✎ TechCrunch 資訊科技媒體《TechCrunch》｜20250516

Spotify responds to backlash over public podcast play counts

Spotify回應針對公開播放次數引來的抨擊聲浪

Spotify announced last week that it would roll out public play counts on all podcasts as a way of “helping attract new fans.” But podcasters swiftly responded with criticism of the new feature — mainly, that it would further promote podcasts that already have large audiences while making smaller shows less appealing to new listeners.

✎ The Guardian 英國《衛報》｜20250521

EU urged to act over Hungary’s plans to ‘effectively outlaw free press’

出版業者敦促歐盟針對匈牙利的立法採取行動　法案通過將「實質禁止新聞自由」

More than 90 editors-in-chief and publishers from across Europe have signed a statement calling on the EU to take action over proposed legislation in Hungary, warning that, if passed, it could result in “effectively outlawing the free press”.

✎ Columbia Journalism Review 美國《哥倫比亞新聞評論》｜20250522

Print Is Dead. Just Don’t Tell Microsoft.

印刷出版品已死　不要告訴微軟

The comeback of print—both in traditional media and corporate storytelling—seems driven partly by nostalgia and a craving for the tangible.

✎ Rest of World 非營利科技媒體《Rest of world》｜20250520

AI scam factories force trafficked workers to defraud global victims

人工智慧詐騙工廠迫使被拐賣的工人欺騙全球受害者

Young Indonesians are increasingly falling for fraudulent job ads on Telegram, Facebook, and other social media and getting trafficked to scam farms in Southeast Asia, former scammers and cybersecurity experts told Rest of World. There, they learn to use AI-generated deepfakes, voice clones, large language models, and other technologies to con people into parting with their life savings. 

✎ The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism 英國牛津路透新聞學研究所｜20250515

How these new platform-driven news outlets are attracting young audiences

這些以平台為主導的新聞媒體是如何吸引年輕受眾

These youth-focused news outlets have succeeded in what traditional media have been attempting to do for years: get young people to read the news.

✎ The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism 英國牛津路透新聞學研究所｜20250520

What Nikkei learnt from building its own Japanese AI chatbot

日經從打造自有日文AI聊天機器人中學到的經驗

The new tool, which Nikkei created by building its own model, is embedded in articles and suggests questions to spark conversations with readers

整理：朱弘川、編譯：蔡宏杰