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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.
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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UK's Princess of Wales, after analysis suggested the photo had been altered — Several leading news organisations have withdrawn a photograph issued by Kensington Palace of Kate, Britain's Princess of Wales …
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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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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 …
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Thomson Reuters CEO Steve Hasker says the group has $8B to spend on AI acquisitions and investments, to transform its businesses of supplying professional data — Media and data group will develop its own technology and scoop up targets with AI capabilities

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.

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 …

Pulitzer Prize administrator says five of this year's 45 finalists disclosed using AI in the process of researching, reporting, or telling their submissions — Two of journalism's most prestigious prizes — the Pulitzers and the Polk awards — on how they're thinking about entrants using generative AI.
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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
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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 …
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New sound stages and other venues are being built at a record pace and coming online just as Disney, Netflix, and other services reduce production to cut losses — - Finance giants spent billions meeting demand for sound stages — Strikes, post-Covid hangover upend surging film, TV output
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Leichtman: the largest pay TV providers in the US ended 2023 with about 71.3M subscribers, losing ~5M subscribers YoY, and down from 91.5M at the end of 2018 — The figure brings the industry's total net losses in the past five years to over 20 million, according to Leichtman Research Group
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