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Blake Brittain / Reuters:
A US judge rules that the Thomson Reuters lawsuit accusing Ross Intelligence of copying Westlaw content to train a competing AI-based platform must go to trial — A jury must decide the outcome of a lawsuit by information services company Thomson Reuters (TRI.TO) accusing Ross Intelligence …
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The Wrap, Plagiarism Today and Law360
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Netflix, Paramount, WBD, Comcast, Disney, Univision, and others form the Streaming Innovation Alliance trade group; Apple, Amazon, Roku, and others didn't join — The world's biggest streaming companies are coming together to launch the industry's first unified coalition, the Streaming Innovation Alliance (SIA).
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Variety, IndieWire, The Wrap, The Streamable, The Verge and Hollywood Reporter
Molly Schuetz / Bloomberg:
Liberty Media, which holds an ~83% stake in SiriusXM, proposes splitting and combining LSXM, the business that houses SiriusXM, with Sirius XM Holdings — - Liberty already owns 83% of SirisuXM, held in tracking stock — Malone has sprawling interests across media, entertainment
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google plans to shut down Google Podcasts “later in 2024”, moving its streaming listeners to YouTube Music, which will support US podcasts and RSS feeds by 2024 — Google announced this morning it will be shutting down its Google Podcasts app later in 2024 as part of its broader transition …
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YouTube Official Blog, The Verge, Tubefilter, @quinnypig, @killedbygoogle, @ddallala, MobileSyrup, Engadget, @loudmouthjulia, @bradlinder@fosstodon.org, Android Police, @Downshift@mstdn.ca, BGR, 9to5Google, Variety, @ppatel@mstdn.social and @SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social, more at Techmeme »
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the WGA and AMPTP's deal lets studios train AI models on writers' work while writers would be compensated for work on scripts even if AI tools are used — Writers are expected to be guaranteed credit and compensation for work they do on scripts, even if studios partially use AI tools
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CNBC, @jbflint, New York Daily News, The Messenger, Los Angeles Times, Publishing Perspectives, Insider and The A.V. Club, more at Techmeme »
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Los Angeles Times:
The WGA and the AMPTP reach a tentative deal to end the strike; the proposed three-year contract ups pay and streaming residuals, adds new AI rules, and more
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Jen Fifield / Votebeat:
Local Labs, tied to Metric Media's network of local websites, is paid by GOP-backed clients for hundreds of public records requests, stymying election officials — Local Labs seeks voter data through extensive requests around the U.S. — and blurs the line between political research and journalism.
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@pamelafessler, @jessicahuseman, @votebeatus, @jessicahuseman and @jessicahuseman
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify launches Jam, a feature that lets up to 32 people curate a playlist together; only Premium subscribers can create Jams, but all users can contribute — Spotify is today introducing its latest social feature, Jam, which allows multiple people to blend their own musical tastes into a combined playlist.
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Spotify, Billboard, 9to5Google, @eldsjal, The Verge, BGR, @sunildvr, @hedgedog5, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, BetaNews, Mashable, Android Police, Engadget, MobileSyrup, CNET, UPROXX, Music Ally and Digital Music News, more at Techmeme »
Martin Baron / The Atlantic:
An excerpt from Marty Baron's upcoming book, Collision of Power: the “Democracy Dies in Darkness” slogan, Trump asking Bezos for better Post coverage, and more — And other stories from eight years running The Washington Post — I should not have been surprised …
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CNN, @edokeefe, @mckaycoppins, @postbaron and @jmart
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Memo: New York Public Radio President and CEO LaFontaine Oliver plans to cut NYPR staff by ~12% due to a “free fall in the advertising market” — The chief executive of New York Public Radio, which operates WNYC and the classical music station WQXR, said the organization was facing a “free-fall” in advertising.
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@benmullin and Current
Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
A look at Adam Nagourney's new book, The Times, which chronicles the editors, culture, scandals, and strategies at The New York Times from 1977 to 2016 — In the second chapter of The Kingdom and the Power, the 1969 book about the first 75 years that the New York Times was owned …
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New York Times, Air Mail, @andrewkirtzman, Vanity Fair, Axios and @ksacknyt
Mack DeGeurin / Gizmodo:
How Meta's Facebook and Instagram news blackout in Canada is having an outsized effect on student publications and nonprofit community outlets in the country — Student publications and nonprofit community outlets are caught up in a drawn-out battle between the Canadian government, big-name publishers, and Meta.
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@fboversight, @blakersdozen and @michellemanafy@journa.host
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Northeastern University's Meredith Clark and The Pivot Fund founder Tracie Powell about studying funding to BIPOC news outlets, local news, and more — “You say you're giving more dollars to BIPOC newsrooms? Well, you're actually giving to intermediaries who are filtering down those dollars to BIPOC newsrooms.
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American Press Institute and Media Nation
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