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Samantha Cole / VICE:

Netflix Japan used AI art in its The Dog & The Boy short, citing a “labor shortage” in the anime industry, which has long faced labor abuses and poor wages — A new short film called ‘The Dog & The Boy’ uses AI-generated art for its backgrounds. — Samantha Cole

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Emily Bary / MarketWatch:

SEC filing: Comcast sold 5,726,385 BuzzFeed shares from January 30 to February 1 as BuzzFeed's stock surged, leaving the company with 19.97% of BuzzFeed's stock — Buzzfeed stock has rocketed in recent days amid enthusiasm over its use of AI — Comcast Corp. has sold part of its stake in Buzzfeed Inc. …

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Emma Roth / The Verge:

Netflix says US password sharing rules haven't been set yet, removes rules from its US help page that said users must connect to a “primary Wi-Fi” every 31 days — Based on info sourced from Netflix's support pages, The Streamable reported on Tuesday details about its upcoming anti-password sharing efforts.

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Sony Pictures reports Q3 operating income down 86% YoY to ~$179M and leaves its FY profit forecast unchanged at ~$894M; Music revenue rose 23% YoY to $2.83B — Sony Pictures Entertainment recorded $179 million in operating income for the third quarter ended December 31, 2022.

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Houston Landing, a free, independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit, digital-only news outlet, which received $20M in seed funding in 2022, announces a spring launch — More than a year ago, researchers studying local news in the Houston metro area learned something critical to the launch of the Houston Landing.

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Reeves Wiedeman / Vulture:

As documentaries boom, filmmakers, their subjects, and the bill-paying streamers wrestle with questions of ethics, money, and control, amid shrinking budgets — The boom — or glut — in streaming documentaries has sparked a reckoning among filmmakers and their subjects.

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