factchecking in the room, or live on TV. In the rush to move from question to question, no effort to probe Trump's answers consistently, or for the moderators to say what was true or not. Trump may have “looked bad”. But we journalists lost the disinformation war.

Jemar Tisby, PhD /
Footnotes: When Safe Spaces Are Violated

Corynne L. Corbett /
Corynne L. Corbett on LinkedIn: Let me begin by saying I haven't been a member of National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) since I left Time Inc. Frankly, I never got much out of the organization. …

Karen Attiah /
@karenattiah@threads.net: One last thread as I depart from #NABJ24. This year's theme for the conference was “Winds of Change: Journalism over Disinformation”. Platforming Trump in the way that @nabjofficial did? They chose disinformation over journalism. I hope everyone sits long and hard about the damage that was done.

Eric Deggans /
@edeggans@threads.net: We are a journalism organization which has invited the major party candidates to our national conference every presidential election year for decades. There is a former NABJ official with documents indicating we invited Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter in 1976.

Karl Bode /
@kbode@threads.net: the “live fact checking” required people head to a third party website, which was a useless way to rein in a sociopathic authoritarian in real time anyway

Eric Deggans /
@edeggans@threads.net: At a membership meeting today, NABJ's executive director said ABC's Rachel Scott had received death threats following her work asking incisive questions of Donald Trump at the groups national convention Wednesday.

Eric Deggans /
Eric Deggans on LinkedIn: As a longtime member of the National Association of Black Journalists, I've gotten lots of requests for my thoughts on Trump's visit Wednesday to our conference. …

Kevin Eck /
Adweek: Here's the Roundup for the Week Ending August 2

Jelani Cobb /
Columbia Journalism Review: Notes from a Fiasco — The moral trade-offs NABJ made in inviting Donald Trump to the stage in Chicago

Feven Merid /
Columbia Journalism Review: The National Association of Black Journalists booked Donald Trump. Many had strong feelings.

Barbara Lippert /
MediaPost: Bringing The Cheap Heat: Trump's Reentry Into The Ring

Demetrius Patterson /
The Hollywood Reporter: NABJ in Talks With Kamala Harris Team Following Trump Panel; Co-Chair Speaks Out

RELATED:
Axios: NABJ President Ken Lemon says Trump's Q&A was delayed because he threatened not to take the stage if he was going to be fact-checked

Discussion:
HuffPost, @sophiacai99, @phil_lewis_, Marty Davis on LinkedIn, The Hill, Vibe, New Republic, Boing Boing and Mediaite

Discussion:

Nathalie Baptiste /
HuffPost: The Real Reason Donald Trump Is Making Racist Comments About Kamala Harris

Sophia Cai /
@sophiacai99: SCOOP: Trump didn't want to be fact-checked live at NABJ, refusing to go onstage, a stalemate so prolonged NABJ leaders were prepping a statement to say why Trump wouldn't show. As Ken Lemon was preparing it, Trump walked onstage, Lemon told @DelanoMassey https://www.axios.com/...

Philip Lewis /
@phil_lewis_: Axios confirming my reporting that Trump did not want to be fact-checked live and was refusing to go on stage, according to the NABJ president https://www.axios.com/...

Marty Davis /
Marty Davis on LinkedIn: “Just the facts, ma'am.” - - Joe Friday — Axios: “Moments before former President Trump took the stage at the National Association …

Lauren Irwin /
The Hill: NABJ president: Trump interview delayed over fact-checking dispute, not audio issues

DeMicia Inman /
Vibe: Kamala Harris In Talks With NABJ For Virtual Event

Edith Olmsted /
New Republic: Now We Know Why That Disastrous Trump Event Started So Late

Jason Weisberger /
Boing Boing: Trump whined about delays he caused at the NBJA conference

The Guardian:

Sources: Huw Edwards's image and voice are being urgently removed from hours of BBC archive footage, starting with family and entertainment content on iPlayer— Broadcaster removes image and voice from content as Welsh organisations erase disgraced presenter from websites

Discussion:
@patrickhadfield@mastodon.scot, Deadline, Metro.co.uk, Sky News, The Independent, The Mirror, Daily Express, Daily Star, ITV News, BBC, Variety, Telegraph, Adweek and PinkNews

