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- Spotify podcast partner program swells in new expansion
Spotify announces that its Partner Program, which creates monetization pathways for creators, has undergone its largest geographic expansion since its founding in 2025. Good for listeners too, Spotify asserts. Continue Reading → [TheTopNews] Read More.2 days ago - The fast-food chain where managers average more than $200K a year
In-N-Out Burger store managers earn more than $200,000 annually on average, which the fast-food chain says reflects the company's philosophy of investing in its workforce."I can confirm that our In-N-Out Burger Store Managers earn more than $200,000 a year on average," Chief Operating Officer Denny Warnick said in a statement to FOX Business.Warnick noted that In-N-Out's founders, Harry and Esther Snyder, believed in "taking really great care of our Associates.""Their philosophy was to treat Associates like family and strive to be an outstanding employer, and paying higher-than-normal wages was one important part of that philosophy," he said.MAJOR BURGER CHAIN IN-N-OUT CHANGES TWO KEY INGREDIENTS, SENDING FANS INTO A FRENZYThe burger chain is committed to offering competitive pay, benefits and career development opportunities, according to Warnick."Those values remain unchanged today under the leadership of our Owner and President, Lynsi Snyder," he said. "We’re committed to providing competitive wages, great benefits, a positive and enthusiastic work environment, and opportunities for Associates to develop and grow."MCDONALD’S SHAKES UP FALL COFFEE LINEUP AS PUMPKIN SPICE SEASON HEATS UPWarnick added that many In-N-Out associates have worked for the chain for decades, helping carry on the values established by its founders.BURGER KING REVAMPS MENU ITEM AFTER CUSTOMERS SOUGHT 'TOTAL OVERHAUL'CLICK HERE TO GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GOEarlier this month, the California-based chain, which operates in 10 states, announced two ingredient changes, removing sesame flour from its buns and replacing iodized salt packets with sea salt."We remain committed to serving our Customers with the freshest, highest-quality food possible. Over the years, we’ve made meaningful changes to our ingredients, and this past year was no exception. We’re pleased to share our latest updates, and we’ll continue building on that commitment for years to come," the company said at the time.FOX Business' Bonny Chu contributed to this report. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 days ago - Madison journalists debate AI bots versus human touch
There were a lot of questions at a community discussion co-hosted by Isthmus on AI & Journalism. Source: Isthmus.com [TheTopNews] Read More.2 days ago - RAIN Notes: September 18Libsyn scores All Chewed Up network Venerable podcast hosting platform Libsyn has scored an exclusive deal with All Chewed Up, a food and lifestyle digital network. Libsyn will be the official host, and will handle advertising sales for the network’s… Continue Reading → [TheTopNews] Read More.2 days ago
- Civic Media Expands To Iowa With NRG Waterloo Purchase
Wisconsin based Civic Media is expanding to Iowa as new subsidiary Cedar Basin Media is acquiring NRG Media's four station cluster in Waterloo. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 days ago - The Rise of Parasite Authors
Editor’s note: This work is part of AI Watchdog, The Atlantic’s ongoing investigation into the generative-AI industry.Earlier this summer, Tamra Westberry received a Facebook notification that made her heart sink. A fellow author had taken to social media to endorse Westberry’s latest book, Project Erebus, after reading about it in a weekly roundup of the latest paranormal-romance releases. Independent authors like Westberry, who is based in Texas and has published dozens of books under the pen name Tara West, usually welcome an encouraging word and a bit of cross-promotion. But Westberry was dismayed. She had never heard of a book called Project Erebus. And she certainly wasn’t its author. She looked up her author profile on Amazon, and there it was: Project Erebus, a book that featured character names she’d previously used, with a cover echoing that of her recent work. Translations were available in German, French, Italian, and Spanish. The book was a complete mystery to her, but after she read its sample pages, she suspected it was made by someone who’d used AI tools. (I ran the book’s cover and promotional blurb through Pangram, which suggested that they were completely AI-generated.)Westberry emailed Amazon and requested that the company delink the unaffiliated books from her profile. Amazon removed the books from the platform within a week or so—but not before some of her fans purchased them, read them, and left reviews. “No real detail, characters remain undeveloped. I almost felt I was reading an essay written by a school child,” one disappointed reader wrote in a two-star review for Project Erebus on Goodreads, a literary social network owned by Amazon that had also attributed the book to West.[Read: These 183,000 Books Are Fueling The Biggest Fight In Publishing And Tech]Across categories—fantasy, horror, even coloring books—writers say they’re seeing AI-generated listings crop up on their Amazon author pages. Some of these works are in entirely different genres from their usual work—such as a children’s series misattributed to a writer of steamy love stories—whereas others echo the subject matter or jacket designs of preexisting books. One writer reported someone sneaking in a fake edition under the listing of their real book. Because Amazon often sends out emails notifying author-page followers about new listings, these titles are able to leech a writer’s fan base, make ill-gotten revenue, and confuse readers.AI companies pirated millions of books to train today’s most popular models, as… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 days ago
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