The NBA's Board of Governors approves the league's next media rights deals with Disney, NBC, and Amazon Prime Video; WBD could still match one of the deals (Tim Reynolds/Associated Press)

Mediagazer: The NBA's Board of Governors approves the league's next media rights deals with Disney, NBC, and Amazon Prime Video; WBD could still match one of the deals (Tim Reynolds/Associated Press)

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Reuters:

A jury convicts Ozy Media and its founder Carlos Watson of fraud, in a case accusing them of lying to investors about the startup's finances and sham deals— Ozy Media and founder Carlos Watson were convicted of fraud by a Brooklyn federal jury on Tuesday, in a case accusing them of lying …
Discussion: New York Times, Courthouse News Service, Associated Press, The Information, Breitbart, Bloomberg, The Wrap, @ednynews, The Verge, Mediaite, Variety, TheGrio, Axios and Deadline

Discussion:

Danielle Kaye /
New York Times: Carlos Watson, Ozy Media Founder, Is Found Guilty of Fraud

Nika Schoonover /
Courthouse News Service: Jury finds Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson guilty on all counts

Julia Hornstein /
The Information: Ozy Media Founder Carlos Watson Found Guilty in Fraud Trial

Adam Chitwood /
The Wrap: Carlos Watson and Ozy Media Found Guilty of Fraud @ednynews: The verdict is in: Carlos Watson of Ozy Media Inc. has been found guilty on all 3 counts of a multi-million dollar fraud scheme.

Jamie Frevele /
Mediaite: JUST IN: Ex-Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson Convicted of Fraud and Identity Theft

Cynthia Littleton /
Variety: Ozy Media Chief Carlos Watson Found Guilty of Securities Fraud and Conspiracy Charges: ‘A Con Man Who Told Lie After Lie,’ Prosecutor Says

Sharae Griffin /
TheGrio: Ex-TV host Carlos Watson convicted in trial over collapse of startup Ozy Media

Sara Fischer /
Axios: Ozy Media's Carlos Watson found guilty of fraud

Variety:

Sources: WBD will lay off ~1,000 employees across sectors including finance, business affairs, and production; source: fewer than 10 Max staffers are affected— Sources tell Variety that nearly 1,000 employees will be laid off across a few sectors in a new cost-cutting move at WBD …

Discussion:
Deadline, Quartz, @minotimusic, The Wrap, Jon Malone on LinkedIn, IndieWire, The Hollywood Reporter, @tvgrimreaper, The Desk and Cord Cutters News

Discussion:

Peter White /
Deadline: Warner Bros. Discovery Starts New Round Of Layoffs

Bruce Gil /
Quartz: Warner Bros. Discovery ‘is not working’ and should make some big changes, analysts say

Minoti Vaishnav /
@minotimusic: Or. Zaslav can just pay himself 10 mil less. Let WB retain their employees and have roofs over their heads and food on their plates. He'd still be rich and ultimately lose nothing. But hey, what do I know right? https://variety.com/...

Raquel ‘Rocky’ Harris /
The Wrap: Warner Bros. Discovery Begins Layoffs Across Production, Business Affairs and Finance

Jon Malone /
Jon Malone on LinkedIn: In the media industry, it's never a surprise... but always disappointing. For anyone whose life got flipped today or in the past, please let me know if I can make any introductions for you. …

Tony Maglio /
IndieWire: Warner Bros. Discovery to Lay Off Fewer Than 1,000 Staffers in New Round of Job Cuts

Caitlin Huston /
The Hollywood Reporter: Layoffs Hit Warner Bros. Discovery Again @tvgrimreaper: Cable bundle fees drive the entire legacy video entertainment business. Those fees are melting away, and there's nothing comparable to replace them with. The industry's future is smaller and less profitable. [image]

Axios:

Taboola's CEO says the company has struck a deal with Apple to power native advertising within the Apple News and Apple Stocks apps; TBLA stock jumps 9%+— - Taboola's effort to build trust with Apple across its various teams and stakeholders was “a multiyear process,'” Singolda said.

Discussion:
Simon Owens's Media Newsletter, @simondowens@threads.net, 9to5Mac, @sarafischer, MediaPost, The Drum, @thomholwerda@exquisite.social, @benedictevans@threads.net, @joesteel@duck.haus, Jay Friedman on LinkedIn, @counternotions@mastodon …, @crumbler@threads.net, The Verge and Reuters, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Simon Owens /
Simon Owens's Media Newsletter: Will Apple News finally generate meaningful revenue for publishers?

