Mediagazer: 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 (Alex Reisner/The Atlantic)

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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

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).

Discussion: Variety, IndieWire, The Wrap, The Streamable, The Verge and Hollywood Reporter

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Spotify launches Jam, a feature that lets up to 32 people curate a playlist together; 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.

Discussion: Spotify, Billboard, BGR, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, @eldsjal, MobileSyrup, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Android Police, CNET, Mashable, Engadget, @sunildvr, @hedgedog5, BetaNews, UPROXX, Music Ally and Digital Music News, more at Techmeme »

Todd Spangler / Variety:

CollegeHumor rebrands as Dropout, the name of the $6/month streaming service it launched in 2018 that has users in the “mid-hundreds of thousands and growing” — CollegeHumor is dropping its collegiate moniker after nearly 25 years... to become Dropout.

Discussion: The Wrap, Vulture and Polygon

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:

The US FCC announces plans to reinstate net neutrality and “return to the successful rules the Commission adopted in 2015” — Net neutrality is back on the menu, citizens. After a long, long battle ending in eventual defeat during Trump's presidency, the FCC is set to reinstate rules …

Discussion: The Verge, MediaPost, Fast Company, Next TV, Engadget, Cord Cutters News, @vmbrasseur@social …, Bloomberg, Deadline, CNN, Gizmodo, Boing Boing and The Messenger, more at Techmeme »

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.

Discussion: @michellemanafy@journa.host

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 …

Discussion: New York Times, Air Mail, @andrewkirtzman, Vanity Fair, Axios and @ksacknyt

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.

Discussion: American Press Institute and Media Nation

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

Molly Schuetz / Bloomberg:

Liberty Media, which had an 83% stake in SiriusXM as of July, proposes splitting off the business that houses SiriusXM and combining it with Sirius XM Holdings — - Liberty already owns 83% of SirisuXM, held in tracking stock — Malone has sprawling interests across media, entertainment

Discussion: Liberty Media Corporation, The Wrap, The Messenger, Axios, The Hollywood Reporter, Inside Radio, Radio & Television … and Cord Cutters News

Sara Fischer / Axios:

Punchbowl News says it is on track to earn ~$20M in revenue in 2023, up from $10M in 2021, and revamps its website with links to standalone articles — Punchbowl News, the D.C.-based congressional news startup, on Tuesday debuted a revamped website with links to stand-alone stories.

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]

Discussion: New York Times and Current

Matt Donnelly / Variety:

Sources: two new categories are planned to be added to the Golden Globes' January show, one for highest-grossing or most-seen films and one for stand-up on TV — The Golden Globe Awards will introduce two new categories to its upcoming January broadcast, Variety has learned exclusively.

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Google plans to shut down Google Podcasts “later in 2024”, moving its streaming listeners to YouTube Music, which will support US podcasts and RSS feeds by 2024 — Google announced this morning it will be shutting down its Google Podcasts app later in 2024 as part of its broader transition …

Discussion: Variety, MobileSyrup, Engadget, BGR, The Verge, YouTube Official Blog, @loudmouthjulia, Android Police, 9to5Google and @ppatel@mstdn.social, more at Techmeme »