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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 — Agreement could generate over $250 million over five years for News Corp in cash and credits — Wall Street Journal owner News Corp struck …
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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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@nw@ioc.exchange, Press Gazette and Benzinga
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
A bill strengthening powers of the CMA, UK's competition watchdog, heads toward approval; the CMA could compel tech giants to pay for news on their platforms — 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.
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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.
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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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@sarafischer and @oliverdarcy@threads.net
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
[Thread] In a meeting, Washington Post CEO Will Lewis told staff that the paper lost $77M over the past year, and saw a 50% drop off in audience since 2020
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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 …
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Washington Post, Bloomberg and TikTok, more at Techmeme »
Liz Neisloss / GBH:
Boston-based public media outlet GBH announced layoffs of 31 staff members, or 4% of its workforce, with roughly 10% of its news staff among those laid off — GBH announced layoffs of 31 staff members on Wednesday, representing 4% of its overall workforce.
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Media Nation, The Boston Globe, @nikdecostaklipa, @brianstorms@mastodon.social and Current
Associated Press:
Michael Schumacher's family wins its legal case against German tabloid Die Aktuelle that published an AI-generated interview with Schumacher in April 2023 — - Die Aktuelle promoted 2023 piece that ‘sounds deceptively real’ — Publisher had sacked editor and apologised to F1 great's family
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Decrypt, The US Sun, RTÉ and GB News
Jeremy Gan / Dexerto:
Linus Tech Tips, accused in August 2023 of theft, ethical lapses, and sexual harassment, says an outside investigation found the claims were “largely unfounded” — Linus Tech Tips has released the findings from an investigation of the allegations levied upon them in 2023 …
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@linustech and Benzinga, more at Techmeme »
Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Sources: News Corp's Rebekah Brooks and Robert Thomson joined Lachlan Murdoch in Sydney for meetings ahead of a major restructuring announcement next week — Staff brace for significant cuts as media giant prepares to make moves to counter decline of print and slow advertising market
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Sydney Morning Herald, @onyadon, @mikecarlton01, @pressgazette and Dave Earley on LinkedIn
Jacob Gallagher / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: revenue for watch enthusiast website Hodinkee fell to ~$70M in 2023 from ~$100M in 2021, amid accusations of mismanagement as the watch market crashed — The website Hodinkee reinvented watch culture, giving luxury timepieces the same air as a pair of rare Nikes.
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@aforjaz@threads.net, @wsj, @simondowens@threads.net and Benjamin Clymer on LinkedIn
STLPR:
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 — The Riverfront Times, St. Louis' alt-weekly newspaper, is no more, at least in its current state.
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