Sources: WBD continues to hold talks with the NBA about keeping the rights, but it's more likely the league signs papers with NBCUniversal, forcing WBD to match (Alex Sherman/CNBC)

Mediagazer: Sources: WBD continues to hold talks with the NBA about keeping the rights, but it's more likely the league signs papers with NBCUniversal, forcing WBD to match (Alex Sherman/CNBC)

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CNBC:

Sources: WBD continues to hold talks with the NBA about keeping the rights, but it's more likely the league signs papers with NBCUniversal, forcing WBD to match— Whether it's two people in a marriage or a company and a sports league, it's not easy to break up a 40-year partnership.
Discussion: @kentfoss, @sherman4949, @alvierado, Sports Media Watch, The Streamable, Barrett Media, Awful Announcing and Vanity Fair

Discussion:

Ken Foss /
@kentfoss: Remember when people thought the NBA wasn't going to get a good TV deal? It might 4x when it's all said and done. Suns might able to go get KAT at this rate.

Alex Sherman /
@sherman4949: NBA update: The league continues to hold talks with Warner Bros Discovery on striking a deal, but what's most likely to happen is the NBA signs papers with NBCUniversal and forces $WBD to match. What happens then could become a legal matter. Story here: https://www.cnbc.com/...

Alvie Stoddard /
@alvierado: @sherman4949 I don't see how WBD wouldn't be cut out of Venu if they don't retain the NBA. Sure they have MM but I don't see how ESPN and Fox would be willing to give up ⅓ ownership for mostly just that.

David Satin /
The Streamable: If Warner Bros. Discovery Loses the NBA, is Venu Doomed? Why Does the NBA Seemingly Prefer NBC's Offer? Barrett Media: Report: NBA Likely to Agree to Media Rights Package with NBCUniversal, Could Lead to Potential Litigation

Brendon Kleen /
Awful Announcing: TNT losing NBA rights not expected to jeopardize new Venu Sports streaming venture

Tom Kludt /
Vanity Fair: The Multibillion-Dollar Fight for the NBA

New York Times:

Sources: Sony and Apollo sign NDAs but back away from their $26B offer for Paramount's assets, partly due to Sony shareholders' concerns over streaming costs— The two companies have expressed interest in acquiring the media conglomerate, but are backing away from their $26 billion all-cash offer.

Discussion:
Deadline, @benmullin, @shanabellucy, The Wrap, Deadline, Reuters and Financial Times

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Anthony D'Alessandro /
Deadline: NBCU's Donna Langley On Impact Of Possible Sony-Paramount Merger: “There Will Be Further Consolidation...It's Sad” - Cannes

Ben Mullin /
@benmullin: scoop w/@LaurenSHirsch — Sony and Apollo have signed NDAs with Paramount, a significant step forward in their bid. However, they are backing away from their plan to make a $26 billion, all-cash offer for the company. New structures are being considered: https://www.nytimes.com/... @shanabellucy: @BenMullin @LaurenSHirsch The signing of NDAs signals Sony and Apollo's serious intent, but rethinking the $26B all-cash offer is prudent. Exploring alternative deal structures that unlock value while addressing streaming challenges could lead to a win-win for both sides

Ross A. Lincoln /
The Wrap: Sony-Apollo Backs Away From $26 Billion Paramount Bid but Paves Way to Continued Deal Talks, NDAs

Jill Goldsmith /
Deadline: Sony & Paramount Sign Non-Disclosure Agreement Allowing Deal Talks To Start, But It's Not Looking Like A $26 Billion Bid For Whole Company Anymore

Mrinmay Dey /
Reuters: Sony and Apollo move ahead with Paramount bid process but reticent about earlier plan, NYT reports

South China Morning Post:

The US says it is deeply concerned over reports that Zhang Zhan, imprisoned after covering COVID-19 in China, has disappeared after her expected prison release— - Zhang Zhan, arrested in 2020 after reporting on coronavirus in Wuhan, has not been heard from since her expected prison release date, advocates say

Discussion:
@ameshaa, @statedeptspox, UPI, @angoffinet, BBC and Daily Mail

Discussion:

Amesh Adalja /
@ameshaa: “She was the first to face trial for reporting on the pandemic in the central Chinese city and received the harshest punishment” https://www.scmp.com/...

