The Copa, Euro, and Wimbledon finals collide on July 14. Here’s how The Athletic is preparing for its “biggest day ever.”

Thursday, July 11, 2024

The Copa, Euro, and Wimbledon finals collide on July 14. Here’s how The Athletic is preparing for its “biggest day ever.” The Athletic intends to use its live coverage as a “shop window,” giving new readers a taste of what they might get if they subscribed. By Neel Dhanesha.

Making sense of science: Using LLMs to help reporters understand complex research Can AI models save reporters time in figuring out an unfamiliar field’s jargon? By Sachita Nishal.

NPR’s Collaborative Journalism Network to expand with an Appalachia newsroom, short-form video pilot, and more What We’re ReadingThe Verge / Nilay PatelQ&A with The Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson on surviving the AI era →“AI is coming, it is coming quickly. We want to be part of whatever transition happens. Transition might be bad, the transition might be good, but we believe the odds of it being good for journalism and the kind of work we do with The Atlantic are higher if we participate in it. So we took that approach.”Semafor / Max TaniWhy Democrats’ favorite podcast turned on Joe Biden →“Is there a version of Crooked Media where we bite our tongues and repeat talking points? Maybe that gets us a Biden interview? Sure, but that’s not how I want to operate, that’s not how any of us want to operate. I think our audience is smart, they’re super politically engaged people. If we came on the next day and said, ‘Everything’s fine. Don’t worry about it.’ They wouldn’t believe it.”Tedium / Ernie SmithWhy I bought my old newspaper’s expired domain name →“If companies we used to work at are going to let go of old domains, it only makes sense that former employees scoop them up before spammers get the chance to ruin it. If you worked somewhere you care about and their domain is offline, do yourself a favor and take a close look at domainr.com, and see if they’re doing a good job at protecting their domains. If they aren’t, it might be an opportunity to protect former coworkers from spammers ruining their search results or beloved old products from being exploited.”Rest of World / Charis McGowanThe AI artist who used Bad Bunny’s voice — and shot to fame →“[Mauricio] Bustos is at the vanguard of discussions on how the new era of generative AI tools could change music as we know it. While established artists are calling for greater protection from AI cloning, Bustos believes AI is a democratizing tool that challenges an industry monopoly and gives grassroots producers and songwriters a better shot at breaking through. AI simply means that he doesn’t have to limit himself to his own technical or vocal skills — he can be ‘any voice he wants,’ he said.”Bloomberg / Laura Dhillon KaneTikTok, Instagram influencers help aging NATO connect with Gen Z →“The military alliance is this week wrestling with such heady topics as the eventual accession of Ukraine and the ailing health of the octogenarian US president. To stay relevant in the modern era, it has turned to a group of 20-something influencers to spread its message.”The Verge / Mia SatoThe chum king behind those AI articles →“AdVon didn’t come out of nowhere. For years, according to former colleagues, internal documents, and court records, a person behind the operation has seemingly used his connections in the media industry to enrich himself: Ben Faw, CEO and cofounder of AdVon. For Faw, AI-generated sludge was just the next tactic to do so.”Second Rough Draft / Richard J. TofelWhat’s really needed at The Washington Post →“Yes, the losses can be cut, probably to zero, at least in the near term. But if that’s the objective, the Post will — all the rhetoric about three newsrooms notwithstanding—join the majority of American metro papers in charting a fitful and painful decline, albeit starting from a much higher altitude, and perhaps at a slower pace, given its still-considerable remaining assets in terms of brand, quality and talent. Alternatively, I don’t think it’s too late for the Post to take yet another run at the Times, as it has done occasionally over the last half century, and possibly to prevail, or to reach an acceptable and profitable parity. But that approach, I believe, would require major new investment…”

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