Penguin Random House, UMG, and SAG-AFTRA join 11.5K+ signatories of an open letter saying the "unlicensed use of creative works" to train AI must not be allowed (Dan Milmo/The Guardian)

Mediagazer: Penguin Random House, UMG, and SAG-AFTRA join 11.5K+ signatories of an open letter saying the “unlicensed use of creative works” to train AI must not be allowed (Dan Milmo/The Guardian)

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New York Magazine:

New York Magazine says the publication and Olivia Nuzzi agreed to part ways, and an independent probe found no inaccuracies or evidence of bias in Nuzzi's work— Last month, the magazine enlisted the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine to review Olivia Nuzzi's work during the 2024 campaign.
Discussion: Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Politico, Vanity Fair, Cele|bitchy, Poynter, Newser, @erickfernandez, @diana_trolling, @the_real_matt_m, @inyalowda1, @clarkconquerdem, @838_carlisle, @phil_lewis_, @allezlesboulez, @jaredlholt, @lachcartwright, @hadas_gold, CNN, The Independent, Daily Mail, Adweek, The Hill, Axios, Eschaton, Us Weekly, Associated Press, acecomments.mu.nu, The Guardian, New York Times, People, Mediaite, HuffPost, Fox News, Business Insider, Page Six, Deadline, Variety, MediaPost, The National Pulse, The Hollywood Reporter, New York Daily News, New York Post and Just Jared

Discussion:

Corbin Bolies /
The Daily Beast: RFK Jr.'s FaceTime Lover Olivia Nuzzi: I'm in the Clear

Kierra Frazier /
Politico: New York Magazine splits with Olivia Nuzzi after relationship with RFK Jr.

Lachlan Cartwright /
Vanity Fair: Olivia Nuzzi to Exit New York Magazine Amid RFK Jr. Scandal

Kaiser /
Cele|bitchy: Olivia Nuzzi & NY Mag have ‘parted ways’ one month after her RFK Jr. affair was outed

Evann Gastaldo /
Newser: Nuzzi Is Out at New York Magazine

Erick Fernandez /
@erickfernandez: The full, rightwing grift is probably the route for her at this point, right? This is a person who fan-girled over Ann Coulter for years and she'll likely pave a similar path. @diana_trolling: The thing with Olivia Nuzzi is that she will fully go independent or she will get a lucrative deal with The Free Press or she waits for this all to die down and she goes back to work in legacy media.

Dave Algonquin /
@the_real_matt_m: All you people applauding this are classless fans! She has mostly been a model reporter with the weight of the world against her, shame on you for cheering an injury to her career like this. @inyalowda1: “Avoiding the appearance of impropriety” is the phrase they're looking for. (h/t @BrandiAtkinson) @clarkconquerdem: Losing your good journalist job and benefits for a decrepit philanderer with worms @838_carlisle: getting horned up for rfk jr has to be one of the dumbest and funniest ways to lose a job

Philip Lewis /
@phil_lewis_: Olivia Nuzzi is out at New York Magazine after relationship with RFK Jr. https://nymag.com/... [image]

Jared Holt /
@jaredlholt: Throwing it all away — your love life, your job, and your reputation — just for the prospect of hooking up with RFK Jr. of all the people on this planet. It is truly wild. She'll fail upwards in media, though. I'm sure of that.

Lachlan Cartwright /
@lachcartwright: Olivia Nuzzi to Exit New York Magazine Amid RFK Jr. Scandal: A third-party review into Nuzzi's work found “no inaccuracies nor evidence of bias.” My latest yarn for @VanityFair — https://www.vanityfair.com/...

Hadas Gold /
@hadas_gold: Olivia Nuzzi and NYMag have officially parted ways https://www.cnn.com/...

Io Dodds /
The Independent: Former star reporter Olivia Nuzzi parts ways with New York magazine over alleged affair with RFK Jr

Brad Pareso /
Adweek: Olivia Nuzzi to Exit NY Mag Amid RFK Jr. Scandal

Lauren Irwin /
The Hill: New York Magazine, Olivia Nuzzi part ways

Rebecca Falconer /
Axios: New York Magazine, Olivia Nuzzi part ways after writer cleared of bias

Atrios /
Eschaton: “Bias” — There's a certain kind of justthefacts journalism that can fit nicely into the …

Kaitlin Simpson /
Us Weekly: Olivia Nuzzi and Employer New York Magazine Part Ways After RFK Jr. Drama: ‘No Bias’ Found Associated Press: Writer Olivia Nuzzi, New York magazine part ways after relationship with political source revealed

Anna Betts /
The Guardian: Olivia Nuzzi leaves New York magazine after revelation of RFK Jr relationship

Katie Robertson /
New York Times: Olivia Nuzzi and New York Magazine Part Ways

Kyler Alvord /
People: Journalist Olivia Nuzzi No Longer Works for New York Magazine After RFK Jr. Drama: ‘Best Course Forward’

Aidan McLaughlin /
Mediaite: Olivia Nuzzi Out at New York Magazine After Relationship With RFK Jr.

