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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
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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 …
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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
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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 …
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Sony Music reports Q3 revenue up 14% YoY to $3.12B, operating income up 28% YoY to $632.5M; Sony Pictures' income fell 18% YoY to $220.8M on $2.58B revenue — Sony Group Corporation turned in a strong third quarter for 2024, riding high on gaming and music while its film unit faced headwinds.
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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
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.”
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Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
YouTube updates Shorts to integrate Google DeepMind's latest video model Veo 2, letting creators generate AI video clips to add to any of their Shorts — YouTube Shorts is integrating with Google DeepMind's latest video model, Veo 2, allowing creators to generate AI video clips for their posts.
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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.
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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
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
A record 124 journalists across 18 countries were killed in 2024, up 22% YoY, and one in three were freelancers; Israel was responsible for 70% of the deaths — Journalist killings reached unprecedented toll in 2024 — Freelancers account for one in three killings worldwide
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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
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