Sony takes down an interview with Naughty Dog Studio's Neil Druckmann after he posted a transcript showing that he didn't laud AI tools as Sony's edit implied (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)

Mediagazer: Sony takes down an interview with Naughty Dog Studio's Neil Druckmann after he posted a transcript showing that he didn't laud AI tools as Sony's edit implied (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)

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Axios:

The Atlantic and Vox Media sign multi-year licensing and product deals with OpenAI; The Atlantic plans an experimental Atlantic Labs with OpenAI tech— - The Atlantic has been publishing content since 1857. … - Both agreements also allow OpenAI to tap into the respective publishers' current content …
Discussion: Variety, The Wrap, The Hill, Vox Media, The Verge, Bloomberg, The Information, Engadget, The Drum, @quillmatiq@threads.net, @daveleebbg@threads.net, @kylie.robison@threads.net, @edmundlee, @reckless1280@threads.net, @jbillinson@threads.net, @pranavdixit, The Hollywood Reporter, @rafat, @jeffjarvis, @tsuvik, @tomwarren, VentureBeat, @nkulw, @edmundlee, @chrismvasq.bsky.social and @openai

Discussion:

Todd Spangler /
Variety: OpenAI Inks Licensing Deals to Bring Vox Media, The Atlantic Content to ChatGPT

Natalie Korach /
The Wrap: Vox Media, The Atlantic Ink Licensing Partnerships With OpenAI

Dominick Mastrangelo /
The Hill: Vox Media, The Atlantic ink deals with OpenAI

Emilia David /
The Verge: Vox Media and The Atlantic sign content deals with OpenAI

Jackie Davalos /
Bloomberg: OpenAI Strikes Licensing Deals With The Atlantic and Vox Media

Stephanie Palazzolo /
The Information: OpenAI Strikes Licensing, Product Deals with Vox Media, the Atlantic

Nathan Ingraham /
Engadget: The Atlantic and Vox Media made their own deal with the AI Devil

Anuj Ahooja /
@quillmatiq@threads.net: The saddest thing about this is that it'll be the smaller publishers that feel the deepest cut. News summarization will enforce further consolidation while also putting more distance between newsrooms and their audience. AI companies were going to vacuum up all this data anyway, but it's unfortunate that big media companies are giving up without a longer fight.

Dave Lee /
@daveleebbg@threads.net: Big question here. After training a model on the Atlantic's archive ... does OpenAI ever need to do it again?

Kylie Robison /
@kylie.robison@threads.net: if fortune does a licensing deal that means every word ive ever written in my career is powering chatGPT to make it worse

Edmund Lee /
@edmundlee: What happens when they can't agree on renewal terms? Does OpenAI re-train its system to NOT include their news content? Is that even possible? Or do news orgs lose out because they're content becomes so baked into the LLM that OpenAI effectively owns it in perpetuity?

Nilay Patel /
@reckless1280@threads.net: I don't have a lot to say about this — our newsroom is independent of the company's business dealings as it's always been. We'll figure out some disclosure language and do a disclosure when it's appropriate, we are pretty good at those ;)

Josh Billinson /
@jbillinson@threads.net: Media companies actually have a lot of leverage to make sure their work is fairly compensated and supported in the next era of the web and all they have to do is work together and not just race to see who can get the biggest check from OpenAI first

Caitlin Huston /
The Hollywood Reporter: Vox Media, The Atlantic Strike Deals With OpenAI @jeffjarvis: On the news today: The Atlantic and Vox got OpenAI deals. Add Springer, News Corp, AP, FT. May I be blunt? OpenAI isn't buying their content. It is buying their friendship. This is a lobbying and PR expense. The pity is that the rich (relatively speaking) get richer while the

Vikas SN /
@tsuvik: Heh! Interesting timing. Atlantic-OpenAI deal announcement comes days after The Atlantic ran an op-ed from @Jessicalessin on why such licensing deals are bad for publishers

Tom Warren /
@tomwarren: Vox Media just signed a deal with OpenAI that will include content from The Verge showing up in ChatGPT. OpenAI will “enhance its technology,” (sounds like train its models) on Vox Media's archives, too

Noah Kulwin /
@nkulw: Lmfao the Atlantic executive who made this happen is leading the bake-off to replace Remnick at the New Yorker https://www.semafor.com/...

