Tests show that ChatGPT is hallucinating URLs in some citations, directing users to broken links for at least 10 news publications with OpenAI licensing deals (Andrew Deck/Nieman Lab)

Mediagazer: Tests show that ChatGPT is hallucinating URLs in some citations, directing users to broken links for at least 10 news publications with OpenAI licensing deals (Andrew Deck/Nieman Lab)

Top News:

@benmullin:

The WHCA says it is “deeply concerned” that CNN blocked repeated requests to let the White House travel pool in studio for tonight's presidential debate— scoop: The White House Correspondents' Association says it's “deeply concerned” that CNN “has rejected our repeated requests to include the White House travel pool inside the studio.” The full statement: [image]
Discussion: Fox News: Journalists call out CNN for limiting in-person press access to the debate: ‘Deeply concerned’

Raquel ‘Rocky’ Harris /
The Wrap: White House Correspondents Call on CNN to Let Presidential Debate Journalists in Studio After ‘Repeated Requests,’ Rejections

Alex Weprin /
The Hollywood Reporter: With CNN Debate Hours Away, Multiple News Outlets Are Still Seeking More Access

Ted Johnson /
Deadline: White House Correspondents' Association Protests After CNN Limits In-Studio Print Pool Access During Duration Of Biden-Trump Debate

Raquel ‘Rocky’ Harris /
TVNewsCheck: White House Correspondents Call On CNN To Let Presidential Debate Journalists In Studio After ‘Repeated Requests,’ Rejections @deadline: The White House Correspondents' Association is urging CNN to allow at least one print pool reporter inside the studio for the duration of tonight's presidential debate, after the network rejected previous requests https://deadline.com/...

Byron York /
@byronyork: A pool reporter should absolutely be in the room. No objection from Biden or Trump. CNN refusing access.

Bryan S. Myrick /
@bryanmyrick: This is bad, bad form by CNN. Plenty of time to reverse course and do the right thing. A single pool reporter should be allowed to observe the entire event in situ.

Andrew Restuccia /
@andrewrestuccia: A reasonable request from the WHCA. The presence of a print pooler at the debate should be a no-brainer

@deadline:
White House Correspondents' Association Protests After CNN Limits In-Studio Print Pool Access During Duration Of Biden-Trump Debate https://deadline.com/...

Ben Mullin /
@benmullin: NEWS, w/@katie_robertson: A group of senior Washington journalists have signed a letter to CNN on behalf of the White House Correspondents' Association asking the network to widen access to tonight's debate. The letter: [image]

Kai Ryssdal /
@kairyssdal: It's completely amazing that CNN — a journalism organization — would stiff arm other journalism organizations. Very bad look. Then again remember they had to be shamed into sharing the feed of the debate. I legit wonder what the though process is here.

Sean Davis /
@seanmdav: CNN has banned non-CNN apparatchiks from even being physically present at the debate, because CNN plans to rig the debate—and potentially even edit or fabricate footage—without any third-party observers to hold them accountable. The level of corruption here is so insane that it's

Ashley Parker /
@ashleyrparker: Off the top of my head, I can think of at least two high profile instances where the WHCA immediately supported CNN when the Trump admin. tried to ban them. Now, CNN is banning the WHCA travel pool — OF WHICH THEY ARE A MEMBER — from access to the debate hall. The mind reels.

@deadline:
When President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump debate at CNN's studios in Atlanta, they will do so without any audience. Most reporters credentialed to cover the event will be in a press area in a separate building https://deadline.com/...

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@cbcpac:

The head of the Congressional Black Caucus PAC calls on CNN to give credentials to Black-owned media outlets for tonight's debate; none were credentialed so far— Full statement from @RepGregoryMeeks: [image]

Discussion:

Elie Mystal /
@elienyc: @Fly_Sistah Yeah, CNN is pulling the Jim Crow thing of “Anybody COULD HAVE showed up to vote. We just didn't tell any Black people when or where the election was but, IF THEY HAD FOUND OUT, we totally would have let them vote. Promise.”

