The WSJ is testing AI-generated article summaries at the top of new stories in a "Key Points" box to see how readers respond, following Gannett and others (Jay Peters/The Verge)
Mediagazer: The WSJ is testing AI-generated article summaries at the top of new stories in a “Key Points” box to see how readers respond, following Gannett and others (Jay Peters/The Verge)
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Wall Street Journal:
Spotify plans to pay incentives to video creators who hit certain viewing thresholds and, in January 2025, to let Premium users view podcast videos without ads— Audio-streaming giant plans to pay hosts to make podcast videos and allow premium subscribers to watch them without ads
Discussion:
Stuart Dredge /
Music Ally: Spotify launches new ways for video podcasters to earn money @spotifycreator: Today Spotify for Podcasters is becoming Spotify for Creators—and the platform is getting an upgrade with a series of new offerings to help creators like you grow an audience and monetize your content on Spotify, whether you're making audio or video. [video] @spotifynews: From our LA campus to your feed, we just announced 🆕 video features and offerings to help creators connect with fans, grow, and monetize. https://newsroom.spotify.com/ ...
Alex Kantrowitz /
@kantrowitz: Fascinating comments from Spotify co-president Gustav Söderström about how the platform views AI-generated music and podcasts, and whether they'll replace the stuff us humans create. Full episode: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/... Etc. [video]
Alex Heath /
@alexeheath: I'm at Spotify event in LA where the company just announced that it's removing ad breaks from video podcasts and will soon start paying creators directly based on engagement. The goal is to compete more directly for YouTube's video creators https://www.theverge.com/...
Paul Roetzer /
@paulroetzer: Very thoughtful responses. Balance of insights and uncertainty. I like to believe he's right on humans valuing human experiences and creativity even more in an age of AI content abundance / overload.
John Buckley /
@johnbuckley.bsky.social: Spotify to pay creators for videos in Australia as revenue grows www.capitalbrief.com/briefing/ spo...
Danny Gallagher /
Engadget: Spotify unveils a new payout model for creators with popular videos
Wendy Lee /
Los Angeles Times: Spotify woos video and podcast creators with new tools to better compete with YouTube
Aisha Malik /
TechCrunch: Spotify will start paying video podcast hosts based on how well their videos perform Spotify: Spotify Unveils Uninterrupted Video Podcasts, Audience-Driven Payments, and the New Spotify for Creators Platform
Spotify:
Biggest. Change. Ever. Go Inside Spotify for Creators, the New Home of Podcasting on Spotify
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Axios: Spotify projects its first full year of profitability ever in 2024; CEO Daniel Ek says profitability is the new normal for Spotify
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The Hollywood Reporter, Digiday, Investor's Business Daily, @sarafischer, CMU, Digital Music News, MEDIANAMA, Fortune and Music Ally
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Caitlin Huston /
The Hollywood Reporter: Spotify Hits 252M Premium Subscribers, On Track For First Full Year of Profitability
Sam Bradley /
Digiday: Media buyers say programmatic spend on Spotify is increasing as platform builds its own SSP
Patrick Seitz /
Investor's Business Daily: Spotify Stock Soars As Analysts Crank Up Volume Of Bullish Ratings
Sara Fischer /
@sarafischer: NEW: @Spotify projects first full year of profitability ever — CEO @eldsjal told me consistent profitability is new normal — Ek plans to reinvest record free cash flow in AI but says $SPOT won't spend as liberally as it used to — “You should not expect that we're going to go back
Sam Taylor /
CMU: Spotify's Ek puts a damper on ‘super premium’ hype, bigs up AI and innovation as the future
Dylan Smith /
Digital Music News: Why Stop At $400? Spotify Stock Tops $465 Per Share Following Q3 Earnings Release — Execs Target ‘First Full Year of Profitability’
Sharveya Parasnis /
MEDIANAMA: Spotify Sees Profit Rise By 40% YoY To 1.24 Billion Euros
Ryan Hogg /
Fortune: Daniel Ek says Spotify has ‘never been in a stronger position’ as music streamer caps remarkable 2024 turnaround
The Hollywood Reporter:
CEOs at Nexstar, Sinclair, and Tegna, plus some analysts, say they expect deregulation and consolidation in the broadcast TV industry under Trump's FCC— Flush with political ad dollars and anticipating a deal-friendly environment, moguls are eyeing big moves to roll up lucrative local broadcasters.