Simon Owens /
@simondowens@threads.net: Apple News has always undermonetized its large user base, mostly because Apple's always been hesitant to build out ad products. This Taboola partnership may supercharge its advertising sales and result in better revenue sharing for publishers. https://www.axios.com/...

Ryan Christoffel /
9to5Mac: Apple taps infamous Taboola as new ad seller for Apple News and Stocks

Sara Fischer /
@sarafischer: NEW: @apple has brought on @taboola to sell ads on its behalf across Apple News and Stocks apps - Taboola will be the exclusive ad seller globally where the apps are available. - NBCU will continue to sell ads in some markets https://www.axios.com/...

Laurie Sullivan /
MediaPost: Apple Strikes Deal With Taboola To Power Native Advertising

Kendra Barnett /
The Drum: Taboola shares surge as the adtech firm, known for clickbait, secures Apple ads deal @thomholwerda@exquisite.social: Speaking of Apple and sleaze, Apple struck a deal with Taboola, the ad company responsible for those bullshit clickbait ad boxes with fantastical, untrue, sleazy headlines. Taboola is going to run ads in Apple News on your iPhone. — Apple PR spokesperson @gruber has written extensively about how much he despises Taboola. …

Benedict Evans /
@benedictevans@threads.net: Taboola is the herpes of the internet - this seems a very strange decision from Apple. https://www.axios.com/...

Joe Rosensteel /
@joesteel@duck.haus: Apple News customers complaining about low quality ads in Apple News has finally moved the needle at Apple ... towards even worse ads. — A+ job, ad bros. High-fives all around. Bonuses for everyone. — https://www.axios.com/...

Jay Friedman /
Jay Friedman on LinkedIn: This feels like the equivalent of Louis Vuitton partnering with Goodwill to operate its retail outlets. What am I missing? — https://lnkd.in/... @counternotions@mastodon.social: News you'd prefer not to read but it's News business. — https://www.axios.com/...

Casey Newton /
@crumbler@threads.net: Big win for people who like their news accompanied by horrible garbage links

Washington Post:

Six journalists who worked at DCist, closed by WAMU earlier in 2024, launch the 51st, a worker-run local news site for DC, and a $250K fundraising campaign— The worker-run newsroom will attempt to fill a niche its founders say opened when WAMU closed DCist.

Discussion:
@51stnews: Ummm are you really about to get us over $100k on our FIRST DAY!??!? D.C. community is amazing!!! We are so so in awe of this support! https://givebutter.com/The51st [image]

Colleen Grablick /
@colleengrablick: soo hey sharks, a team of former WAMU and DCist staffers are here today asking YOU for $250,000 to sustain our worker-led, community-based local news outlet @51stnews!!! it's really happening!! you can learn more about our efforts and donate here! https://givebutter.com/The51st

Allison McCague, PhD /
@petitephd: Great news for local journalism. Let's help them thrive, DC!

@51stnews:
We've launched The 51st, a worker-led nonprofit news outlet, run by and for residents of Washington, D.C.

Ernie Smith /
@ernie@writing.exchange: Another worker-owned media outlet is hitting the scene, this time in DC, built from the ashes of WAMU. — Good people here too—I had the chance to work closely with Eric Falquero when I volunteered with Street Sense a decade-plus ago. — https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Heidi N. Moore /
@moorehn: Really great idea. Hope very much that they succeed 🙏

Ottilie Mitchell /
Ottilie Mitchell on LinkedIn: Since moving to DC in June I've been helping this amazing team to produce a video for the launch of their crowdfunding campaign today! …

Elahe Izadi /
@elaheizadi: exclusive from me: former DCist staff are launching a new worker-led nonprofit called The 51st to cover local news in Washington, and a fundraising campaign they hope will propel their project into the the future. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Tara Francis Chan /
@taramfrancis: Giving advice about running a worker-led nonprofit news outlet is great, but there's nothing like then seeing them launch!! @gaufre: Residents of the nation's capital need more local news! I'm supporting @51stnews and you should too!

Dan Vock /
@danvock: The idea seems to have worked well for @BlockClubCHI. Best of luck to my former colleague @ndelgadillo07 and the rest of the crew!