Edmund Lee /
@edmundlee: .@theatlantic cut a deal with @openai, following other news orgs, but I have questions. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...

Christian Vasquez /
@chrismvasq.bsky.social: am convinced journo execs don't actually pay attention/read the stories their reporters publish. not sure what else explains falling for this again [embedded post]

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WAN-IFRA:

WAN-IFRA and OpenAI partner to launch an accelerator program for 128 news publishers, aiming to help newsrooms fast-track their AI adoption and more— The era of AI, and especially generative AI, brings significant opportunities for newsrooms and publishers: AI can assist in creating …

Discussion:
@hermida

Discussion:

The Guardian:

News Corp Australia reorganizes its mastheads into free, subscription-based tabloids, and prestige titles, and lets go of news.com.au EIC Lisa Muxworthy— Staff told some people will ‘regrettably leave our business’ as media empire is reorganised into three divisions

Discussion:

Gina Rushton /
@ginarush: “To dump an accomplished woman who's better at her job than anyone else in this country... is disgusting.” News Corp sources not happy Lisa Muxworthy — editor in chief of the nation's most read news site — is a casualty in restructure. https://www.crikey.com.au/...

Marcus Kelson /
@marcuskelson: An unnamed source said: “Replacing a digital media giant of Lisa's exceptional talent with the guy who runs a newspaper fewer and fewer people read, with its shitty website no-one reads, tells you everything you need to know about News Corp. https://www.crikey.com.au/...

Mark Di Stefano /
@markdistef: Kim Williams is laughing somewhere. @crikey_news: “Disgusting”: Incensed News Corp staff have teed off after the company's major restructure saw the departure of much-loved editorial leads. @daanysaeed reports. https://www.crikey.com.au/...

Amanda Meade /
@meadea: Updated: Rupert Murdoch's Australian media empire has been reorganised into mastheads which are free, tabloids which are subscription-based and so-called prestige titles the Australian newspaper and Vogue magazine. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

Daanyal Saeed /
Crikey: ‘Outrageous and stupid’: First major redundancies revealed as News Corp swings axe

Malcolm Farr /
@farrm51: From SMH on News Corp overhaul. In effect, Australia's largest employer of journalists has adopted a national model, which it hopes will enable it to complete the transition from a print to a fully digital media company.

Nathan Jolly /
Mumbrella: ‘People will regrettably leave our business’: News Corp dumps editors, restructures publishing teams

Sam Buckingham-Jones /
Australian Financial Review: News Corp unveils major restructure, with editors shown the door

John Buckley /
@johnbuckley_: NEW: News Corp stalwart Nicholas Gray a winner in restructure as union awaits details of job cuts via @CapitalBrief https://www.capitalbrief.com/ ...

Reuters Institute:

A survey in six countries shows 32% of respondents think human editors check AI outputs before publishing them; many haven't made up their minds yet about AI— Based on an online survey focused on understanding if and how people use generative artificial intelligence (AI) …

Discussion:

Tom Singleton /
BBC: AI products like ChatGPT much hyped but not much used, study says @risj_oxford: How do people think #generativeAI will transform journalism and society as a whole? This is the question at the heart of a new report based on survey data from 🇦🇷🇩🇰 🇫🇷🇯🇵 🇬🇧🇺🇸 🧵10 findings in thread 📱Full report by @richrdfletcher & @rasmus_kleis #WNMC24 https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac .uk/ ... [image]

Simon Willison /
@simonw: @edzitron 18% of the 2,012 survey respondents in the USA said they were using ChatGPT on a daily or weekly basis - that's actually higher than I would have expected! https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac .uk/ ... [image]

Trevor Mogg /
Digital Trends: Few people are using ChatGPT and other AI tools regularly, study suggests

Robert Scoble /
@scobleizer: “47% of Americans say they have never even heard of ChatGPT” When @stevewoz started Apple with Steve Jobs they offered their ideas to their bosses at existing technology companies who, Woz told me, turned them down because no one thought Americans would buy a personal computer.

