The publisher of Sports Illustrated is using AI to generate articles, story ideas
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One staff member asked how he planned to circumvent “inevitable legal issues” around visual work, as well as content that is protected by U.S. copyright, according to screenshots of the Slack channel. Others were worried about further reductions in headcount and fact-checking
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UPDATE: A number of employees on Thursday expressed concerns about BuzzFeed's plans for AI, and asked CEO Jonah Peretti questions on Slack about the implications of the move...
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More BuzzFeed stuff: The digital publisher said it would rely on OpenAI to enhance its quizzes and personalize some content wsj.com/articles/buzzf via
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Exclusive: Meta is paying BuzzFeed millions of dollars as part of an effort to bring more creators to the social-media giant’s platforms,w/
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Today The Washington Post decided to lay off five members of the Launcher team and sunset the site. I’m heartbroken to lose , , , and to The Post's layoffs. 🧵
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The Washington Post is eliminating 20 current newsroom positions and has identified 30 open positions it will not fill, according to a staff memo from Sally Buzbee
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Some media companies are expecting digital ad revenue to be down by double-digit percentages in the current quarter compared with a year earlier, as advertisers trim their marketing costs and adjust plans - sources
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Recent layoffs at Dow Jones amounted to less than 2% of the company’s workforce of about 5,500 and didn't affect WSJ newsroom staff
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News publishers across the U.S. are trimming staff, as a challenging economic environment is leading advertisers to pull back on spending wsj.com/articles/media via
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Scoop: Sam Bankman-Fried invested roughly $10 million of Semafor’s $25 million round, making him the company’s biggest outside investor. Semafor is buying back his interest and putting that money into a separate account while it raises new $$$
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SCOOP: Noah Oppenheim is leaving NBC News as part of a far-reaching reorganization of the news division.
Rebecca Blumenstein, a top editor at the NYT, is inheriting much of his duties. w/
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The incident in Phoenix wasn’t the first time I’ve been harassed and/or detained by the police for seemingly no reason. It’s just the first time anyone has taken notice. And I'm thankful.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution names former CNN exec Andrew Morse publisher
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SCOOP: Vice Media set to miss a revenue projection by over $100 million amid stalled sale talks w/ wsj.com/articles/vice- via
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SCOOP: Vice Media set to miss revenue projection by over $100 million amid stalled sale talks w/
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Breaking: Twitter suspended the accounts of several journalists and rival platform Mastodon without publicly specifying the reason
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Former CNN President Jeff Zucker is getting back into the media business as chief executive of a new joint venture between private-equity firm RedBird Capital Partners and International Media Investments
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NEW— reveals biz plan for her buzzy media startup
—Hired 10ppl & 12+ contractors
—Raised small fam&friends round
—Planning more newsletters, pods, sub-only events
—283k free&paid subs
—Has more than 2x the 14k paid subs she revealed in '21
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The Washington Post's Beth Diaz is heading to Politico as chief data officer. She's the latest in a string of senior folks to leave the Post, including Shailesh Prakash and Kat Downs Mulder.
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News Corp named veteran U.K. journalist Emma Tucker as the next editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal, succeeding Matt Murray, who oversaw digital growth and guided the organization through the pandemic wsj.com/articles/emma- via
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Updated story (and first photo credit!): The strike by more than 1,000 New York Times staffers put the organization in the position of having to cover the news without the majority of its reporters wsj.com/articles/new-y via
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Nytimes is unleashing the pre writes to circumvent its staffer walkout
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Times picket line
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More than 1,000 New York Times staffers vowed not to work on Thursday, marking the first strike in over 40 years at the organization wsj.com/articles/new-y via
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The Washington Post has developed its publishing tool ‘Arc’ into a business with nearly 100 clients. Now, owner Jeff Bezos has blessed the idea of exploring a sale or spinoff of the venture wsj.com/articles/washi via
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GE bought out the entirety of New York Times print paper ad inventory today (and a lot of digital inventory too)... axios.com/2022/12/06/ge-
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BuzzFeed is cutting about 12% of its workforce, or under 180 staffers across non-news divisions wsj.com/articles/buzzf via
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BuzzFeed announced its reducing workforce by approximately 12%
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Facebook threatened to block news from its platform in the US—just like it did in Australia--if Congress passes the legislation helping publishers that’s currently attached to the defense bill. w/
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I sent the following memo to our staff today regarding Sam Bankman-Fried and his investment in .
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After 20 months of negotiations, enough is enough: Today, more than 1,000 members pledged to walk out if does not agree to a complete and fair contract by Dec. 8.
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NEWS: Sally Buzbee informs Washington Post staff that she's ending the print Sunday Magazine in its current form:
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Boston Globe CEO Linda Henry tells me the publisher plans to expand regionally, not nationally, under new editor Nancy Barnes
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NPR issues internal guidance on Twitter: don't advertise your handle, but don't delete it because someone could take it and impersonate you.
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SCOOP: $NFLX is looking at buying smaller sports leagues as well as licensing international sports w/ wsj.com/articles/netfl via
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EXCLUSIVE: Time, the publisher of Time magazine, has named Jessica Sibley as chief executive of the media company.
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