Paige Skinner /
HuffPost: Olivia Nuzzi And New York Magazine Part Ways After News Broke Of Her Relationship With Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Lucia Moses /
Business Insider: New York magazine is parting ways with Olivia Nuzzi following the revelation of her RFK Jr. relationship

Bernie Zilio /
Page Six: Olivia Nuzzi leaving New York magazine after 8 years amid RFK Jr. affair scandal

Peter White /
Deadline: Olivia Nuzzi And New York Magazine Part Ways

Todd Spangler /
Variety: Olivia Nuzzi Out at New York Mag After RJK Jr. Relationship

Katie Kilkenny /
The Hollywood Reporter: Olivia Nuzzi Leaves New York Magazine Following Investigation

David Matthews /
New York Daily News: Olivia Nuzzi, New York Magazine ‘part ways’ over RFK Jr. relationship

Fast Company:

Chick-fil-A announces Chick-fil-A Play, an app with family-focused original animated shows, scripted podcasts, games, e-books, and more, launching November 18— What is Chick-fil-A Play? Inside the food chain's surprisingly logical next move. — Since late last year …

Discussion:
Deadline, @tvgrimreaper, @discussingfilm, Nation's Restaurant News, Delish, CBS News, TheStreet, Kotaku, Pocket-lint, Chain Store Age, Restaurant Business, PYMNTS.com, USA Today, CNBC, Axios, San Francisco Chronicle, AV Club, The Streamable, Quartz, Ad Age, RetailWire, Adweek, IndieWire, Fortune, Retail TouchPoints, PR Daily and Fox Business

Discussion:

Peter White /
Deadline: Chick-Fil-A Lifts The Lid On Entertainment Plans @discussingfilm: The Chick-Fil-A streaming service has been named Chick-Fil-A Play & will launch on November 18. The service will launch with a collection of original animated shows, scripted podcasts, cooking shows and interactive stories. [image]

Alicia Kelso /
Nation's Restaurant News: Chick-fil-A wants to connect families beyond mealtime with its new Play app

Danielle Harling /
Delish: Chick-fil-A Finally Reveals Details About Its New Streaming Service But Some Fans Aren't Impressed

Zack Zwiezen /
Kotaku: Watch Out Pixar, Chick-Fil-A Has A New Animated Series

Craig Donaldson /
Pocket-lint: What the cluck? New Chick-Fil-A streamer launches next month

Dan Berthiaume /
Chain Store Age: Chick-fil-A to launch family entertainment app

Lisa Jennings /
Restaurant Business: Chick-fil-A to launch app with original entertainment

Gabe Hauari /
USA Today: Chick-fil-A announces new entertainment app with animated shows, podcasts and games

Amelia Lucas /
CNBC: Chick-fil-A is releasing its own entertainment app, with family-friendly shows and podcasts

Hope King /
Axios: Why Chick-fil-A is launching an entertainment app

Michael Cabanatuan /
San Francisco Chronicle: Longtime North Bay steakhouse closing, to be replaced by Chick-fil-A

Mary Kate Carr /
AV Club: Behold Chick-fil-A's entry into the TV game with Legends Of Evergreen Hills trailer

Francisco Velasquez /
Quartz: Chick-fil-A is launching a family-friendly app to drive sales

Saleah Blancaflor /
Adweek: Chick-fil-A's Play App Will Launch Nov. 18

Tony Maglio /
IndieWire: Watch the Trailer for That Chick-fil-A Streaming Service's First Original Series

Chris Morris /
Fortune: Chick-fil-A rolls out its streaming service, an entertainment app with shows and podcasts

Nicole Silberstein /
Retail TouchPoints: Chick-fil-A Cooks up Something New — An Entertainment App

The Guardian:

Penguin Random House, UMG, and SAG-AFTRA join 11.5K+ signatories of an open letter saying the “unlicensed use of creative works” to train AI must not be allowed— Statement comes as tech firms try to use creative professionals' work to train AI models

Discussion:
TechCrunch and Washington Post

Discussion:

Natasha Lomas /
TechCrunch: Thousands of creatives sign petition against AI data scraping

Variety:

TelevisaUnivision reports Q3 revenue up 2% YoY to $1.3B, operating expenses up 1% YoY to $878M, and says its DTC business is now profitable after two years— Gains in U.S. advertising revenue and the sale of a set of broadcasting towers helped Spanish-language giant notch increase profits …

Discussion:
MediaPost, TVNewsCheck, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline and TelevisaUnivision

Discussion:

Steve McClellan /
MediaPost: IPG Reports Flat Q3 Organic Revenue, Takes $224 Million Impairment Charge

Georg Szalai /
TVNewsCheck: TelevisaUnivision Posts Record Q3 U.S. Political Ad Revenue, Streaming Turns Profitable

Georg Szalai /
The Hollywood Reporter: TelevisaUnivision Posts Record Third-Quarter U.S. Political Ad Revenue, Streaming Turns Profitable

Dade Hayes /
Deadline: TelevisaUnivision Posts Small Q3 Gains, Largely From U.S. Political Ads, As Daniel Alegre CEO Era Begins

TechCrunch:

Meta is testing facial recognition to combat celebrity scam ads and to help enable faster recovery of compromised Facebook and Instagram accounts— Meta is expanding tests of facial recognition as an anti-scam measure to combat celebrity scam ads and more broadly, the Facebook owner announced Monday.

Discussion:
Reuters, The Mirror, Meta, MEDIANAMA, 9to5Mac, The Verge, RTÉ, @john_j_howard, @newley, Silicon Republic, @rmsherman, @nickclegg, The Straits Times, ABC, Social Media Today, CNET, PCMag, Business Standard, The Independent, Engadget, SiliconANGLE, Digital Trends, London Evening Standard, The Guardian and BNN Bloomberg, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Sharveya Parasnis /
MEDIANAMA: Meta Testing FRT To Find Scammers And Verify User Identity

Ben Lovejoy /
9to5Mac: Meta testing Face ID-like video selfie to recover your Instagram or Facebook account

Jess Weatherbed /
The Verge: Meta brings back face scanning to combat scams and account hacking

Brian O'Donovan /
RTÉ: Meta to test using facial recognition to combat fake ads

John J. Howard, Ph.D. /
@john_j_howard: Face recognition is a viable means of remote identity verification. Many caveats apply but this is an overall good thing.

Newley Purnell /
@newley: Meta will “immediately delete any facial data generated after this comparison regardless of whether there's a match or not,” the company wrote in a blog post. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

Suhasini Srinivasaragavan /
Silicon Republic: Meta to test facial recognition to deter scammers

Rob Sherman /
@rmsherman: Today, @meta announced that we're beginning to test how facial recognition technology can help us protect people and make it harder for scammers to deceive others. Specifically, we're using this tech to make it harder for scammers to run celeb-bait ads on our platforms and as a

Nick Clegg /
@nickclegg: Specifically, we'll begin using facial recognition technology to detect when scammers try to use images of celebrities or content creators in ads to trick others into sharing personal information or sending money.

Osmond Chia /
The Straits Times: Meta tests facial recognition tech to detect celeb scams, recover hacked accounts

James Purtill /
ABC: Meta is testing facial recognition to combat ‘relentless’ celebrity endorsement scams

Andrew Hutchinson /
Social Media Today: Meta Experiments With Facial Recognition for Security Purposes

Shivani Shinde /
Business Standard: Celeb-bait ads make Meta turn to facial recognition tech to combat scams

Martyn Landi /
The Independent: Meta starts testing facial recognition tools to combat ‘celeb-bait’ adverts

Karissa Bell /
Engadget: Meta is bringing back facial recognition with new safety features for Facebook and Instagram

James Farrell /
SiliconANGLE: Meta will employ facial recognition technology to fight back against celebrity scam ads

Martyn Landi /
London Evening Standard: Meta starts testing facial recognition tools to combat ‘celeb-bait’ adverts

Josh Taylor /
The Guardian: Meta to use facial recognition technology in fight against celebrity investment scam ads

Wired:

X data: Elon Musk-backed America PAC spent $166K between July 8 and October 1 to run 59 ads on X targeting swing voters in six states, yielding 32M+ impressions— America PAC purchased ads yielding tens of millions of impressions on X between July 8 and October 1, according to the platform's ad disclosure data.

Discussion:

Theodore Schleifer /
New York Times: Elon Musk Donates Legal Maximum to Trump Campaign

Scott Korba /
@scottinoc@threads.net: Elon paying himself to run ads for Trump. LOL https://www.wired.com/...

Jacob Silverman /
@silvermanjacob: Elon Musk paying Elon Musk to advertise Elon Musk's preferred political candidate. https://www.wired.com/...

