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2:05 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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Al Tompkins / Poynter:
The FCC rejects radio and TV broadcasters' call for deregulation, reaffirming limits 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.
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 profile of Francesca Street, whose “Chance Encounters” CNN.com pieces on relationships appeared five times on Chartbeat's list of 2023's most-engaging 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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Reuters:
Sources: Telecom Italia has renewed its five-season 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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Wall Street Journal:
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
Andrew Jack / Financial Times:
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
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Bloomberg:
Sources: SoftBank's Masayoshi Son has recently become singularly obsessed with how to build the next Nvidia and wants competitive AI chips ready to ship by 2026
 
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