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2:05 AM ET, January 18, 2023

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Lian Buan / Rappler:
A Philippine tax court acquits Maria Ressa and Rappler of four tax evasion charges filed in 2018, leaving three active court cases against Ressa and Rappler  —  This is breaking news.  Please refresh for more details.  —  MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines' Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) …
Bob Harig / Sports Illustrated:
Sources: the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf tour plans to sign a multiyear TV deal with The CW Network; source: it's a revenue sharing deal 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.
Jon Christian / Futurism:
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.
Patrick Brzeski / The Hollywood Reporter:
China schedules Black Panther: Wakanda Forever for February 7 and Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania for February 17, ending an informal Marvel ban since 2019  —  The tentpoles, both releasing in China in February after Chinese New Year, will be the first Marvel/Disney releases …
Stephen Harrison / Slate:
A look at Wikipedia editors debating the use of ChatGPT, which some see as a useful drafting tool while others worry about bad actors creating fictional content  —  Five years ago, I traveled to Stockholm to cover the annual convention for Wikipedia and related free knowledge projects.
Discussion: The Indian Express
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.
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
Harvey Solomon-Brady / whynow:
London-based media company whynow plans to re-launch CNN's YouTube channel Great Big Story in early 2023, licensing the brand from CNN International Commercial  —  whynow is delighted to announce the relaunch of the hugely popular video storytelling brand Great Big Story.
 
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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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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
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”
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
How Apple may adjust to the US tariffs; sources: the iPhone 17 Pro's camera panel will span the width of the phone and will be the same color as the device

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is keeping TikTok and other ByteDance apps on its US App Store for at least another 75 days, following assurances from AG Pam Bondi

Mayank Parmar / BleepingComputer:
Sources: OpenAI is testing watermarks for images generated using ChatGPT's free account

 
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