Nyamekye Daniel /
Atlanta Black Star: ‘Disrespectful’: CNN Excludes Black American Media from 2024 President Debate In Atlanta But Approved Credentials for Reporters from Other Countries

Symone D. Sanders Townsend /
@symonedsanders: The @CBCPAC has now weighed in on this with a statement from @RepGregoryMeeks: “This afternoon we learned that CNN has credentialed 800 members of the media for the first presidential debate of the election cycle. Not one represents a Black-owned media outlet. CNN's exclusion of

Elie Mystal /
@elienyc: CNN excluding Black owned press from attending the presidential debate IN ATLANTA is so very on point for late stage American corporate media https://www.11alive.com/... @rolandsmartin: “... all those excuses ...” - CNN's failed security clearance arguments for freezing out Black media at the first presidential debate REVEALED 👀 FULL VIDEO 👉🏾 Atlanta Mayor DISAPPOINTED With CNN After Black Media Credential SNUB https://www.youtube.com/... #RolandMartinUnfiltered [video]

@rolandsmartin:
“It was a disappointment to hear that you got 6 or eight hundred credentialed organizations and the Black media outlets don't have a shot at it” - Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens talks CNN SNUBBING Black media for prez debate 👀 https://www.youtube.com/... #RolandMartinUnfiltered [video]

Stephanie Myles /
@stefmylestennis: Like ANY high-profile event, there was a deadline to apply for credentials. It seems these outlets didn't .. inquire before the deadline or as soon as the date and location were set. They just expected an invite. That's not “being excluded”. Now, they're complaining. @stacybrownmedia: @rolandsmartin ... also requested credentials and were denied. Here's the denial: Hi Stacy, Thanks for reaching out. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of requests and space and security constraints, we are unable to accommodate any additional credential requests following our

Atlanta Black Star /
@atlblackstar: Who's surprised? CNN excludes Black media from presidential debate despite proximity to Black-owned outlets in Atlanta. https://atlantablackstar.com/ ... [image]

Patricia Murphy /
@murphyajc: The Atlanta Voice is among the Black media turned down for credentials to the CNN debate *in* Atlanta. Also, the biggest political story in Atlanta now is campaigns' outreach to Black voters who, for some reason, don't feel like a part of the political process.

Gerald A. Griggs /
@attorneygriggs: .@CNN should allow media credentials for black media for the #PresidentialDebate. Full Stop! This is unacceptable.

Chris Evans /
@notcapnamerica: .@CNN explain why you have excluded every Black media outlet from covering this debate?? cc: @jaketapper @andersoncooper @wolfblitzer

Kianga Moore /
EBONY: CNN's Exclusion of Black Media Raises Concerns Over Influence and Voting Suppression

Atlanta Black Star /
@atlblackstar: The Chairman of CBCPAC criticized CNN in a statement for excluding Black-owned media from the upcoming presidential debate's credentials. Despite hosting the debate in Atlanta near Black media outlets, CNN did not invite any Black-owned publications. https://atlantablackstar.com/ ... [image]

Joy-Ann Reid /
@joyannreid@threads.net: One of the Blackest cities in America is hosting a presidential debate and Black-owned media are reportedly having trouble getting access. Make it make sense... @cnn @fly_sistah: @ElieNYC The wild part is CNN claims Black media outlets missed the June 7 deadline although CNN never told any of them about the process to get credentials nor any deadline. They did ZERO outreach to Black media outlets but international outlets have credentials. https://theatlantavoice.com/ ...

@maxwelltani:

CNN responds to the WHCA on debate access: the print pool reporter gets studio access at the first ad break, and a tight pool of photographers gets full access— In a statement, CNN responded to concerns from the WHCA on press access to the debate room. The network says the “debate is being held without an audience in a CNN studio and is closed to press.” [image]

Discussion:
The Wrap, Washington Examiner and Bloomberg

Bloomberg:

Naver-owned Webtoon shares closed up 9.5% at $23 in the online comics company's Nasdaq debut, giving it a market value of ~$2.9B, after an IPO that raised $315M— - Online comics company's first-time share sale priced at top — Firm sees growth beyond Korea coming from Japan, France

Discussion:
Forbes, Reuters, Crunchbase News, @nasdaqexchange and Deadline, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Rob Salkowitz /
Forbes: Post IPO, WEBTOON Executives Talk Future Plans And Market Trends

Joanna Glasner /
Crunchbase News: Webtoon Rises Modestly In IPO Debut @nasdaqexchange: 🌟170M monthly active users. 🚀$1.3B annual revenue. 🌎150+ countries. 🎨24M Creators. Millions of people have found their story on WEBTOON (@webtoonofficial)—and now we get to be a part of that story! #WEBTOON is #NasdaqListed, and we're thrilled to be their exchange partner! [video]

Jesse Whittock /
Deadline: Naver's Comic Platform Webtoon Entertainment Seeks To Raise $315M Through U.S. IPO

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Financial Times:
Naver-owned online comics platform Webtoon raised $315M in its Nasdaq IPO at $21 per share, the top of its $18-$21 marketed range, valuing the company at $2.7B