Martin Austermühle /
@maustermuhle: 🚨If you think D.C. needs more local journalism, here's an amazing chance to help create some! A group of former @dcist and @wamu885 staffers are creating @51stnews, a non-profit worker-led news outlet on all things D.C. And they need your financial help: https://givebutter.com/The51st

@51stnews:
🧵 When DCist was shut down, we watched as so many of you mourned the loss of a vital local news source. A team of us got to thinking: What if we could create an outlet controlled by us (the journalists) and you (our community)? No executives involved. @jeffjarvis: With help from the Tiny News Collective. Gift link: Former DCist staff launch the 51st, new local news site for Washington https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Alex Taliadoros /
@alexctaliadoros: Hard to overstate how much DC needs this. Do your thing, friends: https://givebutter.com/The51st [image]

Amanda Michelle Gomez /
@amanduhgomez: I'm so excited to support @51stnews, a newsroom run by journalists for and with the community, no executives involved. I can't tell you how many times the executives of my local newsrooms have stifled reporting by refusing to invest in journalists and stories. Please support:

The Hollywood Reporter:

MSNBC Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough says that he was “surprised” and “disappointed” after NBC leadership pulled his show on Monday— The MSNBC host returned to the channel Tuesday, saying he was “surprised” and “disappointed” by the decision to preempt his show Monday.

Discussion:

Brian Steinberg /
Variety: Joe Scarborough ‘Surprised, Very Disappointed’ by MSNBC Pre-Emption

Michael M. Grynbaum /
@grynbaum: Joe Scarborough just took an on-air swipe at NBC leadership for yanking yesterday's “Morning Joe.” “We were very surprised. We were very disappointed.” He says the show staff was told NBC would be running a single feed across every network (which didn't happen)

Colby Hall /
Mediaite: Joe Scarborough Addresses Morning Joe Getting Pulled Off MSNBC: ‘We Were Very Surprised. We Were Very Disappointed’

Dan Ladden-Hall /
The Daily Beast: Joe Scarborough: Mika and I Will Quit if ‘Morning Joe’ Is Pulled Again

Michael M. Grynbaum /
@grynbaum: Scarborough also says NBC had told him MSNBC opinion shows would be pre-empted throughout Monday. “Our team was not given a good answer as to why that didn't happen ... I guess they changed their plans.”

Joseph Brusuelas /
@joebrusuelas: @IvanTheK @brianstelter That is so on brand for @JoeNBC. He's always been a bit like the morning drive FM DJ railing against the man/mgt from the 1980's in addition to the insightful political analysis. That's part of the secret sauce of that show - besides Minka who we all adore & respect-that boomers

James Lynch /
@jameslynch32: Scarborough: “Next time we're told there's going to be a news feed replacing us...the news feed will be us or they can get somebody else to host the show."[video]

Max Tani /
@maxwelltani: In attempting to avoid a scandal, NBCU managed to piss off the viewers and the talent. And the network didn't even totally follow through: As we reported, a plan to also move Nicole Wallace and Ari Melber around yesterday was scrapped after viewer backlash https://www.semafor.com/...

@jeffjarvis:
Good. @JoeNBC criticizes the bosses: “We were told in no uncertain terms on Sunday night that there was going to be one news feed against all channels.... I guess after there was such strong blowback about what happened yesterday morning that they changed their plans.... We were

Jeremy Barr /
Washington Post: ‘Morning Joe’ hosts angered by Monday cancellation after Trump shooting

Asher Notheis /
Washington Examiner: MSNBC's Morning Joe returns to air, furious over being yanked following Trump shooting

@jeffjarvis:
In yesterday's statement, NBC News executives said they made this decision in collaboration with Joe and Mika. That, clearly, was a lie. We still need to know more about what happened at NBC News.

Jennifer Schulze /
@newsjennifer: The @NBCNews mgt team that made the call to censor its leading political talk show should have been fired months ago for hiring Ronna McDaniel, a trump fake elector co-conspirator.

