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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
Wall Street Journal:
Source: WGA and AMPTP's deal lets studios train AI models on writers' work, while writers would get compensation 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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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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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, MobileSyrup, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Android Police, CNET, Mashable, Engadget, BGR, @sunildvr, @hedgedog5, Gizmodo, BetaNews, UPROXX, Music Ally and Digital Music News, more at Techmeme »
Jen Fifield / Votebeat:
Local Labs, tied to Brian Timpone's Metric Media network of right-leaning local sites, is being paid by GOP-backed clients to make broad public records requests — 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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@votebeatus, @pamelafessler, @jessicahuseman, @jessicahuseman and @jessicahuseman
Todd Spangler / Variety:
CollegeHumor rebrands as Dropout, the name of the $6/month streaming service the company launched in 2018 that has users in the “mid-hundreds of thousands” — CollegeHumor is dropping its collegiate moniker after nearly 25 years... to become Dropout.
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel announces plans to reinstate net neutrality, seeking to “largely return to the successful rules the Commission adopted in 2015” — Net neutrality is back on the menu, citizens. After a long, long battle ending in eventual defeat during Trump's presidency …
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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
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
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
David Robb / Deadline:
SAG-AFTRA members vote to authorize a strike against 10 of the major video game companies if negotiations fail; 98.32% voted in favor after a 27.47% turnout — - Lisa Takeuchi Cullen Elected President Of WGA East; Running Unopposed, She Succeeds Michael Winship
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Punchbowl News says the news startup is on track to nearly $20M in 2023 revenue, up from $10M in 2021, and revamps its website with links to standalone articles — Punchbowl News, the D.C.-based congressional news startup, on Tuesday debuted a revamped website with links to stand-alone stories.
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