✎ The Korea Herald 南韓《先驅報》｜20240413

More Koreans still prefer watching new films in theaters: survey

調查指出：越來越多韓國人偏好在電影院看新片

According to the survey conducted by consumer research institution Consumer Insight of 1,064 Korean moviegoers aged between 20 and 64, 37 percent said they prefer watching new films in theaters, whereas 33 percent said they only watch new films when they are uploaded on streaming services. Another 10 percent said they watch Youtube creators’ reviews to learn about new movies.

✎ Asahi Shimbun 日本《朝日新聞》｜20240413

Sony, Nature magazine create award for female researchers

索尼與《自然》雜誌為女性研究員創獎

Sony Group Corp. and Nature magazine have founded an international prize that honors outstanding female researchers who are working in the field of technology.“We need more women in active research and engineering,” said Magdalena Skipper, the first female editor-in-chief at Nature, which started more than 150 years ago. “We can provide a global platform to celebrate the work of emerging women researchers and engineers who may otherwise go unheralded.”

✎ Press Gazette 英國《新聞公報》｜20240415

Newsguard downgrades credibility scores for New York Times, GB News and Daily Star

Newsguard將《紐約時報》、GB News與《每日星報》的可信度評分降級

News publisher rating company Newsguard has downgraded its credibility score for The New York Times, removing the perfect rating the title held since Newsguard first launched in 2018. The Washington Post, another major liberal-leaning title, retains its perfect Newsguard score but was last reviewed in May 2023.Other sites Newsguard says fail the news and opinion criterion include the Daily Mirror, The Daily Beast and Huffpost. All three have overall scores of 87.5, like the NYT.

✎ Al Jazeera 卡達《半島電視台》｜20240416

ChatGPT rival ‘Ernie Bot’ now has 200 million users, China’s Baidu says

中國百度：ChatGPT的競爭對手Ernie Bot現在擁有2億用戶

China’s Baidu has announced that “Ernie Bot”, its rival to ChatGPT, has racked up more than 200 million users, roughly double as many as in December.Baidu CEO Robin Li also said Ernie Bot’s application programming interface (API) is being used 200 million times every day, meaning the chatbot was requested by its user to conduct tasks that many times a day.

✎ Al Jazeera 卡達《半島電視台》｜20240416

Pakistan says it blocked social media platform X over ‘national security’

出於「國家安全」考量 巴基斯坦封鎖了社群平台X

Pakistan blocked access to social media platform X around the time of elections in February, the interior ministry said, citing national security concerns.The platform remained inaccessible to users, but government officials refused to acknowledge any restrictions, until now.

✎ The Journalist’s Resource 哈佛大學肖倫斯坦中心《記者資源》｜20240416

Report explores and recommends peer support networks for U.S. journalists facing online abuse

報告探討並建議 在美國遭網路霸凌的記者建立同儕支持網絡

In the face of increasing online harassment, an exploratory report published this month examines the role of peer support networks in reducing harm and increasing resilience among U.S. journalists, especially for women, journalists of color and LGBTQ+ journalists who are disproportionately targeted online.

✎ Press Gazette 英國《新聞公報》｜20240417

More women in top roles as media industry gender pay gap slowly narrows

媒體行業性別薪資差距逐漸縮小，頂尖職位中的女性增多

Three-quarters of the UK’s biggest media organisations increased the percentage of women in their top teams in the past year.Of 34 media organisations big enough to be required to report gender pay data to the Government, 26 (or 76%) increased the proportion of women in their top pay quarter between 2022 and 2023.

✎ Asahi Shimbun 日本《朝日新聞》｜20240418

Ex-Mangamura operator ordered to pay 1.7 billion yen to publishers

前Mangamura運營商被要求向出版商支付17億日元

The former operator of the now-defunct manga piracy website Mangamura has been ordered to pay approximately 1.7 billion yen ($11.01 million) in damages to three major Japanese publishers. This was the largest claim ever in a lawsuit over a piracy site.

整理、編譯：胡安妤、蔡宏杰