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 (Blake Brittain/Reuters)
Mediagazer: 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 (Blake Brittain/Reuters)
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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
Martin Peers /
The Information: Media Executives Say Trump May Help Speed Mergers
Peter Kafka /
Business Insider: Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav thinks Trump will let him consolidate
Dominick Mastrangelo /
The Hill: Zaslav bullish on Trump allowing media mergers
Kenny Smith /
@kennysmith.bsky.social: And there it is. [embedded post]
Matt Hall /
@401matthall@mastodon.xyz: @Mediagazer — Oh thank god! That's the only thing that's been missing is media monopolies...! We're _saved_!
Matt Stoller /
BIG: Wall Street Celebrates a Coming Trump Merger Boom
David Satin /
The Streamable: WBD's David Zaslav Optimistic About Industry Consolidation After Trump Election @2xaught7.bsky.social: “And, more importantly, an impact on my and my shareholders pocket books.” [embedded post]
Adam Chitwood /
The Wrap: David Zaslav Touts ‘Opportunity for Consolidation’ Under Trump Administration
Alexandra Canal /
Yahoo Finance: Warner Bros. Discovery CEO: Media consolidation may pick up under Trump administration
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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:
MacRumors, Gizmodo, Benzinga, The Streamable, Front Office Sports and Adweek
Discussion:
Juli Clover /
MacRumors: Max Planning to Crackdown on Password Sharing
Kyle Barr /
Gizmodo: Warner Bros. Exec Says Plans for Max Password-Sharing Crackdown Are Really Just Another Price Hike
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
Saleah Blancaflor /
Adweek: Trump Could Be a ‘Real Positive’ for Industry Consolidation, Says WBD CEO
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:
Bevin Fletcher /
StreamTV Insider: International markets fuel Q3 DTC subscriber gains for Warner Bros. Discovery
Martin Peers /
The Information: WBD Reports Lower Revenues and Profits Despite Streaming Improvement
Lillian Rizzo /
CNBC: Warner Bros. Discovery adds 7.2 million Max subscribers, the streamer's largest single-quarter jump
Lucas Manfredi /
The Wrap: Warner Bros. Discovery Posts Streaming Profit of $289 Million in Q3 as Subs Grow to 110.5 Million
Jennifer Maas /
Variety: Warner Bros. Discovery Adds 7 Million Streaming Subs in Q3 to Hit 110 Million as Box Office Dives 40% in ‘Barbie’-Less Summer
John Finn /
Streaming Better: Warner Bros. Discovery Ended Q3 2024 With More Than 110 Million DTC Subscribers
George Winslow /
Tv Technology: Warner Bros. Discovery Hits 110.5 Million Global Streaming Subs
Erik Gruenwedel /
Media Play News: Warner Bros. Discovery Added Record 7.2 Million Quarterly Streaming Subs, Operating Profit Increased to $289 Million
Mansha Daswani /
WORLD SCREEN: Streaming Gains For Warner Bros. Discovery
Ben Glickman /
Wall Street Journal: Warner Bros. Discovery Swings to Quarterly Profit on Strong Streaming Growth
Brian Welk /
IndieWire: Warner Bros. Discovery Looks to Be Sticking Around in the Streaming Profitability Club
Alexandra Canal /
Yahoo Finance: Warner Bros. Discovery ticks higher amid streaming strength as studios, linear TV pressure revenue
Fortune:
Streams Charts: Election Day livestreams generated nearly 84M hours watched with 80.6% on YouTube; Fox News was the top outlet with a record 1.14M+ peak viewers— A man seen watching the broadcasting of the U.S. election results at the restaurant in Bangkok.