Discussion:
Publishing Perspectives, BBC, Yahoo Finance, WEBTOON, @lucas_shaw, @nasdaqexchange, Fast Company, KED Global and Reuters

Discussion:

Porter Anderson /
Publishing Perspectives: South Korea-Owned Webtoon Launches Its Nasdaq IPO

João da Silva /
BBC: Korean web comic giant set for $2.7bn market debut

Lucas Shaw /
@lucas_shaw: A webtoon business is about to go public with a value of $3 billion. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

@nasdaqexchange:
🎉Welcome to the Nasdaq family, WEBTOON (@webtoonofficial)! 🎉 📚Now trading on @NasdaqExchange, $WBTN is a global storytelling platform that enables Creators and users to discover, create, and share stories. #NasdaqListed [video]

Michael Grothaus /
Fast Company: Webtoon IPO: Stock price will be closely watched today as comics platform debuts on Nasdaq

Seok-Cheol Choi /
KED Global: Naver's webtoon unit to raise $315 mn via Nasdaq IPO

Nieman Lab:

Tests show that ChatGPT is hallucinating URLs in some citations, directing users to broken links for at least 10 news publications with OpenAI licensing deals— Nieman Lab's tests show ChatGPT is directing users to broken URLs for at least 10 publications with OpenAI licensing deals.

Discussion:
@jaredlholt, @decka227, @adamjohnsonchi, @researchbuzz@researchbuzz … and @christianschwaegerl …

Discussion:

Jared Holt /
@jaredlholt: For all the fears and talks of an “AI-powered future” around the tech industry, the crux of the issue here is that the tech sucks and is being forced out of production anyway, making it the consumer's problem

Andrew Deck /
@decka227: ChatGPT is hallucinating fake URLs for at least 10 publications that have OpenAI licensing deals. I tested the chatbot's ability to cite its news sources for @NiemanLab. It regularly generated broken links to even its partners' biggest investigations. https://www.niemanlab.org/...

Adam Johnson /
@adamjohnsonchi: We must PAUSE this tech imminently, it is mere months from becoming a god-like entity @researchbuzz@researchbuzz.masto.host: Well this is absolutely fucknuts — ‘In my testing, I repeatedly prompted ChatGPT to link out to these publications’ marquee articles, including Pulitzer Prize-winning stories and years-long investigations.... All together, my tests show that ChatGPT is currently unable to reliably link out to even these most noteworthy stories by partner publications.' …

Wired:

Amazon is investigating Perplexity over whether the AI search startup is violating AWS rules by scraping websites that attempted to prevent it from doing so— AWS hosted a server linked to the Bezos family- and Nvidia-backed search startup that appears to have been used to scrape the sites …

Discussion:
@dmehro, The Verge, TechCrunch and Bloomberg, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Dhruv Mehrotra /
@dmehro: NEW: Perplexity was using a secret AWS-hosted virtual machine to scrape the web. Major newsroom we spoke to observed its IP address in their server logs. Now Amazon is investigating. w/ @AndrewCouts https://www.wired.com/...

Elizabeth Lopatto /
The Verge: Perplexity's grand theft AI

Front Office Sports:

A Los Angeles jury sides against the NFL in a Sunday Ticket antitrust trial, saying the league owes $4.7B+ to subscribers and $96M to bars and restaurants— A jury in Los Angeles sided against the NFL on Thursday in the Sunday Ticket trial that could cost the league billions.

Discussion:
The Wrap, New York Times, Ad Age, Variety, Reuters, The Desk, Associated Press, Awful Announcing, Los Angeles Times, @meghanncuniff, Fox Business, CBS News, The Verge, Next TV, Cord Cutters News, ESPN, NBCSports.com, USA Today, @loudmouthjulia, @eriqgardner, Media Play News, @meghanncuniff, TVNewsCheck, Sportico, The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline

Discussion:

Jacob Bryant /
The Wrap: NFL to Pay $4.7 Billion in ‘Sunday Ticket’ Antitrust Damages, LA Jury Rules

Todd Spangler /
Variety: NFL Socked With $4.7 Billion-Plus Verdict in Sunday Ticket Case, League to Appeal Decision

Sam Farmer /
Los Angeles Times: NFL ordered to pay billions in damages for ‘overcharged’ Sunday Ticket

