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Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Sources: the Trump administration fires US Copyright Office head Shira Perlmutter; her office had raised concerns about using copyrighted content to train AI — The Trump administration has fired the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, two sources familiar with the situation confirmed to CBS News Saturday.
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The Guardian:
Sources: the Foreign Office has asked the BBC World Service to draw up a budget of up to £70M a year lower than the BBC management says it needs — Exclusive: David Lammy asks BBC bosses to draw up tightened budget amid criticism move could harm UK's global influence
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Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Sony Pictures' Motion Picture Group Chairman and CEO Tom Rothman signs a multiyear contract extension, making him the longest-serving film chief in Hollywood — It's official: Tom Rothman has signed a multiyear extension of his contract as chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures' Motion Picture Group.
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Court filing: internal docs show Pornhub had 706,000 videos in May 2020 flagged for child rape or other problems, often not removed until flagged 16+ times — What goes through the minds of people working at porn companies profiting from videos of children being raped?
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@elisethomas.bsky.social, more at Techmeme »
Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
WMG launches the WMG Pulse app in beta to let artists and their teams access real-time information about streaming performance and more across various platforms — Warner Music Group has launched a new app called WMG Pulse, described as a “powerful new platform that puts clear …
Andrew Marchand / New York Times:
Sources: YouTube is favored to stream the NFL's opening week Friday night game, its first exclusive NFL broadcast, which may be available globally for free — Google's YouTube has emerged as the heavy favorite to stream its first exclusive NFL game on Friday of the opening week …
CNN:
Memo: the Pentagon orders all military academies to identify and remove books from their libraries promoting “divisive concepts” like race and gender ideology — The Pentagon has ordered all military academies to identify and remove books from their libraries that deal with issues such as race …
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BBC:
Over 400 British musicians, writers, and artists ask Keir Starmer to back a rule requiring developers to be transparent about using their material to train LLMs — Dua Lipa, Sir Elton John, Sir Ian McKellen and Florence Welch are among a list of stars calling on the prime minister …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Trump Media reports Q1 net sales up 6.6% YoY to $821.2K, a net loss of $31.7M, vs. a $327.6M net loss in Q1 2024, and $759M in cash and investments — Trump Media & Technology Group, the company majority-owned by President Donald Trump that operates the Truth Social social-media platform …
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Forbes, US Securities and Exchange Commission, Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch and Reuters
Luke Plunkett / Aftermath:
Giant Bomb goes independent as Fandom sells the site to longtime staffers Jeff Bakalar and Jeff Grubb, and announces a new subscription model — 'Giant Bomb has new owners, and you're looking at them' — Just over a week after being “blow up” by owners Fandom, a very exciting press release …
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The Verge, @sophianarwitz, @tamoorh, @wario64, @merrykish, @minnmaxshow, @giantbomb, Giant Bomb, Hacker News, r/PS5 and r/Games
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
WGA members vote to uphold the expulsion of two writers accused of performing forbidden “writing services” during the 148-day strike in 2023 — The members of the Writers Guild of America have voted to uphold the expulsion of two writers accused of writing during the 2023 strike …
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Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter and The Wrap
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: ESPN will call its forthcoming flagship streaming app ESPN; the cheaper option will still be ESPN+, which doesn't include the most-watched live games — At long last, ESPN has chosen a name for its upcoming all access streaming service. — Ready? — It's “ESPN.”
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