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9:35 PM ET, May 23, 2024

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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Alphabet and Meta have talked to Hollywood studios about licensing content for AI video generation tools; Disney and Netflix aren't willing to license  —  - Studios seek to harness AI's promise without losing control  — Warner weighs licensing content; Disney, Netflix say no
The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount and Charter reach a new multiyear carriage deal, adding the ad-supported versions of Paramount+ and BET+ for free to Charter subscribers later in 2024  —  The news comes at a critical moment for the entertainment company.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Leave the World Behind was the most-watched title on Netflix globally in H2 2023, with 121M views, while One Piece was the most-watched series, with 71.6M views  —  Dystopian thriller “Leave the World Behind” was the most-watched film — and title overall — on Netflix globally in the second half of 2023 …
Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
TikTok limits the spread of videos from state-affiliated media outside their home countries and disrupted 15 influence operations in 2024, including from China  —  The platform will keep state-affiliated media accounts out of users' feeds if they “attempt to reach communities outside …
Pete Brown / Columbia Journalism Review:
An overview of existing deals between news publishers and AI companies and the questions they raise regarding long-term costs, the selection process, and more  —  In the past few weeks, News Corp, the Financial Times and Dotdash Meredith became the latest news organizations to strike licensing deals …
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Wall Street Journal:
News Corp and OpenAI announce a multiyear agreement to bring News Corp's news content to OpenAI; sources say the deal could be worth $250M+ over five years
Wall Street Journal:
Trump says that if he's elected, Russia would release WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich; the Kremlin denies any contact between Putin and Trump on the matter  —  Kremlin says Russian leader isn't in contact with former U.S. president about journalist  —  Former President Donald Trump …
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
A bill strengthening the CMA, UK's competition watchdog, heads toward approval; the CMA could push tech giants to pay publishers for news linked on their sites  —  The UK has paved the way for Australia-style payments to news publishers from tech giants as the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill was passed by Parliament.
CNBC:
The DOJ and 30 state AGs sue Ticketmaster parent company Live Nation to break it up, alleging “anticompetitive conduct to exercise its monopolistic control”  —  The U.S. Department of Justice is suing to break up Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, over alleged antitrust violations.
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
WaPo CEO Will Lewis outlines plans for Post Pro and Post Plus subscriptions, and “flexible payments” to let readers make a one-time payment for reading a story  —  On Wednesday, Will Lewis, the newly minted publisher and chief executive of The Washington Post …
 
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Media Matters lays off over a dozen staffers, citing its defense against legal action and the shifting media landscape
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Sources: Sundance is weighing proposals from 15 locations to move the festival in 2027; a decision is expected internally around the end of September
The New York Times Company:
The New York Times hires Puck's Teddy Schleifer, who covers politics, billionaires, and business, to work as a correspondent on its Politics desk
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Big Lou Media has sold The Riverfront Times, an alt weekly in St. Louis, Mo, to an undisclosed buyer, and the entire writing and editing staff has been laid off
Tom Friend / Sports Business Journal:
Sources: the NBA is formalizing deals with Disney, NBC, and Amazon, which may prompt WBD to sue; ESPN may pay $2.8B annually, NBC $2.6B, and Amazon $1.8B to $2B
 

 
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Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
In preliminary findings, EU says Apple's anti-steering rules for developers breached the DMA; EU is also probing if Apple's developer fees comply with EU rules

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Meta has held discussions with Apple to integrate its AI model with Apple Intelligence; Anthropic and Perplexity also discussed integrations with Apple

Financial Times:
Sources: the EU plans to charge Microsoft this week for bundling Teams with its other software to the detriment of rivals
 
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