Matthew Miller /
@statedeptspox: The United States is concerned about reports that PRC citizen journalist Zhang Zhan disappeared after her expected release date from prison on May 13. We reiterate our call for the PRC to respect the human rights of all journalists, who should be able to report freely.

Andre Goffinet /
@angoffinet: She was supposed to be released on monday, but where is she? https://www.scmp.com/...

Nieman Lab:

Q&A with New Yorker journalist Rachel Aviv on her Lucy Letby article, the cost of trial transcripts in the UK, the police documentary about the case, and more— “So much of the media coverage — and the trial itself — started at the point at which we've determined that [Lucy] …

Discussion:

Gina Rushton /
@ginarush: So many great insights into Aviv's writing process in this interview about the Letby piece https://www.niemanlab.org/...

Sarah Scire /
@sarahscire: The only time I unironically use 🚨 in the @NiemanLab Slack is when new work from @RachelAviv drops. On her reporting methods and why her new blockbuster @NewYorker article is banned in the U.K. https://www.niemanlab.org/... Nieman Journalism Lab on LinkedIn: For her 13,000-plus-word story “A British Nurse Was Found Guilty of Killing Seven Babies. Did She Do It?”, New Yorker staff writer Rachel Aviv drew on text messages …

Laura Wagner /
Washington Post: Why Brits can't read a New Yorker exposé about a British murder case

David Whelan /
@davidpwhelan@mastodon.world: A look at how journalist Rachel Aviv, who wrote the new #NewYorker piece on Lucy Letby (convicted of murder in the UK), approached writing the article: acquiring court transcripts, process, Scrivener, US v UK court information restrictions, info misrepresentation by state authorities. …

New York Times:

Source: Roku's Sunday morning MLB package is worth $30M over three years, but the MLB can earn more from ads; Peacock paid $30M/year for the package before— Major League Baseball's Sunday morning package on Roku, called “Sunday Leadoff,” is worth a total of $30 million over three years …

Discussion:
@tvgrimreaper and Awful Announcing

Washington Post:

Seven Black and female Chicago Tribune journalists file a federal suit against Alden, claiming it has knowingly paid them less than White and male counterparts— It's the latest revolt by journalists at a newspaper owned by Alden Global Capital. — Chicago Tribune journalists filed suit Thursday …

Discussion:
Boing Boing, Chicago Sun Times, Chicago Tribune, @jsmithrichards, @royalpratt, @ctguild and Associated Press

Discussion:

Rob Beschizza /
Boing Boing: Photographer wins lawsuit against alleged painter who plagiarized her work

Kade Heather /
Chicago Sun Times: Chicago Tribune journalists file discrimination suit against paper

Robert Channick /
Chicago Tribune: Chicago Tribune journalists file lawsuit alleging pay discrimination against female and Black employees

Jennifer Smith Richards /
@jsmithrichards: I am absolutely in awe of the named plaintiffs — all extraordinary journalists. They are standing up for what is fair and just. Thank you to @ChristyGutowsk1 @DarcelTribune @StaceyWescott1 @Mabuckley88 Terrence James @neacynewslady and Colleen Kujawa. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

Gregory Royal Pratt /
@royalpratt: Our colleagues who are suing Tribune over wage discrimination are some of the bravest folks I know. @ctguild told the company ages ago about outrageous pay gaps and they gaslit our workers while refusing to fix it. I stand with our journalists today/always https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @ctguild: Today, 7 brave Chicago Tribune employees sued the company for wage discrimination. We support them, admire them & reject the gross unfairness owner Alden has overseen. Together, we will end it. Here's why this matters (1/8): https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

TechCrunch:

Reddit reintroduces the awards system it shut down in 2023, ends the replacement Golden Upvotes system, and expands its Contributor Program to 35 countries— Reddit announced on Wednesday that it is reintroducing its awards system after shutting down the program last year.

