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Survey reveals global newsroom adoption of AI at early stage but set to increase (pressgazette.co.uk)

Four in ten news organisations have not greatly changed their approach to AI in the newsroom since 2019, according to an LSE survey.

France accused of attack on press freedom after journalist arrest (www.theguardian.com)

Ariane Lavrilleux, who reported on leaked documents alleging French intelligence used to target civilians in Egypt, is in custody

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich to remain in detention after latest appeal is denied | CNN (edition.cnn.com)

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will remain behind bars after a Moscow court refused to hear an appeal against his pre-trial detention on Tuesday.

Russia puts assets controlled by Nobel-winning journalist under state management (www.reuters.com)

Russian President Vladimir Putin has transferred publishing assets controlled by Nobel Prize-winning Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov to temporary state management, a presidential decree said on Monday.

We Have Two Medias in This Country, and They’re Going to Elect Donald Trump (newrepublic.com)

If the press doesn’t get involved in the civic health of the nation, there may not be a nation in which a free press might reside.

New York Times reporters rally as sports desk officially closes (www.washingtonpost.com)

Starting Tuesday, the newspaper will rely on the Athletic for the majority of its sports coverage, both in print and online, as sports staffers as dispersed to other parts of the newsroom.

Chioma Nnadi to replace Edward Enninful as head of British Vogue (www.theguardian.com)

Exclusive: London-born editor of Vogue’s US website to become first Black female head of the fashion title

Journalists from G20 nations discuss press freedom challenges: Collaboration, arrests and business models (www.newslaundry.com)

China, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Russia are the worst performers among the G20 on the press freedom index. India is just three spots behind Russia.

Exclusive: Meta's Canada news ban fails to dent Facebook usage (www.reuters.com)

Meta's decision to block news links in Canada this month has had almost no impact on Canadians' usage of Facebook, data from independent tracking firms indicated on Tuesday, as the company faces scorching criticism from the Canadian government over the move.

Disney, The New York Times and CNN are among a dozen major media companies blocking access to ChatGPT as they wage a cold war on A.I. | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)

News organizations are in a cold war with OpenAI.

More funding is flowing to local journalism and for-profit newsrooms, study finds (www.niemanlab.org)

The report also finds "warning signs" over editorial independence in responses from newsrooms.

CNN Names Mark Thompson Its Next Chief Executive (www.nytimes.com)

Mr. Thompson, who oversaw a period of growth at The New York Times, will lead the network during a pivotal period.

Top 50 biggest news websites in the world: Mail Online and CNN only top-ten sites to grow in July (pressgazette.co.uk)

Press Gazette lists the top 50 most popular news websites in the world. Monthly updated top 50 listing based on data provided by SimilarWeb.

Why publishers are investing in non-news verticals to grow revenue (pressgazette.co.uk)

How publishers like the New York Times, New York Magazine, The Sun and more are using non-news verticals to boost revenue.

New York Times considers legal action against OpenAI as copyright tensions swirl (www.npr.org)

The news publisher and maker of ChatGPT have held tense negotiations over striking a licensing deal for the use of the paper's articles to train the chatbot. Now, legal action is being considered.

International Coalition of Civil Rights Groups calls ANI “Islamophobic news agency,” urges Reuters to terminate its partnership (maktoobmedia.com)

A broad coalition of over 35 civil rights and interfaith organizations in the United States, UK, Australia, Canada and India, on 4 August, sent a letter to Thomson-Reuters, urging the media agency to terminate its partnership and investment in the Asian News Agency (ANI) due to “its Islamophobic reporting and dissemination of...

New York Times is investigating its Baghdad bureau chief | Semafor (www.semafor.com)

Tensions rise as American attention shifts away from Iraq.

‘Disaster’: warning for democracy as experts condemn Meta over Canada news ban (www.theguardian.com)

Retaliatory move against Online News Act is ‘epic miscalculation’ that will promote spread of misinformation, analysts say

In news headlines, some civilian casualties are more valuable than others (www.niemanlab.org)

A study of New York Times headlines about wars in Yemen and Ukraine reveals a bias in recording civilian harm.

The top 20 NPR-affiliated public radio stations (by listenership) had on average a total weekly listenership of about 8 million in 2022, down 10% from 2021 (i.postimg.cc)

This includes listeners of NPR programming as well as original or other syndicated content aired on these stations....

WAN-IFRA joins RSF and other international news organisations to frame an 'AI Charter in Media' (wan-ifra.org)

Reporters Without Borders and international partners, including WAN-IFRA, are launching a committee, chaired by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa, to draw up an AI Charter in Media

Do you avoid the news? You’re in growing company. (www.washingtonpost.com)

A new survey shows that 38 percent of Americans “often or sometimes” avoid the news altogether.

MailOnline and The Sun Hid Serious Dan Wootton Claims – While Attacking Huw Edwards and the BBC – Byline Times (bylinetimes.com)

In the fifth part of our three-year special investigation into the private and professional conduct of GB News star Dan Wootton, Byline Times can reveal how The Sun and MailOnline have been protecting their star celebrity journalist