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9:45 AM ET, November 27, 2024

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Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post:
OpenAI suspends early access to Sora after ~20 artists leaked access to the tool in protest of the company's treatment of creative professionals as “PR puppets”  —  A group of artists created a webpage allowing anyone to make AI videos using Sora.  They argue the maker of ChatGPT used artists as “PR puppets” without pay.
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
A group published a Hugging Face project that let anyone generate videos using OpenAI's Sora, protesting what it calls the company's duplicity and “art washing”  —  A group appears to have leaked access to Sora, OpenAI's video generator, in protest of what it's calling duplicity and “art washing” on OpenAI's part.
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
X files an objection to including X accounts belonging or related to Infowars in the outlet's bankruptcy auction, arguing it has ownership of all X accounts  —  On Monday, X filed an objection in The Onion's bid to buy InfoWars out of bankruptcy.  In the objection, Elon Musk's lawyers argued that X has …
Bloomberg Media:
Mishal Husain, who presented the BBC's Today programme for the past eleven years, plans to leave in 2025 to launch a Bloomberg Weekend Edition interview series  —  Bloomberg News today announced that award-winning broadcaster and journalist Mishal Husain is joining as Editor-at-Large on Bloomberg Weekend Edition.
Marty Swant / Digiday:
US filing: Google sent subpoenas in October 2024 to OpenAI, Perplexity AI, and Microsoft for the remedies part of the US v. Google search antitrust trial  —  For the remedies phase in the Google search antitrust trial, the giant has subpoenaed three of its biggest rivals — OpenAI, Perplexity AI, and Microsoft.
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Charlie Rose settles with three former CBS employees who sued him in 2018 for sexual harassment; CBS fired Rose in November 2017 after a Washington Post report  —  Charlie Rose has reached a settlement with three former CBS employees who sued him in 2018 for sexual harassment.
Discussion: TVNewsCheck
Karen Middleton / The Guardian:
Australia's AG updates national secrecy laws so journalists will no longer face prosecution for receiving secret government info even without making it public  —  Attorney general repeals parts of national secrecy laws but does not go as far as independent review recommended
Voice of America:
A Russian court sentences journalist Nika Novak, who has been a freelance reporter at RFE/RL, to four years in prison for her work with foreign media outlets  —  In a closed-door trial Tuesday, a Russian court sentenced a journalist to four years in prison for her work with foreign media outlets.
Jacob Bryant / The Wrap:
A New York judge dismisses the $30M defamation lawsuit against Fox News and “The Five” host Jessica Tarlov brought by Hunter Biden whistleblower Tony Bobulinski  —  Tony Bobulinski filed the suit after Tarlov said he had legal fees paid for by a super PAC connected to Donald Trump
Discussion: The Independent and Mediaite
Mia Sato / The Verge:
A lawsuit between two Amazon influencers over allegations of copyright infringement shows the challenges of defining originality and ownership in content  —  One Amazon influencer makes a living posting content from her beige home.  But after she noticed another account hocking the same minimal aesthetic …
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
CNN confirms Kaitlan Collins as its chief White House correspondent; she will become CNN's first prime-time anchor to also serve as its top White House reporter  —  For the first time, a prime-time anchor will also serve as the network's lead White House reporter.
 
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Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
The Animation Guild reaches a tentative three-year deal with streaming services and studios for members in the LA area with AI protections and wage increases
Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg:
Sony buying Kadokawa would help reduce its reliance on outside publishers for anime IP and build out its own portfolio to support PlayStation and other products
Carlos Greer / Page Six:
In his new memoir, former ABC News anchor Kendis Gibson claims that a toxic work culture and racism at the network contributed to a suicide attempt in 2018
Sam Tobin / Reuters:
Prince Harry's phone-hacking lawsuit against News Group Newspaper will go to trial in January 2026, with the parties' legal costs set to exceed £38M
Carmen Reinicke / Bloomberg:
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Ben Smith / Semafor:
Public figures are asking their PR advisers to reach out to podcasters like Joe Rogan and other right-leaning platforms after Trump's success in the US election
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Filing: Disney agrees to pay $43.25M to settle a 2019 lawsuit over pay equity for up to 14,000 female Disney employees; the trial was set to begin in May 2025
Bill Donahue / Billboard:
Drake initiates legal action against UMG and Spotify for allegedly using bots, payola, and more to pump Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us, a track that attacks Drake
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Elon Musk's xAI plans to debut a consumer app as soon as December; the startup built its Colossus data center, which uses 100K Nvidia GPUs, in 122 days

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Huawei's HarmonyOS NEXT in the Mate 70, 70 Pro, 70 Pro+, and X6 is its first fully self-developed mobile OS that reportedly doesn't use open-source Android code

Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
Bluesky says it's up to outside organizations to respect user consent, after a Hugging Face employee posted a 1M-post dataset from Bluesky's API for ML research
 
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