Microsoft, OpenAI sued over copyright infringement by authors

Microsoft, OpenAI sued over copyright infringement by authors

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, right, greets OpenAI CEO Sam Altman during the OpenAI DevDay event in San Francisco on Nov. 6, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Two nonfiction book authors sued Microsoft and OpenAI in a would-be class action complaint alleging that the defendants “simply stole” the writers’ copyrighted works … Read more

Radio shows surprising resilience in changing media world

Radio shows surprising resilience in changing media world

Airline passengers between flights patronize the iHeartRadio facility at Denver International Airport in Denver on Jan. 19, 2014. Robert Alexander | Archive Photos | Getty Images It’s a familiar refrain: “Legacy media is dead” — unless you’re talking about radio. Despite being one of the oldest media formats, dating back to the 1890s, radio has … Read more

Tesla recalls over 1.6 million cars in China over Autopilot, locks

Tesla recalls over 1.6 million cars in China over Autopilot, locks

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and owner of X, arrives for the Inaugural AI Insight Forum in Russell Building on Capitol Hill, on Wednesday, September 13, 2023. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Tesla is recalling more than 1.6 million cars in China to fix problems with Autopilot features and locks, state … Read more

NCAA and ESPN ink 8-year, $920 million media rights deal

NCAA and ESPN ink 8-year, 0 million media rights deal

An ESPN game day logo is displayed at the Capital One Orange Bowl game between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Florida State Seminoles on Saturday, December 30, 2023 at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Fla. Peter Joneleit | Icon Sportswire | Getty Images The NCAA and ESPN have reached a new eight-year media rights deal … Read more

Movie Review: Anthony Hopkins shines in ‘Freud’s Last Session’

Movie Review: Anthony Hopkins shines in ‘Freud’s Last Session’

“Freud’s Last Session,” starring Anthony Hopkins as Sigmund Freud, adds to a string of sterling late-chapter performances by the 86-year-old actor. He was the soul of “Armageddon Time,” the reason to see “The Father” and the papal foil to Jonathan Pryce’s Pope Francis in “The Two Popes.” With the exception of James Gray’s more cinematically … Read more

Company to cut 15% of workforce

Company to cut 15% of workforce

Signage is displayed outside the Xerox headquarters in Norwalk, Connecticut. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Xerox on Wednesday announced it will cut 15% of its workforce as part of a plan to implement a new organizational structure and operating model. Xerox, which offers digital printing and document management technologies, had about 20,500 employees … Read more

These are the 11 stocks in our portfolio that Wall Street likes best

These are the 11 stocks in our portfolio that Wall Street likes best

The list of most-loved Club stocks on Wall Street entering the new year resembles the list of 2023 winners, except for two stocks: Constellation Brands and Disney . The Mexican beer importer and media-and-entertainment giant are among the 11 Club holdings with buy-equivalent ratings from at least 75% of the analysts who cover them, according … Read more

Air in Times Square filled with colored paper as organizers test New Year’s Eve confetti

Air in Times Square filled with colored paper as organizers test New Year’s Eve confetti

NEW YORK — Visitors to Times Square got a small preview of New York City’s famed New Year’s Eve party on Friday, as the event’s organizers heaved handfuls of colored paper skyward in a promotional event to test their confetti. With crowds of celebrants expected to pack into Times Square for the festivities, even the … Read more

Cheddar News sold by Altice USA to media company Archetype

Cheddar News sold by Altice USA to media company Archetype

In this photo illustration, Cheddar News logo is seen on a smartphone and on a pc screen. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Cheddar News-owner Altice USA announced Thursday it has sold the financial news streaming service to the media company Archetype, which is owned by private equity firm Regent LP. CNBC previously reported … Read more

PCO poll finds many do not trust the media and do not believe news outlets are closing – National

PCO poll finds many do not trust the media and do not believe news outlets are closing – National

Slightly more Canadians say the media cannot be trusted to make decisions in the public interest as say they have trust in the media to act in the public interest, according to internal federal government polls obtained by Global News. But the same polling shows high levels of distrust among many other institutions: provincial and … Read more