@jeffjarvis:
.@JoeNBC: “Next time we're told there's going to be a news feed replacing us, we will be in our chairs. And the news feed will be us or they can get somebody else to host this show.” Add this to the Ronna McDaniel revolt and I'd say NBC News executives have lost the confidence of @ivanthek: Wow. Now Joe Scarborough now going after NBC News management for taking Morning Joe off the air yesterday. @brianstelter

Kelly Laco /
Daily Mail: Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough respond to getting pulled off air after Donald Trump shooting

Tom Boggioni /
Raw Story: ‘Surprised and disappointed’: Joe Scarborough slams his bosses for yanking Monday's show

Hanna Panreck /
Fox News: ‘Morning Joe’ host Scarborough addresses being off air, criticizes network: ‘We were very disappointed’

Ted Johnson /
Deadline: ‘Morning Joe’ Host Joe Scarborough Tells Viewers He Was “Surprised” And “Disappointed” That Network Preempted Monday's Show

RELATED:

CNN:
MSNBC pulled Morning Joe on Monday, a source says due to worries that a guest might make an inappropriate comment about Donald Trump's attempted assassination

Discussion:
New York Magazine, Axios, TVNewsCheck, Newser, Mediaite, The Guardian, The Daily Beast, HuffPost, Politico, The Wrap, TVLine, ComingSoon.net, New York Post, Adweek, @ted_scheinman, @ryanjthomas83, @nh_homebrewer, @ngrossman81, @dkthomp, @dominiccampbell, @vinodsreeharsha, @will_bunch, @lailaalarian, @rolandsmartin, @nycsouthpaw, @esaagar, @austinahlman, @wajahatali, @gbbranstetter, @kenklippenstein, @byronyork, @doughenwood, @heerjeet, @jayrosen_nyu, @maxwelltani, @jeffjarvis, @markjacob16, @jeffjarvis, @michaeldsgro, @jeffjarvis, @brianstelter, Page Six, Fox News, The Daily Beast, Washington Examiner, New York Daily News, New York Times, The Desk, Breitbart, Variety, Deadline, @sauthoff.bsky.social and Poynter

Discussion:

Jonathan Chait /
New York Magazine: The Democratic Party's Strange Attraction to Defeatism

Mark K. Miller /
TVNewsCheck: On An Unusually Busy News Day, Did The Assassination Attempt's Aftermath Change The Media Tone?

John Johnson /
Newser: After Trump Shooting, a Brouhaha at Morning Joe

Jamie Frevele /
Mediaite: Colby Hall Calls Out NBC News ‘Circus’ Under Cesar Conde: ‘Joe Scarborough Is Pissed!’

Sara Boboltz /
HuffPost: MSNBC's ‘Morning Joe’ Hosts ‘Disappointed’ To Be Ordered Off-Air After Trump Shooting

Irie Sentner /
Politico: Scarborough blasts NBC for pulling ‘Morning Joe’ after Trump shooting, threatens to quit if it happens again

Natalie Korach /
The Wrap: Joe Scarborough Rails Against MSNBC for Preempting ‘Morning Joe’: ‘Surprised, Very Disappointed’

Ryan Schwartz /
TVLine: Joe Scarborough ‘Very Disappointed’ by NBC News' Decision to Preempt Monday's Morning Joe: ‘Our Team Was Not Given a Good Answer’ (Watch)

Disheeta Maheshwari /
ComingSoon.net: Is Morning Joe Canceled? Will It Return?

Isabel Keane /
New York Post: MSNBC's ‘Morning Joe’ returns without mention of why it was pulled over Trump coverage: ‘It is very good to be here’

Ethan Alter /
Adweek: Here's Why Morning Joe Was Absent From MSNBC on Monday

Ted Scheinman /
@ted_scheinman: the refs are now working themselves.

Nicholas Grossman /
@ngrossman81: A media organization saying it was possible that 1 out of 25 on air comments might offend the potential future president and his supporters so they'll say nothing instead is a bad sign of how they'll act if those political forces get national power.

Derek Thompson /
@dkthomp: This explanation makes no sense on its face. 1) “We pulled Morning Joe so a guest wouldn't say something offensive on Monday.” What changes on Tuesday? 2) “Our political news show can't handle big politics news” is a brutal judgment (to the point of being in-credible)

Dominic Campbell /
@dominiccampbell: Already acting like an authoritarian state. People hate me in 🇺🇸 when I say this, but US closer to Russia and Israel than it would like to pretend. Certainly looking into the future.

Vinod Sreeharsha /
@vinodsreeharsha: Excellent. @MSNBC should extend this decision to every day, not just today. If something positive can come out of past few days, it'd be abolishing all cable television news shows. And introducing something novel to 24-hour news channels: “airing rolling breaking news coverage.”

