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 (Evan Drellich/New York Times)

Mediagazer: 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 (Evan Drellich/New York Times)

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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: Futurism, @roc_howe, @rocnewsguild, @kennysmith@mstdn.social, @miasato.2@threads.net, Digiday and Futurism

Discussion:

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/...

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

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

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, CNBC, Reddit Upvoted, Quartz, Conan Hines on LinkedIn, Sherwood News, Glenn Gabe on LinkedIn, Fast Company, @lilyraynyc, @mikeisaac, @kyliebytes, @andrewcurran_, @haydenfield, @shiringhaffary, @leanmediaorg, @kantrowitz, @ryanjones, @lilyraynyc, @openai, Associated Press, @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

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

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

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 🙏

Jamie Wilde /
Sherwood News: Hey ChatGPT, AITA?

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. …

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]

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:
Associated Press, @royalpratt, @ctguild and @jsmithrichards

Discussion:

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/ ...

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/ ...

Nieman Lab:

Q&A with New Yorker journalist Rachel Aviv on her Lucy Letby article, the cost of trial transcripts in the UK, why police comms aren't journalism, and more— “So much of the media coverage — and the trial itself — started at the point at which we've determined that [Lucy] …

Discussion:
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 …

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/...

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. …

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 »

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:
Awful Announcing and @tvgrimreaper

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

New York Times:

Two voice actors sue AI startup Lovo, saying it illegally used recordings of their voices to make audio clones without their permission; Lovo denies the claims— Two voice actors say an A.I. company created clones of their voices without their permission. Now they're suing.

Discussion:

Clare Duffy /
CNN: They claim AI stole their voices. Now they're suing

Paula Zirinsky /
Paula Zirinsky on LinkedIn: A important class action lawsuit filed by Pollock | Cohen LLP on behalf of voice-over actors who had their voices cloned, and then sold by a tech company … @charlescmann: @MrHWM One thing that gives me confidence about AI is that the industry behind it is filled with people of sterling character who are upfront and transparent about what they're doing. https://www.nytimes.com/... [image]

David Mack /
@davidmackau: this is kinda why so many people had such a visceral reaction to the apple ipad ad: the feeling that tech is just squashing artists and couldn't give a crap https://www.nytimes.com/...

Albert Fong /
@albertfong98: Is voice over? We've heard and seen AI's ability to replicate images and audio. But voice actors are the latest who find themselves potentially pushed out by the technology https://www.nytimes.com/... @CadeMetz #artificialintelligence #creators #voice

Olav Mitchell Underdal /
@omunderdal: What Do You Do When A.I. Takes Your Voice? - Two voice actors say an A.I. company created clones of their voices without their permission. Now they're suing. The company denies it did anything wrong. via @nytimes: https://www.nytimes.com/...

Avi Bar-Zeev /
Avi Bar-Zeev on LinkedIn: One of the factors for determining whether a particular GenAI infringes the IP rights of the human talent input as training data is whether …

Marilyn Simes /
Marilyn Simes on LinkedIn: Digital Instincts recently finished editing a video for one of our clients at L'Oréal. We thought about using an AI voice to narrate the video's content. …

Frank Verderosa /
Frank Verderosa on LinkedIn: Sure, this sucks. Getting paid a pittance and then having your voice cloned without knowing is everyone's worst nightmare. But my hot-takes here are: …

Jacob Bryant /
The Wrap: Voiceover Actors Sue AI Startup Lovo for Stealing Their Voices ‘Without Permission or Proper Compensation’

Winston Cho /
The Hollywood Reporter: Actors Hit AI Startup With Class Action Lawsuit Over Voice Theft

CNN's Reliable Sources:

Michael Cohen testifies about his ties to reporters during Donald Trump's NY trial, showing the complicated relationships journalists often have with sources— The Donald Trump hush money trial is dragging reporters into uncomfortable territory and laying bare the complicated relationships journalists often have with sources.

