In Fubo’s antitrust lawsuit against Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery, the pay TV operator told a federal judge that it plans to bring to light sensitive details of carriage negotiations by the media giants over many years. (Deadline)Read More
Despite Latin people making up nearly 20% of the country, they are still underrepresented in several types of media–and it’s a major business loss. (THR)Read More
Last month, Google and California struck a groundbreaking, controversial deal to funnel almost $250 million into the state’s journalism over five years (while shoehorning in … an AI accelerator), sidestepping a more sweeping effort to force Google and Meta to pay news publishers. But will any of this funding be accessible to the smallest newsrooms,…Read More
A group of North American financiers led by Dovid Ofune, a low-profile, British-born conservative publisher, has emerged as a serious bidder for U.K. publication The Telegraph, according to two people with knowledge of the bid. (Semafor)Read More
That’s the first step, certainly. If you don’t, your boss will.
The second step is to take the time you’ve freed up and do work that the AI can’t do.
Mothers and daughters sit opposite each other in a dimly lit studio, talking candidly to the camera to mark the 20th anniversary of Dove’s iconic “Real Beauty” campaign, while videos from the long-running initiative flicker on a screen. But this isn’t an anniversary spot from Unilever: it’s a spoof ad from Greenpeace U.K. “Toxic Influence:…Read More
What’s the best way to attract attention for your startup from a room full of investors, journalists, potential partners, customers, and talent all in one go? For early-stage startups, entering pitch battle competitions is a cost and time-effective way to get in front of the right audiences. Rather than pitching to individual investors, prove your product and team’s value in one quick-fire shot. Let potential partners and customers come to you after sharing your innovative idea on stage. Do you have what it takes? This October, there are four pitch battle competitions taking place at Expand North Star in Dubai…
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One of the most popular pastimes you may or may not have heard about is flight tracking. For instance, in September 2022, the Royal Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III carrying Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin from Edinburgh to an RAF base outside of London was followed by close to 5 million people. It is also a goldmine for data. Popular flight tracking websites display the trajectories of tens of thousands of flights per day across their digitised maps. But what you also may not know, is that this is only possible due to a network of dedicated volunteers who collect…
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A helicopter crew shared by New York stations WCBS and WNYW found a missing child who turned out to be playing what we used to call “hooky.” The boy was supposed to be at school, but never showed up. His parents called the cops who then put out a description of the kid. Turns out,…Read More
Top of the Ticker: Hurricane Francine is set to make landfall in Louisiana today as a possible Category 2 storm. Coastal communities have been evacuating in anticipation of its arrival and floodgates within the region have been closed. Most of the major news networks have already sent crews down to Louisiana to cover the impact…Read More