Discussion:
@mediaevan and @WarnerCrocker@mastodon.social
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Evan DeSimone /
@mediaevan: It's not clear to me what a “massive TV station land grab” does except slow the decline of the industry slightly while piling on a bunch of debt. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...
Variety:
Don Lemon, who sued Elon Musk and X after a deal fell apart, says he's leaving X on November 15, citing X's new ToS that moves legal disputes to Texas courts— Don Lemon, a one-time business partner of Elon Musk who's now suing the tech mogul, is done with X.
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Zachary Leeman /
Mediaite: Don Lemon Announces He's Quitting Twitter: Not a Place For ‘Honest Debate’
Derek Hunter /
Townhall: Democrats Quitting X Will Be Missed...By Someone...Probably
Mike Bedigan /
The Independent: Don Lemon highlights alarming change to X's terms of service as he leaves the platform
Cullen Linebarger /
The Gateway Pundit: HAHA: Disgraced Former CNN Host Don Lemon Gets Brutally Roasted After Explaining Why He's Ditching X/Twitter (VIDEO) Barrett Media: Don Lemon Announces Departure From X: ‘No Longer Serves Purpose’ as Free Speech Platform
Lily Mae Lazarus /
The Daily Beast: Don Lemon Quits X After Feud With Elon Musk
Candace McDuffie /
The Root: Black Folks Are Asking Is it Time To Leave Black Twitter For Real Now That Elon Musk, Trump Are Working Together
Blake Wolf /
One America News Network: Don Lemon Announces Departure From X, Users Troll In Response: ‘I Love That You Think You Will Be Missed’
Nicki Cox /
Page Six: Jamie Lee Curtis and Don Lemon quit X after Elon Musk joins Donald Trump's Cabinet
Clare Duffy /
CNN: Don Lemon and the Guardian left Elon Musk's X after the election. But is it a mass exodus? Don't be so sure
Taylor Herzlich /
New York Post: Ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon says he is quitting X over new terms of service
Dominick Mastrangelo /
The Hill: Don Lemon quitting X: ‘I once believed it was a place for honest debate’
Asher Notheis /
Washington Examiner: Don Lemon leaving X due to platform not serving ‘purpose’ of free speech
Walter Einenkel /
Daily Kos: Journalists begin new exodus from Elon Musk's X
Music Business Worldwide:
German royalty licensing group GEMA sues OpenAI and subsidiary OpenAI Ireland in Munich Regional Court, claiming ChatGPT violates copyrights of lyrics— OpenAI, the $157 billion-valued US-based AI giant behind ChatGPT, has been sued by German collection society and licensing body GEMA.
Discussion:
gema.de, Digital Music News, ai fray, Jeff Rabhan on LinkedIn, The Decoder, CMU, @konkrit@mastodon.social, Billboard and Music Ally
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Dylan Smith /
Digital Music News: GEMA Sues OpenAI for Copyright Infringement Amid Broader AI Regulatory Push: ‘A Test Case to Clarify Numerous Legal Issues’ ai fray: Biggest non-U.S. AI copyright lawsuit filed in IP litigation hotspot Munich by German collecting society GEMA against OpenAI
Jeff Rabhan /
Jeff Rabhan on LinkedIn: They will all limp to the courtroom eventually, most are hoping Universal will foot the bill and they can piggyback across the finish line. …
Matthias Bastian /
The Decoder: German music rights group GEMA sues OpenAI over unlicensed song lyrics in ChatGPT
Chris Cooke /
CMU: GEMA sues OpenAI
Kristoffer Patrick Cornils /
@konkrit@mastodon.social: 2024 has been an interesting year for music industry lawsuits. looking forward to this one, i doubt that openai will walk away from this unharmed. https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/ ...
Marc Schneider /
Billboard: GEMA Sues OpenAI Over Song Lyrics In a First for PROs
Stuart Dredge /
Music Ally: German collecting society GEMA sues OpenAI over song lyrics
CNBC:
Amazon Prime Video will offer Diamond Sports Group's 16 regional sports networks, newly branded as FanDuel Sports Network, as add-on subscriptions— Diamond Sports reached a deal with Amazon's Prime Video that will allow its 16 regional sports networks to be made available on the streaming platform.