Discussion:
Tatiana Stronskaya on LinkedIn, Streams Charts, Tubefilter and DNyuz
Discussion:
Tatiana Stronskaya /
Tatiana Stronskaya on LinkedIn: Esports Charts & Streams Charts is featured in Fortune👏 — I am so proud to see how our #livestreaming data and our talented expert …
Dmytro Murko /
Streams Charts: U.S. Election Results in Live-streaming — over 9 million Peak Viewers; new records for top streamers and platforms
James Hale /
Tubefilter: Election night coverage has gone online. Here's where people watched the most. DNyuz: Fox News Leads 2024 Election Night Coverage Viewership While MSNBC Tops CNN For First Time Ever, But Overall Audience Deflates Once More
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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. …
Emilia David /
VentureBeat: Tech leaders congratulate Trump on winning 2024 election, pledge to work together on innovation
Helen Li /
Business Insider: Elon Musk's Grok AI was pretty excited Trump won the 2024 election. Here's what else AI chatbots had to say. 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
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
DNyuz:
In the election run-up, TV networks had prepared for a long wait, like in 2020, that didn't come; around 2:30AM ET, every network covered Trump's victory speech
Garrett Searight /
Barrett Media: Is Brian Williams Ready for a Television News Comeback After Amazon Prime Video Election Night Special?
Erik Pedersen /
Deadline: Brian Williams Leads Prime Video's First Live Election Night Special - Watch The Cold Open
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
Discussion:
Associated Press, Breitbart, DNyuz, The Wrap, MediaPost, @jeremymbarr, @alexweprin, Barrett Media, Tv Technology, The Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, Axios, Adweek, The Desk, Variety, Nielsen, @benjaminmullin@threads.net, TVNewsCheck, Wall Street Journal, The Wrap and Media Play News
Discussion:
David Bauder /
Associated Press: Election night television viewership drops sharply from 2020 and 2016
John Nolte /
Breitbart: News Media Election Night Coverage Collapsed by 26%
Sean Burch /
The Wrap: YouTube Drives 67 Million Hours of Election Viewership as Network Ratings Plunge
Wayne Friedman /
MediaPost: Election Night TV Viewing Down 25% To 42.3M
Jeremy Barr /
@jeremymbarr: What's also wild is that 67 million people watched the Trump/Harris debate two months ago. That's a massive drop in TV interest.
Alex Weprin /
@alexweprin: @jeremymbarr ... I don't know for sure, but I will note that for a debate you want to watch the event, for Election Day you want the analysis, and there are a million places to get real time analysis. Barrett Media: Network and Cable News Coverage of 2024 Presidential Election Results Drops More Than 25% Compared to 2020
George Winslow /
Tv Technology: Election Night TV Viewing Fell Off Dramatically in 2024
Stephen Battaglio /
Los Angeles Times: Fox News leads election night ratings as MSNBC tops CNN for the first time
Sara Fischer /
Axios: 42 million tune into election night coverage
Mark Mwachiro /
Adweek: 42.3 Million Viewers Watched Presidential Election Night Coverage
Joe Otterson /
Variety: Election Night 2024 Coverage Draws 42.3 Million Viewers, Down Over 25% From 2020
Ben Mullin /
@benjaminmullin@threads.net: Inbox: more than 42 million viewers tuned in to watch 2024 presidential election coverage, down *25 percent* from 2020, per Nielsen:
Isabella Simonetti /
Wall Street Journal: Fox News Led Election Night Ratings Amid Lower Cable Viewership
Loree Seitz /
The Wrap: Election Night 2024 Ratings: Fox News Dominates With 9.8 Million Viewers, MSNBC Beats CNN for First Presidential Election Ever
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, The Information, Fast Company, Taylor Lorenz on LinkedIn, Wired, @claireeshaffer, @chronotope, @benghazi_ebooks, @rebexxxxa, @ncblake, @ethangach, @avecruth@threads.net, @dansinker@omfg.town, @joeholder_, @drjoehanson@threads.net, @realvanjackson, @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social, @cheyennehuntca, Le Monde.fr, @sowmyak, @walthickey, @chronotope, Ad Age, @karavoght, @ncblake, @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social, The Hollywood Reporter, @maxwelltani, @claireeshaffer, @iamnickreynolds, @bernstein, Aaron Huertas on LinkedIn, @michaelbishop.me and @benghazi_ebooks
Discussion:
Colin Kirkland /
MediaPost: Trump Campaign Spent Less On Social Media, Channeled Influencers To Reach Young Males
Kaya Yurieff /
The Information: Creators Still Don't Know What Threads Is For
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. …
Makena Kelly /
Wired: The Future of Political Influencers
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.