Blake Wolf /
One America News Network: Musk Announces $1M Giveaway Per Day To America PAC Petition Signees

Bloomberg:

A look at Netflix's movie strategy, with Dan Lin, who took over as film chairman in April 2024, pushing for quality in-house projects and being more selective— Netflix is trying to make better movies. It starts with making less and spending less. — Ted Sarandos is tired of answering questions about movie theaters.

Discussion:
@lucas_shaw, ComingSoon.net and Gizmodo

Discussion:

Lucas Shaw /
@lucas_shaw: Lots of news about budgets + talks for future movies, including: Netflix is paying Cameron Díaz $45M to make two movies. It's also planning to spend $200M+ on Chronicles of Narnia.

Lucas Shaw /
@lucas_shaw: Netflix appointed a new film chairman in April. Spent the last couple months talking to people about his plans, which boil down to 3 words: Make better movies. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

Brandon Schreur /
ComingSoon.net: Netflix Turned Down Buying Zachary Levi's Harold and the Purple Crayon

Lucas Ropek /
Gizmodo: Netflix's New Plan Is to Make Movies That Suck Less

The Streamable:

Fubo announces that FanDuel Sports Network, NBA League Pass, and Paramount+ with Showtime are now available without requiring a base channel plan purchase— FanDuel Sports Network, NBA League Pass and Paramount+ with SHOWTIME are now avaible through Fubo regardless of whether you buy a base channel plan.

Discussion:
Awful Announcing, Digital Trends, Cord Cutters News, Fubo and Streaming Better

Discussion:

Andrew Bucholtz /
Awful Announcing: Fubo launches standalone streaming options with FanDuel Sports Network, Paramount+ with Showtime, and NBA League Pass

Phil Nickinson /
Digital Trends: Fubo shakes up subscriptions with free and premium options

Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: Fubo Launches Standalone Subscriptions to Paramount+ with Showtime, NBA League Pass, & More As It Tries to Become a One Stop Shop For Streaming

Axios:

OpenAI and Microsoft announce a $10M AI local news project operated by the Lenfest Institute, starting with five US metro news organizations— - “The scale, we think, is significant,” he added. … - The new program is being driven in partnership with The Lenfest Institute's Local …

Discussion:
The Wrap, @lenfestinst, @jjaron, @lenfestinst, The Lenfest Institute …, @sarafischer and Digital Scholarship

Discussion:
@lenfestinst: Direct funding and software and enterprise credits totaling up to $10 million will be awarded to @WBEZ/@Suntimes, @Newsday, @StarTribune, @PhillyInquirer, and @seattletimes. Learn more about their projects: https://www.lenfestinstitute.org/ ...

Jacob Aron /
@jjaron: Local news is (well, should be) all about being out and about on your local beat, how is $5m of AI credits going to help you generate local news stories when the AI has no way of gathering local information?

@lenfestinst:
Today we're announcing a new partnership with @OpenAI and @Microsoft to launch The Lenfest Institute AI Collaborative & Fellowship to help local news orgs use artificial intelligence to drive business sustainability and innovation https://www.lenfestinstitute.org/ ... The Lenfest Institute for Journalism: Lenfest Institute, OpenAI, and Microsoft announce $10 million AI Collaborative and Fellowship Program for US metro news organizations

Sara Fischer /
@sarafischer: NEW: @OpenAI & @Microsoft are jointly funding a $10M AI local news project managed by @lenfestinst —$5M funding for fellowships, $5M credits for OpenAI and Azure products —No data licensing deal, just funding experimentation/fellowships More on @axios: https://www.axios.com/...

Charles W. Bailey, Jr /
Digital Scholarship: “Microsoft and OpenAI's Close Partnership Shows Signs of Fraying”

Game File:

Netflix shut down AAA game studio “Team Blue”, which hired industry veterans and seemed set to pursue a big-budget multi-device strategy, amid a gaming shake-up— The SoCal studio boasted senior veterans from Halo, God of War and Overwatch — One of Netflix's most intriguing video game studios is no more.

