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6:00 PM ET, January 17, 2023

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James Vincent / The Verge:
Getty Images says it has started legal proceedings against Stability AI, creator of Stable Diffusion, in the UK, alleging copyright violation  —  Getty Images is suing Stability AI, creators of popular AI art tool Stable Diffusion, over alleged copyright violation.
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James Vincent / The Verge:
A trio of artists sue Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt over AI art copyright; a firm suing Microsoft, GitHub, and OpenAI over Copilot filed the lawsuit
Bob Harig / Sports Illustrated:
Sources: the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf tour is close to unveiling a TV deal with Nexstar's The CW Network, using a revenue sharing model without a rights fee  —  The TV agreement would fill a major objective for LIV Golf, as CW is in 220 U.S. markets, many of which have a local news operation, website and nightly newscast.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Robinhood plans to launch Sherwood Media, an independent brand led by veteran tech editor Joshua Topolsky; Sherwood will be the Snacks newsletter's new home  —  Retail trading platform Robinhood is launching an independent media brand called Sherwood that will be led by veteran tech editor and media entrepreneur Joshua Topolsky.
Jon Christian / Futurism:
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
HBO Max will stream its first US live sports event at 10pm ET Tuesday, the US Women's Soccer National Team vs. New Zealand, in its eight-year Turner Sports deal  —  HBO Max makes history tonight with its first-ever domestic live sporting event.  Starting at 10 p.m. ET …
Discussion: Next TV, CNET and The Streamable
Morning Consult:
Survey: 46% of US podcast listeners like supporting video, 15% would pay $10-$25 to attend a live recorded event, and 33% say YouTube is their favorite platform  —  YouTube is the most preferred podcast platform among regular listeners, ahead of Spotify and Apple, according to Morning Consult data
Pranshu Verma / Washington Post:
An interview with Raqib Hameed Naik, a Kashmiri Muslim journalist hiding in the US, about his project HindutvaWatch.org that tracks human rights abuses in India  —  Raqib Hameed Naik, a Kashmiri Muslim journalist hiding in America, is ready to bring his data project out of the shadows
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Using Taylor Swift's career as a case study to review the music industry's evolution from CDs to streaming, a model on the precipice of a failed marketplace  —  Streaming's the problem.  It's streaming. … I have this theory that music is usually about five years ahead of the rest of media …
Discussion: Music Ally
Zheping Huang / Bloomberg:
CryptoSlam and Forkast.News plan to merge and become Forkast Labs, offering crypto investors news, data, and tools; both are Animoca Brands portfolio companies  —  Animoca Brands Corp. founder Yat Siu helped engineer the merger of two startups his firm backed, aiming to create a data …
Christina Carrega / Capital B:
Q&A with The Kansas City Defender founder Ryan Sorrell on the role of community-first Black news sites after police dismissed its report on three missing women  —  A 40-year-old white man was charged with kidnapping, rape, and assault when a 22-year-old Black woman said he held her captive for over a month.
 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Reuters plans to add 100 editorial roles globally and restart its plan for a consumer-facing paywall, expanding its partnership with the London Stock Exchange
Discussion: Reuters and Talking Biz News
Diana Pearl / Business of Fashion:
Vogue plans to publish 10 print issues in 2023, down from 11 for the past three years, including the most recent “Winter” issue and the combined June/July issue
Discussion: MediaPost
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
A look at Cheapskate, a newsletter that lists free events happening in London and has attracted 10,000 subscribers in under four years, mostly via word of mouth
Chris Vallance / BBC:
Wikimedia says the UK's Online Safety Bill was designed for social media, not Wikipedia, and a proposed change to the bill would “limit freedom of expression”
Will Bedingfield / Wired:
The Overwatch League's path to profitability remains unclear given dwindling viewership, recent upheavals inside Activision Blizzard, and dampening esports hype
Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
A FIFA corruption trial kicks off and could implicate Fox Corp; two former Fox executives accused of paying bribes to obtain broadcast rights are set to testify
Gina Chua / Semafor:
Singapore's The Straits Times said last week it overstated daily circulation by 85K-95K copies, or 10%-12% of reported totals, from September 2020 to March 2022