Meghann Cuniff /
@meghanncuniff: @NFL @DIRECTV Jury in the Sunday Ticket antitrust trial orders NFL to pay $96 million in damages to commercial class and $4 BILLION in damages to the residential class. CBS News: Jury in NFL “Sunday Ticket” case rules league violated antitrust laws, awards nearly $4.8 billion in damages

Richard Lawler /
The Verge: Sunday Ticket jury orders NFL to pay fans $4.7 billion in damages

Jon Lafayette /
Next TV: NFL Loses Sunday Ticket Case, Ordered To Pay $4.7 Billion

Mike Florio /
NBCSports.com: NFL vows to “certainly contest” multi-billion-dollar verdict in Sunday Ticket case

Julia Alexander /
@loudmouthjulia: Appeals will happen, but what a significant ruling. https://frontofficesports.com/ ...

Eriq Gardner /
@eriqgardner: And as much as $12 billion is 👀, the more significant impact could be each NFL team becoming free to make their own streaming deals. Yes, there will be an appeal (calling Brett Kavanaugh), but this may be a real game-changer.

Eriq Gardner /
@eriqgardner: Wow! And good chance it gets tripled to $12 billion! https://frontofficesports.com/ ...

Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: L.A. Jury Orders NFL Pay $4.7 Billion in ‘Sunday Ticket’ Class-Action Antitrust Lawsuit Damages

Meghann Cuniff /
@meghanncuniff: NFL Sunday Ticket is currently available through YouTube TV. Neither Google nor YouTube are defendants in this case, but plaintiffs' attorneys squarely implicated them in trial, telling jurors the price-fixing conspiracy continues to this day.

Meghann Cuniff /
@meghanncuniff: @NFL @DIRECTV “It's a great verdict for the consumers of America,” lead @SusmanGodfrey attorney Bill Carmody told reporters. Carmody said the jury upheld antitrust laws “despite the star power of the defendants.”

Michael McCann /
Sportico: NFL Ordered to Pay $4.7 Billion in Sunday Ticket Trial Verdict

Associated Press:

The Center for Investigative Reporting, which produces Mother Jones and Reveal, has sued ChatGPT maker OpenAI and Microsoft, saying OpenAI violated copyrights— The Center for Investigative Reporting said Thursday it has sued ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its closest business partner, Microsoft …

Discussion:
Engadget, The Wrap and The Hollywood Reporter

Discussion:

Natalie Korach /
The Wrap: The Center for Investigative Reporting Launches Lawsuit Against OpenAI, Microsoft Over Copyright Infringement

The Desk:

Comcast is adding the sports-focused Fubo app to supported Xfinity Flex, Xumo TV, and Xumo Stream boxes— Customers of Comcast's broadband product Xfinity Internet now have access to sports-centric streaming service Fubo on the company's lased streaming boxes.

Discussion:
Media Play News, Cord Cutters News, Next TV and The Streamable

Discussion:

Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: Fubo Bows Live-Sports Streaming on Comcast's Xfinity Flex, Xumo Stream Box, Xumo TV

Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: Fubo Launches on Xfinity Flex, & Xumo Box/TV Giving Comcast Customers an Option For Bally Sports

Daniel Frankel /
Next TV: Fubo Launches Natively on Xumo and Xfinity Flex Streaming Devices

Associated Press:

Seven nonprofits including the Freedom of the Press Foundation file a brief saying the US law forcing ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban is unconstitutional— A group of nonprofits argued in a legal filing that the federal law requiring TikTok's parent company to sell the platform …

Discussion:
MediaPost

Discussion:

Wendy Davis /
MediaPost: Digital Rights Groups Ask Court To Nix TikTok Ban

LateNighter:

Paramount has shut down its Comedy Central website, which held The Daily Show clips and the full run of The Colbert Report, after its shutdown of MTV News' site— First on LateNighter: One of the richest repositories of late-night videos is no longer. — ComedyCentral.com had been home …

Discussion:
Engadget, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Los Angeles Times, IndieWire, @moreandagain, UPROXX, The A.V. Club, Consequence, The Streamable, @moreandagain, @cmdr_nova@mkultra.monster, @davidfolkenflik, @philmeyer, @ramin_hal9001@emacs.ch, @alice@lgbtqia.space, The Hollywood Reporter, @carnage4life@threads.net, @three_star_dave@mstdn.social, The Wrap, @bisexualkaiju.bsky.social, @punkonbus1701@tenforward …, @brunhilde2525.bsky.social, Deadline and TVLine

Discussion:

Danny Gallagher /
Engadget: Paramount's strategy of purposeful digital rot doesn't even make sense

Rick Porter /
The Hollywood Reporter: ‘Daily Show’ Veterans Decry Loss of Clip Archive After Comedy Central Website Gutted: “S**t Ain't Right”

Meredith Blake /
Los Angeles Times: Comedy Central pulls old episodes of ‘The Daily Show,’ ‘The Colbert Report’ from website

Derrick Rossignol /
UPROXX: Are We In A Digital Dark Age?

