Mediagazer: Music, movies, and books from 1928, such as D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover, and sound recordings from 1923 will enter the US public domain on January 1 (Jennifer Jenkins/Duke University School of Law)

9:45 PM ET, December 27, 2023

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The NYT sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, alleging they used millions of its articles to train AI, the first major US media outlet to sue — Millions of articles from The New York Times were used to train chatbots that now compete with it, the lawsuit said.

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Al Tompkins / Poynter:

The FCC rejects radio and TV broadcasters' call for deregulation, reaffirming rules on the number of TV or radio stations that owners can control in a market — The owners had argued for looser ownership restrictions given the growth of social media, podcasts and other online services.

Discussion: Federal Communications …, The Desk, @mglowe@mstdn.social, @panamared27401@mstdn.social, RadioInsight, Inside Radio and Next TV

Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:

Lionsgate closes its acquisition of Hasbro's eOne for $375M plus assuming some production financing loans; Lionsgate's library grows by 6,500 film and TV titles — Lionsgate said today its acquisition of global entertainment platform eOne from Hasbro is done.

Discussion: Variety, IndieWire, The Wrap, ComingSoon.net, The Hollywood Reporter and Media Play News

Washington Post:

Sources: India pressed Apple to come up with alternative explanations for warning Indian journalists and opposition politicians of state-sponsored iPhone hacks — NEW DELHI — A day after Apple warned independent Indian journalists and opposition party politicians in October that government hackers …

Discussion: @evacide and Joseph Menn on LinkedIn, more at Techmeme »

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Amazon plans to start showing ads in movies and shows on Prime Video from January 29, with an option for customers to pay an extra $2.99 per month to avoid them — Earlier this year, Amazon announced plans to start incorporating ads into movies and TV shows streamed from its Prime Video service …

Brooks Barnes / New York Times:

Box office trends in 2023: audiences sought comfort, flocking to see Barbie, Taylor Swift, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and mostly skipped superhero movies — Movie audiences flocked to Taylor Swift, “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” but were cooler toward returning superheroes like the Flash, Captain Marvel and Aquaman.

Discussion: New York Times and ThePrint

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:

Filing: Paramount Global parent company National Amusements experienced a data breach in December 2022, in which hackers stole information on 82,128 people — National Amusements, the cinema chain and corporate parent giant of media giants Paramount and CBS, has confirmed it experienced …

Discussion: Gizmodo, The Record, Bloomberg, The Wrap, @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social and Cord Cutters News

Olivia Prentzel / The Colorado Sun:

The Colorado Springs Independent, a weekly alternative outlet that has served Colorado Springs for over 30 years, indefinitely ceases publication on December 27 — For three decades, the progressive weekly provided residents in Colorado's second-largest city with an alternate source of news …

Discussion: Inside the News in Colorado, @ryanmlowery, @corey_hutchins@threads.net and Talking Biz News

Andrew Jack / Financial Times:

France's Sorbonne University switches to OpenAlex, a nonprofit academic data provider, boosting a growing movement to make research available for free — Paris university's ‘radical decision’ to join OpenAlex challenges for-profit providers — A leading French university has cancelled …

Discussion: @drmarcduffy, Alexandre Zagoskin on LinkedIn, @openalex_org and @petersuber@fediscience.org

Bartosz Brzeziński / Politico:

Poland's new government taking sweeping steps to free its state media sets off a political war, including the appointment of two dueling chiefs of public TV — WARSAW — Poland's new pro-EU government has taken sweeping steps to free state media from the political stranglehold imposed …

Discussion: Semafor, Notes From Poland, Reuters and Reuters

Wall Street Journal:

A look at ReelShort, a Chinese-backed app featuring dramas with episodes that last a minute; its CEO says it has generated $22M in revenue since its 2022 launch — ReelShort aims to succeed where Quibi failed—with cheesy plots and supernatural elements packed into one-minute episodes

Paige Skinner / HuffPost:

Literally Media, which owns Know Your Meme and Cracked, announces it has acquired MEL magazine from Recurrent Ventures and plans to restart publishing in 2024 — Mel magazine publishes stories like “Our Eternal Horniness for the Camp Counselor.” — Men are so back: Mel magazine …

Discussion: @markstenberg3@threads.net, Business Wire and MediaPost

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Associated Press:
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Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Broadcast ratings sank in fall 2023 due to the strikes; ABC and NBC did best thanks to NFL games, CBS and Fox ratings fell 32% YoY and 26% YoY, respectively

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Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
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Angela Watercutter / Wired:
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Erin Nolan / New York Times:
Major outlets sign a letter complaining about NYC's plan to move police reporters out of NYPD HQ; NYC says the move would allow more outlets to cover the police

Discussion: @catherine_lucey, @jbflint, @steveashleyplus, @mediaevan, @mikesisak and @mikesisak

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Nielsen: YouTube's share of US viewership by 2- to 11-year-olds jumped from 29.4% in September 2021 to 33% in September 2023, while Netflix fell from 25% to 21%

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A list of 2023's most engaging stories: CNN had the most entries on the list, and most prominent themes were “catastrophe”, “memorial”, and “human connection”

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The Information:
Sources: Reddit expects 2023 ad revenue to grow 20%+ YoY to slightly over $800M; a source says Reddit was not profitable through the first nine months of 2023

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Maris Kreizman / New York Times:
Goodreads' current combative culture is antithetical to the spirit in which the service began, and fixing that requires more human moderation to monitor users

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Helen Davidson / The Guardian:
An interview with Sebastien Lai about his father and media tycoon Jimmy Lai's sham trial, how Hong Kong “weaponized the law” to shut down Apple Daily, and more

Discussion: Bloomberg and @heguisen

New York Times:
Skyhorse Publishing, known for releasing books other houses consider too controversial to publish, signs a deal to buy conservative press Regnery Publishing

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Jennifer Jenkins / Duke University School of Law:
Music, movies, and books from 1928, such as D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover, and sound recordings from 1923 will enter the US public domain on January 1

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Okta fixes a flaw present since July 23, 2024, that let users log in under specific circumstances with any password if the account's username had 52+ characters

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Bloomberg:
Nvidia will replace Intel in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on November 8, after Amazon replaced Walgreens in February; Intel joined the index in 1999

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