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The Atlantic and Vox Media sign multi-year licensing and product deals with OpenAI; The Atlantic plans an experimental Atlantic Labs with OpenAI tech — - The Atlantic has been publishing content since 1857. … - Both agreements also allow OpenAI to tap into the respective publishers' current content …
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News Corp Australia reorganizes its mastheads into free, subscription-based tabloids, and prestige titles, and lets go of news.com.au EIC Lisa Muxworthy — Staff told some people will ‘regrettably leave our business’ as media empire is reorganised into three divisions
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London Evening Standard plans to close its daily paper and launch a weekly, citing £84.5M losses in six years, driven by the Underground adding Wi-Fi and more — Chair Paul Kanareck says newspaper's losses - £84.5m in the past six years - not sustainable
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A survey in six countries shows 32% of respondents think human editors check AI outputs before publishing them; many haven't made up their minds yet about AI — Based on an online survey focused on understanding if and how people use generative artificial intelligence (AI) …
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Elle plans its first branded residences in Miami, with a 25-story tower featuring 180 units built in partnership with French publisher Lagardère News and others — The 25-story tower will feature 180 turnkey homes ranging from one-bedroom units to penthouses.
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A look at the future of TNT's Inside the NBA, which started in 1989 and hired Charles Barkley in 2000, after WBD did not secure NBA rights beyond next season — Next season could be the last for TNT's influential and beloved studio show, and Charles Barkley, for one, will not be going quietly.
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Sources: Sony is working with another investor to buy Queen's music catalog, including merchandising and other businesses, in a deal potentially worth ~$1B — - The talks are ongoing and may not result in a deal for songs — Sony Music in talks with another investor about the purchase
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New York Post, Music Business Worldwide, @lucas_shaw and Billboard
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Jonah Peretti, who owns a special class of BuzzFeed stock with an effective veto, rejects some of Vivek Ramaswamy's requests, calling them “misunderstandings” — The former G.O.P. presidential candidate, who has invested in BuzzFeed, believes the company needs to pivot.
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Sony takes down an interview with Naughty Dog Studio's Neil Druckmann after he posted a transcript showing that he didn't laud AI tools as Sony's edit implied — Move comes after Druckmann publicly disavowed some quotes: “This is not quite what I said.” — Sony has taken down an interview …
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PINF study: the UK's 300 to 400 independent publishers make between £18.6M and £24.8M in annual revenue combined, down from £30M to £40M in the previous year — There has been a dramatic reduction in revenue, audience and staff sizes across the small independent …
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The BBC launches a review into how accurately and authentically it represents groups and communities across the UK, across TV, radio, online content, and more — The U.K. public broadcaster's review, led by former BAFTA chair Anne Morison and independent media consultant Chris Banatvala, will cover TV, radio, online content, and more.
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The MoviePass documentary, called MoviePass, MovieCrash, highlights founders Stacy Spikes and Hamet Watt, who are Black and often omitted from MoviePass stories — Business stories involving a meteoric rise followed by a spectacular collapse naturally lend themselves to movies …
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