Emma Keates /
The A.V. Club: Current and former Daily Show writers are pissed that Paramount gutted its website

Jo Vito /
Consequence: Comedy Central's Website Shut Down, Removing Decades of Classic Daily Show and Colbert Report Clips

David Satin /
The Streamable: Comedy Central Video Archive Purged From Website in Attempt to Drive Viewers to Paramount+ @cmdr_nova@mkultra.monster: If I had any energy left for the day I would write about these streaming giants effectively erasing the past over the past week — https://latenighter.com/...

David Folkenflik /
@davidfolkenflik: This is a crime against humor and humanity

Phil Meyer /
@philmeyer: As of Wednesday afternoon, sites for Comedy Central, CMT, Yellowstone airer Paramount Network & TV Land were instead directing users to Paramount+. On Monday, MTVnews site was taken down, purging some 20 years of stories from the web. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...

Ramin Honary /
@ramin_hal9001@emacs.ch: Down the memory hole — Paramount has decided it requires too much capital to keep their archives online, so they just delete everything to save money. First they deleted MTV, now Comedy Central. Or perhaps not deleted, maybe they plan to make these exclusively pay-walled and available only to subscribers of the Paramount+ streaming service. … @alice@lgbtqia.space: So it seems like Paramount is encouraging us to pirate anything from MTV, VH1, CMT, and Comedy Central (so far) 🤷🏼 ♀ ️ — https://latenighter.com/... #FuckCapitalism #Paramount #MTV #VH1 #CMT #ComedyCentral

Rick Porter /
The Hollywood Reporter: Paramount Cuts Nearly All Content on Comedy Central, TV Land, CMT and MTV Websites

Dare Obasanjo /
@carnage4life@threads.net: I assumed Paramount would be one of the streaming services that wouldn't make it but I didn't expect the company to struggle so much it would rather delete its websites than maintain them. First Warner Bros, now this. What's up with studios choosing to destroy value in this way? @three_star_dave@mstdn.social: “25+ Years of Daily Show Clips Gone as Paramount Axes Comedy Central Site” — This is why we can have nice things ... for long. Because, sooner or later, someone decides not to spend the money to keep it. And this is an especially key thing related to the #Internet, where anything can disappear at the click of a mouse, or a switch on a server. …

Mike Roe /
The Wrap: Paramount Kills More Online Content, Axing Archives From Comedy Central, MTV, TV Land and CMT @bisexualkaiju.bsky.social: These studios aren't shit, and I think they need another strike to rock their moneymaking machines to get their heads on straight. [embedded post] @punkonbus1701@tenforward.social: Y'all better buy all the physical copies of your favorite Trek shows now, if you haven't already.🤣🖖🏿 — #Paramount #ComedyCentral #StarTrek — Paramount Axes Comedy Central Site, 25+ Years of Daily Show Clips Gone — https://latenighter.com/... @brunhilde2525.bsky.social: This is cultural vandalism. It should inspire a greater horror than soup on a protected painting. [embedded post]

Bruce Haring /
Deadline: Comedy Central, MTV News, CMT, TV Land Online Archives Purged By Paramount Global

Chicago Sun Times:

Chicago Public Media names Vox co-founder Melissa Bell as its new CEO, starting September 3; CPM owns the Chicago Sun-Times and public radio station WBEZ— The founder and former publisher of Vox Media will take over in September. — Melissa Bell, former publisher of Vox Media …

Discussion:
Radio & Television …, Jennifer Kho on LinkedIn, Current, Tracy Brown on LinkedIn, @dicktofel and WBEZ

Discussion:

Adam Jacobson /
Radio & Television Business Report: Moog's Successor Is A Former Vox Media Publisher

Jennifer Kho /
Jennifer Kho on LinkedIn: I'm super excited to welcome — and get to work with — Melissa Bell, the next CEO of Chicago Public Media!

Austin Fuller /
Current: Vox.com co-founder Melissa Bell will lead Chicago Public Media

Tracy Brown /
Tracy Brown on LinkedIn: Chicago Public Media names its new CEO. Welcome to Chicago, Melissa Bell. Excitement abounds. I look forward to the many great things ahead. …

Richard Tofel /