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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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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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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.


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.


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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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 »


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


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


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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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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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


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


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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