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‘The Everything War’: Inside Amazon with author and Wall Street Journal reporter Dana Mattioli

GeekWire

Wall Street Journal reporter Dana Mattioli is the author of the new book, “The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power.” Any suggestion that there was pressure from Amazon executives to violate this policy in developing our private brands is flat out incorrect.”

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Amazon will acquire MGM for $8.5B in tech giant’s second-largest deal to boost Bezos’ media empire

GeekWire

Purchasing the historic Hollywood studio will be a major boon to Amazon’s growing media arm. The real financial value behind this deal is the treasure trove of IP in the deep catalog that we plan to reimagine and develop together with MGM’s talented team,” Mike Hopkins, SVP of Prime Video and Amazon Studios, said in a statement.

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India sets stricter rules for social media giants

The Verge

India has announced new regulations for social networks and other web services in the country, particularly “significant social media” companies with large user bases, like Facebook and Twitter. Significant social media intermediaries” face additional responsibilities.

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GeekWire launches climate tech reporter internship funded by AI expert Oren Etzioni and family

GeekWire

(GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) New journalists with a passion for covering climate technology are encouraged to apply for GeekWire’s new summer 2024 climate tech internship, the Etzioni Internship in Climate Tech Journalism. Candidates need to have previous journalism experience at a university newspaper or other media outlet.

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Microsoft announces AI newsroom projects with Semafor and others, as NYT lawsuit looms

GeekWire

(GeekWire File Photo) Microsoft announced five projects to help news organizations incorporate generative artificial intelligence into their operations, building on its existing efforts to use technology to support the role of journalism in democracy. Support for tech startup Nota to expand its AI tools into additional newsrooms.

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Outsourcing journalism - how far can you take it?

Trends in the Living Networks

Seed.com , AOL's venture in crowdsourced journalism, has just sent out a survey to its contributors, with some very interesting questions, notes Business Insider. In a similar vein TopCoder uses contents to draw in the best developers. We are beginning to discover how far we can take outsourced journalism.

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Unraveling the tapestry of global news through intelligent data analysis

Dataconomy

From local happenings to global events, understanding the torrent of information becomes manageable when we apply intelligent data strategies to our media consumption. Machine learning: curating your news experience Data isn’t just a cluster of numbers and facts; it’s becoming the sculptor of the media experience.