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Jessica McMaster / KSHB-TV:
The Marion County attorney withdraws the search warrant that served as the basis for the raid on the Marion County Record; all seized items have been returned — MARION, Kan. — A search warrant that cleared the way for the raid of a Kansas newspaper last Friday has been withdrawn …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google adds AI-powered article summaries for free articles, not paywalled ones, to its Search Generative Experience and says publishers can block the feature — Google today is rolling out a few new updates to its nearly three-month-old Search Generative Experience (SGE) …
Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Sources: The New York Times' lawyers are exploring suing OpenAI to protect the news outlet's IP rights, after tense negotiations over a potential licensing deal — The New York Times and OpenAI could end up in court. — Lawyers for the newspaper are exploring whether to sue OpenAI …
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Popular Science, @npr_bot@m.ai6yr.org and Vanity Fair
Jonathan Randles / Bloomberg:
Diamond Sports sues Sinclair, saying it siphoned $1.5B+ from Diamond and cites testimony that Sinclair's top exec planned to “milk” Diamond via management fees — - Sinclair subsidiary claims it had to pay high management fees — Broadcaster says it struggled soon after Sinclair deal closed
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Alex Mahadevan / Poynter:
The AP releases guidance on how the news agency uses generative AI tools and plans to update its stylebook, saying outputs are like “unvetted source material” — Weeks after announcing a partnership with OpenAI, The Associated Press urges caution in using — and reporting on — generative AI tools.
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The Verge, AP Definitive Source and Nieman Lab
Stephen Thomas Erlewine / Los Angeles Times:
Jerry Moss, who co-founded A&M Records with Herb Alpert, dies at 88; his label signed the Carpenters, the Police, Styx, Janet Jackson, and more — Homepage News — Jerry Moss, the record executive who was the “M” in the seminal West Coast label A&M Records, has died. He was 88.
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Alex Cranz / The Verge:
YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips pauses production amid accusations of theft, ethical lapses, and sexual harassment, and says it'll hire an outside investigator — Linus Sebastian's Linus Media Group YouTube empire is currently in crisis, with accusations of theft, lapses in ethics, and most recently, allegations of sexual harassment.
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Candice Ortiz / Mediaite:
Conservative radio host Glenn Beck says all Glenn Beck Program episodes were removed from Apple Podcasts, and then restored, “with no explanation” — Commentator Glenn Beck's entire show was removed from Apple's podcast network on Wednesday, allegedly without warning or explanation.
Max Tani / Semafor:
Filing: The NYT joins tech companies fighting California's Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, saying the law harms news outlets and minors' First Amendment rights — The Scoop — The New York Times Company is joining tech companies in an attempt to block a new children's online safety law …
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
SoundExchange sues SiriusXM to recover ~$150M in unpaid royalties and late fees, dating back to 2018, owed under the Copyright Act for using sound recordings — SoundExchange, the top digital royalty collection and distribution agency for the music industry, has filed a lawsuit against SiriusXM …
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The Desk, Billboard, Inside Radio, Music Business Worldwide, The Hollywood Reporter and Radio & Television …
Danielle Kaye / NPR:
NPR names Eva Rodriguez as its VP and executive editor in charge of its global news operations; Rodriguez was previously the EIC of nonprofit The Fuller Project — NPR has named veteran newsroom leader Eva Rodriguez as its next vice president and executive editor, a role that will put …
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Inside Radio, @davidfolkenflik, @isalara and RADIO ONLINE
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Iran sentences Saeed Roustayi to six months for making and screening his film Leila's Brothers at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival; he will serve about nine days — Celebrated Iranian director and screenwriter Saeed Roustayi has been sentenced to six months of correctional imprisonment …
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