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  1. I'm looking for a replacement for MS Publisher. It has been my go-to application for anything that needs a detailed layout for printed materials (e.g., #academicPosters, #flyers, table tents, #businessCards). Now that #Microsoft will stop supporting it in October, I need a new idea.

    What is everyone else using for desktop publishing?

    #Canva is great for some projects, but the translation to printed materials has issues (like not being able to set margins). I've also tried #InDesign, but that has a steep learning curve and is overkill for what I need.

    And no Word or PowerPoint. I've tried those too. This is not what they are designed for.

    🖨️ #mspublisher #publisher #desktoppublishing #print #poster #academia #academicmastodon #printlayout #STEM #education #research #foss #newsletter

  2. CW: AI, LLM, Anthropic Copyright Infringement

    Apparently #Anthropic has been ordered to pay ca. $1.5 billion for #copyright #infringement on about 500K #books they used to train #Claude along with the order to destroy any #unauthorized copies & #pirated files they possess:

    infotoday.eu/Articles/Editoria

    Considering the amount of money they stand to make from Claude's continued existence, this seems like little more than a slap on the wrist to me. Also, I find it hard to believe how it will be possible to enforce the order to destroy the illicit files.

    #AI #LibGen #PiLiMi #piracy #copyrightInfringement #plagiarism #theft #thievery #stealing #LLM #LLMs #BartzvAnthropic #Bartz #classAction #publisher #publishers #author #authors #settlement #ClaudeAI #trainingData

  3. CW: Ehemals relevanter Kurznachrichtendienst

    Das Netzwerk #X hat die Kosten für das Posten von Links über die #API von 0,01 auf 0,20 US-Dollar erhöht.

    Für #Publisher und Aggregatoren wie #Techmeme verteuert sich das Teilen von Artikeln deutlich, weshalb teils keine direkten Links mehr erscheinen.

    Eine Analyse von Nieman Lab deutet zudem auf geringere Reichweite für Link-Posts hin. X verweist auf Maßnahmen gegen #Spam.

    theverge.com/tech/916178/x-lin

    #socialmedia

  4. Martin Baron, the Post’s first editor under #JeffBezos, condemned his former boss this week for attempting to curry favor with #Trump & called what has happened at the #newspaper “a case study in near-instant, self-inflicted brand destruction.”

    The British-born #WillLewis was a former top executive at The Wall Street Journal before taking over at The #WashingtonPost in Jan 2024.

    #journalism #FourthEstate #publisher #billionaire

  5. They came on top of widespread talent defections in recent years at the newspaper, which lost tens of thousands of subscribers following #Bezos’ order late in the 2024 presidential campaign pulling a planned endorsement of #KamalaHarris, & a subsequent reorienting of its #opinion section in a more #conservative direction.

    #journalism #FourthEstate #WashingtonPost #publisher #WillLewis #billionaire #JeffBezos

  6. Neither Lewis nor the newspaper’s #billionaire owner #JeffBezos participated in the meeting with staff members announcing the layoffs Wednesday. While anticipated, the cutbacks were deeper than expected, resulting in the shutdown of the Post’s renowned #sports section, the elimination of its #photography staff & sharp reductions in personnel responsible for coverage of metropolitan Washington & overseas.

    #journalism #FourthEstate #WashingtonPost #publisher #WillLewis

  7. #WashingtonPost #publisher #WillLewis said Saturday that he’s stepping down, ending a troubled tenure 3 days after the #newspaper said that it was laying off ⅓ of its staff.

    Lewis announced his departure in a 2-paragraph email to the newspaper’s staff, saying that after 2 years of transformation, “now is the right time for me to step aside.” The Post’s CFO, Jeff D’Onofrio, was appointed temporary publisher.

    #billionaire #JeffBezos #journalism #FourthEstate
    apnews.com/article/washington-