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The AP says it was blocked from a White House event after the WH threatened to bar the organization if it did not adopt Trump's renaming of the Gulf of Mexico  —  The Associated Press issued this statement on Tuesday from Executive Editor Julie Pace:  —  As a global news organization …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources and a memo: Disney makes changes to its DEI programs, like scraping its Reimagine Tomorrow initiative and changing content disclaimers on some titles  —  - Other Performance Factors (OPFs): Beginning this fiscal year, Disney will replace the “Diversity & Inclusion” …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Annual letter: YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says TV has overtaken mobile as the “primary device for YouTube viewing in the US”, indicating YouTube is “the new TV”  —  YouTube CEO Neal Mohan released his annual letter Tuesday morning, outlining his priorities for the video platform.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Neal Mohan says YouTube will expand AI auto dubbing to all Partner Program creators in February, and use ML to estimate users' ages for age-appropriate content
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Tom Dreisbach / NPR:
Filing: lawyers for a news outlet group say evidence from the sentencing of a Jan. 6 rioter disappeared from a government platform and they want it restored  —  Attorneys for a group of news organizations, including NPR, said in a legal filing on Tuesday that evidence used at the sentencing …
Reuters:
Sources: Les Echos-Le Parisien no longer plans to sue X, refraining from a lawsuit with other French papers accusing X of running content without compensation  —  LVMH-owned newspaper group Les Echos-Le Parisien is not party to a lawsuit involving French media against Elon Musk's X …
Discussion: @gabstargardter
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
In a potential blow to AI companies, Thomson Reuters wins a major AI copyright case against AI startup Ross Intelligence, which copied Westlaw content  —  The Thomson Reuters decision has big implications for the battle between generative AI companies and rightsholders.
Ray Schultz / MediaPost:
OpenAI partners with Schibsted, a newspaper publisher based in Norway, letting OpenAI integrate content from VG, Aftenposten, and others into OpenAI products  —  OpenAI has formed a partnership with Schibsted Media Group, a newspaper publisher based in Norway.
Discussion: Schibsted and OpenAI
Brent Lang / Variety:
Study: 42% of the 100 top-grossing US films had female protagonists in 2024, up from 28% in 2023 and matching the percentage of male protagonists, a first  —  Films like “Wicked,” “The Substance,” “A Quiet Place: Day One” and “Moana 2” didn't just dominate the box office.
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
BuzzFeed says it's developing its own social media platform designed to spread “joy” and that uses “AI to give users agency instead of stealing their agency”  —  BuzzFeed, the media site known for its celebrity news and quizzes, announced on Tuesday that it's developing …
 
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Lewis Empson / What Hi-Fi?:
Sky unveils two new TVs in the UK: Sky Glass Gen 2, a successor to its 2021 model, and the cheaper Sky Glass Air, coming later in 2025, both in 43", 55", or 65"
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
A planned walkout at New York magazine was averted on Feb. 7 after its union reached a three-year tentative deal with wage increases and guardrails on AI use
Business Insider:
Sources: Netflix is exploring licensing video podcasts and looked into doing a deal with Alex Cooper in 2024 that included creating original shows
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Matthew Weaver / The Guardian:
A BBC study finds 51% of AI answers to questions about the news had “significant issues”, and 19% of answers citing BBC content introduced factual errors
 

 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson will retire, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's former chief legal officer, will replace Adams

A.J. Vicens / Reuters:
US and Canadian authorities warn that Chinese hackers are using the Brickstorm malware to install backdoor access within unnamed government and IT entities

Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Meta says it is shifting some of its investment from metaverse toward AI glasses and wearables, and “we aren't planning any broader changes than that”
 
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