Discussion:
The Verge and r/reddit, more at Techmeme »

Reuters:

OpenAI and Reddit partner to bring Reddit content to OpenAI tools including ChatGPT via Reddit's Data API and to add AI features to Reddit; RDDT is up 12%+— Reddit (RDDT.N) has partnered with OpenAI to bring the social media platform's content to popular chatbot ChatGPT …

Discussion: @reddit,
The Verge, Joel Deutscher on LinkedIn, Ars Technica, Amanda Guisbond on LinkedIn, Reddit Upvoted, MEDIANAMA, The Register, CNBC, Sherwood News, Conan Hines on LinkedIn, Glenn Gabe on LinkedIn, Quartz, Fast Company, Associated Press, @lilyraynyc, @mikeisaac, @kyliebytes, @andrewcurran_, @haydenfield, @shiringhaffary, @leanmediaorg, @kantrowitz, @ryanjones, @lilyraynyc, @openai, @sipi@union.place, Search Engine Journal, Norman Brauns on LinkedIn, Reuters, Engadget, @juliancday@writing.exchange, Axios, Benzinga, @crumbler@threads.net, Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, Bloomberg, The Hollywood Reporter and @aarongreenspan.com, more at Techmeme »

Discussion: @reddit:

Emilia David /
The Verge: OpenAI strikes Reddit deal to train its AI on your posts

Joel Deutscher /
Joel Deutscher on LinkedIn: Big news today for OpenAI and Reddit today. No, this isn't an impressive tech demo, though it might be more important. …

Scharon Harding /
Ars Technica: OpenAI will use Reddit posts to train ChatGPT under new deal

Amanda Guisbond /
Amanda Guisbond on LinkedIn: Whoa. This is a big deal. And an opportunity for #healthcare innovators to take advantage of ChatGPT's integration of Reddit data …

Vallari Sanzgiri /
MEDIANAMA: Reddit and OpenAI Team Up for AI Integration and Advertising

Brandon Vigliarolo /
The Register: Reddit goes AI agnostic, signs data training deal with OpenAI

Hayden Field /
CNBC: Reddit soars after announcing OpenAI deal that allows use of its data for training AI models

Jamie Wilde /
Sherwood News: Hey ChatGPT, AITA?

Conan Hines /
Conan Hines on LinkedIn: I've been screaming for months how if LLMs just had more AITA posts and shower thoughts we'd be at AGI already. Thank you OpenAI and Reddit, Inc. for listening 🙏

Glenn Gabe /
Glenn Gabe on LinkedIn: If you don't like how Reddit has surged recently in Google, then you definitely aren't going to like this news. …

Rocio Fabbro /
Quartz: OpenAI will use Reddit content to train ChatGPT

Christopher Zara /
Fast Company: Reddit stock price sees fresh high after content deal with ChatGPT maker OpenAI

Lily Ray /
@lilyraynyc: Damn... Reddit data is apparently a goldmine for LLMs. Now BOTH Google and OpenAI are training their models on... Reddit content? What could possibly go wrong?

Rat King /
@mikeisaac: significant! Looks like OAI and Reddit reached an API deal — Reddit gains $$$ and mod tools, OAI gains new conversation data curious how users take this....

Kylie Robison /
@kyliebytes: reddit really making the most out of data licensing deals at the bloomberg tech event, they did a poll on what would be reddit's biggest source of revenue (ads, data licensing deals etc) and ads won by far but i voted data licensing lol

Andrew Curran /
@andrewcurran_: The reddit post. They already allow Google to use their content for training data for Gemini. This seems to imply OpenAI can also train off user posts going forward. The Alphabet data-access contract pays out $60 million a year. No numbers on this one yet. [image]

Hayden Field /
@haydenfield: Reddit shares surged 11% in extended trading on Thursday after the social media company announced a partnership with OpenAI, which will allow the ChatGPT-maker to train its AI models on Reddit content. https://www.cnbc.com/...

Shirin Ghaffary /
@shiringhaffary: OpenAI is on a roll with media/publishing deals: Reddit, Dotdash Meredith, Financial Times, all announced within the past several weeks @leanmediaorg: This is what every large news and digital content publisher should have started working on 18 months ago. Few have. Theres an opportunity for smaller/indie publishers as well, but only after significant standardization of structured data or CMS content, maybe as a consortium.

Alex Kantrowitz /
@kantrowitz: Google no happy

Ryan Jones /
@ryanjones: If you thought Reddit and Google was great you're gonna love this Reddit and OpenAI partnership. https://openai.com/... Reddit and OpenAI today announced a partnership to benefit both the Reddit and OpenAI user communities in a number of ways. Learn more on our corporate blog. https://www.redditinc.com/... @openai: We're partnering with Reddit to bring its content to ChatGPT and new products: https://openai.com/...

