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Hook up with fellow pirate hunters using our NAB Show content security guide | Change management & resilience for the creative industries Here's a sampling of the vendors and conference sessions you should check out at next week's NAB Show

The big #NABShow kicks off this week (April 18-22). We've published a content security preview to help attendees stay on top of the fight against hackers, pirates & ruthless robots:

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#NAB2026 #contentsecurity #antipiracy

OpenAI’s Sora closes shop after making a million dollars; UK government tiptoes around AI regulation | Change management & resilience for the creative industries OpenAI abandons its video creation product Sora, and the UK sticks with status quo for AI regulation - for now

An eventful couple weeks in the bubbly world of Gen AI. OpenAI drops Sora video, having made a whopping $1.4 million on the thing. Don't worry, we're sure the larger business model is sound.

Also the UK govt takes a "wait & see" position on AI regulation.

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Video: We talk to the Tully Center for Free Speech about the FCC’s threats against US news networks | Change management & resilience for the creative industries We talk to press freedom expert Roy Gutterman about the impact of recent FCC's threats against US news networks

We talk with Roy Gutterman of the Tully Center for Free Speec about the threats to press freedom in the US and the latest attempt by the FCC to intimidate US news broadcasters.

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“The DEI the Earth Stood Still”: Our Diversity & Excellence Summit returns, April 28 | Change management & resilience for the creative industries ¡AU!'s online conference on finding and developing the next generation of media talent is back!

We're thrilled to announce the return of our second Diversity & Excellence Summit (dubbed "The DEI the Earth Stood Still"). Join us April 28 for some online brainstorming on how to develop the next generation of global media talent. Tix available next week!

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A big thanks to AIMICI for inviting us to today's really groundbreaking (in terms of starting a big job) discussion on AI, liability, and the law.

Be sure to subscribe to ¡AU! (see the linkies in bio) to get all the analysis.

Who else is at #Accelerators2026 today?!

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#greenline #ibc #greenline #ibcshow2026 #greenline #greenline #greenline #greenline #greenline #sustainability | Neil Howman All Aboard The #GreenLine to #IBC 2026 Hello This year’s #GreenLine to the #IBCShow2026 will depart from London St Pancras on Thursday, September 10th 2026 - at 11:04 (UK) to be precise! If you wou...

We have just the event for you!

It's The Flint Green Line to IBC, which we helped launch when we ran @theflintmedia.bsky.social. You could say #HeadwayToISE is its nephew.

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#TheFlintGreenLine

Film (and VHS and Hi8 and MiniDV) is forever at the BSC Expo | Change management & resilience for the creative industries Old image capture formats showed off as a new, cutting edge option for filmmakers at the BSC Expo in London

Film is back - or maybe it never left. At the #BSCExpo, legacy capture formats were on display as a cutting edge option for #cinematographers.

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Last week we visited #ISE2026 in #Barcelona, one of the world's biggest audiovisual tech gatherings. This year's show saw the collision of two media tech sectors, each feeling around for what the new feature might be.

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SNCF train approaching a station

Headway is designed to get media industry travel out of the air and down to earth for low-carbon fun & networking. There are still FREE tix available for this year's Headway, leaving Paris Gare De Lyon on the afternoon of Feb. 2.

To reserve your seat, DM us or email ISE@au-works.com

#ISE2026

We're delighted for the support of Greening of Streaming for our Headway To ISE event, running Feb. 2.

Headway is a day of fun & professional hobnobbing on a train travelling from Paris to Barcelona for next week's big @iseshow.bsky.social tech trade show.

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#ISE2026

French SNFC train on the rails just outside a station

We're doing a train trip + networking event to promote sustainable travel for the media industry. Feb. 2 from Paris to Barcelona, on the way to the @iseshow.bsky.social trade show! It's called Headway.

Join us!

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#headway #headwaytoise #headwaytoise2026

With an expansionist neighbor, Baltic broadcasters are taking disaster preparedness seriously | Change management & resilience for the creative industries Broadcasters in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are thinking about how to keep TV on the air in the event of a major incident

As Russia tests boundaries across Europe, Latvia is upgrading its disaster recovery tech.

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HR consultancy Tell Jane has published a guide to help media employers create a safe arena for holiday partying 🎄

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Using Gen AI can really be brand damaging - as @glovelace.bsky.social points out in this piece at @auworks.bsky.social

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We sat down with Lisa Bell from HR consultancy Tell Jane to learn about tackling - and preventing - harassment in the workplace. The media business has its own special challenges when it comes to abuse, including a vulnerable freelance population.

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¡AU!'s @nromanek.bsky.social up at the magnificent @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this weekend. For a publishing start-up like us, you couldn't ask for a more inspirational event!

#thoughtbubble

At ¡AU! we understand this.

Excellent overview of the issue facing every business (including media businesses) in a world where a handful of players - headquartered in a single country - have inordinate influence over our infrastructure.

The next issue of #AUJournal digs into this question of tech sovereignty & independence.

Astonishing day at @smallpublishers.bsky.social in London today. In a world of empty digital frenzy, it’s humbling & inspiring to see so much dedicated work & concentration going into a single object - a book. Glory to the #book.

See you all there tomorrow!

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Headshots of historian Surekha Davies (left) and sculptor Esti Reich (right)

Cover of book Humans: A Monstrous History by Surekha Davies

Four monster sculptures by Esti Reich

So we launched Monster Lab! 👽 Discussion covered everything from category-breaking to imperialism to artist intuition to The Muppets. Monster-sized thanks to our inaugural speakers, historian @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social & sculptor Esti Reich.

Next Monster Lab is in December. 👹

#MonsterLab kicks off tomorrow!

News networks vacate Pentagon after press credentials deadline passes | Moving fast & fixing things in the creative industries New policies requiring Defense Department approval of stories result in a broadcaster backlash

American broadcasters were ejected from the Pentagon after refusing to sign an updated press credentials policy which includes a pledge to only publish material authorized by the Department of Defense

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Last week we talked with the next generation of UK film & TV talent at the Soho Media Club's BeYou Festival in London. Guests included Ash Atalla and Oscar-winning triple threat Rachel Shenton

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Producer Ash Atalla talks with moderator Muki Kulhan in an onstage interview at Soho Media Club’s Be You Festival in London.

Today we’re at the Be You Festival in #London, by Soho Media Club, featuring guests like the great Ash Atalla.

Attendees here are figuring out the future of UK media. They’ll get back to you.

The Queer Zest Zine Fest final weekend is filled with zesty queerness! Come meet the zinesters, hear their stories, shop from them. Allies welcome.


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