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10:50 AM ET, January 2, 2024

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Reuters:
Hong Kong tycoon, pro-democracy advocate, and Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai pleaded not guilty in his landmark trial; prosecutors laid out key allegations  —  Hong Kong tycoon and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai pleaded not guilty on Tuesday in his landmark trial, where he is accused …
Nic Fildes / Financial Times:
How Bluey, an Australian animated TV show for kids, became a global hit, in part due to partnerships between its production company Ludo and public broadcasters  —  The offbeat television show about an animated family of cattle dogs has fast become the country's most important cultural export
J. Edward Moreno / New York Times:
The lawsuits against tech companies could shape what copyright means for AI, or simply serve as leverage for plaintiffs to secure more favorable licensing deals  —  The use of content from news and information providers to train artificial intelligence systems may force a reassessment of where to draw legal lines.
Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Comscore: US and Canada box office revenue rose 20% in 2023 to cross $9B but was still below the $10B+ in 2009 and the $11B+ in every year from 2015 to 2019  —  If Hollywood isn't setting off huge fireworks in celebration, it's because revenue is still down from pre-COVID times while worry looms …
Bloomberg:
Filing: Baidu terminates its $3.6B acquisition of Joyy's Chinese livestreaming business YY Live, as some conditions haven't been met; Joyy seeks legal advice  —  - Tech industry's focus has turned to generative AI now … The Beijing-based company said its $3.6 billion deal for Joyy's YY Live …
GhoulsWhoCode:
Hoodline, a local news service acquired in 2020 by PR agency owner Impress3 Media, seems to have fake people of color bylining stories with automated content  —  Hoodline.com/Chicago appears to be using AI to generate fictional people of color to re-write aggregated news, often directly pulled from existing news sources or PR agencies.
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The Nation:
Interviews with journalists in Gaza on struggling simply to stay alive, as mounting challenges of reporting have meant the world gets a fraction of the story  —  The work of Gaza's journalists has been essential these past months, but as the challenges of reporting continue to mount, the world is getting only a fraction of the story.
Margaret Atwood / In the Writing Burrow:
Margaret Atwood argues that Substack violates its own terms of service by permitting Nazis to publish on its platform, and says Substack can't have it both ways  —  Or, “A cannot be both itself and non-A at the same time,” Logic 101.  —  ∙ Paid  —  This instructive cartoon …
Alexandra Topping / The Guardian:
Berrow's Worcester Journal, owned by Newsquest and first published in 1690, hires “AI-assisted” reporters who use an in-house copywriting tool based on ChatGPT  —  Berrow's Worcester Journal is one of several papers owned by the UK's second biggest regional news publisher to hire ‘AI-assisted’ reporters
 
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Jessica Murray / The Guardian:
John Pilger, an Australian journalist and documentary filmmaker who covered conflicts in Vietnam, Cambodia, Bangladesh, and Biafra, dies at age 84
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
A look at the rise of AI-generated virtual influencers, with some charging thousands of dollars to promote products, leading to concerns from human influencers
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