Discussion:
Tom Friend /
Sports Business Journal: MLB, Braves withdraw objection to Diamond's proposed reorganization plan
Luke Bouma /
Cord Cutters News: FanDuel Sports Networks Strikes Deal with Amazon to Stream RSNs on Prime Channels
Alden Gonzalez /
ESPN: Diamond Sports Group reaches agreement with Amazon Associated Press: FanDuel Sports Network regional channels will be available as add-on subscription on Prime Video
Joey Morona /
Plain Dealer: FanDuel Sports Network, television home of the Cavs, is coming to Prime Video
Anthony Crupi /
Sportico: Diamond RSNs to Offer Single-Game Buys as Court Hearing Looms
The Verge:
The WSJ is testing AI-generated article summaries at the top of new stories in a “Key Points” box to see how readers respond, following Gannett and others— The Wall Street Journal is experimenting with AI-generated article summaries that appear at the top of its news stories.
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MediaPost
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Mashable:
The once-unified BookTok community has become a battleground over politics and how it intersects with writers, influencers, readers, and the books themselves— A divided BookTok community asks: Can we ever separate books from politics? — Like any good story, BookTok itself is reaching …
Discussion:
Farrah Rochon /
@farrahrochon@threads.net: They want to keep politics out of their safe BookTok space. And because Black romances and the writers who pen them are inherently political by our mere existence, the chances of getting that “TikTok Sensation” sticker falls dramatically for Black romances.
Farrah Rochon /
@farrahrochon@threads.net: I'm gonna say this and then scoot away for a bit, but when questioning how so many mediocre white romances become TikTok sensations while Black romances don't go viral on that app, just look at some of the discourse happening right now. Booktok, like this country, is made up of a massive number of people who will never read a Black romance.
Angela Watercutter /
Wired: The US Election Is Tearing BookTok Apart
Jess Camacho /
@jesscamnj.bsky.social: The lady who started the whole “leave politics out of booktok” nonsense deleted her account after being throughly dragged 🤣🤣🤣
Georgina Kiersten /
@ingloriousgigi.bsky.social: “I don't know when booktok became political.” — *blinks* Ain't you a fat woman on booktok? You don't see the politics there, babe? 🙃 @srmilesauthor.bsky.social: The same reason the girlies want politics out of booktok is the same reason the girlies still want to get married on plantations. — Keep your foot on their necks. — There's no safe spaces where you can pretend as if you aren't contributing to the pain of others.
Matthew L Reznicek /
@drreznicek.bsky.social: No. Next question. [image]
A.R. Moxon /
@juliusgoat.bsky.social: Anyone who wants to keep politics out of art is a fascist who seeks to keep everyone else's politics out of art and/or a dilettante who understands neither politics nor art. [image]
Eve Upton-Clark /
Fast Company: ‘No book is written in a vacuum’: Politics has come for BookTok
Press Gazette:
Guido Fawkes owner Paul Staines plans to step down as editor of the UK political news blog after 20 years; the blog has crowdfunded £92K+ to fight a libel claim— Guido Fawkes owner Paul Staines is stepping down as editor this week after 20 years leading the political blog.
New York Times:
A look at “blind box livestreaming”, an e-commerce trend in China that has become an entertaining and, some users and experts said, addictive pastime— How many plastic trinkets would you end up with? The game keeps many addicted, buyers and spectators alike.
Ars Technica:
A look at a legal case by record labels Universal, Warner, and Sony against an ISP for piracy by the ISP's users, as the labels seek bigger payouts for damages— The big three record labels notched another court victory against a broadband provider last month, but the music publishing firms …
Discussion:
Ashley King /
Digital Music News: Turntable Labs' Hangout Launches with Sony Music, UMG, WMG, Merlin On Board
Ashley King /
Digital Music News: Record Labels Say ISP Should Pay More for User Piracy — Per Song, Not Per Album
Jonathan Bailey /
Plagiarism Today: 3 Count: Per Song or Per Album
Glyn Moody /
@glynmoody@mastodon.social: Record labels unhappy with court win, say ISP should pay more for user piracy - https://arstechnica.com/... remember: for #copyright companies, enough is never enough...
