News Corp names Lavanya Chandrashekar as its next CFO, succeeding Susan Panuccio, starting January 1 with an annual $1.4M base salary (Connor Hart/Wall Street Journal)

Mediagazer: News Corp names Lavanya Chandrashekar as its next CFO, succeeding Susan Panuccio, starting January 1 with an annual $1.4M base salary (Connor Hart/Wall Street Journal)

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New York Times:

Memo: WaPo CEO Will Lewis tells staff they'll be expected to work from the office five days a week, instead of three, by June 2, and by February 3 for managers— All employees at The Post will be expected to return to the office by June 2. Managers must be back in the office full time by Feb. 3.
Discussion: @benmullin, Washingtonian, @mkarolian@threads.net, Benjamin Mullin on LinkedIn, @benmullin, New York Post, @talia.barrington@threads.net, @ellaeliz@threads.net, @patriciaeguino, @benmullin, @film_girl@threads.net, @benmullin, @scotian.bsky.social, @juwanthecurator.bsky.social and MediaPost

Discussion:

Ben Mullin /
@benmullin: NEWS: Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis tells staff they will be returning to the office “five days a week in the coming months.”

Matthew Karolian /
@mkarolian@threads.net: Announcing this on the heels of a management decision that nuked 250,000 subscribers might be the most absolutely tone deaf move I've ever witnessed. https://www.washingtonian.com/ ...

Benjamin Mullin /
Benjamin Mullin on LinkedIn: My phone is blowing up from staffers at The Washington Post weighing in on this. What do you think of this move, announced two days after the election?

Ben Mullin /
@benmullin: Full memo: [image]

Victor Nava /
New York Post: Washington Post orders employees to return to the office five days a week

Talia Barrington /
@talia.barrington@threads.net: Seems like a really good way to avoid having to pay out severance laying people off to me...

Ella Holst /
@ellaeliz@threads.net: I think “tone deaf” kind of under sells it. My god...it's like a carefully constructed path to brand destruction.

Patricia Eguino /
@patriciaeguino: The only explanation for this is that Bezos and Washington Post's upper management want journalists to quit.

Christina Warren /
@film_girl@threads.net: Glad to see WaPo, like all Amazon companies, does layoffs disguised as RTO mandates.

Ben Mullin /
@benmullin: NEWS: Washington Post Guild responds to new 5-day-a-week edict from Will Lewis: “Guild leadership sees this for what it is: a change that stands to further disrupt our work rather than to improve our productivity or collaboration.” [image] @scotian.bsky.social: everyone knows the best reporting can only be done from your desk in the office [embedded post] @juwanthecurator.bsky.social: Hoping to get as many resignations as possible so the “democracy dies in darkness” era is fully dead and gone in time for the new administration [embedded post]

TechCrunch:

TikTok launches Share to TikTok, which lets users directly share music from Apple Music and Spotify in a post to their TikTok Feed or in DMs via TikTok Messages— TikTok on Thursday debuted a new feature that will more closely connect its app, which already influences which songs top the charts …

Discussion:
TikTok, Music Ally, Spotify, Digital Music News, Billboard, Music Business Worldwide and The Verge, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:
Spotify: Spotify Rolls Out New TikTok and Instagram Integrations That Make Sharing and Saving Easier Than Ever

Dylan Smith /
Digital Music News: Spotify and Apple Music Roll Out ‘Share to TikTok’ Feature, Enabling Users to Link Directly to Songs, Audiobooks, and More

Elias Leight /
Billboard: Sharing Music on TikTok Keeps Getting Easier

Daniel Tencer /
Music Business Worldwide: TikTok deepens integration with Spotify and Apple Music via new feature that lets streamers ‘Share to TikTok’

Reuters:

A US judge dismisses a copyright lawsuit by Raw Story and AlterNet against OpenAI over AI training, for now, saying the outlets couldn't show enough harm— A New York federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against artificial intelligence giant OpenAI that claimed it misused articles …

Discussion:
Music Ally and @reuterslegal, more at Techmeme »

Deadline:

In an earnings call, David Zaslav says the Trump Administration may be more merger friendly, enabling a “real positive and accelerated impact on this industry”— Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said Donald Trump's re-election as president bodes well for media M&A.

