TikTok brings its STEM feed to all users in the US, the UK, and Ireland by default to help find educational content, after launching the feed to under-18 users (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
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TikTok brings its STEM feed to all users in the US, the UK, and Ireland by default to help find educational content, after launching the feed to under-18 users— TikTok announced on Wednesday that it's bringing its STEM feed to all users in the United States, United Kingdom, and Ireland by default.
Variety:
Yahoo News partners with McAfee to utilize its deepfake image detection tech to identify pictures and photos that may have been generated or altered by AI— Yahoo News is bringing in a partner to help keep misinformation at bay. — The news-distribution giant, the holder …
Discussion: McAfee, Kat Downs Mulder on LinkedIn and Los Angeles Times
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McAfee: McAfee Introduces AI-Powered Deepfake Image Detection Technology on Yahoo News to Verify Authenticity of News Images
Kat Downs Mulder /
Kat Downs Mulder on LinkedIn: We are excited to partner with McAfee to implement their new deepfake image detection technology into the content quality system on Yahoo News. …
Axios:
The NewsGuild of New York files an NLRB unfair labor practice charge against the NYT, claiming management violated rules by interrogating staff about strikes— - “While we respect the union's right to engage in protected actions, threatening a strike at this time feels both unnecessary …
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@crguildny, @sarafischer, @bymikedavis, @anastasiakeeley and NewsGuild of New York
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Sara Fischer /
@sarafischer: Scoop: @newsguild files unfair labor practice charge against @nytimes —Claims at least 20 Tech Guild members have been pulled into 1:1 interrogation mtgs w managers to ask if they supported a strike. (Tech guild voted to authorize a strike last month.) https://www.axios.com/...
Mike Davis /
@bymikedavis: “Only contracts negotiated under the current NewsGuild leadership have taken more than two years” yeah because newsguild members decided they were absolutely fed up with acting like doormats for billionaire bosses. solidarity forever with @NYTGuildTech
Annie Shields /
@anastasiakeeley: NEWS: NYT Tech Guild members have been pulled into interrogation meetings with managers in the past few weeks to ask if they support a strike, and to tell employees that if they choose to work during the strike, the company will help them scab discreetly. https://www.axios.com/...
Press Gazette:
Bloomberg Media says it added 200K subscriptions in the past four months, and launches a magazine-style Weekend Edition led by ex-Quartz EIC Katherine Bell— Bloomberg Weekend Edition is intended to bring in new subscribers and give existing ones a reason to stay.
Reuters Institute:
Q&A with Benjamin Toff, recently senior research fellow at the Reuters Institute, about how news avoidance could shape the US election and candidates' tactics— “News avoiders see journalists as part of a disconnected elite,” says Benjamin Toff, who led our Trust in News Project and authored a book on the subject
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American Press Institute
Press Gazette:
The UK's Reach plans to hire 60 new editorial staff, including “audience writers” and “general assignment journalists”, after cutting 700 staff in 2023— Reach has said it is hiring 60 new editorial staff which will include “audience writers” and “general assignment journalists”.
Discussion:
HoldtheFrontPage
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The Hindu:
Wikipedia takes down a page about its court case with Asian News International, after a Delhi High Court order; Wikipedia is fighting to keep user IDs private— The takedown follows an order by the Delhi High Court that the Wikipedia page describing criticism of the lawsuit ‘amounts to interference in Court proceedings’
Discussion:
Bar and Bench and Scroll.in
Wall Street Journal:
Jefferies says the anime market in North America has grown from $1.6B in 2018 to $4B in 2024, as once-niche anime is shaping up as Japan's next big export— As Japanese animation and comics go global, opportunities abound for investors — Move over, Marvel. The next blockbuster entertainment franchise might come from Japan.
Discussion:
Douglas Montgomery on LinkedIn and Semafor
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Douglas Montgomery /
Douglas Montgomery on LinkedIn: Anime the Apple of NY's Eye — The Wall Street Journal and the The Economist have both written articles on the global strength of #anime in the last few weeks. …
Paige Bruton /
Semafor: Fast-growing anime industry boosts Japan's soft power
Local News Initiative:
With aid from Journalism Funding Partners, a retired Chicago Tribune architecture critic funded his replacement, a biweekly architecture columnist at the outlet— After the Chicago Tribune didn't replace retiring architecture critic Blair Kamin, he funded his own successor
Discussion:
@troutgirl.bsky.social
Wall Street Journal:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt criticizes AI, calling Hollywood a “canary in the coal mine” for other industries, and says studios “own the IP and I don't own any of it”— Actor says AI companies use movies and TV to make money without fairly compensating actors; industry should ‘get ahead of that flood’
Axios:
TollBit, which recently launched a content monetization marketplace for publishers and AI companies, raised a $24M Series A led by Lightspeed Ventures— - “As AI agents become more accessible and proliferate at an exponential rate, publishers and digital content owners need a way to monetize content …
Discussion:
Faraz Fatemi /
@f_fatemi21: And today, TollBit is unveiling the very first piece of content licensed & transacted via the platform is none other than @TIME's 100 Most Powerful People in AI list https://www.axios.com/...
Sara Fischer /
@sarafischer: Exclusive: AI startup @TollbitOfficial raises $24M series A — TollBit publishing partners include @PenskeMedia @TIME, @Adweek — Fittingly, the 1st piece of content licensed out using TollBit was @TIME 's 100 Most Powerful People in AI list More on @axios https://www.axios.com/...
Evan DeSimone /
@mediaevan: If I learned anything from the peak ad tech era, it's that there's a lot of money (for a while) in being a middleman. https://www.axios.com/... @tollbitofficial: TollBit is proud to announce our $24M in Series A funding to revolutionize how AI companies and publishers work together. We do this by making it easy to manage the entire lifecycle of AI data licensing and support innovative business models to protect the health of the entire [image] TollBit: Announcing Our Series A — TOLLBIT, A TWO-SIDED MARKETPLACE FOR AI COMPANIES AND PUBLISHERS …
Campbell Brown /
Campbell Brown on LinkedIn: Go team!!! — “As AI agents become more accessible and proliferate at an exponential rate, publishers and digital content owners need …
Deadline:
MPA expects Japan's online video industry to grow at a 7% compound annual rate and to account for 45% of total screen revenue by 2029, up from 35% in 2024— This will account for 45% of total screen revenue by 2029, including free TV, pay-TV and theatrical, versus 35% in 2024.
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WORLD SCREEN, Media Partners Asia and Variety
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Mansha Daswani /
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On top of all of this is the cost of uncertainty. As the Fourth National Climate Assessment, released in 2018 by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, says, “The assumption that current and future climate conditions will resemble the recent past is no longer valid.”