Richard Fletcher /
@richrdfletcher: New @risj_oxford report on generative AI and news in 6 countries 3 key findings 1. ChatGPT is by far the most widely recognised product. ~50% have heard of it (chart). It is also by far the most widely used, but frequent use is rare. ~10% use it weekly. https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac .uk/ ... [image]

Ethan Mollick /
@emollick: You are both early (47% of Americans say they have never even heard of ChatGPT) and also surprisingly on time (I would not have expected that 7% of Americans are already using ChatGPT daily, and almost 1 in 5 Americans use an LLM at least weekly) Survey: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac .uk/ ... [image]

Florent Daudens /
@fdaudens: 4 takeaways from the latest @risj_oxford survey on the use of Generative AI, with a focus on journalism: - B/w 20% and 30% of the online population in the six countries surveyed - have not heard of any of the most popular AI tools. - Younger people are much more likely to use

Charlesarthur /
The Overspill: Start Up No.2232: Google search algorithm leaks, the AI disinformation problem, spying on the ICC, Chinese GPT spam?, and more @trf: ✍️ What does the public think of #GenerativeAI in news? With our support, @risj_oxford's new survey looks at how people believe AI is going to transform journalism and society as a whole. Here are some of the key findings. 🧵 https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac .uk/ ... [image]

Claes de Vreese /
Claes de Vreese on LinkedIn: This report from Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism shows the big differences in public knowledge about and usage of generative AI. …

Federica Cherubini /
Federica Cherubini on LinkedIn: How do people think about the use of generative AI in news and society? — The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism published today a new report that looks at this question. …

Mitali Mukherjee /
Mitali Mukherjee on LinkedIn: How do people think #generativeAI will transform journalism and society as a whole? Our latest work at Reuters Institute for the Study …

New York Times:

Jonah Peretti, who owns a special class of BuzzFeed stock with an effective veto, rejects some of Vivek Ramaswamy's requests, calling them “misunderstandings”— The former G.O.P. presidential candidate, who has invested in BuzzFeed, believes the company needs to pivot.

Discussion:
CNN, The Information, The Verge, Business Insider, The Hill, New York Post, Variety and Deadline

Discussion:

Martin Peers /
The Information: Ramaswamy Plays BuzzFeed For Attention

Elizabeth Lopatto /
The Verge: Vivek Ramaswamy can't even dunk on Buzzfeed right

Ariel Zilber /
New York Post: Vivek Ramaswamy demands BuzzFeed hire Bill Maher, Tucker Carlson, Charles Barkley and Aaron Rodgers

Todd Spangler /
Variety: Pro-Trump Investor Vivek Ramaswamy Says BuzzFeed Should Make ‘Large-Scale’ Layoffs and Hire Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, Aaron Rodgers

Jill Goldsmith /
Deadline: New BuzzFeed Investor Vivek Ramaswamy Asks For Big Changes & Apology

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Financial Times:
Letter: Vivek Ramaswamy calls for BuzzFeed to axe staff, focus on video, and hire new voices, like Tucker Carlson, after raising his stake in BuzzFeed to 8.3%

Discussion:
Poynter, @pkafka, @edmundlee, @kenbensinger, @jamesrbuk, @willystaley, @chrisgeidner, @mattzeitlin, @tomgara, @mattgertz, @benmullin, @briannachesser, @rafat, Vivek Ramaswamy, City A.M., The Guardian, Axios, The Wrap, The Information, @james.tartarus.org, Bloomberg, The Hollywood Reporter and Fox Business

Discussion:

Peter Kafka /
@pkafka: So Vivek Ramaswamy has a long list of BuzzFeed demands (tldr: turn it into Elon Twitter 2.0, which...) but no explanation of how he wrenches Jonah Peretti's control of the company away so 🤷 ♂️. [image]

Edmund Lee /
@edmundlee: Ramaswamy can buy every available share of BuzzFeed and still not get his way: https://www.nytimes.com/...