Discussion:

Todd Spangler /
Variety: Trump May Increase Opportunity for ‘Needed’ Industry Consolidation, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav Says

Georg Szalai /
The Hollywood Reporter: David Zaslav: Trump May Bring “Opportunity for Consolidation” That's “Positive” for Business

Kenny Smith /
@kennysmith.bsky.social: And there it is. [embedded post]

Reuters:
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO expects friendlier environment for deal-making under Trump as studio posts surprise profit

Matt Hall /
@401matthall@mastodon.xyz: @Mediagazer — Oh thank god! That's the only thing that's been missing is media monopolies...! We're _saved_!

Dominick Mastrangelo /
The Hill: Zaslav bullish on Trump allowing media mergers @2xaught7.bsky.social: “And, more importantly, an impact on my and my shareholders pocket books.” [embedded post]

Zachary Leeman /
Mediaite: David Zaslav Says Trump's Second Term May Offer ‘Opportunity for Consolidation’: Could Be a ‘Real Positive’ for Hollywood

David Satin /
The Streamable: WBD's David Zaslav Optimistic About Industry Consolidation After Trump Election

Martin Peers /
The Information: Media Executives Say Trump May Help Speed Mergers

Alexandra Canal /
Yahoo Finance: Warner Bros. Discovery CEO: Media consolidation may pick up under Trump administration

RELATED:

Deadline:
WBD report Q3 revenue down 3% YoY to $9.62B, adjusted EBITDA down 18% YoY to $2.4B, and net income of $135M, as its box offices numbers drop

Discussion:
Adweek, Benzinga, The Streamable and Variety

Discussion:

Saleah Blancaflor /
Adweek: Trump Could Be a ‘Real Positive’ for Industry Consolidation, Says WBD CEO

Anusuya Lahiri /
Benzinga: Warner Bros. Discovery Q3 Earnings: Olympics and Blockbusters Drive Gains, CEO Highlights Subscriber Surge and New Partnerships

David Satin /
The Streamable: Max Posts Massive Subscriber Increase in Q3 2024, Jumping to 110.5 Million Globally

The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD reports Q3 adjusted EBITDA for DTC, including streaming and pay-TV, of $289M, up from $111M in Q3 2023, and 110.5M subscribers, up 7.2M from Q2 2024

Discussion:
MediaPost, RetailWire, The Desk, Tv Technology, Streaming Better, StreamTV Insider, IndieWire, Quartz, Variety, WORLD SCREEN, The Information, Media Play News, CNBC and The Wrap

Discussion:

Wayne Friedman /
MediaPost: WBD More Than Doubles D2C Profitability In Q3, Stock Soars

George Winslow /
Tv Technology: Warner Bros. Discovery Hits 110.5 Million Global Streaming Subs

John Finn /
Streaming Better: Warner Bros. Discovery Ended Q3 2024 With More Than 110 Million DTC Subscribers

Bevin Fletcher /
StreamTV Insider: International markets fuel Q3 DTC subscriber gains for Warner Bros. Discovery

Brian Welk /
IndieWire: Warner Bros. Discovery Looks to Be Sticking Around in the Streaming Profitability Club

Todd Spangler /
Variety: Warner Bros. Discovery Stock Jumps on Max Streaming Momentum, Upbeat M&A Outlook

Mansha Daswani /
WORLD SCREEN: Streaming Gains For Warner Bros. Discovery

Martin Peers /
The Information: WBD Reports Lower Revenues and Profits Despite Streaming Improvement

Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: Warner Bros. Discovery Added Record 7.2 Million Quarterly Streaming Subs, Operating Profit Increased to $289 Million

Lillian Rizzo /
CNBC: Warner Bros. Discovery adds 7.2 million Max subscribers, the streamer's largest single-quarter jump

User Mag:

How conservatives nurtured and funded a vast network of online influencers and creators, and how structural disadvantages prevent the left from replicating it— Minutes after Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 election, Dana White took the stage to thank the influencers who helped lead Trump to victory.

