Mediagazer: Punchbowl News says the news startup is on track to nearly $20M in 2023 revenue, up from $10M in 2021, and revamps its website with links to standalone articles (Sara Fischer/Axios)

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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 Streamable, The Wrap, 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.

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Jen Fifield / Votebeat:

Local Labs, tied to Brian Timpone's Metric Media network of right-leaning local sites, is being paid by GOP-backed clients to make broad public records requests — Local Labs seeks voter data through extensive requests around the U.S. — and blurs the line between political research and journalism.

Discussion: @votebeatus, @pamelafessler, @jessicahuseman, @jessicahuseman and @jessicahuseman

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:

FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel announces plans to reinstate net neutrality, seeking to “largely 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 …

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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: @fboversight, @blakersdozen and @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 …

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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

Sara Fischer / Axios:

Punchbowl News says the news startup is on track to nearly $20M in 2023 revenue, 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.

Discussion: @jryedinak

Ben Mullin / @benmullin:

Memo: New York Public Radio President and CEO LaFontaine Oliver plans to cut NYPR staff by ~12% due to “the necessity for long-term financial sustainability” — 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, @macfathom, @michaelsocolow, @cerinoroyale and Current

Matt Donnelly / Variety:

Sources: the Golden Globe Awards plans to add two new categories to its January 2024 show: for highest-earning or most-seen films and for stand-up comedy 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 …

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