Initially, iHeart plans to use Veritone’s artificial-intelligence system to translate its most popular podcasts into Spanish across the iHeartPodcast Network. The company said among the podcasts first in line for translation en español are “Stuff They Don’t Want You to Know,” “Tech Stuff” and “Ridiculous History.”
Source: iHeartMedia Will Translate English Podcasts Into Other Languages Using Veritone’s Synthetic Voices
The rapper revealed his plans to move further into the world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) via a Clubhouse chatroom on Monday (February 14), which was later recorded and uploaded onto YouTube. During the session, Snoop said that Death Row “will be putting our artists through the metaverse and through a whole other chain of music”.
Source: Snoop Dogg wants to make Death Row Records “an NFT label”
The U.S. Copyright Office’s public consultation on the use of technical measures to identify and protect copyrighted content online has triggered thousands of responses. As expected, big tech and copyright groups are well represented. However, critical comments and warnings from the public stand out most.
Source: U.S. Copyright Office Consultation Triggers Massive “Upload Filter” Opposition * TorrentFreak
The CEOs of Telefónica, Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone and Orange have called on the European Commission in an open letter to make large content providers contribute to the infrastructural investments. The telecom heavyweights stressed that they had had to make massive investments to upgrade the capacity of their networks during the COVID pandemic because internet traffic surged due to the lockdowns.
Source: Make content platforms pay for digital infrastructures, telecom CEOs say
Hollywood has long been governed by outsized institutions; from the Golden Age studios to today’s streaming giants, they’ve acted as the gatekeepers to Tinseltown. But in the last few years, cryptocurrency, blockchain, and other decentralized technologies have promised to break up the power of monolithic, centralized middlemen. Hollywood is no exception.
Source: How DAOs, NFTs and DeFi are Disrupting Hollywood – Decrypt
YouTube is looking at nonfungible token (NFT) integrations to provide new methods for creators to engage with fans and develop additional revenue streams. In a Thursday blog post, YouTube’s chief product officer Neal Mohan outlined a long list of new products, tools and features that the firm intends to roll out in 2022, with Web3 tech, blockchain, NFTs and the Metaverse all getting mentioned.
Source: YouTube sees ‘incredible potential’ in NFT video sales despite backlash threat
The year 2021 saw enormous growth in the use, interest and diversification of blockchain technologies. From the rise of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as a digital art medium to the establishment of numerous bespoke cryptocurrencies, blockchain stood at the nexus of intellectual property, content creation and finance.
Source: Content Distribution on the Blockchain: A Case Study in the Use of Smart Contracts
The NFT market, according to the report, generated $1.5bn in trading in the first three months of 2021 and grew 2,627% over the previous quarter. But despite the possibility of money laundering in both the blockchain-based and traditional art markets, the Treasury came down against enacting new regulations on the art market and suggested focusing instead on root causes and vulnerabilities.
Source: The Art Newspaper – International art news and events
As the innovation budgets for Big Tech platforms and content giants like Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft, Disney and Netflix have soared amid the ascent of web3 and metaverse, news media is currently hibernating when it comes to innovation. This leads us to a critical question: Is journalistic news media missing a huge opportunity in having a concrete role in shaping emerging digital ecosystems?
Source: To save independent journalism, media must embrace web3 innovation
Proponents of AI audiobook narration tout its much lower production costs (compared to a traditional recording of a human narrator) as a way to improve profitability of audiobooks as well as allowing publishers to publish more audiobooks that have limited audiences. But according to actor and narrator Emily Lawrence, cofounder of PANA, “It’s very easy to reduce this issue to dollars and cents, but it’s very complicated and nuanced.”
Source: AI Influence on Audiobooks Grows—As Does Controversy