Discussion:
MediaPost, Instapundit, Taylor Lorenz on LinkedIn, @renee.diresta@threads.net, @claireeshaffer, @chronotope, @benghazi_ebooks, @rebexxxxa, @ncblake, @ethangach, @briantylercohen, @joeholder_, The Independent, @realvanjackson, @cheyennehuntca, @sowmyak, @walthickey, @chronotope, @karavoght, @ncblake, @maxwelltani, @claireeshaffer, @iamnickreynolds, @bernstein, @benghazi_ebooks, Aaron Huertas on LinkedIn, @drjoehanson@threads.net, @avecruth@threads.net, Fast Company, Le Monde.fr, The Free Press, @michaelbishop.me, @dansinker@omfg.town, @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social, The Hollywood Reporter, Ad Age, Wired and The Information

Discussion:

Colin Kirkland /
MediaPost: Trump Spent Less On Paid Social Media, Used Influencers To Reach Young Males

Ed Driscoll /
Instapundit: LOL: CNN Says Trump Won Because The Left Doesn't Have a ‘Media Ecosystem.’ …

Taylor Lorenz /
Taylor Lorenz on LinkedIn: “We need a Joe Rogan for the Left” a lot of people have been saying since Tuesday. That will not happen. …

Renee DiResta /
@renee.diresta@threads.net: The right has invested, since 2016, in building participatory, activist, factional social media networks that are directly tied into its “small batch” propaganda media ecosystem (hyper partisan outlets, Substacks, Rumble) and its mainstream outlets (Fox, OANN, etc) + elites. …

Claire Shaffer /
@claireeshaffer: this has always been the case for progressive causes and careers writ large but I really do fear how an online media ecosystem backed by right-wing billionaires is going to make it so much worse

Aram Zucker-Scharff /
@chronotope: It's not just that the right has ways to successfully fund its influencers. It's also that the right has successfully perpetrated a campaign to cut off funding at every possible level from leftist influencers and news.

Aram Zucker-Scharff /
@chronotope: Then the campaigning against minimum wage raises and support for M&A gobbling up small businesses means that even the ecosystem of potential local advertisers and small-donation patrons are at risk and failing out of the mix as funding options. @benghazi_ebooks: Plenty of “left-leaning” podcasters, streamers, influencers, content creators, etc. have taken tech money. Why isn't THAT the problem?

Rebecca Jennings /
@rebexxxxa: .@TaylorLorenz on the glaringly obvious reason why the left can't compete with the right-wing influencer ecosystem: https://www.usermag.co/...? [image]

Nick Blake /
@ncblake: The Young Turks Network was bankrolled by the former chairman of Disney. Again, it's editorial agenda prioritizes progressive infighting instead of building power. Their main “anchor” tried to launch (patently unconstitutional) 3rd party presidential run to sabotage Biden! @ethangach: In addition, it's clear the major platform algos, owned and operated by tech billionaires, aggressively push right-wing content.

Brian Tyler Cohen /
@briantylercohen: A note to Dem politicians and campaigns: You won't persuade voters with a one-off appearance on a popular podcast the week before the election (which is not a knock on Harris' campaign; she only had a couple months so they did all they could). The reason Republicans are winning

Joe Holder /
@joeholder_: @rebexxxxa @TaylorLorenz eh. It's valid but at same time misses the point...people don't want “leftist” media. They want center left media. Channels that will engage in good faith with ideas. we want honest skepticism. Not propaganda like makes up most of the right wing media ecosystem. And we don't

Josh Marcus /
The Independent: After Trump wins the ‘influencer election’, why some Democrats want to create their own Joe Rogan

Van Jackson /
@realvanjackson: Resourcing has hindered every left project in America that wasn't a Bernie presidential campaign (also state repression) https://inkstickmedia.com/...

Cheyenne Hunt /
@cheyennehuntca: And, take it from a leftist creator herself, we get WAY less support from our own team. Left leaning audiences just don't consume this content the way right wing audiences do. If we want a thriving and competitive information ecosystem, we have to support it. You have to like,

Sowmya Krishnamurthy /
@sowmyak: This is bleak. This also explains why you're seeing this alt-right rise even in unrelated media like hip-hop. In the next four years, you'll be seeing all these bro podcasters and streamers vying for an invite to Mar-A-Lago. It started with Kanye but it doesn't end with him.

Walter Hickey /
@walthickey: also, this is just conan.

