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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
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CBR, Morning Brew, Stable Diffusion Frivolous, @soumithchintala, Steve Safran's Remote Notes, @kortizart, @naveengrao, @jjvincent, @rachelmetz, @coreybrickley, Music Ally, Boing Boing, @technollama, @jonst0kes, @candrahope, @mrhelmut, @mollycrabapple, @fonkydonk, @fabiochiusi, @leokelion, Screen Rant, Synthedia, Ars Technica and AppleInsider
Bob Harig / Sports Illustrated:
Sources: the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf tour is close to unveiling a TV deal with Nexstar's The CW Network, using a revenue sharing model without a rights fee — The TV agreement would fill a major objective for LIV Golf, as CW is in 220 U.S. markets, many of which have a local news operation, website and nightly newscast.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Robinhood plans to launch Sherwood Media, an independent brand led by veteran tech editor Joshua Topolsky; Sherwood will be the Snacks newsletter's new home — Retail trading platform Robinhood is launching an independent media brand called Sherwood that will be led by veteran tech editor and media entrepreneur Joshua Topolsky.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An interview with Zing Tsjeng, Vice and Vice UK's newly appointed EIC, on the importance of hiring Gen Z writers and using “young people” platforms like TikTok — Zing Tsjeng has been appointed editor-in-chief of Vice.com and Vice UK. — Newly appointed editor-in-chief of Vice …
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@pressgazette, @mattnavarra and @pressgazette
Jon Christian / Futurism:
After Futurism found major errors in an AI-written “fact-checked” CNET article, CNET updated almost all its AI pieces as currently 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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Gizmodo, @stefthepef, @blackamazon, The Desk, @techwontsaveus, @jakeswearingen, @lilyraynyc, @parismarx, @tomaxwell, @kantrowitz and @jon_christian, more at Techmeme »
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
HBO Max will stream its first US live sports event at 10pm ET Tuesday, the US Women's Soccer National Team vs. New Zealand, in its eight-year Turner Sports deal — HBO Max makes history tonight with its first-ever domestic live sporting event. Starting at 10 p.m. ET …
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Next TV, CNET and The Streamable
Morning Consult:
Survey: 46% of US podcast listeners like supporting video, 15% would pay $10-$25 to attend a live recorded event, and 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
Pranshu Verma / Washington Post:
An interview with Raqib Hameed Naik, a Kashmiri Muslim journalist hiding in the US, about his project HindutvaWatch.org that tracks human rights abuses in India — Raqib Hameed Naik, a Kashmiri Muslim journalist hiding in America, is ready to bring his data project out of the shadows
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@samueloakford, The Indian Express, @kenroth, @audreytruschke, Al Jazeera, @pranshuverma_, @nandoodles and @indiaexplained
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Using Taylor Swift's career as a case study to review the music industry's evolution from CDs to streaming, a model on the precipice of a failed marketplace — Streaming's the problem. It's streaming. … I have this theory that music is usually about five years ahead of the rest of media …
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Music Ally
Loree Seitz / The Wrap:
NBCUniversal's Telemundo and the US Soccer Federation strike a Spanish-language rights deal; 20+ matches/year will appear on Telemundo, Universo, and Peacock — Telemundo will become the exclusive Spanish-language home to U.S. national soccer team matches, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises …
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Radio & Television …, /Project/USSF/2020 …, The Athletic, ABC News, Awful Announcing and 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 …
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Forkast, The Block, Forkast, Yahoo Finance and Axios
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.
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@chriscarrega, Pew Research Center, @cbr_olu, @kat__stafford, @ynb, @penamerica, @wolvesforkamala, @marckeepper, @rooflesser, @capitalbnews and @amierrivers
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