Welcome back to Soundbite. This week, I attended a mysterious event where I met the creators behind popular artificial intelligence-generated characters, including Xania Monet. I walked away with what felt like an extremely early peek into the future of media.
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Up first, here’s what I’m reading and writing this week.
 
- The Golden Globes’ first podcast award is generating lots of controversy. First, Oliver Darcy at Status shared the sky-high prices podcasters can pay to get a splashy feature in Variety. And then Natalie ...

