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Gannett (owners of the USA Today Network) and Reuters have announced a new partnership where regional and local publishers and broadcasters will be able to access feeds of their stories, photos, graphics and video, all ready to publish, in a similar way to what the Associated Press does. Journalist Matt Pearce writes for his Substack about why that's a bad thing. "The logical outcome here isn’t the net creation of more local journalism jobs, but to undercut AP’s prices and make AP’s own journalists redundant," he writes. "The endgame is to eventually diminish consumers’ options and put fewer people in charge of America’s journalists and the news Americans see."

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Matt Pearce · Wall Street declares war on the Associated PressBy Matt Pearce
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MissConstrue

Y'all, you know I have thoughts about the current state of American news. I have not been shy about what I think about the sanewashing and the clear and present danger of billionaires being in charge of information dissemination.

But, whereas I'm a opinionated avatar on the internet, Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) is an actual author, journalist and professor of journalism. He has written: "Why Are Liberals Infuriated with the Media?", and it is a master class in how to write cogent, clear, clean explanatory text.

You should go read this article, it's genius. Whilst one is clicking about, one should follow him too.

(As an aside, we need to find a way to get this article in front of every editor. I'd include publisher in that sentence, but I'm beginning to doubt this crop of billionaires can read long form.)

cjr.org/analysis/liberals-infu

Columbia Journalism ReviewWhy Are Liberals Infuriated with the Media?From sanewashing to false equivalence, many readers have had it with their favorite news publications. Editors would do well to listen.
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Daniel AJ Sokolov

#Newspapers still struggle with the #internet. "Share your feedback to help improve our site!" says #USAToday. I click that box to learn that "this feature isn't currently supported in your country" And: "If you are a subscriber" (I am) "and need assistance, please send us an email". I click the email link and write. Immediately, there is a response:
"Your message to feedback@usatoday.com couldn't be delivered.
feedback wasn't found at usatoday.com"
I doubt I'll renew my #subscription.
#Gannett

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Erin Conroy

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So, reading the article, it sounds like they're switching to Reuters? Or dropping #AP & continuing with #Reuters? Isn't Reuters #Putin-affiliated now?

"With a contract for AP’s content that lasts to the end of 2024, it was not clear why #Gannett is choosing to cut things off next week...

Like most newspaper companies, Gannett has been struggling financially for several years. The workforce shrank 47% between 2020 & 2023 because of layoffs & attrition"

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gtbarry

Gannett to pause AI experiment after botched high school sports articles

#Newspaper chain Gannett paused the use of an #artificialintelligence tool to write high school sports dispatches after reports were mocked on social media for being repetitive, lacking key details, using odd language and sounding like they’d been written by a computer with no actual knowledge of sports

#LedeAI #ColumbusDispatch #ohio #Gannett #news #journalism #sports #AI #GenerativeAI #LLM #tech

cnn.com/2023/08/30/tech/gannet

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