Will Bunch /
@will_bunch: When anti-fascism experts say “Do not obey in advance,” this is the kind of banana republic BS they are taking about

Laila Al-Arian /
@lailaalarian: Comments on cable news rationalizing or justifying the mass killing of Palestinian civilians are fine 👍 @rolandsmartin: I'm stunned. @MSNBC leadership has pulled their flagship morning show @Morning_Joe today, on the first day of the @GOP convention. I'm sure @JoeNBC @morningmika and their crew is stunned by this decision. It's totally perplexing to me. So are they pulling all primetime shows too? @nycsouthpaw: The former Republican congressman who defines morning coverage on the supposedly Democratic-aligned cable news channel was reportedly taken off the air this morning out of fear he, his wife, or his guests would say something to offend the MAGAs. https://cnn.com/...

Saagar Enjeti /
@esaagar: MSNBC is telling us that on one of the most important news days in US politics Morning Joe can't be trusted This is an actual admission they can NEVER be trusted

Austin Ahlman /
@austinahlman: the reasoning is bizarre but taking Morning Joe off air, even for just one day, is a service to this nation

Wajahat Ali /
@wajahatali: A lot of news today. Let's see what Morning Joe is saying. Oh nevermind. MSNBC caved to bad faith MAGA attacks and took them off the air. Obey in advance apparently. Nice nice.

Gillian Branstetter /
@gbbranstetter: Obsessed with the notion a 20-year-old Republican in a gun club t-shirt was being radicalized by Morning Joe

Ken Klippenstein /
@kenklippenstein: Let's make the Morning Joe suspension permanent just to be safe

Byron York /
@byronyork: It's a huge day in politics and MSNBC has pulled ‘Morning Joe’ off the air. They're apparently worried the MJ crew might say something ‘inappropriate’ about the Trump assassination attempt. From CNN: https://www.cnn.com/... [image]

Doug Henwood /
@doughenwood: Free press. Morning Joe yanked—not for being stupid either. https://nypost.com/... [image]

Jeet Heer /
@heerjeet: I hate, hate, hate the Morning Joe show with a passion, it's a toxic stew of braindead centrist smugness, but pulling the show for this reason is even worse. Just pure cowardice from MSNBC

Jay Rosen /
@jayrosen_nyu: I have neither heard nor read of a decision like this in network news. It brings further dimension to the trust-in-media problem: we don't trust ourselves.

Max Tani /
@maxwelltani: Second major programming decision from Cesar Conde this cycle (1st was firing Ronna McDaniel). Two people I've talked to said that Joe and Mika ultimately didn't disagree with the decision to stay off the air today (CNN reports decision was made in consultation with the hosts).

@jeffjarvis:
What the fuck, MSNBC? You preempted your excellent weekend programming, @TheWeekendMSNBC and @AliVelshi, and now you've silenced @Morning_Joe in favor of your anodyne streaming news cos-play called Now? This is when we need the analysis and conversation these shows bring us (yes,

Mark Jacob /
@markjacob16: The same NBC executives who wanted to hire fake-electors plotter Ronna McDaniel as a commentator are now keeping their own MSNBC hosts off the air, intimidated by the right wing in the wake of Saturday's assassination attempt.

@jeffjarvis:
Here is Daily Beast reporting on this terrible decision by NBC. It feels as if @JoeNBC & @morningmika are being imprisoned in an undisclosed 30 Rock dungeon. Tweet 😬once if you need help. https://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... @michaeldsgro: What a mistake @MSNBC made today in not going to @Morning_Joe @JoeNBC @morningmika @WillieGeist. I mean who are these two on now? I was waiting all weekend for Joe's take on all that's going on. #MorningJoe [image]

@jeffjarvis:
Did some numbnuts NBC/Comcast/Universal executive decide an assassination attempt was a good time to promote its foundering streaming show? (I feel like we're living in AppleTV's Morning Show. UBS>NBC.) Or did this essentially Republican megacorporation decide to silence liberal

@jeffjarvis:
MSNBC: You'd damned well better not preempt @NicolleDWallace, @JoyAnnReid, @maddow, @chrislhayes, @Lawrence, and @AriMelber today or I'll come organize a picket line at 30 Rock. Who's in charge there: journalists or Republican media moguls? MSNBC is the alternative to the

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: Re: “Morning Joe” being pre-empted today: “A person familiar with the matter told CNN that the decision was made to avoid a scenario in which one of the show's stable of two dozen-plus guests might make an inappropriate comment on live television that could be used to assail the

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: MSNBC has been in “rolling breaking news coverage since Saturday evening,” which means POV programs have been pre-empted for the time being- https://www.cnn.com/...

