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10:00 AM ET, February 13, 2025

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Anna Betts / The Guardian:
In a letter to the White House, AP Executive Editor Julie Pace called the move to block its journalists from events “a clear violation of the First Amendment”  —  Editor Julie Pace writes Trump's chief of staff about ban on its journalists after AP declines to use ‘Gulf of America’
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says the White House was holding “lies accountable” by barring the AP after it kept its name for the Gulf of Mexico
Reuters:
CBS, Nickelodeon, and other Paramount channels will be unavailable on YouTube TV after February 13, as the two companies failed to reach a contract renewal  —  Media giant Paramount Global's (PARA.O) channels, including CBS and Nickelodeon, will be unavailable on YouTube TV starting Thursday …
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The Atlantic, Politico, Vox and others sue Cohere, alleging it used copyrighted works to train its LLM and shared versions of entire articles without permission  —  Lawsuit accuses Canadian company of sharing versions of entire articles without permission  —  The Atlantic, Politico …
Discussion: @maxwelltani and @danprimack
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: X agrees to pay ~$10M to settle Trump's 2021 lawsuit against Twitter and then-CEO Jack Dorsey over the ban on his accounts after the January 6 riot  —  Musk's platform becomes second social-media company to settle with Trump after Jan. 6, 2021 riot triggered bans
Aisha Counts / Bloomberg:
Yahoo News signs up nearly 100 YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram creators to its “Stories From Creators” ad revenue sharing program; Yahoo News has 190M+ MAUs  —  - News site is sharing advertising revenue with 100 creators  — More people turn to influencers as key sources of information
Jim Saunders / News Service of Florida:
A Florida appeals court clears the way for Trump's defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize board; the case stems from prizes given for Russiagate coverage  —  The Pulitzer board members argued the lawsuit should be dismissed, in part, because most of the defendants were not Florida residents.
Patrick Brzeski / The Hollywood Reporter:
French cinema giant mk2 secures exclusive ad sales rights for Letterboxd in France, which is Letterboxd's second-largest non-English speaking market  —  Mk2 says the partnership “opens up opportunities to local distributors and brands who are seeking out Letterboxd's highly engaged film-loving audience.”
Discussion: Variety
Josh Beckerman / Wall Street Journal:
BuzzFeed expects to cut ~5% of its workforce as it seeks to streamline its HuffPost news operations, incurring restructuring charges between $1.8M and $2M  —  BuzzFeed unveiled a new AI-driven social platform it described as an alternative to “SNARF” on Tuesday
Discussion: Gizmodo, TVNewsCheck and Bloomberg Law
Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
Meta says it will let classified ad firms in Europe pay to place their listings on Facebook Marketplace, after a pilot with eBay, following the EU's €798M fine  —  - Company was fined €798 million by EU for abusing dominance  — Move to open up Facebook Marketplace will come with costs
Discussion: MLex, more at Techmeme »
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Reddit reports Q4 revenue up 71% YoY to $428M, vs. $405M est., and daily active uniques up 39% YoY to 101.7M, vs. 103.1M est.; RDDT drops 5%+  —  Reddit shares fell more than 15% on Wednesday after the company reported weaker-than-expected user numbers in its fourth-quarter earnings.
 
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Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
Elon Musk and right-wing influencers redefine “doxxing” to include reporting on government employees; free speech advocates say they aim to intimidate the press
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Apple releases an Apple TV app for Android phones and tablets, limited to TV+, MLS Season Pass, and MLB Friday Night Baseball; the app doesn't support casting
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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Adobe launches Generate Video in public beta via its redesigned Firefly web app, alongside new image generation, translation, and AI credit subscription tiers
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Sean “Diddy” Combs sues NBCUniversal and Peacock for $100M over his depiction in the Diddy: Making of a Bad Boy documentary that launched on Peacock in January
Ben Kochman / New York Post:
WWE CEO Vince McMahon's lawyer says US federal prosecutors dropped a criminal probe into whether McMahon tried to cover up sexual misconduct allegations
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
A closer look at the iPhone 17 “Air”, which lays the foundation for major design changes in future devices, including possible portless and foldable iPhones

Bloomberg:
Baidu releases Ernie X1, an AI model that articulates its reasoning similarly to DeepSeek R1, and upgrades its flagship foundation model to Ernie 4.5, both free

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Some developers say licenses for “open” AI models like Google's Gemma and Meta's Llama have limits that restrict commercial use without fear of legal reprisal
 
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