Matt G. Southern /
Search Engine Journal: ChatGPT To Surface Reddit Content Via Partnership With OpenAI

Norman Brauns /
Norman Brauns on LinkedIn: 👇 OpenAI just struck a deal to bring Reddit content into ChatGPT, and this could be a game-changer for the SEO industry. …

Pranav Dixit /
Engadget: OpenAI strikes deal to put Reddit posts in ChatGPT

Julian Day /
@juliancday@writing.exchange: Deleted my Reddit account ✌️ — https://www.theverge.com/...

Ina Fried /
Axios: OpenAI inks deal to bring Reddit content to ChatGPT

Sarah E. Needleman /
Wall Street Journal: Reddit Signs Data-Licensing Deal With OpenAI

Michael Nuñez /
VentureBeat: OpenAI partners with Reddit to integrate unique user-generated content into ChatGPT

Aaron Greenspan /
@aarongreenspan.com: I hope Redditors like generating Sam's training data for free. [embedded post]

Committee to Protect Journalists:

The CPJ led a coalition of media and civic groups urging the US DOJ to drop charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has a UK hearing on May 20— The Committee to Protect Journalists led a coalition of civil society organizations urging the United States Department of Justice …

Discussion:
Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Discussion:

Pew Research Center:

Survey: 39% of Americans say it is at least somewhat important that they get news from journalists who share their political views— Most Americans say it is not important that the news they get comes from journalists who share their political views, age, gender or other traits.

Discussion:
@mediathoughts

The Verge:

Memo: Gannett is adding AI-generated summaries to the top of some stories, with a disclaimer at the bottom; some USA Today stories already show the summaries— Gannett, the media company that owns hundreds of newspapers in the US, is launching a new program that adds AI-generated bullet points …

Discussion:
Dan Ackerman on LinkedIn, Futurism, @roc_howe, @rocnewsguild, @kennysmith@mstdn.social, @miasato.2@threads.net, Futurism and Digiday

Discussion:

Dan Ackerman /
Dan Ackerman on LinkedIn: At first glance, this feels harmless (and maybe that's the point) — auto-generated bullet points that are hand-reviewed before publication. …

Maggie Harrison Dupré /
Futurism: USA Today Using AI to Generate Parts of Articles, Leaked Memo Shows

Steve Howe /
@roc_howe: Why is @rocnewsguild fighting for AI protection in our contract? Because AI is already being used to generate (garbage) content at Gannett properties. This isn't a far-off future concern; this dystopian news landscape is already here. @rocnewsguild: Using bots with artificial intelligence to replace journalists with actual intelligence is clearly a stupid idea for anyone who cares about news and democracy. It's ridiculous that @Gannett, which owns so many local newspapers, is having such a hard time understanding this.

Kenny Smith /
@kennysmith@mstdn.social: Read between the LLM-generated lines. — From: @Mediagazer — https://mstdn.social/...

Mia Sato /
@miasato.2@threads.net: Scoop: Gannett is adding AI-generated summaries to the top of some stories. Sound familiar? Like what a certain search engine is doing to search results?? https://www.theverge.com/...

Maggie Harrison Dupré /
Futurism: Gannett Staff Furious Over Contract Allowing AI “to Generate News Content”

Sara Guaglione /
Digiday: Gannett's new contract language around AI unsettles local union

New York Times:

Sources: many NPR employees expressed anger or concern over the Backstop, a new layer of editors who will review all of NPR's journalism before it is released— Many employees have expressed concern that a new group of six editors called the Backstop will be unnecessary and slow down NPR's journalism.

Discussion:
NPR, Inside Radio, Columbia Journalism Review, @lowkell, @lydenfreeagent, @donlinn, @jayrosen_nyu, @obviousdwest@hachyderm.io and Current

Discussion:

Edith Chapin /
NPR: Resources to enhance and strengthen editorial operations

Cameron Joseph /
Columbia Journalism Review: How Biden and Trump kneecapped the media with their debate deal @lowkell: @jayrosen_nyu @BenMullin So, pointing out in good faith that NPR is effectively biased towards the right, due to its relentless false equivalence, is completely ignored. But some unhinged, totally false right-wing screed results in this massive (over) reaction by @npr management. Greeeeaaat...

Jay Rosen /
@jayrosen_nyu: An anonymous funder is donating the money necessary to add a new layer of editorial review to NPR's journalism, @BenMullin reports. https://www.nytimes.com/... Can that really stand? Without knowing who it is, how can we assess the nature of the donor's willingness to help?

Tyler Falk /