Overnight, the iconic blue bird icon was removed from the desktop version of Twitter and replaced by a stark, monochromatic letter X. The same change will shortly be made on the mobile version, the company confirmed. The change is also said to signal an evolution for …
Anyone who has received a tornado warning from their phone or TV knows full well the vital role local stations play in alerting communities about impending weather threats. Lives are often literally at stake in these moments, but increasingly, the challenge for broadcasters lies in …
A dad in Savannah gets e-foiling lessons. A double amputee in Albuquerque embraces kayaking and mountain biking. And in Cincinnati, a military retiree and single mother is brought along for surfing lessons and shark-tooth hunting, while another woman, battling MS, tries her hand at extreme …
It’s high time we changed a few rules. Throughout my four-decade-plus career, I often visited with FCC commissioners and their staffs to plead our case regarding outdated or irrelevant rules and regulations rendered so by technological changes, societal shifts and competitive changes significantly impacting the broadcasting …
As a reporter and editor at the Washington state-based Tri-City News, Cory McCoy has taken on long-term story projects that took lots of steps and required staying organized. For instance, […] The post A journalist created a tool to track story ideas, records requests and more …
TikTok has launched a Commercial Content Library to provide transparency around its paid advertising. Marketers will be able to use the database to research information about TikTok’s paid ads – as well as other content that’s commercial in nature, such as: The advertising creative. Dates the ad …
On Tuesday, the American Journalism Project, a nonprofit organization that aims to revitalize local media in the US, announced a ten-million-dollar partnership with OpenAI, the company that owns and operates the artificial-intelligence tool ChatGPT. Under the terms of the arrangement, OpenAI will give the AJP …
Automatic speech recognition technology has improved so much in the last couple of years that it can now create better captions than humans. Trained on large language models, the artificial intelligence (AI) engines used to generate closed captioning for broadcast content are now reaching 98% accuracy …
As the first broadcaster out of the gate with second quarter financial results, TelevisaUnivision, the Spanish specialist, has set a bar high enough that few of its general market competitors are expected to clear it. Total revenues grew 11% to $1.2 billion, with the U.S. up …
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Instagram is rolling out new features on Reels that will make it easier for brands to jump on trends, increase reach and edit videos. For the first time, you can search the Template Browser via category, making the Meta-owned platform far simpler to navigate. You will also …
Meta has started rolling out a series of updates to enhance the Facebook video experience. The social networking platform has: Introduced new editing tools. Redesigned video Explore. Simplified its video tab. Increased engagement opportunities. Why we care. Facebook has transformed into a one-stop shop where people can enjoy …
