AI search engine Perplexity launches revenue sharing with six news publishers

[Nieman Lab: The Daily Digest] Tuesday, July 30, 2024 [AI search engine Perplexity launches revenue sharing with six news publishers]( The partner publishers include the nonprofit Texas Tribune and Wordpress.com owner Automattic. By Andrew Deck. [Fewer digital news outlets launched last year, according to a new global report]( What We’re Reading The Associated Press / David Klepper [Russia is relying on unwitting Americans to spread election disinformation, U.S. officials say →]( “The ultimate goal, however, is to get Americans to spread Russian disinformation without questioning its origin. People are far more likely to trust and repost information that they believe is coming from a domestic source, officials said. Fake websites designed to mimic U.S. news outlets and AI-generated social media profiles are just two methods.” Journal-isms / Richard Prince [Donald Trump has agreed to an interview at the National Association of Black Journalists convention this week →]( “Donald J. Trump has agreed to address the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago on Wednesday, NABJ announced late Monday, becoming the first GOP presidential candidate to accept such an invitation since incumbent George W. Bush spoke before the now-defunct Unity: Journalists of Color coalition in 2004. However, Trump’s appearance presents a fact-checking challenge for interviewers of a candidate whose lies have become routine.” Press Gazette / Bron Maher [The Guardian’s media editor, Jim Waterson, is among those taking voluntary buyouts →]( “The Guardian is to lose several prominent editorial staffers as it closes the voluntary redundancy round it opened in May.” NPR / David Folkenflik [Washington Post CEO accused in court of deceiving police about U.K. hacking scandal →]( “In court, the lawyers submitted a statement arguing that Lewis ‘fabricated a fake security threat’ in January 2011 to justify the deletion of millions of emails dating from the start of 2008 through the end of 2010 — an act that those suing the company suggest is part of a wider coverup.” Platformer / Casey Newton [Welcome to the shitpost election →]( “Sharing weaponized misinformation in the form of lazy jokes has quickly come to define the developing presidential campaign between Harris and Donald Trump. Across social networks, Democrats and Republicans are flooding the feed with obviously untrue statements about one another and calling it a joke.” Current / Julian Wyllie [Why public media needs to let younger decision-makers call the shots →]( “If you put those users at the center of your operation in the way that you did with people who would call you on the phone to give you an annual membership fee, then you can do more than just survive. You can thrive. But you really have to retrain the entire enterprise around that.” Columbia Journalism Review / MATÚŠKOSTOLNÝ [This is what happens when a leader who hates the press is shot →]( “In our newsroom we wondered whether our language and harsh criticism of the government and the prime minister had contributed to the radicalization of a whole society, and thus to the shooting that followed.” International News Media Association / Diogo Max [How Valor Econômico’s Growth Desk trains journalists to better engage readers →]( “During the year, 25 reporters and editors were chosen to leave their traditional roles and immerse themselves in the Growth Desk programme. The programme ultimately focused on improving Valor’s metrics on Google but also covered the entire digital content creation lifecycle, from story conception to online distribution.” MacRumors / Juli Clover [The latest iOS beta includes call recording and transcription →]( “With the update, you can tap on the record button in the top left corner after placing a call. Everyone on the call is notified that the call is being recorded through an audible message. There is no confirmation dialogue, so if a person wanted to not be recorded, they would need to hang up.” The Associated Press / Sam Metz [Morocco releases imprisoned journalists after pardons from King Mohamed VI →]( “Three journalists who were sentenced to years in prison after writing about corruption and abuse of power in Morocco were released Monday after receiving pardons from King Mohammed VI.Omar Radi, Taoufik Bouachrine and Soulaimane Raissouni were among 2,278 people pardoned this week, according to Morocco’s Ministry of Justice.” [Nieman Lab]( / [Fuego]( [Twitter]( / [Facebook]( [View email in browser]( [Unsubscribe]( You are receiving this daily newsletter because you signed up for for it at www.niemanlab.org. Nieman Journalism Lab Harvard University 1 Francis Ave.Cambridge, MA 02138 [Add us to your address book](