Ken Bensinger /
@kenbensinger: Strange that Vivek makes zero mention of HuffPost in his activist letter to the BF board, instead focusing on BuzzFeed News, which doesn't even exist anymore.

James Ball /
@jamesrbuk: Suspect Ramaswamy doesn't really realise all of the BuzzFeed journalistic operation and most of the HuffPost ones were jettisoned long ago. Does he know what he's actually bought into?

Willy /
@willystaley: That's cool. I bought 9 percent of BuzzFeed and I'm going to call for it to become Skate Grantland. @chrisgeidner: Having to choose sides here is both easy and depressing. Fuck Vivek. (But also, get that Pulitzer out of your mouth, Jonah. You gutted the newsroom after using hundreds of us to gain value/credibility/prestige for your company.)

Matthew Zeitlin /
@mattzeitlin: Seems pretty clear Vivek is trying to do elon twitter to what remains of BuzzFeed

Tom Gara /
@tomgara: Vivek to BuzzFeed: “The silver lining is that your competitors' records are equally bad”

Matthew Gertz /
@mattgertz: Also don't sleep on wealthy right-wingers doing hostile takeovers of media outlets, perhaps with the feds pressuring companies to sell to them. https://x.com/...

Ben Mullin /
@benmullin: Here's Jonah Peretti's response to Vivek Ramaswamy: “Based on your letter, you have some fundamental misunderstandings about the drivers of our business...” And Vivek's letter: “BuzzFeed has lost its way.” [image]

Brianna Chesser /
@briannachesser: He realizes that shifting (back) to video is more expensive than listicles, right? Go ruin your own thing. Vivek Ramaswamy: To the Board of Directors of BuzzFeed, BuzzFeed has lost its way. The company was a pioneer …

Callum Jones /
The Guardian: Vivek Ramaswamy uses Buzzfeed stake to demand staff cuts, conservative hires

Kerry Flynn /
Axios: Vivek Ramaswamy calls for job cuts at BuzzFeed

Natalie Korach /
The Wrap: Vivek Ramaswamy Calls for New Buzzfeed Board Members, Heavy Cost-Cutting After Major Investment

Martin Peers /
The Information: Politician-Turned-Activist Ramaswamy Pursues BuzzFeed

James Aylett /
@james.tartarus.org: Focus on video, eh? I hadn't realised it was 2015 again. [embedded post]

Alex Weprin /
The Hollywood Reporter: Vivek Ramaswamy Calls for New Board Members and Cuts at BuzzFeed in Letter to Jonah Peretti

The Guardian:

London Evening Standard plans to close its daily paper and launch a weekly, citing £84.5M losses in six years, driven by the Underground adding Wi-Fi and more— Chair Paul Kanareck says newspaper's losses - £84.5m in the past six years - not sustainable

Discussion:
Mediaite, @sdp, National Union of Journalists …, Press Gazette, Bloomberg, @pressgazette, @nickw84, @crankynotions, @aubrey_writes, @profdaveandress, @mrjamesob, @zoenora6, @youngvulgarian, @olifranklin, @chrismsutcliffe, @mattleys, @owenjones84, @mendelpol, Harry Owen on LinkedIn, @danhancox, @nigelwuk, @nicolelampert, @anthonypainter, @thewritertype, @eduardosuarez, @jimwaterson, @hugorifkind, @benjaminbutter, @henrycooke, @chrismonk, @jamesrbuk, @josiahmortimer, @stephenpollard, @amarjourno, @sophiasleigh and @ianvisits

Discussion:

David Gilmour /
Mediaite: London's Evening Standard Newspaper Goes Weekly Amid Losses

Sameer Padania /
@sdp: The parlous state of media in London - with the Haringey Community Press ending its print edition, & now even the Standard daily edition can't survive... A New Deal for (genuinely) local media is badly badly needed, even in London. National Union of Journalists (NUJ): Evening Standard to launch weekly newspaper as daily edition ends @pressgazette: Updated with further details: The Evening Standard's chair told staff today that going down to weekly was necessitated by “shorter commuting weeks, widespread Wi-Fi along our commuting routes and the desire for our readers to consume ever-richer content” https://pressgazette.co.uk/...