Discussion:
The Hill, Reuters Institute, @chriscillizza, @jeffplatsky, @bgrueskin, @clydehaberman, @mindys4biden, @katiephang@threads.net, @saintbridge@threads.net, @ravishinginplaid@threads.net, @webby2001@threads.net, @oliverdarcy@threads.net, Breitbart and Daily Kos

Discussion:

Dominick Mastrangelo /
The Hill: Cohen to Haberman: ‘Please start writing and I will call you soon’

Chris Cillizza /
@chriscillizza: Maggie Haberman is not just one of the best political reporters in the country. She's also one of the most honest, transparent and just plain good people in the business. Facts.

Jeffrey Platsky /
@jeffplatsky: Reporters gather string from a range of different sources. To learn that Ms. Haberman spoke to Mr. Cohen on many occasions is no surprise to veteran journalists. A seasoned reporter seeks information from all sides. It all adds to the mosaic, providing valuable insight.

Bill Grueskin /
@bgrueskin: Just your occasional reminder to reporters that they should expect that any interview they conduct might be recorded, even if they live in a state that requires consent from both parties

Clyde Haberman /
@clydehaberman: @ChrisCillizza I agree.

Mindy Fischer /
@mindys4biden: Maggie Haberman wrote 265 articles about Hillary's emails. She also wrote 141 articles about Biden's age. The fact that Michael Cohen outed her today as one of his trusted Trump puppets sure explains a lot.

Katie Phang /
@katiephang@threads.net: BLANCHE: “There were a number of times you gave Ms. Haberman a scoop? ” COHEN: Yes

Katie Phang /
@katiephang@threads.net: BLANCHE: Some of the reporters you have a strong relationship Chris Cuomo, Katy Tur, Maggie Haberman COHEN: Yes, she is with the new york times BLANCHE: You met before early 2000's and you would describe your relationship as very strong? …

Katie Phang /
@katiephang@threads.net: BLANCHE: ms haberman over the years has written a lot of articles about you? COHEN: Sounds like it, yes BLANCHE: Would you say 38 is a lot?

Katie Phang /
@katiephang@threads.net: BLANCHE: you recorded a lot of conversations with reporters ?? COHEN: I wouldn't characterize it as a lot... 40? It was probably a little more than a handful over 10 years. BLANCHE: Why did you record conversations with reporters? COHEN: For note taking so i could go back and listen to it, especially when it involved campaign @saintbridge@threads.net: I worked in newspapers 22 years and what she did is unforgivable. Reporters have ALWAYS held back from reporting on certain topics for various reasons, largely benign. But people were dying during covid. Trying tried to shake down the president of Ukraine. He planned a coup and didn't try to hide it. …

Brittany /
@ravishinginplaid@threads.net: Say whatever you'd like. But it certainly seems (from emails and corroborating testimony) that Haberman had some sort of a track record of allowing positive coverage for access. Whether you trust Cohen, or not. The two together are hard to ignore. She messed up here.

Brittany /
@ravishinginplaid@threads.net: I saw a lot of Maggie Haberman defense earlier in the week, based on “that's what journalists do.” I sat quietly and took those Threads in. Unsure how to comment. Unsure how to process. But now, after testimony...I'm sorry, but I don't want my “reputable news” with a positive spin. …

Tom Webster /
@webby2001@threads.net: Just out of curiosity, @NYTimes, why in hell is Maggie Haberman covering the cross-examination of a witness who named her as a flack for TFG in this very trial? Just wondering if you are still even trying. https://www.nytimes.com/...

