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1:45 AM ET, August 31, 2023

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Clare Duffy / CNN:
Gannett pauses the use of an AI tool, Lede AI, to write high school sports stories after several major flubs appeared in articles in at least one of its papers  —  New York CNN —  —  Newspaper chain Gannett has paused the use of an artificial intelligence tool to write high school sports dispatches …
New York Times:
Warner Bros. Discovery names Mark Thompson, the former New York Times CEO and the former BBC director-general, as CNN's chairman and CEO, starting on October 9  —  Mr. Thompson, who oversaw a period of growth at The New York Times and the BBC, will lead the network during a pivotal period.
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
A look at One Piece, the live-action Netflix series launching August 31 based on Eiichiro Oda's manga and anime series, and its unprecedented marketing deals  —  The breakout popularity of “Stranger Things” and “Wednesday” was a boon for Netflix execs, but also a lesson …
Laura Wagner / Washington Post:
Three of six full-time Atlanta magazine editorial staffers resign and the EIC plans to retire, as the magazine's owners crack down on content they deem “woke”  —  The publisher pushed back on their effort to present a modern picture of life in one of the Blackest …
The Hollywood Reporter:
The Hollywood Reporter names Maer Roshan as co-editor-in-chief, joining Nekesa Mumbi Moody; Roshan, EIC of Los Angeles Magazine since 2019, starts September 25  —  Roshan joins the team Sept. 25 from Los Angeles Magazine, where he served as editor-in-chief since 2019.
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Deadline:
Sources: top executives from Disney, Amazon Studios, Netflix, Universal, and WBD planned to meet August 30; Disney's Bob Iger wasn't set to attend  —  EXCLUSIVE: Amid growing speculation of internal divisions within the C-suites and a lack of any apparent path forward to end the writers and actors strikes …
Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica:
OpenAI files a motion to dismiss two similar lawsuits from book authors alleging copyright infringement, saying the authors “misconceive the scope of copyright”  —  Authors claim generative AI is just a “grift” that repackages original works.  —  This week, OpenAI finally responded …
 
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Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and John Oliver debut Spotify podcast Strike Force Five; proceeds will go to their out-of-work staff
Bart Barnes / Washington Post:
Douglas Feaver, an Online News Association founder and a Washington Post reporter who retired as WashingtonPost.com's executive editor in 2005, dies at 84