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1:00 PM ET, January 19, 2024

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A.J. Perez / Front Office Sports:
The Arena Group tells Sports Illustrated staff that it will be “laying off staff that work on the SI brand” since Authentic Brands revoked the SI license  —  The entire staff of Sports Illustrated was notified on Friday that their jobs were being eliminated.
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Author Rie Kudan, this year's winner of Japan's prestigious Akutagawa Prize, reveals that ~5% of her book “quoted verbatim the sentences generated by” ChatGPT  —  One of the judges praised her winning book as being “flawless.”  —  At an award ceremony for one of Japan's …
Doug Faulkner / BBC:
Prince Harry withdraws his libel lawsuit against Mail on Sunday publisher Associated Newspapers, over a 2022 article about his fight against the UK Home Office  —  Prince Harry has withdrawn his libel claim against the Mail on Sunday publisher, Associated Newspapers says.
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable:
Google says it is not “boosting” AI-written articles as the 404 reporter sorted news by date rather than relevance, and there is no “free pass” to AI content  —  In short, Sullivan said that the way they filtered Google News was by date and not relevancy …
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
The LA Times Guild calls for a one-day walkout on January 19 to protest planned cuts; sources: layoffs may affect at least 100 people, or ~20% of the newsroom  —  Los Angeles Times newsroom guild leaders called for a one-day walkout  —  Friday to protest planned cuts to offset steep financial losses …
Ryan Broderick / Fast Company:
Former and current Twitch employees describe how Twitch never understood what its users wanted, failed to go mainstream, alienated its top creators, and more  —  Four years after Twitch took over the livestreaming world, its future is more uncertain than ever.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: PE firm Silver Lake plans to sell parts of Endeavor after it takes the entertainment company private; Silver Lake holds a 71% voting stake in Endeavor  —  The group's bid will be delivered in coming weeks to Endeavor's independent directors, who will hire advisers to evaluate the terms …
Discussion: The Wrap and @lucas_shaw
Alicja Ptak / Notes From Poland:
After a top Polish court rejected the government's changes to state media management and liquidation of state media, the government declared the ruling invalid  —  Poland's Constitutional Tribunal (TK) has ruled that using commercial law to implement changes in the management of public media …
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Straits Times
Marc Hogan / Rolling Stone:
As Condé Nast merges Pitchfork with GQ, a longtime Pitchfork staffer reflects on the publication's evolution and its impact on music journalism and his own life  —  As the hugely influential music site is being “folded into GQ,” a longtime staffer looks back on what P4K meant and how working there changed his life
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Casey Newton / Platformer:
A look at the reasons behind Pitchfork's decline, including shrinking ad revenue and the rise of Spotify and AI-powered personalized playlists
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Luminate: US program premieres dropped 21% YoY to 1,784 in 2023, the lowest level since at least 2018; US theatrical-wide film releases were up 41% YoY  —  Premieres of new and returning TV shows fell sharply last year while the number of movies getting a theatrical wide release went way up.
 
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Gillian Brassil / Sacramento Bee:
The US House of Representatives passes the PRESS Act, protecting reporters from being compelled by the government to disclose their sources and information
K.J. Yossman / Variety:
Email: Amazon Prime Video is restructuring its European teams to focus on regional content, and cuts local content and staff in Africa and the Middle East
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Filing: Apple details new US App Store rules letting devs link to external payments, says apps in its Video Partner and News Partner program are not eligible
 

 
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Josh Sisco / Bloomberg:
A US judge rules Apple violated a 2021 court order to open the App Store to outside payment options, and refers the case for a criminal contempt investigation

Microsoft:
Microsoft reports Q3 revenue up 13% YoY to $70.1B vs. $68.42B est., Microsoft 365 Commercial products and cloud services up 11%, forecasts Q4 revenue above est.

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