Aram Zucker-Scharff /
@chronotope: I'll add something: we *did* have a network of leftist media that was broad, well connected to the community, and very active: it was the alt-news and even the biggest like The Village Voice collapsed or was acquired by big corporations that erased their voice...

Kara Voght /
@karavoght: @rebexxxxa @TaylorLorenz I think that's a part of the answer, but the other is that a big swath of the left still believes in what the mainstream media ecosystem offers. It's a less fertile environment for influencers to dominate.

Nick Blake /
@ncblake: There are plenty of “leftist channels” that “receive widespread financial backing” from billionaires on ideological grounds. e.g. The Intercept, founded + funded by eBay's cofounder. The problem is that The Intercept's ideological project is to criticize Democrats.

Max Tani /
@maxwelltani: rogan's show is mostly about stand up comedy and working out/eating and yapping about random stuff, he has much more in common with what used to be drive time talk radio than pod save america.

Claire Shaffer /
@claireeshaffer: support local radio stations, support left-leaning newsletter writers and video makers and podcasts, support places like @democracynow that are actually shining a light on Gaza and not turning away

Nick Reynolds /
@iamnickreynolds: Not to mention that a lot of the liberal influencers I saw in the lead-up to the election were still critical of Democrats and Harris days before the election. Even their own messengers weren't buying in — and probably why so many young people stayed home. Just one example: [image]

Joe Bernstein /
@bernstein: One of the problems with the argument that liberals need to “build their own Joe Rogan/Theo Von” etc. is that while those podcasts all have politics, they were not constructed with politics in mind

@benghazi_ebooks:
All of these people have been in tech company and VC offices, have had money laundered through Patreon, taken grants, loans, other investments, been given other jobs, signed to talent agencies all through and because of tech billionaires. That is a lie from Taylor

Aaron Huertas /
Aaron Huertas on LinkedIn: Taylor Lorenz has an important essay about what's holding Democrats and liberal funders back from creating their own media ecosystem. …

Joe Hanson /
@drjoehanson@threads.net: Putting this out there: If anyone wants to create a media ecosystem dedicated to reason, science, and liberal enlightened thought, to build an infrastructure of media and ideas to counter the rotten alternate reality built by Prager, Daily Wire, TPUSA, and more... call me. I'm in.

Hannah Yoest /
@avecruth@threads.net: it's going to take someone like Melinda Gates or Mackenzie Scott taking an interest in funding it at their own expense https://www.usermag.co/...

River Page /
The Free Press: Trump's Podcast Offensive Worked

Michael Bishop /
@michaelbishop.me: Admittedly I haven't read the piece, just seen screenshots of a few points, but let's not forget the other obvious point about this: people on the left aren't going just go out there and tell lies. — These “conservative” influencers and creators have no ethics. Not grounded in reality. …

Dan Sinker /
@dansinker@omfg.town: Taylor's analysis of how the right has built such a powerful, well-funded, multifaceted media ecosystem and how replicating that on the left is structurally impossible (or close to it) is very good. https://www.usermag.co/... [image]

Taylor Lorenz /
@taylorlorenz@mastodon.social: “This is not a cultural war that you can win just by doing fucking podcasts. You have to still have a solid defense mechanism at the top, that aligns with the interests of [the base]. If the Democratic party is running around being like, 'everything is fine actually, just vote for us …

Taylor Lorenz /
@taylorlorenz@mastodon.social: I wrote about why Democrats won't “build their own Joe Rogan” and the vast differences in how the right wing influencers ecosystem functions vs left wing creator world https://www.usermag.co/...

Taylor Lorenz /
The Hollywood Reporter: How Trump Won the First “Influencer Election”

Gillian Follett /
Ad Age: 4 creator economy predictions and trends to watch in 2025

Makena Kelly /
Wired: The Future of Political Influencers

Kaya Yurieff /
The Information: How Trump Used Influencers to Win Over Voters

RELATED:

New York Times:
How Trump, a master of the media, embraced online celebrities and podcasts in the 2024 election cycle, evolving beyond tabloids, reality TV, X, and cable news

Discussion:
Deadline, Bloomberg, The Guardian, HuffPost, Arijit Bhaduri on LinkedIn, The Hill and The Boston Globe

Discussion:

