AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoNewsroom Investment: Sarawak outlets say Malaysia’s RM30 million Media Innovation Fund is supporting training, equipment and digital production, including AI adoption. Sky News has also expanded its Arc XP partnership for a video-first app and website, with personalisation and paid products planned. Press Freedom: UNESCO reports 189 journalists killed in 2024–25, a 20% rise, with six in seven killings going unpunished. The findings come amid newsroom raids in Kathmandu, Ethiopia’s suspension of The Reporter and Israel’s 90-day extension of its ban on Al Jazeera. A Somali journalists’ union also found only 10% of women journalists surveyed feel safe at work. AI & Copyright: News publishers are awaiting pivotal US court rulings on whether AI companies can use copyrighted reporting to train models and generate answers, a test of the industry’s ability to protect the value of its work.
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