Carlos Greer /
Page Six: MSNBC says network won't tone down coverage of Donald Trump after pulling ‘Morning Joe,’ staffers were peeved at decision Fox News: ‘Morning Joe’ hosts, staff shocked after being only MSNBC show Monday replaced by NBC News feed

Dan Ladden-Hall /
The Daily Beast: MSNBC Isn't Airing ‘Morning Joe’ Monday Because of the Trump Assassination Attempt

David Matthews /
New York Daily News: ‘Daily Show,’ ‘Morning Joe’ cancel Monday shows after Trump assassination attempt

Jim Rutenberg /
New York Times: ‘Morning Joe’ Is Pre-empted for Breaking News Coverage

Matthew Keys /
The Desk: “Morning Joe,” “Daily Show” cancel episodes following Trump assassination attempt

Joel B. Pollak /
Breitbart: NBC Pulls MSNBC's ‘Morning Joe’ Off Air Monday for News Coverage

Brian Steinberg /
Variety: ‘Morning Joe’ Moved on MSNBC Monday After Trump Assassination Attempt

Ted Johnson /
Deadline: MSNBC Preempts ‘Morning Joe’ For Breaking News Of Trump Assassination Attempt

Patricia Sauthoff /
@sauthoff.bsky.social: I'm really curious what MSNBC is worried about being inappropriate here. Some wacko conspiracy or someone saying something actually reasonable like Trump is a fascist who has been stoking violence for years. [embedded post]

USA Today:
The Daily Show scraps its on-the-ground reporting at RNC, citing “logistical issues and the evolving situation”, following the assassination attempt on Trump

Discussion:
CBS News: Sarah Huckabee Sanders says “not even an assassin's bullet could stop” Trump in RNC speech

Peter White /
Deadline: ‘The Daily Show’: Jon Stewart To Host Tonight, Stays Live After RNC On Thursday After Milwaukee Pivot

Emily Hallas /
Washington Examiner: Newsom sends Trump security reinforcements at RNC: ‘Public safety transcends party lines’

JD Knapp /
The Wrap: ‘The Daily Show’ Sets Live Episode to Close Out RNC After Canceling On-the-Ground Shows Wall Street Journal: A Governor and His Dog — It's day two of the 2024 Republican National Convention.

Harry Shearer /
@theharryshearer: The Daily Show cancels at least some of its planned convention-week programming out of...what? Satirical empathy?

James A. Gagliano /
New York Post: How safe will Milwaukee RNC be after Trump shooting?

Fox News:
CNN panel agrees Trump is at his ‘at his apex’ of power going into RNC after surviving attempt on his life

Sarah Beth Hensley /
ABC News: How to watch, what to know about the 2024 RNC — The Republican National Convention takes place July 15-18 in Milwaukee.

Kevin Crust /
Los Angeles Times: ‘Daily Show’ cancels Milwaukee shows, moves back to N.Y. after assassination attempt on Trump

Dylan Hunter Carter /
WTMJ: RNC 2024 Day 1: Trump VP pick expected, Milwaukee protests kick off & traffic troubles — Decision Wisconsin Live Blog

Christian Blauvelt /
IndieWire: ‘The Daily Show’ Scraps RNC Presence After Trump Assassination Attempt

Simon Kent /
Breitbart: ‘Daily Show’ Cancels On-the-Ground RNC Coverage After Trump Assassination Attempt

Elena Moore /
NPR: How the assassination attempt on Trump has changed the outlook of this week's RNC Associated Press: Donald Trump arrives in Milwaukee for RNC after assassination attempt heightens security fears

TechCrunch:

Deezer debuts Playlist with AI in beta, where users can create playlists from text prompts, powered by Google's Gemini 1.5, following rivals' similar offerings— Deezer is the latest music streaming app to introduce an AI playlist feature. The company announced on Monday that a select number …