Nick Walker /
@nickw84: It just looks so non-urgent for a newspaper and has for ages. Seems like mismanagement to me [image] @crankynotions: It's hard to believe, but the Standard was once a decent paper with excellent coverage of the arts and entertainment. The acerbic Brian Sewell featured there to his very end. My summers were often planned around the culture section. Osborne was no steward, and it got even worse.

Elizabeth Aubrey /
@aubrey_writes: I owe so much of my career to the Evening Standard and my initial work there, so this is sad news. They've always been great with freelancers over the years. Another v worrying development for journalism in a year full of worrying developments.

David Andress /
@profdaveandress: Useful reminder that “the press” is a dying concept, and yet “a newspaper” still seems to provide an agenda-setting national foghorn, heard uncritically by the rest of the media, for any billionaire who wants to buy one.

James O'Brien /
@mrjamesob: What a sad loss. Probably doomed from the moment they let a KGB spy buy it & put George Osborne in charge. But still...

Zoë Crowther /
@zoenora6: As someone who gets the Northern Line every morning: is the “shortage of commuters” in the room with us??

Marie Le Conte /
@youngvulgarian: this sucks so bad! my favourite journalism job was at the Standard! they fucked up a perfectly good paper is what they did!

Oli Franklin-Wallis /
@olifranklin: Pretty devastating news for the UK newspaper industry. Will never forget being on work experience at the Standard, and receiving sage advice from my editor: 'it isn't a story unless you pick up the phone.' Thoughts with all those affected.

Chris Sutcliffe /
@chrismsutcliffe: Question now is whether ES has done enough with its digital offering. It's been diversifying (has done v good work with its flagship podcast) but will it be enough?

Owen Jones /
@owenjones84: The Evening Standard seems to have missed another reason for its failure. London became an ever more progressive and diverse city. The Standard remained a reactionary rag more suited to the Tory Shires which was completely out of touch with modern London.

Jack Mendel /
@mendelpol: I remember when it was a paid-for paper that went free... now it's about to virtually vanish. What a shame.. https://x.com/...

Harry Owen /
Harry Owen on LinkedIn: As many in our industry will feel, it's disappointing to hear the news of the Evening Standard moving to become a weekly publication. …

Dan Hancox /
@danhancox: Whatever you think about the Evening Standard's politics, this is sad news — the demise of South Kensington's only daily newspaper

Nigel Whitfield /
@nigelwuk: As a former hack, I hate to see anything go. But the Standard really didn't appear to be in touch with most Londoners for over a decade. It felt like it imagined the whole city to be like some posh western suburb.

Nicole Lampert /
@nicolelampert: Another nail in the coffin of print media. Sad days for all of us who love print and would eagerly anticipate what the Standard splash would be on their way home from work.

Anthony Painter /
@anthonypainter: Or being completely out of touch with the politics of most of London.... https://x.com/...

Paul Bassett Davies /
@thewritertype: Your reminder that the Evening Standard is given away free and is still wildly overpriced.

Eduardo Suárez /
@eduardosuarez: Blaming the spread of wifi in 2024 is incredible as a talking point

Jim Waterson /
@jimwaterson: London Evening Standard has just told staff it'll drop its daily print edition and become a weekly paper, blaming the spread of Wi-Fi on the tube, shortage of commuters due to work from home, and years of massive financial losses.

Hugo Rifkind /
@hugorifkind: This is grim. I wonder what proportion of print journalists today even remember how robust an industry this used to be. Back in the early 2000s a single decent freelance commission from ES magazine would pay my rent for a month.

