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A US judge rules that three authors suing Anthropic can bring a class action on behalf of all US writers whose books Anthropic allegedly pirated to train its AI
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: 20 mins ago
Spotify expands audiobook access to family plan members with new plans, including Audiobooks+, offering more listening hours, in the UK and 10+ countries
New York Times: 70 mins ago
Substack raised a $100M Series C from Chernin Group, a16z, and others, sources say at a $1.1B valuation, as it builds its social network and warms up to ads
Anna Ringstrom / Reuters: 2½ hours ago
Swedish streaming service Viaplay buys the remaining 50% stake in broadband and satellite TV provider Allente Group from Telenor for ~$113M
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
The US Senate votes narrowly early Thursday morning to strip $1.1B in funding from the CPB, in a severe blow to 1,500 local TV and radio stations, PBS, and NPR
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Tyler Falk / Current:
New York Public Radio CEO LaFontaine Oliver is stepping down from the position and stepping into the newly created position of executive chair
New York Times:
Substack raised a $100M Series C from Chernin Group, a16z, and others, sources say at a $1.1B valuation, as it builds its social network and warms up to ads
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
A US judge rules that three authors suing Anthropic can bring a class action on behalf of all US writers whose books Anthropic allegedly pirated to train its AI
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify expands audiobook access to family plan members with new plans, including Audiobooks+, offering more listening hours, in the UK and 10+ countries
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Leaked all-hands: Mathias Döpfner said Axel Springer employees must use AI, opposed disclosing to readers whether AI was used in the reporting process, and more
Anna Ringstrom / Reuters:
Swedish streaming service Viaplay buys the remaining 50% stake in broadband and satellite TV provider Allente Group from Telenor for ~$113M
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU regulators plan a full-scale investigation into UMG's $775M acquisition of Downtown Music; UMG didn't provide remedies to address regulatory worries
Reuters:
Publicis raises its full-year growth forecast to ~5% after stronger-than-expected Q2 results, and CEO Arthur Sadoun dismisses concerns over Meta's AI ad systems
Josh Hersh / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Alan Rusbridger on criticism of the BBC for its Gaza coverage, the difficulty of leading the broadcaster, the need for it to be independent, and more
Financial Times:
Sources: the European Commission has stalled one of its X investigations for breaking its digital transparency rules, as it negotiates a trade deal with the US
Erik Ofgang / New York Times:
Some US states pass or explore laws aimed at reining in the cost of e-books for libraries, which often pay 10x more for e-book licenses than print copies
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
NBCU reaches a $3.6M settlement with LA County in a lawsuit over the absence of an easy mechanism to cancel automatically renewing Peacock subscriptions
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