Georg Szalai /
The Hollywood Reporter: Social Listening Platform Hangout Launches With Universal, Sony, Warner Music Backing
Big Technology:
Q&A with Spotify Co-President and CTO Gustav Söderström on AI-generated music, NotebookLM podcasts, AI recommendations, improving discoverability, and more— Spotify's Gustav Söderström talks about AI music, Notebook LM podcasts, and the nuance of building better discovery using LLMs.
Variety:
The Louisiana House of Representatives voted to end the state's $150M film and TV production tax incentive; the bill still needs the Senate and governor's OK— The Louisiana House of Representatives voted Tuesday to eliminate the state's $150 million tax incentive for film and TV production …
Discussion:
Variety, @iwtv_updates, @realmaryagnes.bsky.social, IndieWire, The Wrap, Louisiana Illuminator, Associated Press and Deadline
Discussion:
@iwtv_updates: #InterviewWithTheVampire Louisiana moves to strike $150 million film tax credit thus eliminating incentive for studios to film there so it's possible that AMC's #IWTV production will move even more from Louisiana towards Czechia where incentives are expected to increase in 2025. [image]
Mary Agnes Shearon /
@realmaryagnes.bsky.social: Geebus well there goes the La film industry. They're going to do to film/tv production there just what happened to Florida's...
Brian Welk /
IndieWire: The First State to Ever Offer a Filming Tax Credit Is Voting to Eliminate It
Mediaite:
Sources: Alina Habba, the lawyer who represented Trump in high-profile cases, is the front-runner to serve as press secretary in the incoming White House— Alina Habba, a lawyer who represented Donald Trump in a series of high-profile cases, has emerged as a front-runner to serve …
Discussion:
Raw Story, Vanity Fair, @atrupar, @aidnmclaughlin, WPMT, Washington Examiner, Daily Mail, CNN, Politico, New Republic, The Gateway Pundit, So What, Mediaite, Poynter, The Independent, New York Post, IJR, @GottaLaff@mastodon.social and The Hill
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Matthew Chapman /
Raw Story: CNN conservative Scott Jennings could be Trump's pick for press secretary: report
Bess Levin /
Vanity Fair: Melania Trump Expected to Be in a Long-Distance Relationship With the White House as Second-Time First Lady: Report
Aaron Rupar /
@atrupar: lol sure why not
Aidan McLaughlin /
@aidnmclaughlin: Alina Habba has emerged as a front-runner to serve as press secretary in the incoming Trump White House, four sources tell @dianafalzone https://www.mediaite.com/...
Marshall Keely /
WPMT: Trump lawyer with Harrisburg connection could be next White House press secretary
Rob Crilly /
Daily Mail: Meet Karoline Leavitt, the CNN-baiting 27-year-old frontrunner to be Donald Trump's press secretary
Katelyn Polantz /
CNN: Trump picks Bill McGinley to serve as his White House counsel
Meridith McGraw /
Politico: Frontrunners emerge for Trump White House press secretary
Mike LaChance /
The Gateway Pundit: REPORT: CNN's Scott Jennings Angling for Position of Trump White House Press Secretary
Chris Cillizza /
So What: The Morning: “Central Casting”
Holly Patrick /
The Independent: Trump ally hints she could serve as his press secretary
Victor Nava /
New York Post: Trump ally Alina Habba says she would ‘very seriously’ consider serving as his press secretary
Madison Summers /
IJR: Front-Runner for Trump's White House Press Secretary Emerges: Report
Laffy /
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social: Oh good grief. — Via Katie Phang: — Because apparently being a lawyer wasn't in the cards for Habba... Alina Habba Emerges as Front-Runner for #Trump Press Secretary — https://www.mediaite.com/...
Dominick Mastrangelo /
The Hill: Habba: I would ‘very seriously’ consider WH Press Secretary job
RELATED:
Axios:
Sources: Trump's confidants are considering changes to daily press briefings in the White House that would give access to newer, MAGA-aligned voices
Discussion:
New York Magazine, @sophiacai99, New Jersey Online, The Hill and @kimdedam.bsky.social
Discussion:
Charlotte Klein /
New York Magazine: Who Wants to Cover the Second Coming of Trump?
Sophia Cai /
@sophiacai99: One of the most hotly contested WH positions is press secretary and at least half a dozen people are on the shortlist: Alina Hanna Karoline Leavitt Scott Jennings Sage Steele Monica Crowley Elizabeth Pipko https://www.axios.com/...
Jimmy Hascup /