Benjamin Butterworth /
@benjaminbutter: The sound of “Standard!” will be much missed across London. It has been a great paper at times.

Henry Cooke /
@henrycooke: this is a tragedy! wifi on the tube is still spotty and the standard is the exact right length to consume in like 10 minutes. huge loss.

Chris Monk /
@chrismonk: Never been a particular fan of the Standard, but kind of ridiculous to think that a city of 8 million people will no longer have a daily newspaper

James Ball /
@jamesrbuk: Feels like there was a missed opportunity to get ahead of some of this during the pandemic - perhaps not helped by the constant boardroom shuffling (and shuffling of editors).

Josiah Mortimer /
@josiahmortimer: Deeply depressing news. The Standard has been driven into the ground. An endless cycle of cuts, alongside the failed attempts to be a ‘national’ rather than a local newspaper, while being completely out of touch with Londoners on politics and WFH

Stephen Pollard /
@stephenpollard: Sad news. My first job in journalism was on the Standard as a leader writer under Max Hastings. It was as close to a dream job as exists. I learned so much and was so proud to be working for such a brilliant paper alongside stellar (and so friendly) colleagues. I really feel for

Amar Singh /
@amarjourno: A sad but inevitable development. I still remember the thrill of seeing my byline in the Standard for the first time. It was the paper my Dad would bring home from his daily commute when I was a child. Newspapers are in decline but proper journalism has never been so important.

Sophia Sleigh /
@sophiasleigh: Devastating news. Thinking of all the brilliant journalists today. The Evening Standard was a journalistic giant for a long time, setting the agenda for London and often the country. Gutting.

Ars Technica:

Sony takes down an interview with Naughty Dog Studio's Neil Druckmann after he posted a transcript showing that he didn't laud AI tools as Sony's edit implied— Move comes after Druckmann publicly disavowed some quotes: “This is not quite what I said.” — Sony has taken down an interview …

Discussion:
@jasonschreier, @wario64, @jon_ore, @hellojenglen, @dmc_ryan, @ethangach, @paultassi, @stephentotilo, @neil_druckmann, Digital Trends and Game Developer

Discussion:

Jason Schreier /
@jasonschreier: This is *wild*. At least one part of a Q&A with Naughty Dog boss Neil Druckmann on Sony's website was made up entirely of sentences he did not actually say, and was missing quite a bit, such as his shoutout to other people on his team. @wario64: Sony has removed the interview with Neil Druckmann: “we have found several significant errors and inaccuracies that don't represent his perspective and values (including topics such as animation, writing, technology, AI, and future projects)” https://www.sony.com/...

Jonathan Ore /
@jon_ore: Editing or outright changing quotes in the way Druckmann suggests happened here could (should) get a journalist at a reputable outlet fired. But it seems corporate-run comms may have other priorities.

Jen Glennon /
@hellojenglen: Ok, this is why editors are important. It's fair play for a writer to describe this *in a transition* as redefining games going forward, without putting it in quotes. But what Druckmann's saying here is more nuanced. You can condense this without changing the intent.

Ryan McCaffrey /
@dmc_ryan: I retract my previous comment on Neil's recent quote, because...he didn't actually say it. Someone at the PlayStation blog clearly took a HUGE liberty with what he actually said. Neil must be wondering why he bothered writing anything at all when Sony just wrote what they wanted. @ethangach: Sony said why stop at redefining perceptions of gaming, let's redefine how the entire English language works.

Paul Tassi /
@paultassi: Wait so he straight up did not say that quote. Sony, in their own internal interview with him, just inferred and rewrote something else entirely? Absolutely bizarre

Stephen Totilo /
@stephentotilo: In the gentlest way, Naughty Dog creative chief Neil Druckmann is publicly showing that Sony put words in his mouth, and that he didn't say the much criticized line that ND's next game “could redefine mainstream perceptions of gaming” Stick to doing interviews with journalists!