Discussion:

Patrick Hadfield /
@patrickhadfield@mastodon.scot: This is plain wrong. Scrubbing Huw Edwards from the archive achieves nothing. The programmes he worked on had nothing to do with the charges he faced, and removing them simply hides the harm he may have done. — “BBC wipes Huw Edwards from archive but role in state occasions presents challenge” …

Caroline Frost /
Deadline: The BBC Begins To Wipe Huw Edwards From Its Archive; UK State Events Will Be “A Problem”

Tomos Evans /
Sky News: Huw Edwards: Mural of former BBC newsreader removed as institutions ‘review’ honours

Madeline Sherratt /
The Independent: Huw Edwards plaque removed from Cardiff Castle wall

Rebecca Jones /
Daily Express: Huw Edwards to be removed from Doctor Who episode following guilty plea

Dominik Lemanski /
Daily Star: Paedo BBC newsreader Huw Edwards ‘set to be removed from hit James Bond film’

Noor Nanji /
BBC: BBC starts removing Huw Edwards from archives

Naman Ramachandran /
Variety: Huw Edwards-Featuring Episodes of ‘Doctor Who’ and ‘Great British Menu’ Pulled by BBC, Mural in Hometown Painted Over as Fallout Continues

Craig Simpson /
Telegraph: BBC may remove Huw Edwards's voice from Queen's funeral and King's coronation coverage

Mark Mwachiro /
Adweek: Ticker: Former BBC News Presenter Huw Edwards Pleads Guilty

New York Times:

Over a dozen participants in MrBeast's Beast Games competition said they received inadequate food or medical care and some people were injured during challenges— The contestants in the internet star's “Beast Games” expected outlandish challenges and signed contracts that acknowledged risks of serious injury and death.

Discussion:

Patrick Caligiuri /
Patrick Caligiuri on LinkedIn: As a former producer of The Amazing Race, Big Brother, The Quest (and countless other competition reality programs), I am disgusted by reports …

Kristen Desilva /
@kristendesilva: thought “yikes” probably 100 times while reading this, and of course it happened in Las Vegas https://www.nytimes.com/...

Pierra Willix /
Metro.co.uk: Contestants on huge reality TV show with $5,000,000 prize ‘barely fed’ and ‘refused medication’

Madison Malone Kircher /
@4evrmalone: Last week I got a tip that things were amiss on MrBeast's competiton show Beast Games. Contestants said they were forced to go without food, without meds (including insulin) and endured dangerous conditions while living inside a football stadium for days. https://www.nytimes.com/... [image]

Sean Mandell /
New York Post: MrBeast's team acknowledges need for ‘improvement’ after contestants didn't get adequate food, medical care during contest with $5M prize: source

Carly Thomas /
The Hollywood Reporter: MrBeast's Amazon Show Accused of Unsafe Filming Conditions, Lack of Food by Participants

Sean Hollister /
The Verge: MrBeast blames terrible Beast Games conditions on the CrowdStrike outage

James Hale /
Tubefilter: MrBeast's team blames ‘Beast Games’ filming issues on weather and CrowdStrike incident, says it wants to “learn from this experience”

Kayla Cobb /
The Wrap: MrBeast Amazon Show Accused of Unsafe Filming Conditions, Lack of Food and Medical Care

Simon Owens /
@simondowens@threads.net: MrBeast went on several podcasts recently to brag that his upcoming Amazon show will be the biggest in gameshow history. But now that he's firmly in the mainstream, his fast-and-loose approach to making videos is likely to face increased scrutiny. — https://www.nytimes.com/...

The Miami Herald:

McClatchy announces intent to merge with magazine publisher and distributor accelerate360, which publishes Us Weekly and is owned by Chatham Asset Management— McClatchy, one of the oldest and largest local media companies in the United States, plans to merge with accelerate360 …

Discussion:
@tatecurtis, @ckrewson, @dlboardman, @jfkwia, @robyntomlin, @jayrosen_nyu, @mjrusher, @mawilner, @tatecurtis and @andybechtel@mastodon.online

Discussion:

Chris Krewson /
@ckrewson: While both companies are profitable on their own, Hunter said that combining the two could triple both profits and revenues. [image]

Chris Krewson /
@ckrewson: Hedge funds gonna hedge fund.

