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8:15 PM ET, March 11, 2024

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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
G/O Media sells Deadspin to European company Lineup, which won't keep the sports news outlet's staff; CEO Jim Spanfeller says G/O didn't actively shop Deadspin  —  The beleaguered media company has sold its key sports property off to a European publisher who will gut the website and replace its staff.
Reuters:
Getty, Reuters, AP, the AFP, and other news outlets withdraw a photo issued by the UK's Princess of Wales, after analysis suggested the photo had been altered  —  Several leading news organisations have withdrawn a photograph issued by Kensington Palace of Kate, Britain's Princess of Wales …
Associated Press:
Mstyslav Chernov's “20 Days in Mariupol” won the Oscar for best documentary, a first for AP and PBS' “Frontline”  —  Mstyslav Chernov's “20 Days in Mariupol,” a harrowing first-person account of the early days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, won the best documentary Oscar on Sunday night.
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Steve Dent / Engadget:
Netflix won only one Oscar award, for Wes Anderson's short film, and Apple TV+ won zero, despite 32 combined nominations; Universal won big with Oppenheimer  —  The streamers combined for 32 nominations but Netflix won just a single award.  —  Despite combining for 32 nominations …
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: the 96th Oscars averaged 19.5M viewers in the US, up 4% YoY, the biggest audience for any awards show since 2020, when the Oscars drew 23.64M viewers  —  The 96th Academy Awards draw 19.5 million viewers, the most for any awards show since 2020.  —  The 2024 Oscars were the most watched in four years.
Mathew Scott / The Hollywood Reporter:
Alibaba Digital Media and Entertainment Group plans to inject $640M into Hong Kong's entertainment industry, across movies, TV dramas, events, and more  —  Movies, TV dramas, events and scholarships were announced as part of the Chinese giant's shift into support for the territory.
Discussion: Variety and Deadline
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Authors Brian Keene, Abdi Nazemian, and Stewart O'Nan sue Nvidia over allegedly using their work to train NeMo, and say Nvidia “admitted” to using the books  —  Nvidia (NVDA.O), whose chips power artificial intelligence, has been sued by three authors who said it used …
Scharon Harding / Ars Technica:
Roku faces a backlash after appearing to lock the devices of users who don't agree to its new Dispute Resolution Terms, asking them to write a letter to opt out  —  Users are opted in automatically unless they write a letter to Roku by March 21.  —  Roku customers are threatening to stop using …
Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider:
Sources: Apple is testing an AI-powered ad tool that automatically decides where to place ads within the App Store, similar to Google's Performance Max ad tool  —  - Apple is testing a new AI-powered tool for optimizing App Store ad campaigns.  — The tool mimics Google's Performance Max …
Bloomberg:
Sources: News Corp and Daily Mail owner DMGT have held talks about a potential joint takeover of the Telegraph, with RedBird IMI taking a low 25% stake  —  - Murdoch's News UK, Daily Mail owner held back-channel talks  — Joint structure may mean UAE-backed fund owns smaller stake
Discussion: Reuters
 
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Sam Roberts / New York Times:
William Whitworth, who wrote revealing profiles in The New Yorker before working as the EIC at The Atlantic from 1980 to 1999, died on March 8 at age 87
Sammy Heung / South China Morning Post:
Journalist groups welcome Hong Kong's inclusion of a public interest defense for people charged with offenses related to state secrets in a security bill
Discussion: Fortune
Bruce Haring / Deadline:
Digital Marilyn, an interactive AI avatar of Marilyn Monroe that was created using GPT-3.5 by Soul Machines and Authentic Brands Group, was unveiled at SXSW
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Nilesh Christopher / Al Jazeera:
Indian political parties BJP and Congress have created and shared AI-crafted political content on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube, without explicit disclosures
Kylie Robison / Fortune:
Source: X plans to launch a TV app, which looks “identical” to YouTube's TV app, for Amazon and Samsung smart TVs next week
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: Biden's State of the Union address averaged 32.23M viewers across 14 broadcast and cable outlets, up 18% over 2023; Fox News led with 5.84M viewers