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/...
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]
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
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.
Van Jackson /
@realvanjackson: Resourcing has hindered every left project in America that wasn't a Bernie presidential campaign (also state repression) https://inkstickmedia.com/...
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/...
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...
Gillian Follett /
Ad Age: 4 creator economy predictions and trends to watch in 2025
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.
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 /
The Hollywood Reporter: How Trump Won the First “Influencer Election”
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
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. …
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. …
@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
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:
Bloomberg, Arijit Bhaduri on LinkedIn and DNyuz
Discussion:
Ashley Carman /
Bloomberg: Podcasters Smoked Cigars, Interviewed Mobsters and Patched in From Mar-a-Lago on Election Night
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 …
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:
TVNewsCheck, Reuters, @kosuradio, @cory_gaines, @coreyhutchins and Austin Fuller on LinkedIn
Discussion:
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 @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/...
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:
@reuterslegal and Press Gazette, more at Techmeme »
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:
Billboard, TikTok, Spotify, Digital Music News, Music Business Worldwide, The Verge and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Discussion:
Elias Leight /
Billboard: Sharing Music on TikTok Keeps Getting Easier 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
Daniel Tencer /
Music Business Worldwide: TikTok deepens integration with Spotify and Apple Music via new feature that lets streamers ‘Share to TikTok’
Anna Washenko /
Engadget: You can now post tracks to TikTok from Spotify and Apple Music
New York Times:
Richard Winfield, who worked to protect reporters' sources, convinced judges to allow cameras in court, and more as general counsel for the AP, died at age 91— As a lawyer for The Associated Press and other news outlets, he challenged efforts to muzzle reporters and organized lawyers to promote free expression around the world.
Discussion:
TVNewsCheck
Discussion:
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, Variety, Deadline, Lionsgate and The Hollywood Reporter
Discussion:
Jeremy Fuster /
The Wrap: Lionsgate Suffers $163 Million Q3 Loss Amid Box Office Slump
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”
CNN:
After Trump won, US journalists question what a “red wave” election says about the information environment and the media's credibility, influence, and audience— New York CNN — — Donald Trump's return to power is a hinge point for the American media - in ways big, small, and to be determined.
Discussion:
@kennysmith@mstdn.social, KDFX-TV, Decider, CT Mirror and GeekWire
Discussion:
Kenny Smith /
@kennysmith@mstdn.social: Where to even begin ... From: @Mediagazer — After Trump won, US journalists question what a “red wave” election says about the information environment and the media's credibility, influence, and audience (Brian Stelter/CNN) — http://www.cnn.com/... http://mediagazer.com/... https://mstdn.social/...
Radhamely De Leon /
Decider: Jake Tapper Goes Viral For Candid Reaction To Kamala Harris' Underwhelming Performance: “Holy Smokes”
Keith M. Phaneuf /
CT Mirror: Trump retakes presidency; In CT, Harris had wide margin
@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.”