Deadline:
Aftermath: Gretchen Carlson Talks Trump's Victory, Diddy's Crimes & Keeping The Glass Half Full On ElectionLine Podcast

Ashley Carman /
Bloomberg: Podcasters Smoked Cigars, Interviewed Mobsters and Patched in From Mar-a-Lago on Election Night

Kelby Vera /
HuffPost: Elon Musk Explains What He Thinks Convinced Americans Trump Is Just A ‘Normal Person’

Arijit Bhaduri /
Arijit Bhaduri on LinkedIn: Top three lessons for marketers from Donald Trump's media strategy: — 1. Adapt to Emerging Media: Trump's pivot to nontraditional media …

Sarah Fortinsky /
The Hill: Musk credits podcast appearances for Trump win: 'He's just being a normal person'

Wall Street Journal:

News Corp names Lavanya Chandrashekar as its next CFO, succeeding Susan Panuccio, starting January 1 with an annual $1.4M base salary— Chandrashekar most recently served as CFO at Diageo — News Corp named Lavanya Chandrashekar as its next chief financial officer, succeeding Susan Panuccio …

Discussion:
News Corporation

The Wrap:

News Corp reports Q1 revenue up 3% YoY to $2.58B, net income up 148% YoY to $144M, Dow Jones revenue up 3% YoY to $552M, and WSJ subscriptions up 7% YoY to 4.3M— The Murdoch-led media company reported 5.9 million Dow Jones subscribers, up 11% — News Corp., the home to The Wall Street Journal …

Discussion:
The Times, Reuters and News Corporation

Current:

How public media newsrooms in Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado, and Oklahoma are enhancing their statehouse journalism with funding from CPB— With a new round of CPB funding for state government coverage, public media newsrooms in seven more states are hiring reporters and building collaborations to strengthen statehouse reporting.

Discussion:
@kosuradio, @cory_gaines, @coreyhutchins, TVNewsCheck, Reuters and Austin Fuller on LinkedIn

Discussion:
@kosuradio: Check out KOSU's @kosurachel and @LionelRamos_ in a new article from @currentpubmedia to read about how Lionel is bringing unheard perspectives to the forefront of state legislature coverage. https://current.org/...

Cory Gaines /
@cory_gaines: @CoreyHutchins While leaving lots of questions about how accountable some of the outlets will be to the taxpayers that are funding them. https://pagetwo.completecolorado.com/ ...

Corey Hutchins /
@coreyhutchins: “With a new round of CPB funding for state government coverage, public media newsrooms in seven more states are hiring reporters and building collaborations to strengthen statehouse reporting”: https://current.org/...

Sarah Scire /
TVNewsCheck: Threads Was Next To Useless On Election Night (But That's Kind Of The Point)

Jonathan Stempel /
Reuters: CNN Must Face Project Veritas' Defamation Lawsuit, US Appeals Court Rules

New York Times:

Jim Hoagland, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, foreign correspondent, editor, and columnist for The Washington Post, died on November 4 at age 84— A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, he was a reporter, editor and columnist for The Washington Post, renowned for his deeply sourced dispatches.

Discussion:
Washington Post

Discussion:

Keith B. Richburg /
Washington Post: Jim Hoagland, a foreign correspondent's ideal

The Guardian:

Nine Entertainment's acting CEO predicts AU$100M in cuts over the next two years and says staffers found to have engaged in harassment will be “held to account”— ‘There will be change at Nine and individuals will be held to account for behaviour of this nature’ acting CEO tells AGM

Discussion:
news.com.au, Mumbrella, Sydney Morning Herald and Australian Financial Review

Discussion:

Cameron Micallef /
news.com.au: ‘United in changing culture’: Nine address concerns in AGM

Nathan Jolly /
Mumbrella: 'It's been a bad investment': Nine's Catherine West and Matt Stanton grilled at shareholders meeting

Calum Jaspan /
Sydney Morning Herald: Nine's acting chief to cut $50 million in business costs amid cultural overhaul

Sam Buckingham-Jones /
Australian Financial Review: Nine's acting CEO wants business review alongside cultural reset

Deadline:

