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3:15 PM ET, December 27, 2023

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New York Times:
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.
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, ThePrint and ScreenRant
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.
Jennifer Jenkins / Duke University School of Law:
Books, movies, and music from 1928 and sound recordings from 1923 enter the US public domain on January 1; works include D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover  —  Director, Duke Center for the Study of the Public Domain  —  Please note that this site is only about US law; the copyright terms in other countries may be different.
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
The earliest versions of Mickey and Minnie Mouse enter the public domain on January 1, as Disney's copyright suits have slowed to a trickle in recent years
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: @openalex_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 …
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  —  If you have not kept up with the latest scandal in the world of young adult publishing, it is a doozy.
Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
A US judge rejects Project Veritas' First Amendment claim in the case of an alleged theft of a diary of Biden's daughter; prosecutors may now get 900+ documents  —  Criminal prosecutors may soon get to see over 900 documents pertaining to the alleged theft of a diary belonging …
Alexandra Canal / Yahoo Finance:
Analysts expect more consolidation in 2024 for the media and telecom sector, after a year in which PwC says media and telecom deal volume and values were down  —  Wall Street is ready for the next big media merger.  —  As companies in the space face challenges such as cord cutting …
Discussion: Forbes and Yahoo Finance
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  —  Mayor Eric Adams said that the move would allow more outlets to cover the police, but critics said it was another blow to transparency.
 
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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
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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The Economic Times:
Sources: Disney and Reliance signed a non-binding term sheet last week to merge their media operations in India, with Reliance paying for a majority 51% stake
@apnewsguild:
The AP News Guild reaches an agreement on a three-year deal after 19+ months of bargaining, securing raises and protection against “riskier aspects” of AI