Oliver Darcy /
@oliverdarcy@threads.net: The Trump hush-money trial is dragging reporters into uncomfortable territory and laying bare the complicated relationships journalists often have with sources. More in @cnnreliablesources: https://cnn.it/3WFn7E5

Paul Bois /
Breitbart: Michael Cohen Testifies He Recorded More Than 40 Phone Conversations with Reporters, Clients

@stevenwaldman:

The California Senate Appropriations Committee approves a bill imposing fees on Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon to pay for local news through employment tax credits— The California Senate Appropriations Committee minutes ago approved Sen. Glazer's bill to put a fee on Alphabet, Meta & Amazon to pay for reviving local news (through employment tax credits). 1st time such a fee would be dedicated to saving local news. https://www.rebuildlocalnews.org/ ...

Discussion:
@danibergstrom and @mattdpearce

Discussion:

Danielle Bergstrom /
@danibergstrom: We @fresnoland signed on in support of this bill. The state uses tax credits all the time to incentivize different priority industries and local journalism should be no exception. TY to Sen. Caballero for her support.

Matt Pearce /
@mattdpearce: SB 1327 advances in California, which is considering two massive Big Tech bills to fund journalism jobs. Big deal.

RELATED:

Gothamist:
New York's $90M employment tax credit for local news outlets currently excludes publicly traded TV and radio companies as well as nonprofit news outlets

Discussion:
Variety, @wesleylowery, @nicdawes, @baekdal, @vitalcitynyc, @civiletti, @nicdawes, @joncampbellny, @giambusso and @christrobbins

Discussion:

Nick Vivarelli /
Variety: Italian Film Business Lashes Out at Political Delay

Wesley /
@wesleylowery: As a proponent of funneling public money to support journalism, I urge us all to...read the text of bills before lobbying for their passage!!! https://gothamist.com/...

Nicholas Dawes /
@nicdawes: New York communities need a diverse ecosystem of news outlets that meet them where they are, on the platforms of their choice, for profit, nonprofit, cooperative. This subsidy props up one (important) slice of sector at the expense of audiences hungry for quality news.

Nicholas Dawes /
@nicdawes: The structure of the credit excludes nonprofits, which are doing some of the most vital accountability reporting and community journalism, and it shuts out publicly owned broadcasters while leaving a giant loophole open for listed print chains.

Thomas Baekdal /
@baekdal: We sadly see this with almost all of these types of efforts. @vitalcitynyc: Read @dicktofel dissecting the credit in Vital City: https://www.vitalcitynyc.org/ ...

Denise Civiletti /
@civiletti: Great to see some actual reporting on what really went down with this. The law left out for-profit digital news like @RiverheadLOCAL too. @Gothamist @JonCampbellNY https://gothamist.com/...

Nicholas Dawes /
@nicdawes: New York's tax credit for local journalism could have been a shining example of content-neutral policy support. Instead it's a carve-out for legacy newspapers that leaves vital digital and nonprofit players in the cold https://gothamist.com/...

Jon Campbell /
@joncampbellny: The biggest ?: Whether for-profit, digital outlets will be eligible. That's up to Empire State Development, which will craft regulations. It depends whether ESD considers them “print media.” (There's some precedent for that.) https://gothamist.com/... https://gothamist.com/...

David Giambusso /
@giambusso: Appreciate the sentiment but also ... the f-ck outta here. Non-profit newsrooms are doing G-d's work and need help. (Please donate to @wnyc @gothamist and other non-profit news outlets like @Documentedny and @THECITYNY ) https://gothamist.com/... via @gothamist

Christopher Robbins /
@christrobbins: >@HellGateNY & other digital outlets are considered newspapers under the NY state tax law that exempts us from charging sales tax on subscriptions. We hope this same standard applies so this new law aimed at helping independent local news can help us! https://gothamist.com/...