Discussion:
Deezer Newsroom, Digital Music News, Music Ally and Music Business Worldwide

Discussion:

Karina Klusen /
Deezer Newsroom: Deezer invites users to get creative with AI playlists in global beta launch

Ashley King /
Digital Music News: Are We Firing the Human Curators Already? Deezer Joins AI Party with ‘Playlist with AI’ Beta

Stuart Dredge /
Music Ally: Deezer launches its own ‘Playlist with AI’ feature in beta

Mandy Dalugdug /
Music Business Worldwide: Deezer unveils AI playlists in global beta

Proof:

Investigation: Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic, and others trained their AI on a dataset that contained YouTube video transcripts, including from the WSJ, NPR, and BBC— AI companies are generally secretive about their sources of training data, but an investigation by Proof News found …

Discussion:
The Verge, The Register, Dexerto, Ars Technica, @mkbhd, @juliaangwin, @neilturkewitz, SWAMY WORLD, @mkbhd, Ezra Cooperstein on LinkedIn, Nieman Lab, Quartz, @juliaangwin, Engadget, Digital Trends, Craig Newmark on LinkedIn, @benlovejoy, @carnage4life@mas.to and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Matthew Connatser /
The Register: If you think AI labs wouldn't stoop to using scraped YouTube subtitles for training, think again

Samuel Axon /
Ars Technica: YouTube creators surprised to find Apple and others trained AI on their videos

Marques Brownlee /
@mkbhd: Apple has sourced data for their AI from several companies One of them scraped tons of data/transcripts from YouTube videos, including mine Apple technically avoids “fault” here because they're not the ones scraping But this is going to be an evolving problem for a long time

Julia Angwin /
@juliaangwin: Huge investigation from @proof__news today: We reveal the trove of YouTube videos that are being used to train AI models (including Anthropic's Claude). Yes, it includes all your favorite YouTubers - from @hankgreen to @MrBeast to @khanacademy. https://www.proofnews.org/...

Neil Turkewitz /
@neilturkewitz: This is hysterical. “Among the videos used by AI companies are 146 from Einstein Parrot.” It's a channel featuring an actual parrot. Life imitates stochastic parrots! We have come full circle. @timnitGebru @emilymbender @mmitchell_ai

Marques Brownlee /
@mkbhd: Fun fact, I pay a service (by the minute) for more accurate transcriptions of my own videos, which I then upload to YouTube's back-end. So companies that scrape transcripts are stealing *paid* work in more than one way. Not great.

Ezra Cooperstein /
Ezra Cooperstein on LinkedIn: I've said it before, but it's time for YouTube to communicate how it's protecting creator's content on the platform. — https://lnkd.in/...

Britney Nguyen /
Quartz: Apple, Nvidia, and other tech companies trained AI with thousands of YouTube videos

Julia Angwin /
@juliaangwin: @MKBHD It's not just Apple. Anthropic's Claude AI is one of the most popular chatbots and they confirmed to us that they are used the YouTube subtitles dataset to train their AI. I wonder if you could test by asking Claude some questions about your reviews! https://www.proofnews.org/...

Pranav Dixit /
Engadget: Apple, NVIDIA and Anthropic reportedly used YouTube transcripts without permission to train AI models

Andrew Tarantola /
Digital Trends: Apple was just caught training AI on YouTube videos without consent

Craig Newmark /
Craig Newmark on LinkedIn: Wondering if your favorite YouTubers' videos were used to train AI? Now you can find out. The latest investigation from @proof__news reveals … @benlovejoy: A third-party organization breached YouTube conditions by downloading the data, which was then used by Apple and other tech giants ...

Dare Obasanjo /
@carnage4life@mas.to: YouTube creators are up in arms because it turns out Anthropic, Apple & Nvidia have trained their AIs on subtitles from their videos. — This fundamentally misunderstands how the web works. Crawling the web to build apps is what it's built on from day one. — https://www.proofnews.org/...

Ben Lovejoy /
9to5Mac: Apple trained AI models on YouTube content without consent; includes MKBHD videos

Nieman Lab:

The editorial union at Ziff Davis' Mashable, Lifehacker, and PC Mag agrees to a tentative contract prohibiting layoffs or salary cuts due to generative AI— Ziff Davis can't lay off workers or decrease their salary due to generative AI, according to the tentative contract.

