TechCrunch Tuesday July 15, 2025
YouTube is preparing to update its policies to crack down on creators’ ability to generate revenue from “inauthentic” content, including mass-produced videos and other types of repetitive content. The move comes as YouTube has become flooded with AI slop, notes TechCrunch. YouTube’s Help documentationexplains that creators have always been required to upload “original” and “authentic” content. The new language will help creators to better understand what “inauthentic” content looks like today, adds TC.
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The Guardian Tuesday July 15, 2025
Photo agencies will boycott the rest of the Oasis reunion tour over restrictions imposed on how newspapers, magazines, TV broadcasters and digital publishers can use pictures from the gigs. The band’s management has told photo agencies and publishers that they own the rights to shots taken at the concerts for just a year, and then they will lose ownership of the images for any future use. Normally, such deals for independent photographers from agencies are struck in perpetuity, so that publishers can continue to use the shots for pieces such as band retrospectives and tributes, notes The Guardian.
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David Schonauer Tuesday July 15, 2025
With the decline of print and the atomization of information on Instagram and TikTok, the influence of legacy media has been in decline. Superstar magazine editors who once wielded the power to define
culture are few and far between these days, but Anna Wintour has remained in a class by herself. So it was big news when she announced she would end her 37-year … Read the full Story >>
Brides Monday July 14, 2025
Orange- and pink-tinged golden-hour wedding photos are nice, but, notes Brides, couples looking for something different are now embracing “blue-hour” portraits made just before sunrise or after sunset. “The sky turns a soft blue, shadows cool, and overall contrast softens,” says wedding photographer Meredith Diamond. Adds photographer Vangelis Beltzenitis, “With the rise of editorial-style wedding photography and the controlled, creative use of flash both in daylight as well as in low-light scenarios, couples are seeking a look that feels elevated and cinematic.”
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