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12:05 PM ET, January 17, 2023

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James Vincent / The Verge:
Getty Images says it has started legal proceedings against Stability AI, creator of Stable Diffusion, in the UK, alleging copyright violation  —  Getty Images is suing Stability AI, creators of popular AI art tool Stable Diffusion, over alleged copyright violation.
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James Vincent / The Verge:
A trio of artists sue Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt over AI art copyright; a firm suing Microsoft, GitHub, and OpenAI over Copilot filed the lawsuit
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Interview with Zing Tsjeng, Vice and Vice UK's newly appointed EIC, on the necessity of hiring Gen Z writers and the importance of using platforms like TikTok  —  Zing Tsjeng has been appointed editor-in-chief of Vice.com and Vice UK.  —  Newly appointed editor-in-chief of Vice …
Morning Consult:
Survey: 46% of US podcast listeners prefer podcasts with video, 15% would pay $10-$25 to attend a live podcast event, 33% say YouTube is their favorite platform  —  YouTube is the most preferred podcast platform among regular listeners, ahead of Spotify and Apple, according to Morning Consult data
Jon Christian / Futurism:
An AI-written “fact-checked” CNET article had major errors, leading CNET to add notes to almost all AI pieces saying they are being reviewed “for accuracy”  —  CNET is now letting an AI write articles for its site.  The problem?  It's kind of a moron.
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Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
HBO Max will stream its first live sporting event tonight, the US Women's Soccer National Team vs. New Zealand, part of an eight-year deal with Turner Sports  —  HBO Max makes history tonight with its first-ever domestic live sporting event.  Starting at 10 p.m. ET, U.S. subscribers can watch …
Discussion: The Streamable
Zheping Huang / Bloomberg:
CryptoSlam and Forkast.News plan to merge and become Forkast Labs, offering crypto investors news, data, and tools; both are Animoca Brands portfolio companies  —  Animoca Brands Corp. founder Yat Siu helped engineer the merger of two startups his firm backed, aiming to create a data …
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
A look at Cheapskate, a newsletter that lists free events happening in London and has attracted 10,000 subscribers in under four years, mostly via word of mouth  —  Press Gazette spoke with Cheapskate's co-founder about how the newsletter grew with minimal funding.
Seb Joseph / Digiday:
Despite an ad slowdown, VaynerMedia estimates ad spending on TikTok was up 20% between the first three quarters of 2022 and Q4, expected to continue in 2023  —  Every downturn is good for someone.  Take TikTok, for instance.  —  Even as marketers continue to scrape dollars back wherever they can …
Discussion: The Information and @mattnavarra
Diana Pearl / Business of Fashion:
Vogue plans to publish 10 print issues in 2023, down from 11 in the past three years, including the current new “Winter” issue and combined June/July issue  —  Vogue will publish 10 print issues in 2023, down from 11 issues the past three years.
Discussion: MediaPost
Christina Carrega / Capital B:
Q&A with The Kansas City Defender founder Ryan Sorrell on the role of community-first Black news sites after police dismissed its report on three missing women  —  A 40-year-old white man was charged with kidnapping, rape, and assault when a 22-year-old Black woman said he held her captive for over a month.
Thomas Seal / Bloomberg:
GB News Head of Television Helen Warner leaves the UK right-wing broadcaster after less than four months, becoming the latest executive to exit  —  The head of television for GB News, Helen Warner, has left the station after fewer than four months, marking the latest executive departure at the conservative broadcasting startup.
 
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Will Bedingfield / Wired:
The Overwatch League's path to profitability remains unclear given dwindling viewership, recent upheavals inside Activision Blizzard, and dampening esports hype
Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
A FIFA corruption trial set to start on Tuesday could implicate Fox Corp, as two ex-Fox executives accused of paying bribes to obtain broadcast rights testify
Gina Chua / Semafor:
Singapore's The Straits Times said last week it overstated daily circulation by 85K-95K copies, or 10%-12% of reported totals, from September 2020 to March 2022
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Manori Ravindran / Variety:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video plans to part ways with Jeremy Clarkson after his already commissioned shows air in 2024, following his column about Meghan Markle
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The UK's Reach told The Sunday Mirror and Sunday People staff that the two Sunday tabloids will begin sharing most of their content under a new cost-saving plan
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Chris Kay / Bloomberg:
Reliance and Paramount's Viacom18 buys five-year rights to the new women's Indian Premier League cricket tournament for ~$116M after buying the men's IPL rights
 

 
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Jody Godoy / Reuters:
Filing: Apple asks to participate in the remedial phase of Google's US antitrust case, saying it can't rely on Google to defend their revenue-sharing agreements

Bloomberg:
Iran's Supreme Council of Cyberspace approves lifting its ban on “certain widely used foreign platforms”, naming WhatsApp and Google Play as the first two apps

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Taiwan's FTC blocks Uber's $950M acquisition of Delivery Hero's Foodpanda, arguing it would decrease competition as their combined market share would be 90%+
 
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