Sony Pictures reports Q2 revenue down 14% YoY to ~$2.39B, profit down 39% YoY to $124M, weighed down by lower TV series deliveries due to 2023 Hollywood strikes— That's a 39% decrease versus the similar quarter in 2023, on a U.S. dollar basis. Adjusted OIBDA (Operating Income …

Discussion:
TVNewsCheck and Variety

Discussion:

Nancy Tartaglione /
TVNewsCheck: Sony Pictures Entertainment Q2 Profits Slide To $124M

The Desk:

Lionsgate's CEO calls Q2 results “disappointing”, with revenue of $948.6M and a net loss of $163.3M; Starz lost 800K North American streaming subscribers QoQ— Executives at Lionsgate did not attempt to sugarcoat the company's financial results for its latest financial quarter.

Discussion:
The Wrap, Media Play News, Variety, Lionsgate, Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter

Discussion:

Jeremy Fuster /
The Wrap: Lionsgate Suffers $163 Million Q3 Loss Amid Box Office Slump

Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: Sony Pictures Q2 Home Entertainment Revenue Dips Slightly to $169 Million

Brent Lang /
Variety: Film Flops Like ‘Borderlands’ Lead Lionsgate to Steep Quarterly Losses, CEO Jon Feltheimer Acknowledges ‘Disappointing’ Results

Jill Goldsmith /
Deadline: ‘Borderlands’ & More Squeeze Lionsgate's Quarter As CEO Candidly Admits, “We Reported Disappointing Financial Results”

Washington Post:

WaPo launches Ask The Post AI, an experimental generative AI tool that gives curated article results and summary answers based on stories published since 2016— Today, The Washington Post debuted “Ask The Post AI” a generative AI tool leveraging the publication's deeply-sourced …

Discussion:
Gwanhoo Lee on LinkedIn, Washington Post and @kyefox.com

Washington Post:

A look at Amazon Prime Video's election night show, with former NBC News anchor Brian Williams, a wide array of news team members and guests, and a surreal set— The former NBC News anchor's deeply strange (and ambitious) live stream captured the surrealism of the night.

Discussion:
@thr: Brian Williams Brings Standard Election Night Coverage to Streaming With Live Amazon Special https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ... @estellasrevenge@threads.net: Brian Williams election coverage on Prime is repub heavy. Ugh. What streaming will you watch tonight?

Chase Manning /
@chaseman777@threads.net: Highly disappointed in Amazon Prime's election coverage with Brian Williams. They just had Ben Shapiro on as if he were any old intelligent, unbiased, reliable expert correspondent and not the hate-filled bigoted tool bag with zero percent journalistic integrity that he is.

Baratunde Thurston /
@baratunde@threads.net: When James Carville isn't on tv he's on the phone. Sometimes he's doing both at the same time. A little behind the scenes form this Brian Williams election night special on Amazon prime https://www.amazon.com/...

Melanie McFarland /
Salon: Brian Williams held our hand, giving us a way to check out from cable news - and the election

Rick Porter /
The Hollywood Reporter: Brian Williams Brings Standard Election Night Coverage to Streaming With Live Amazon Special

Brian Steinberg /
Variety: Brian Williams Goes Long on Talk, Short on Flashy Graphics in Amazon Election-Night Streaming Debut

Deadline:
Nielsen: 42.3M viewers watched election night coverage across 18 US TV networks, down 25% from 2020; Amazon Prime Video was not included in the measurement

RELATED:

TechCrunch:
Perplexity's US election hub offered helpful, real-time election insights and maps on November 5, linking to reliable resources and providing historical context

Discussion:

Shirin Ghaffary /
Bloomberg: AI Companies Make It Through Election Day Without Major Missteps

Nayan Ambali /
Nayan Ambali on LinkedIn: In 2000, Larry Page predicted that Google wouldn't be replaced by another search engine, but rather by an AI company. And that company is Perplexity …

Aravind Srinivas /
Aravind Srinivas on LinkedIn: “Perplexity took a risky bet, and it paid off.” - TechCrunch, declaring Perplexity as the other election night winner. — https://lnkd.in/gP6uvd9J

Maxwell Zeff /
Maxwell Zeff on LinkedIn: On Election Day, a couple AI startups tried convincing the world their AI chatbots were good enough to be an accurate, real-time source of information during a high-stakes presidential election. …

Helen Li /