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12:35 PM ET, April 5, 2024

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Samantha Murphy Kelly / CNN:
Disney CEO Bob Iger says Disney+ will crack down on password sharing in June 2024 in some countries and more broadly in September 2024; Disney+ isn't profitable  —  New York CNN —  —  Disney is curbing password sharing for its Disney+ streaming service as part of a larger effort to boost signups and revenue.
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Reuters:
A look at tech giants' AI training data deals; Defined.ai: some are ready to pay $1-$2 per image, $2-$4 per short video, and $100-$300 per hour of long video  —  At its peak in the early 2000s, Photobucket was the world's top image-hosting site.  The media backbone for once-hot services …
Barrett Media:
Several sports podcasters who were part of Vox Media's SB Nation Podcast Network say they were told on April 4 that the network is being shut down immediately  —  “I am not sure what's next, but we fully intend to continue the podcast elsewhere.”  —  Several podcasters who were part …
The Economic Times:
India's IT minister says the country is looking to frame a “balanced” AI law that will protect news publishers and content creators while minimizing user harm  —  Global AI regulation discussions intensify as companies seek fair compensation for AI data training from publishers.
Clay Wirestone / Kansas Reflector:
Facebook restores the Kansas Reflector's ability to share links, removed the day the outlet ran a piece critical of Facebook, which still can't be shared  —  Facebook has blocked the sharing of Kansas Reflector stories and removed all posts linking to our website.  (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)
Ryan Barwick / Marketing Brew:
The New York Times partners with ad metrics company Adelaide, which uses eye tracking and more to gauge attention to ads and is launching tools for publishers  —  The New York Times is partnering with Adelaide, a company that uses signals like eye-tracking data to gauge whether readers are paying attention to ads.
Harriet Sherwood / The Guardian:
Guardian journalist Hella Pick dies at 96; she spent seven decades as a foreign correspondent and diplomatic editor after fleeing Nazi-annexed Austria in 1938  —  Former colleagues pay tribute to Pick, who broke into male-dominated world of foreign affairs journalism in 1950s
Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
Google Books is indexing low quality, AI-generated books, which may impact Google Ngram viewer, an important tool used by researchers to track language use  —  Google said it will continue to evaluate its approach “as the world of book publishing evolves.”
 
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Bloomberg:
YouTube's CEO says that OpenAI training Sora with YouTube videos would violate YouTube's ToS, and Google adheres to YouTube's creator contracts to train Gemini
Melissa Evans / Long Beach Post:
The Long Beach Post CEO says the outlet has been the target of lies and sabotage from some former and current staff amid layoffs, a union campaign, and a strike
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Memos: Jonathan Greenberger is departing ABC News, where he has been bureau chief in Washington, DC, to become executive vice president of Politico
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Reuters:
Sources: Alphabet is considering an offer for the marketing software company HubSpot, which has a $35B market cap, in what would be its largest acquisition yet
Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
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