Really enjoyed this Knight First Amendment Institute panel on the future of press freedom with Wesley, Heidi Kitrosser, Dr. Courtney Radsch. I argued for a positive-rights paradigm toward 'non-reformist media reforms' to rebuild and transform what's left of local journalism. youtube.com/watch?v=vRbYgI…

Bottom line: rich countries pretend to be in favour of fair & open markets, devlopment for all etc. but in practice the way financial markets are organized & regulated leads to an enormous income transfer from global South to global North, year after year & growing over time

'What is the value of news for a platform', Jesper Doub, ex-Meta, is asked. 'None', he answers. Adds it might even be 'negative, a cost', given the friction. Points out his former employer seems able to walk away from news with no commercial loss (at least short-term). #ijf24

In this episode of Double Take, Michael speaks to Charlie Beckett, the founding director of Polis@LSE, about the risks and opportunities generative AI brings to news organisations around the world - including the moral panic it has stirred up.
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Tim talks media diversity and regional media with Genevieve Jacobs AM on how regional media organisations can tackle some of the challenges of the modern media environment. Listen below!
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The news is fading from sight on big social media platforms – where does that leave journalism? theconversation.com/the-news-is-fa… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

the new book has landed...great cover by Tanya Montefusco and DALL.E.2 Derek Wilding Jonathon Hutchinson Saba Bebawi Kari Karppinen @ IntellectBooks and distributed by University of Chicago Press press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book…

The 'yes' Voice campaign is far outspending 'no' in online advertising, but is the message getting through? theconversation.com/the-yes-voice-… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand #MECO6902

Similar points…’Rupert Murdoch is a symptom’: Fox’s future politics look the same as past theguardian.com/media/2023/sep… #MECO6902

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For over 50 years, Rupert Murdoch has poisoned UK media and twisted political leaders to serve his own interests. With another Murdoch family tycoon in charge, the unaccountable & anti-democratic empire he made remains theguardian.com/media/2023/sep…

'Last month, journalists at the Financial Times Specialist ratified their first contract, which includes the right to bargain over the effects of newly introduced technology like AI.' poynter.org/business-work/…

POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY: 3 year Postdoctoral Fellowship in 'Citizens, media and democracy' at the University of Bergen. Closing date: 1 November. See: jobbnorge.no/en/available-j…

Australia news live: The media watchdog is investigating broadcaster Ben Fordham after he promoted Uber on air without disclosing in the broadcast that he had a commercial agreement with the rideshare company worth at least $25,000.
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Australia's multicultural framework can no longer be separate from geopolitics - johnmenadue.com/our-multicultu… #MECO6902

🚨New working paper on AI guidelines in news 📝🤖

1) Do they resemble each other?
2) Where do they differ?
3) What are blind spots?

We analysed 52 journalistic AI guidelines from 12 countries to find out.

🔗Preprint: osf.io/preprints/soca…
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Search engines required to stamp out AI-generated images of child abuse under Australia’s new code theguardian.com/technology/202… #MECO6902