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1:25 PM ET, September 26, 2023

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Amrita Khalid / The Verge:
Spotify partners with OpenAI to debut an AI translation feature that reproduces podcasts in other languages using a synthesized version of the podcaster's voice  —  What if podcasters could flip a switch and instantly speak another language?  That's the premise behind Spotify's …
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
A US judge rules that the Thomson Reuters suit accusing Ross Intelligence of copying Westlaw content to train a competing AI-based platform must go to trial  —  A jury must decide the outcome of a lawsuit by information services company Thomson Reuters (TRI.TO) accusing Ross Intelligence …
Discussion: The Wrap, Plagiarism Today and Law360
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify launches Jam, a new feature that lets up to 32 people curate a single playlist; only Premium subscribers can create Jams, but all users can contribute  —  Spotify is today introducing its latest social feature, Jam, which allows multiple people to blend their own musical tastes into a combined playlist.
David Robb / Deadline:
SAG-AFTRA members vote to authorize a strike against 10 of the major video game companies if negotiations fail; 98.32% voted in favor after a 27.47% turnout  —  - Lisa Takeuchi Cullen Elected President Of WGA East; Running Unopposed, She Succeeds Michael Winship
Mack DeGeurin / Gizmodo:
How Meta's Facebook and Instagram news blackout in Canada is having an outsized effect on student publications and nonprofit community outlets in the country  —  Student publications and nonprofit community outlets are caught up in a drawn-out battle between the Canadian government, big-name publishers, and Meta.
Ben Mullin / @benmullin:
Memo: the President and CEO of New York Public Radio, parent company of WNYC, says the company plans to cut staff by about 12%  —  New York Public Radio, the parent organization of WNYC, is cutting its staff by about 12%, according to a note to staff from President and CEO LaFontaine Oliver [image]
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Northeastern University's Meredith Clark and The Pivot Fund founder Tracie Powell about studying funding to BIPOC news outlets, local news, and more  —  “You say you're giving more dollars to BIPOC newsrooms?  Well, you're actually giving to intermediaries who are filtering down those dollars to BIPOC newsrooms.
Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Sources: the Golden Globes plan to introduce two categories to its January show, one for highest-grossing or most-seen films and another for stand-up on TV  —  The Golden Globe Awards will introduce two new categories to its upcoming January broadcast, Variety has learned exclusively.
Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
A look at Adam Nagourney's new book The Times, which chronicles the editors, culture, scandals, and strategies at the NYT from 1977 to 2016  —  In the second chapter of The Kingdom and the Power, the 1969 book about the first 75 years that the New York Times was owned by the very same Ochs-Sulzberger family …
Los Angeles Times:
The WGA and the AMPTP reach a tentative deal to end the strike; the proposed three-year contract ups pay and streaming residuals, adds new AI rules, and more  —  The Writers Guild of America and the major Hollywood studios have reached a tentative deal that would end a strike that has lasted …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Netflix, Paramount, WBD, Comcast, Disney, and others launch a trade group, the Streaming Innovation Alliance; Apple, Amazon, Roku, and others didn't join  —  The world's biggest streaming companies are coming together to launch the industry's first unified coalition, the Streaming Innovation Alliance (SIA).
 
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Alex Reisner / The Atlantic:
The Atlantic debuts a tool to look up authors whose work is in the Books3 dataset, which Meta, Bloomberg, and others used to train their generative AI systems
Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal:
Estate Media, a real estate-focused outlet debuting with a website, newsletters, podcasts, and video, raised $1.65M from Morning Brew CEO Austin Rief and others
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Reddit launches a Contributor Program that pays verified users monthly based on the karma earned and the gold received for “eligible contributions” on the site
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Rachel Scully / The Hill:
Donald Trump pledges to investigate Comcast for “Country Threatening Treason” due to “one-side and vicious coverage” by NBC and MSNBC, if he is elected in 2024
Emilia David / The Verge:
Getty partners with Nvidia to launch Generative AI by Getty Images, a tool trained on Getty's licensed photos that lets users create legally protected images
John Koblin / New York Times:
People over 60 have become the US broadcast networks' core constituency, as the median age of viewers at ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox has ballooned in recent years
New York Times:
Some employees reminisce about Netflix's DVD subscription service, which upended the entertainment industry and is shutting down on September 29 after 25 years