Discussion:

Ethan Marcotte /
@beep@follow.ethanmarcotte.com: YOU TRULY LOVE TO SEE IT: “In a precedent-setting contract negotiation, the editorial union for Mashable, Lifehacker, and PC Mag has successfully bargained for protections against generative AI.” — https://www.niemanlab.org/... #1u #unions #labor

Andrew Deck /
@decka227: The editorial union for @mashable, @lifehacker, and @PCMag has won unprecedented AI protections. No union members can be laid off or see a decrease in salary due to generative AI adoption, says the tentative contract. More in my latest for @NiemanLab. https://www.niemanlab.org/... Nieman Journalism Lab on LinkedIn: “The tentative contract explicitly prohibits any union member from being laid off or receiving a cut in their base salary as a result …

Rebekah Entralgo /
The NewsGuild: Prime Day Walkout Averted at Ziff Davis

Axios:

Nate Silver joins Polymarket, a predictions market startup that has raised $70M since 2020, as an adviser; he'll continue to produce his Substack newsletter— - “Probabilities really matter when you're trying to make plans,” Silver said in a phone interview.

Discussion:
@elliosch, @lyingwithstats, @cwarzel, @zbs.bsky.social, @loudmouthjulia, @cwarzel, @tvmojoe and @DemocracyMattersALot …

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Elliott Schwartz /
@elliosch: “all international” [image]

Charlie Warzel /
@cwarzel: this makes sense to me and feels very much of a piece with decline in news consumption/traffic. less of an interest in consuming news in older formats, more of an interest in engaging with it through betting

Swoop Jackson /
@zbs.bsky.social: McElwee to PredictIt for three draft picks to be named later, is what I'm hearing [embedded post]

Julia Alexander /
@loudmouthjulia: I don't know why, because this concept makes sense to me, but this is the nail in the coffin for me* this election season. *there are four more months I'm sure there will be other nails in other coffins.

Charlie Warzel /
@cwarzel: ‘Thank you Mr. President. Charlie Warzel, White House Correspondent for Draft Kings. Previously you said that...’ @tvmojoe: @loudmouthjulia it's just the sad trajectory of so many soulless folks who've gone all-in on the idea that monetization and maximal profits are the only thing that matter, and that anyone who pushes back on the idea is a commie/"SJW." I could cite many examples in streaming/TV right now, but...

Press Gazette:

A survey of 1,500 Britons: 7% pay for news subscriptions, 87% say they prefer ads to paying for content; overall, respondents said only 5% of ads were relevant— Two-thirds of Britons expect to access online content about current affairs and their special interests without paying for it, according to new research.

Discussion:
Warren Johnson on LinkedIn and TOOLKITS

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Warren Johnson /
Warren Johnson on LinkedIn: News consumers face a pivotal decision: endure intrusive and unpleasant ads that make websites almost unreadable, or pay a relatively small fee for access to some of the best journalism in the world. …

Shareen Pathak /
TOOLKITS: Omnicom enters the AI content fray

Wall Street Journal:

Sources: Disney is working on features to increase the hours viewers spend on streaming, including pop-up live channels and more-tailored recommendations— Entertainment giant makes technical improvements meant to retain subscribers and encourage longer viewing sessions

Discussion:
IndieWire, Ars Technica, @tvgrimreaper, @wsjbusiness, Quartz and @gabrielmalor.bsky.social

Discussion:

Christian Zilko /
IndieWire: Disney+ Wants to Make You Finish What You've Started — Report

Scharon Harding /
Ars Technica: Streaming's bundling obsession ignores the real problem with subscription costs

@tvgrimreaper:
The idea that tech improvements will drive significant engagement gains compared to just making more shows people will watch* is fantasy. *which Iger has said Disney can't/ won't spend the money to make @wsjbusiness: The entertainment giant is pushing its streaming business to reach profitability with tech improvements and a more Netflix-like experience at Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ https://www.wsj.com/...

Associated Press:

The NBA's Board of Governors approves the league's next media rights deals with Disney, NBC, and Amazon Prime Video; WBD could still match one of the deals— The NBA's Board of Governors approved the league's next media rights deals with Disney, NBC and Amazon Prime Video at its meeting Tuesday …

Discussion:
New York Times, Puck, Awful Announcing and The Streamable

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John Ourand /
Puck: Zaz & YouTube's Failed NBA Marriage

Ben Axelrod /