Financial Times:

Sony Music sends letters to 700+ AI companies, developers, and music streaming platforms warning over the “unauthorized use” of Sony's content in training AI— Music group representing Adele and Beyoncé contacts more than 700 companies to prohibit use of content

Discussion:
Sony Music, CMU, RAIN News, The Verge, @ednewtonrex, @ksredelinghuys, @ryanmorrisonjer, @quinnypig, @julianharris, @florian4gamers, @emostaque, The Overspill, Shelly Palmer, @danielthomasldn, Digital Music News, Los Angeles Times, TechCrunch, Variety, 9to5Mac, Music Business Worldwide, City A.M., Billboard, Music Ally and Fortune, more at Techmeme »

Discussion:

Chris Cooke /
CMU: Sony Music tells 700+ AI companies to respect its copyrights

Ed Newton-Rex /
@ednewtonrex: Sony Music today sent a letter to 700 AI companies demanding to know whether they've used their music for training. - They say they have “reason to believe” they have - They say doing so constitutes copyright infringement - They say they're open to discussing licensing, and they [image]

Kyle Redelinghuys /
@ksredelinghuys: Feels very Napster-y.

Ryan Morrison /
@ryanmorrisonjer: In the end this will be settled through court or new legislation. I suspect long-term training data won't be included in any copyright content rules. It'll be fair game. But the restriction will be on output. Want to sell a song — first make sure it doesn't sound like any...

Corey Quinn /
@quinnypig: The same Sony that shipped CDs that installed rootkits on customer computers to combat piracy? Maybe sit this one out.

Julian Harris /
@julianharris: There are only 3 that matter but they'll all be doing it (Warner and Universal)

Florian Mueller /
@florian4gamers: With so many demand letters that Sony sends to the AI ecosystem and others, it would be a surprise if they didn't bring some lawsuits later.

Emad /
@emostaque: @ednewtonrex Surprised Universal hasn't been on this yet tbh Maybe they will send dead horse heads too At least stable audio is safe 👀

Charlesarthur /
The Overspill: Start Up No.2224: the smartphone kids, Sony Music warns AI firms, tweaking gravity, the author banned from her books, and more

Daniel Thomas /
@danielthomasldn: Sony Music is sending warning letters to more than 700 artificial intelligence developers and music streaming services globally in the latest salvo in the music industry's battle against tech groups ripping off artists https://www.ft.com/... via @ft

Dylan Smith /
Digital Music News: Too Little, Too Late? Sony Music Fires Off Blanket Warning Against the AI Mining of Its Catalog

Wendy Lee /
Los Angeles Times: Sony Music warns tech companies: Don't use our music to train your AI

Aisha Malik /
TechCrunch: Sony Music warns tech companies over ‘unauthorized’ use of its content to train AI

Ryan Christoffel /
9to5Mac: Sony Music warns tech companies and music streamers against AI uses of its content

Daniel Tencer /
Music Business Worldwide: Sony Music sends letters to 700 AI, music streaming companies declaring it's ‘opting out’ of AI training

Elias Leight /
Billboard: Sony Music Warns Artificial Intelligence Companies: Don't Harvest Our Data

Stuart Dredge /
Music Ally: Sony Music warns AI firms over training: ‘Permission is required in advance’

Irina Ivanova /
Fortune: Sony lays down the gauntlet on AI, warning 700 companies against training algorithms on its music

Variety:

In a lawsuit, the Mechanical Licensing Collective claims Spotify's recent subscription offers that bundle music and audiobooks would result in lower royalties— The lawsuit states that, beginning in March 2024, Spotify announced that its Premium Individual, Duo and Family subscription streaming plans …

Discussion:
CMU, Billboard, Digital Music News, Music Ally, Music Business Worldwide and Fortune

Discussion:

Kristin Robinson /
Billboard: A Timeline of the Music Industry's Bundling Feud With Spotify (Updating)

Paul Resnikoff /
Digital Music News: Spotify Immediately Responds to the MLC's Lawsuit — And They're Not Backing Down

Murray Stassen /
Music Business Worldwide: Spotify sued by the MLC for cutting pay rate to songwriters via premium bundles

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, @jayrosen_nyu, @lydenfreeagent, Columbia Journalism Review, @lowkell, @donlinn, @obviousdwest@hachyderm.io and Current

Discussion:

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

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?

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...

Tyler Falk /