Discussion:
Comic Book, Digital Trends, Video Games Chronicle, Game Developer, PocketGamer.biz, PCMag, The Verge, Cord Cutters News, @henereyg, @sophianarwitz, @nextgenplayer, @stephentotilo, @mr_rebs_, NewsBytes, Gameranx, TechRaptor, iPhone in Canada Blog, @carnage4life@threads.net, Kotaku, Engadget and Mobilegamer.biz, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Marc Deschamps /
Comic Book: Netflix Shuts Down AAA Gaming Team

Carli Velocci /
Digital Trends: Netflix closes its star-studded AAA studio before it announces a game

Chris Scullion /
Video Games Chronicle: Netflix has shut down its triple-A ‘Team Blue’ studio

Tom Regan /
Game Developer: Netflix closes its only AAA game studio

Aaron Astle /
PocketGamer.biz: Netflix closes ‘triple-A’ studio Team Blue and cuts ties with senior hires

Kate Irwin /
PCMag: Netflix Shutters Internal Team ‘Blue’ Games Studio

Henry Gilbert /
@henereyg: Every huge media company wants to make a “Triple A game” for a couple years until they see how much it actually costs, then they just go “whoopsie” in the form of layoffs

Hunter /
@nextgenplayer: Netflix has closed its AAA studio that employed: - Halo creative lead Joseph Staten - Santa Monica Studio art director Rafael Grassetti - Overwatch executive producer Chacko Sonny See more: https://www.gamefile.news/... [image]

Stephen Totilo /
@stephentotilo: SCOOP: Netflix has closed its “AAA” game studio in California, less than 2 years after opening it and making big hires Last spring, Halo vet Joseph Staten made headlines for joining Team's now gone A shake-up as new gaming bosses at Netflix settle in https://www.gamefile.news/... @mr_rebs_: Netflix shut down their AAA video game studio “Team Blue”. Their development team included Joseph Staten, who was the creative lead for Halo. Source: https://www.gamefile.news/... [image]

Dwaipayan Roy /
NewsBytes: Netflix shuts down AAA gaming studio. Shift of strategy?

Steve Vegvari /
iPhone in Canada Blog: Netflix Shutters its AAA Southern California Game Studio Known as Team Blue

Dare Obasanjo /
@carnage4life@threads.net: This news story is a combination of two negative trends; Netflix's habit of canceling things before you hear about them and the winter in AAA gaming. Netflix hired execs from Halo, Overwatch & God of War to build a AAA game only to shut down the studio before they published any games.

Steve Dent /
Engadget: Netflix has closed its AAA gaming studio

TechCrunch:

Ireland adopts an Online Safety Code for video-sharing platforms headquartered in the country, including TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram, effective next month— Ireland's media and internet watchdog, Coimisiún na Meán, has adopted and published an Online Safety Code that will apply …

Discussion:
@cathmartingreen, @cnam_ie, Search for services …, Head Topics, Business Post, Silicon Republic, The Independent, Irish Legal News, Irish Examiner, Business Plus, Gript, TheJournal.ie, Irish Independent, Coimisiún na Meán, HotAir, RTÉ, Kilkenny Live and Irish Independent, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Catherine Martin TD /
@cathmartingreen: A major step forward in online safety: @CNaM_ie launched Ireland's Online Safety Code today It sets out rules to protect people, especially children, from harmful video content online. Introducing real accountability for online video sharing platforms https://www.cnam.ie/... [image] @cnam_ie: Big news 🔊 Today, we've published our finalised #OnlineSafetyCode. It sets binding rules for video-sharing #platforms who have their EU HQ in Ireland, helping to protect users from online harm. https://www.cnam.ie/... [video] Head Topics: Online safety code will bring ‘end to era of social media self-regulation’, media regulator vows

Fionn Thompson /
Business Post: Media watchdog finalises new online safety code: Here's what's changing

Suhasini Srinivasaragavan /
Silicon Republic: Irish media regulator finally adopts the Online Safety Code

Grinne N. Aodha /
The Independent: Tech giants face large fines if they ignore new safety rules - Irish watchdog

Jason Osborne /
Gript: Media regulator publishes finalised ‘Online Safety Code’ for video-sharing platforms

Muiris O'Cearbhaill /
TheJournal.ie: Social media companies to face major fines under new, long-awaited online safety rules Irish Independent: Social media platforms could use ‘live selfies’ to check users' age under new Online Safety Code

Aoife Molloy /
Coimisiún na Meán: Coimisiún na Meán adopts final Online Safety Code

David Strom /
HotAir: Race to the Censorship Bottom

Brian O'Donovan /
RTÉ: Coimisiún na Meán to launch Online Safety Code

Adrian Weckler /
Irish Independent: Online Safety Regulator may require Meta and TikTok to seek passport uploads from children to prove age

Semafor:

Democrats are helping restore Fox News to cable news dominance through appearances by Kamala Harris and others, increased ad spending, and more— THE SCOOP — Just hours after being offered a debate by Fox News on Oct. 9, Donald Trump rejected the overture from the conservative television news network …

Discussion:
Salon, @brizzyc and @maxwelltani

Discussion:

Chauncey DeVega /
Salon: Why “playing it safe” could lead to disaster for Kamala Harris and the Democrats

Carrie Brown /