Neil Druckmann /
@neil_druckmann: In editing my rambling answers in my recent interview with SONY, some of my words, context, and intent were unfortunately lost. Well, here's the full long rambling answer for the final question about our future game... [image]

Tomas Franzese /
Digital Trends: Sony retracts controversial Neil Druckmann interview due to inaccurate quotes

Robb Report:

Elle plans its first branded residences in Miami, with a 25-story tower featuring 180 units built in partnership with French publisher Lagardère News and others— The 25-story tower will feature 180 turnkey homes ranging from one-bedroom units to penthouses.

Discussion:
@dangerouscorner.bsky.social, @jmrivera02, @benmazer, @elwasson, @savbrads, @daisandconfused, @ryanbeckwith, @geha714, @thestalwart and @tomgara

Discussion:

Corner /
@dangerouscorner.bsky.social: If you can't make money as a magazine brand, make it as a property developer. It's a form of carcinisation, only in the ‘capitalism tends towards behaving like a tumour’ sense rather than the ‘things evolve to look like crabs’ sense. [embedded post]

Joshua Rivera /
@jmrivera02: can Vox media buy Hudson yards, no one is using it

Benjamin Mazer /
@benmazer: I would live in The New Yorker apartments but I just know that I'd never actually make it to the end of the hallway.

Erik Wasson /
@elwasson: Open floor plan at the Bloomberg condos....

Daisy Alioto /
@daisandconfused: dirtbags we ride at dawn [image]

Ryan Teague Beckwith /
@ryanbeckwith: Rolling Stone condos are going to be wild

Joe Weisenthal /
@thestalwart: The future of media. Elle Magazine is opening up a branded condo tower in Miami https://robbreport.com/... [image]

Bloomberg:

Sources: Sony is working with another investor to buy Queen's music catalog, including merchandising and other businesses, in a deal potentially worth ~$1B— - The talks are ongoing and may not result in a deal for songs — Sony Music in talks with another investor about the purchase

Discussion:
Billboard and @lucas_shaw

Press Gazette:

PINF study: the UK's 300 to 400 independent publishers make between £18.6M and £24.8M in annual revenue combined, down from £30M to £40M in the previous year— There has been a dramatic reduction in revenue, audience and staff sizes across the small independent …

Discussion:
HoldtheFrontPage

Discussion:

Fast Company:

The MoviePass documentary, called MoviePass, MovieCrash, highlights founders Stacy Spikes and Hamet Watt, who are Black and often omitted from MoviePass stories— Business stories involving a meteoric rise followed by a spectacular collapse naturally lend themselves to movies …

Discussion:
TechCrunch, The Streamable, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, @brianstorms@mastodon.social, New York Times, The Verge, IndieWire and HBO

Discussion:

Lauren Forristal /
TechCrunch: MoviePass co-founders speak their truth in HBO's new documentary

Aubrey Chorpenning /
The Streamable: How to Watch ‘MoviePass, MovieCrash’ on Apple TV, Fire TV, Roku & Mobile

Charles Bramesco /
The Guardian: ‘This sounded a little fishy’: the dramatic rise and fall of MoviePass

Brian Dear /
@brianstorms@mastodon.social: @Mediagazer — Sadly the idiot VCs invested in MoviePass and let MovieGoer, which would have thrived if given a chance, die without even an A round.

Alissa Wilkinson /
New York Times: ‘MoviePass, MovieCrash’ Review: When They Take Your Company Away

Charles Pulliam-Moore /
The Verge: HBO's MoviePass doc is a snapshot of how C-suites kill companies

Brian Welk /
IndieWire: How MoviePass Went from ‘MovieCrash’ to Profitability: ‘All the Kinks Have Been Worked Out’

The Hollywood Reporter:

The BBC launches a review into how accurately and authentically it represents groups and communities across the UK, across TV, radio, online content, and more— The U.K. public broadcaster's review, led by former BAFTA chair Anne Morison and independent media consultant Chris Banatvala, will cover TV, radio, online content, and more.