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12:15 PM ET, December 28, 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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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 …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A look at Francesca Street, whose “Chance Encounter” pieces for CNN.com about relationships appeared five times on Chartbeat's list of 2023's most-read stories  —  The 29-year-old CNN reporter, who writes about love and romance, was one of 2023′s most popular reporters
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Financial Times:
Insider Intelligence: LinkedIn's ad revenue, which rose 10.1% YoY to nearly $4B in 2023, could grow 14.1% YoY in 2024, as brands seek to reallocate X ad spend  —  Microsoft-owned professional networking site has increased revenues as big brands boycott rival platform
Reuters:
Sources: Telecom Italia has renewed a five-year deal with DAZN to show Serie A soccer games on its streaming platform TimVision for €43M to €46M per year  —  Telecom Italia (TIM) (TLIT.MI) has renewed a deal with sports streaming service DAZN to continue offering Italy's top Serie …
Financial Times:
Disney, WBD, Comcast, and Paramount face a year of reckoning in 2024 after losing $5B+ in 2023 from the streaming services they built to compete with Netflix  —  Tie-ups and cuts on menu as Disney, Warner, Comcast and Paramount seek new ways to keep up  —  The world's largest traditional …
 
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A look at ReelShort, a Chinese-backed app featuring dramas with one-minute episodes; its CEO says ReelShort has generated $22M+ in revenue since its 2022 launch
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Sorbonne University plans to use OpenAlex, a nonprofit academic data provider, from January 1, boosting a growing movement to make research available for free
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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
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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
Erin Nolan / New York Times:
Major outlets sign a letter complaining about NYC's plan to move police reporters out of NYPD's HQ; NYC says the move would let more outlets cover the police
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%