[How Hollywood became the Marvel Universe]
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MEDIA BITS AND BYTES – JUNE 13, 2023  
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June 13, 2023
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_ How Hollywood became the Marvel Universe _

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* How Rightist Media Cover _The People v. Trump_
* Everything You Need to Know About AI
* CEO Out at CNN
* How Marvel Comics Swallowed Hollywood
* The Last Good Website?
* Meta vs Unions in Kenya
* The End of a Street Paper
* Layoffs at LA Times
* Needed: An End-to-End Web
* Showtime Covers for DeSantis

HOW RIGHTIST MEDIA COVER _THE PEOPLE V. TRUMP_
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By Oliver Darcy
CNN

On Fox, the historic legal action was portrayed as President Joe Biden
weaponizing the Justice Department to target his political
opponent. “BIDEN ADMIN INDICTS A PRESIDENTIAL RIVAL,” one
on-screen banner read. “Yes, it is a dark day in America,” Sean
Hannity declared. “There is one set of rules for Democrats and
another set of rules for Donald Trump and conservatives.”

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AI
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By Devin Coldewey
TechCrunch

Although it’s called “artificial intelligence,” that term is a
little misleading. There’s no one definition of intelligence out
there, but what these systems do is definitely closer to calculators
than brains. The input and output of this calculator is just a lot
more flexible. You might think of artificial intelligence like
artificial coconut — it’s _imitation_ intelligence.

CEO OUT AT CNN
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By Tatyana Tandanpolie
Salon

Chris Licht has left CNN, where he was chairman and CEO. This followed
his “town hall” platforming of Donald Trump, and a highly critical
profile in _The Atlantic_.

HOW MARVEL COMICS SWALLOWED HOLLYWOOD
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By Michael Schulman
The New Yorker

Collectively, the M.C.U. movies—the thirty-second, “Guardians of
the Galaxy Vol. 3,” opened in May—have grossed more than
twenty-nine billion dollars, making the franchise the most successful
in entertainment history. The deluge of content extends to TV series
and specials, with an international fan base.

THE LAST GOOD WEBSITE?
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By Danny Funt
Columbia Journalism Review

The group that started _Defector_ felt it wasn’t worth pursuing
anything short of a journalists’ utopia. Every aspect of the
business—from paying freelancers half of their rate after receiving
a first draft to letting writers and podcasters own their intellectual
property—would form a blueprint for a publication both ethical and
profitable. The site would be worker-owned, with everyone getting an
equitable stake. 

META VS UNIONS IN KENYA
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By Jody Ray
Jacobin

Kenyan content moderators at Meta have been fighting for better
compensation for workers forced to watch videos of murder, rape, and
ethnic cleansing. Meta was initially unwilling to give in to these
demands, but Kenyan courts are intervening on the side of workers.

THE END OF A STREET PAPER
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By Amanda Bartlett
SFGATE

After 28 years in nearly continuous publication, the East
Bay’s Street Spirit, a monthly newspaper written and sold by
unhoused people, is scheduled to run its final print edition June
1. Street Spirit was founded in 1995 by activists Sally Hindman and
Terry Messman. They aimed to create a publication in which unhoused
people could tell their own stories.

LAYOFFS AT LA TIMES
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By Todd Spangler
Variety

The Los Angeles Times, facing declining ad revenue and readership, is
eliminating 74 editorial jobs, representing about 13% of the total
newsroom staff. The L.A. Times Guild, an affiliate of Media Guild of
the West, issued a statement that the union was “outraged” by the
job cuts and “blindsided by this news.”

NEEDED: AN END-TO-END WEB
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By Cory Doctorow
Electronic Frontier Foundation

When a platform prioritizes delivering the content that makes it the
most money, irrespective of its users’ wishes - it violates
the venerable end-to-end principle: that a platform’s first duty
should be to deliver data sent by willing senders to willing
recipients, as quickly and reliably as possible.

SHOWTIME COVERS FOR DESANTIS
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By Rick Porter
The Hollywood Reporter

Showtime quietly pulled an episode of its _Vice_ newsmagazine last
week — one that featured a report on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’
time as a U.S. Navy lawyer serving at the Guantanamo Bay detention
facility in Cuba. The description of the episode hinted at
potentially explosive material: that DeSantis witnessed acts of
torture.

* rightwing media
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* The People vs. Donald Trump
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* artificial intelligence
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* Chris Licht
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* CNN
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* Marvel comics
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* Hollywood
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* defector
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* Meta
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* Kenya
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* unions
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* Street Spirit
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* Los Angeles Times
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* showtime
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* Ron DeSantis
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