Discussion:
New York Times, @scotian.bsky.social, @juwanthecurator.bsky.social, @benmullin, Washingtonian
Discussion:
Benjamin Mullin /
New York Times: Washington Post Employees Ordered Back to Office 5 Days a Week @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]
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]
Ben Mullin /
@benmullin: Full memo: [image]
Press Gazette:
UK-based Digitalbox buys three entertainment and lifestyle sites from GRV Media; GRV's executive chairman says his company has pivoted to sports journalism— Digitalbox wants a niche in entertainment while GRV Media doubles down on sports. — Online publisher Digitalbox has bought three sites …
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
Reuters:
Canada orders TikTok's business in the country to be dissolved, citing national security, but says it is not blocking Canadians' access; TikTok plans to appeal— Canada on Wednesday ordered the wind up of TikTok's business in the country citing national security risks …
Discussion:
CBC News, New York Times, Digital Music News, Android Authority, Gizmodo, MEDIANAMA, Canada's National Observer, Retail TouchPoints, Music Business Worldwide, DNyuz, Tubefilter, TechCrunch, Music Ally, UPI, Wall Street Journal, Digital Journal, Boing Boing, Deseret News, @prairiecentrist, @scott_dlb, @geoffreygertz, Michael Geist, @privacylawyer, @gray_mackenzie, The Information, The Desk, Associated Press, Government of Canada, Billboard, Reuters, Daily Sabah, Variety, Engadget and Bloomberg
Discussion:
Catharine Tunney /
CBC News: Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada — but Canadians can still use it
Meaghan Tobin /
New York Times: Canada Shuts TikTok's Offices Over National Security Risks
Ashley King /
Digital Music News: TikTok Vows to Fight Canada's Shutdown Order In Court — Here's Their Just-Released Statement
Rushil Agrawal /
Android Authority: Canada “bans” TikTok in the most Canada way possible
Matthew Gault /
Gizmodo: Canada Is Doing Its Own Extremely Weird TikTok Ban
Simone Lobo /
MEDIANAMA: After US, Canada orders Tiktok to shutdown operations over national security concerns
Tara Deschamps /
Canada's National Observer: National security concerns prompt Ottawa to shut down TikTok's Canadian arm
Nicole Silberstein /
Retail TouchPoints: Canada Orders Closure of TikTok Subsidiary, Citing National Security Concerns
Daniel Tencer /
Music Business Worldwide: TikTok vows court battle as Canada orders shutdown of local subsidiary
Sam Gutelle /
Tubefilter: Canada is shuttering TikTok's offices in Vancouver and Toronto (but the app isn't banned yet)
Ingrid Lunden /
TechCrunch: Canada orders shutdown of TikTok offices over security risks (but won't block app)
Stuart Dredge /
Music Ally: Canadian government is shutting down TikTok (but not its app)
Clyde Hughes /
UPI: Canada orders TikTok to close local operations citing national security concerns
Paul Vieira /
Wall Street Journal: TikTok Canada Unit Ordered to Dissolve Operations on National-Security Concerns
Rob Beschizza /
Boing Boing: Canada bans Tik Tok from operating in country, but allows the app to stay
Hanna Seariac /
Deseret News: Canada tells TikTok to shut down its offices
John Mark Taylor /
@prairiecentrist: Idk what this means.
Scott /
@scott_dlb: So zero security concerns are resolved but we lose the ability to tax and regulate it. The Liberals really are the masters of finding the dumbest possible middle ground on an issue
Geoffrey Gertz /
@geoffreygertz: This is also curiously almost the exact inverse of another social media policy trend, which is requiring platforms to have a local presence, someone to be accountable to gov't regulators. If I understand this order, Canada is compelling TikTok not to have a local presence? 🤷
David T.S. Fraser /
@privacylawyer: In another remarkably stupid move, the Gov't of Canada orders TikTok to shutter its Cdn subsidiary (which presumably writes the cheques to Cdn creators), but the app will still be available in Cda. I can't see how this does anything but harm creators. https://www.canada.ca/...
Mackenzie Gray /
@gray_mackenzie: The Canadian Government just announced they're ordering the wind up of TikTok Technology Canada, Inc. after a national security review but Tik Tok itself is not being banned in Canada. So the company is banned, the Tik Tok itself will still be accessible in Canada #cdnpoli [image]
Matthew Keys /
The Desk: Canada says TikTok must dissolve domestic business Government of Canada: Government of Canada orders the wind up of TikTok Technology Canada, Inc. following a national security review under the Investment Canada Act
Tyler Jenke /
Billboard: TikTok Banned From Operating In Canada
Michaela Zee /
Variety: TikTok Ordered to Shut Down Canadian Business by Country's Government, App Access to Continue
Karissa Bell /