David Boardman /
@dlboardman: A once-excellent news company circles the vulture-capital drain.

John Kwiatkowski /
@jfkwia: @jayrosen_nyu Sad news for the media co that had the most accurate coverage of the Iraq war, if I remember correctly

Robyn Tomlin /
@robyntomlin: @jayrosen_nyu “But McClatchy executives said that accelerate360's tabloid publications, including the National Enquirer, Star, National Examiner and Globe, would be excluded from the merger, and that its most famous consultant - David Pecker - would not be associated with the new organization.

Jay Rosen /
@jayrosen_nyu: McClatchy — it owns the Miami Herald, the Charlotte Observer, Kansas City Star and maybe your newspaper — is being merged into the company (now called A360media) that owns the National Enquirer. That's the tabloid that played “catch and kill” with Trump. https://www.miamiherald.com/ ...

Jay Rosen /
@jayrosen_nyu: @robyntomlin Thanks, Robyn. “Excluded from” ... “not associated with.” Do you have any details about these parts the deal? I found this part of the Herald story a little murky. Are they talking about a sale of those properties, or some kind of separation, or... what?

Mike Rusher /
@mjrusher: McClatchy CEO seems to indicate good news for our reporter friends in #ncpol while adding to leadership team. Exec Shakeup coming? ""I'm not anticipating any job cuts in content producers. That's the top of my list of differentiators. Without that, we don't have a business

Mike Rusher /
@mjrusher: #oof “The merger would fuse a local newspaper company that has won more than 50 Pulitzer Prizes with a line of glossy lifestyle and celebrity magazines - an unconventional marriage in the media industry that comes with cultural and ethical challenges.” #ncpol #ncga

Michael Wilner /
@mawilner: Breaking: @McClatchy plans to merge with the magazine giant behind @UsWeekly, @InTouchWeekly, and @WomansWorldUS under a new operating company name, with AMI tabloids excluded from the deal and David Pecker out. https://www.miamiherald.com/ ... @tatecurtis: 'But McClatchy executives said that accelerate360's tabloid publications, including the National Enquirer, Star, National Examiner and Globe, would be excluded from the merger' https://www.miamiherald.com/ ...

Bloomberg:

Sources: Meta is offering Hollywood celebrities like Judi Dench millions of dollars for the right to use their voices for AI projects; SAG-AFTRA agreed to terms— - Judi Dench, Awkwafina are among the celebrities holding talks — Some terms sought by Meta trigger actors' fears of AI

Discussion:
Digital Music News, The Ankler, @mgsiegler, @lucas_shaw, @thebronxviking, @wenbbilliams, @carriecnh12, @blackamazon, @grahamelot, New York Times, New York Post, The Verge, The Wrap and Engadget

Discussion:

M.G. Siegler /
@mgsiegler: I feel like these celebs should talk to Meta's celeb AI chatbots about this one...

Lucas Shaw /
@lucas_shaw: New: Meta is paying Hollywood actors millions to license their voices for a new AI voice product. It should be announced in the fall and Hollywood's primary union for actors has agreed to the deal. More here: https://www.bloomberg.com/... @thebronxviking: $META upped their cap-ex to $96-$99Billion in 2025 so you could have an AI chatbot of Judi Dench.... I have changed my mind, we are definitely in a bubble 🫠

Ben Williams /
@wenbbilliams: They're gonna trick Dame Judi into doing this by saying some technobabble shit she doesn't even understand then she'll say yes then use her voice to keep her “alive” after she dies, guarantee. So fucking cynical. @carriecnh12: That deal that SAG-AFTRA struck last year left Voice Actors - who are on strike! - vulnerable to being pushed out of film work by this very possiblity. SAG-AFTRA threw them under the bus for AI, which has disastrous effects on the environment and functions through plagiarism. @grahamelot: @DiscussingFilm If you choose to speak to chatbot with the voice of Awkwafina, you have more pressing issues

Lauren Elkies Schram /
New York Post: Meta offering millions in AI deals to Judy Dench, Awkwafina and Keegan-Michael Key: report

Wes Davis /
The Verge: Meta courts celebs like Awkwafina to voice AI assistants ahead of Meta Connect

Mike Roe /