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11:25 AM ET, July 26, 2024

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Sam Levine / The Guardian:
A bankruptcy judge throws out The Gateway Pundit's case, saying the company is solvent; the outlet faces significant defamation cases over false election claims  —  Bankruptcy judge dismisses case filed by Gateway Pundit, which faces defamation cases over false election claims
Carl Sullivan / Flipboard:
Flipboard adds feeds for 60+ US-based local and regional publications to the fediverse, including Texas Monthly, Honolulu Civil Beat, and CalMatters  —  BYCARL SULLIVAN  —  Has local news ever been more important?  Journalists who live in the communities they serve don't just keep residents informed …
Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI says it partnered with publishers such as News Corp and The Atlantic to build its SearchGPT search tool; publishers can manage how their content appears  —  Built with input from publishers, SearchGPT will summarize real-time information on websites  —  OpenAI is launching a test version …
Maia Spoto / Bloomberg Law:
A US judge rules Disney must face Gina Carano's wrongful termination lawsuit as it failed to establish that it employs actors to promote values like inclusion  —  Search by Law Firm Search by Topic Search by Company  —  Walt Disney Co. must face an Elon Musk-backed lawsuit over a former …
Chris Morris / Fortune:
Reports: WBD plans to sue the NBA after the league rejected its matching bid for TV broadcasting rights, which WBD argues is a breach of contract  —  Warner Bros. Discovery is reportedly suing the NBA, after the league unveiled a $77 billion deal with NBC, ESPN, and Amazon for streaming and TV rights for the next 11 years.
Bloomberg:
A look at Joe Rogan's comedy club in Austin, called The Mothership, and the network of comedians and podcast hosts he has supported and attracted to the city  —  The world's most controversial podcaster opened a comedy club there, snatched the stand-up title from Los Angeles and shook up an entire industry.
Discussion: Newser and Mediaite
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Mail Online, The Independent, Daily Mirror, and Daily Express roll out “consent or pay” walls charging users £1.99 to £4 per month for cookie-less access  —  Mail Online, The Independent and the websites of the Daily Mirror and Daily Express have begun requiring readers …
Kendra Barnett / The Drum:
Publicis Groupe announces it will acquire Influential, the world's largest influencer agency by measure of revenue; Influential has a network of 3.5M+ creators  —  News of the acquisition comes just one week after the holding company posted impressive Q2 results.
Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
Source and doc: Runway scraped thousands of videos from YouTube creators and brands, including Disney and VICE News, to train its Gen-3 AI video generation tool  —  A leaked internal document shows Runway's celebrated Gen-3 AI video generator collected thousands of YouTube videos and pirated movies for training data.
Washington Post:
David Gilmour / Mediaite:
The AP removed a fact check debunking the claim that JD Vance admitted he had sex with a couch; AP said the post didn't go through its standard editing process  —  The Associated Press removed its fact-check debunking the claim that former President Donald Trump's running mate Senator JD Vance …
 
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Sarah Parvini / Associated Press:
SAG-AFTRA announces a strike starting on Friday against major video game studios, including EA, after talks for a new contract broke down over AI protections
Cagan Koc / Bloomberg:
UMG shares fell as much as 30% on Thursday, the biggest decline since company's IPO, and closed down 21%, after revenue growth disappointed investors
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
A US judge rejects ABC News' motion to dismiss Trump's defamation suit filed after George Stephanopoulos said Trump was found liable for raping E. Jean Carroll
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
The new Disney+, Hulu, and Max streaming bundle goes on sale in the US for $16.99 per month with ads and $29.99 per month without ads
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
An interview with Time Studios President Dave O'Connor on merging Time's branded content division with its in-house production company to make original content
Discussion: UPROXX
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Microsoft says Bing stopped crawling Reddit after Reddit updated its robots.txt file on July 1