Remember kids:

It's not about crime; it's about the melanin levels of the people committing the crimes.

Yep...

"Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, one of the world's biggest by circulation, is suing U.S.-based AI firm Perplexity for allegedly "free-riding" on its content on its search engine.
The lawsuit filed Thursday is one of a slew by media companies worldwide against AI firms using their material and is the first by a major Japanese news organization, Yomiuri said.

It accuses Perplexity of "free-riding on the results of the activities of news organizations, which have invested a great deal of effort and expense."

A spokesman for the paper added that this "could have a negative impact on accurate journalism ... and shake the foundations of democracy."
(...)
After a lawsuit by the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post in October, Perplexity criticized the "adversarial posture" of many media as "shortsighted, unnecessary, and self-defeating."

They "prefer to live in a world where publicly reported facts are owned by corporations, and no one can do anything with those publicly reported facts without paying a toll," it said.

"We should all be working together to offer people amazing new tools and build genuinely pie-expanding businesses.""

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/08/japan/crime-legal/yomiuri-sues-free-riding-ai-firm/

Auraria Library: New Digital Collection: News from the Chicano Movement. “During the 2024-25 academic year, our Special and Digital Collections unit digitized a series of historic Chicano newspapers and magazines, most published in Colorado, dating from the late 1960s to early 1980s. The Auraria Library received funding to digitize these collections through an Inclusive Excellence Grant from CU […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/11/new-digital-collection-news-from-the-chicano-movement-auraria-library/

Milí bratři Slováci. Když jsme s AI dělali analýzu, zjistili jsme, že málo sledujete slovenské "správoboty."

Myslím, že je to proto, že o nich nevíte a tak vám přináším kompletní seznam všech slovenských zprávobotů:

noviny a zpravodajské weby:
- @Aktualitysk
- @dennikN
- @denniksme
- @hnonline
- @Pravdask
- @spravy_mpm

časopisy:
- @etrend_sk
- @tyzdensk

televize:
- @novinysk
- @spravy_rtvs
- @tvTA3
- @TelevizneNoviny

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The Japan Times: Major Japan newspaper sues ‘free-riding’ AI firm Perplexity. “Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, one of the world’s biggest by circulation, is suing U.S.-based AI firm Perplexity for allegedly ‘free-riding’ on its content on its search engine.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/09/the-japan-times-major-japan-newspaper-sues-free-riding-ai-firm-perplexity/

Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, one of the world's biggest by circulation, is suing U.S.-based AI firm Perplexity for allegedly "free-riding" on its content on its search engine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/08/japan/crime-legal/yomiuri-sues-free-riding-ai-firm/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #yomiuri #newspapers #media #ai #perplexity #japanesecourts

Research Tools: Library of Congress Unveils Major Upgrades to Chronicling America Website https://www.infodocket.com/2025/08/04/research-tools-library-of-congress-unveils-major-upgrades-to-chronicling-america-website/ #newspapers #ushistory #libraries

Library of Congress: Library of Congress Unveils Major Upgrades to Chronicling America Website. “The redesigned interface introduces numerous user-focused improvements, including a fully responsive design that ensures seamless use on computers, tablets and smartphones; enhanced image viewing for improved readability; and intuitive browsing options with refined filters. An upgraded advanced […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/04/library-of-congress-library-of-congress-unveils-major-upgrades-to-chronicling-america-website/

#LoC #newspapers #genealogy

'An upgraded advanced search tool provides greater precision, and a new interactive map allows users to explore digitized newspaper titles geographically.'

https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/library-of-congress-unveils-major-upgrades-to-chronicling-america-website/s/5e0ef838-0fbe-4c6a-b810-476fbfc94a55

Generative AI assistants are cutting into traditional online search traffic, depriving news sites of visitors and impacting the ad revenue they desperately need, in a blow to an industry already fighting for survival. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/04/tech/ai-search-media-ecosystem/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #chatgpt #ai #fakenews #misinformation #media #journalism #pressfreedom #censorship #newspapers #magazines #internet #publishers

DigitalNC: The Ocracoke Observer Makes A Splash Debut On DigitalNC. “Thanks to the owners and publishers, we are excited to announce that the Ocracoke Observer (Ocracoke, N.C.) is now available on DigitalNC! This latest addition includes 154 issues, spanning from May 1999 to May 2025. The island newspaper is published monthly from March to December, and covers news about Ocracoke Island and its […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/03/digitalnc-the-ocracoke-observer-makes-a-splash-debut-on-digitalnc/

Dan Balz: 'I am not dewy-eyed about the past, as if all back then was ideal in comparison with today. My early years in journalism came during the protests over Vietnam and later a Watergate scandal that threatened the Constitution. America was angry and divided in those days. It is angry and divided today — but in ways that are far different.'
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/03/washington-post-dan-balz-political-column-final-sunday-take/

HUGE archive of independently published popular music magazines and fanzines for your viewing pleasure. Share with your music and print-culture nerd friends!!!

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I used to read print and online newspapers from around California each week to find out what was happening in the state but two major ones turned into rags over the last few years: LA Times and the Sacramento Bee. They are both constantly run red hat Op-Ed pieces + cheeky “news” to stir up fear and hate. They’re nothing but the print and online version of Fox News now

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I never noticed when it happened, but why did headlines stop being composed as "[Source] says A Thing Happened" and start being "A Thing Happened: Source"?