The Meta AI experience has so far been a spam-filled one. Nowhere is that clearer than on Instagram where the search function, once a place to look up a friend’s account, now exists seemingly to usher users into conversation with a chatbot. - Fast Company
He reportedly had major stars attached and very enthusiastic studio (Sony) behind the project. Yet he dropped it all last week; he'll still make a 10th film, but it won't be this one. He's not saying why, but some observers have ideas. - The Hollywood Reporter
FCC Media Bureau Chief Holly Saurer says they negotiated a consent decree with Pacifica in which the broadcaster acknowledges that it has violated the underwriting laws and sponsorship ID rules. - Inside Radio
Should the court-y things not go in ByteDance’s favor, then? They could always push the next Congress, and the next president, to repeal the law. Or they could simply abide by the legislation and sell this popular asset for scads and scads of cash. - Yahoo!
"Journalists at Italian state broadcaster RAI will strike next month in protest against the 'suffocating control' over their work by Giorgia Meloni's right-wing government. The reporters' trade union … criticised political attempts 'to turn RAI into a mouthpiece for the government' among ... grievances behind the 24-hour strike scheduled for May 6." - Reuters
"Scénarios is an 18-minute short that the film-maker finished in 2022 the day before he died via an assisted suicide procedure in Switzerland. Godard also made an accompanying 34-minute introduction which is a combination of 'still and moving images, halfway between reading and seeing' that will be screened alongside it." - The Guardian
“The new FTC rule shines a klieg light on how best to retain quality employees in the industry — noncompetes are on their way out, so companies need a better solution." - Hollywood Reporter
"Setting aside the possibility that the courts declare the law unconstitutional, here are (some) of the glaring logistical issues facing the legislation: First, recommendation algorithms … are part of China’s export-control list. … This might make for a tough sell, which raises the second issue: Who is going to buy TikTok?" - The Atlantic (MSN)
"Internal documents … and interviews with more than two dozen current and former public radio executives show how profoundly the nonprofit is struggling to succeed in the fast-changing media industry. It is grappling with a declining audience and falling revenue — and internal conflict about how to fix it." - The New York Times
The growing dumbphone fervor may be motivated, in part, by the discourse around child safety online. Parents are increasingly confronted with evidence that sites like Instagram and TikTok intentionally try to hook their children. - The New Yorker
“All of this frankly is a bit of a distraction relative to the transformation our organization needs to undergo in order to best serve our mandate,” Maher said in an interview. - The Wall Street Journal
"The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to approve a bill that would ban TikTok nationwide unless Chinese parent company ByteDance sells its stake in the popular app. The development will likely result in a court battle between the U.S. and TikTok, which argues that the legislation violates the First Amendment." - Variety
“We’ve operated with a board-approved budget deficit for two years and we’re now projecting a higher-than-expected budget deficit (for) this fiscal year,” the station's CEO told the staff. “This is not sustainable long term and we need to take action and find savings to get us back on track.” - SFGATE
The deal also sets a minimum rate for AI replication of session singers’ voices, in the amount of three “sides” per project. (A “side” is equivalent to the payment for one audio track lasting up to 4 minutes and 30 seconds.) - Variety
