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The Economist is testing parallel versions of marketing and B2B sales content, one optimized for humans and another clearly structured, Q&A-style for AI agents (Jessica Davies/Digiday)
https://digiday.com/media/the-economist…

The Economist prepares for a two‑track internet: one for humans and one for AI agents
The Economist is experimenting with content designed to be readable by agents first, and is building a vibe-coding culture.

1. Trump sues his own subordinates (the IRS) with a pile of completely dogshit nonsense claims.
2. The IRS’s own lawyers advise the IRS to move to dismiss the suit.
3. Trump’s subordinates completely ignore that advice, and instead
4. declare that they want to just hand their boss $1.8 billion he can use freely to buy favors from people.
And to think that Watergate was a scandal. @… https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/post/3mm7thxoe4c2g

Google says it is testing new ad formats in search results and AI Mode, including Conversational Discovery ads, Highlighted Answers, and AI-powered Shopping ads (Anu Adegbola/Search Engine Land)
https://searchengineland.com/google-tests-ne…

Google tests new conversational ad formats in AI Mode and Search
Google is rolling out Gemini-powered conversational ad formats across AI Mode and Search as it looks to make ads more contextual,

YouTube clarifies its policies around AI slop and upsetting videos, including breaking down such content into three non-monetizable categories (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/20/youtube-clarifies-policies-around-ai-slo…

YouTube clarifies policies around AI slop and upsetting videos | TechCrunch
YouTube has updated its monetization policies to more clearly define the kinds of AI-generated and low-quality videos that can’t earn ad revenue.

Rebuild Local News and Syracuse University are launching the Local News Research Hub, a curated, searchable database for data-driven research on local news (Sophie Culpepper/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/05/heres-a-

Here’s a new database for local news research, from Syracuse University and Rebuild Local News
The Local News Research Hub aims to make academic research more accessible to audiences including policymakers, funders, and journalists.

YouTube partners with the Television Academy to stream the Sports and News & Documentary Emmys; sports will be on May 26 and news and documentary on May 27-28 (Ted Johnson/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/05/emmys-news-documentary-sports-youtube-12369161…

Sports And News & Documentary Emmys Partner With YouTube For Streaming Of Upcoming Ceremonies
YouTube will stream the ceremonies live next week.

Q&A with Steven Soderbergh about using AI to visualize 10% of his John Lennon documentary after running out of "time and money", facing a backlash, and more (Jake Coyle/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/john-lennon

Steven Soderbergh on John Lennon and AI
The day John Lennon was shot in 1980, he and Yoko Ono gave an interview to a San Francisco radio crew from their home in New York’s Dakota Apartments. In “John Lennon: The Last Interview,” Steven Soderbergh pp those surviving tapes into a new documentary that debuted Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival. But his decision to fill in some visuals using Meta's AI software has prompted an outcry. One of America’s leading filmmakers was using AI? In a film about a Beatle, no less? Soderbergh…

Roku launches a creator hub with licensed creator content and programming from partners like Peacock and HBO Max, alongside new FAST channels from top creators (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital…

Roku Doubling Down on Creators With Dedicated Destination and New FAST Channels (Exclusive)
Roku will also expand its licensing of creator content, its content chief tells THR.

Netflix and Goalhanger agree to a new two-year deal to broadcast The Rest Is Football podcast through the next two Premier League seasons and the Euros in 2028 (Ned Holmes/Radio Times)
https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sport/footb…

The Rest Is Football future on Netflix confirmed following FIFA World Cup 2026 coverage
It's good news for fans of Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, and Micah Richards...

A look at the WHCA's efforts to maintain diplomacy with President Trump, as White House journalists and the WHCA continue to endure anti-press machinations (Liz Skalka/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/feature/restraint-feck…

Restraint and Fecklessness: The White House Correspondents’ Association has been working hard to maintain diplomacy with Donald Trump. To what end?
The White House Correspondents’ Association has been working hard to maintain diplomacy with Donald Trump. To what end?