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    Andrew DeckDecember 5, 2024
    Dow Jones negotiates AI usage agreements with nearly 4,000 news publishers
    Earlier this year, the WSJ owner sued Perplexity for failing to properly license its content. Now its research tool Factiva has negotiated its own AI licensing deals.
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    Andrew DeckNovember 27, 2024
    Core copyright violation claim moves ahead in The Intercept’s lawsuit against OpenAI
    The ruling comes after a judge dismissed similar claims filed by Raw Story and AlterNet earlier this month.
    Neel DhaneshaOctober 28, 2024
    The future of true crime sounds like…public radio?
    Amid the downturn in audio, some executives think the public radio model — with a dash of true crime — might provide a way forward.
    Sophie CulpepperOctober 23, 2024
    Medill’s 2024 State of Local News report expands what it qualifies as local news — and asks readers to point out what it missed
    This year’s report documents “network local news sites” like Patch and Axios Local for the first time.
    Hanaa' TameezOctober 17, 2024
    A year in, The Guardian’s European edition contributes 15% of the publisher’s pageviews
    After the launch of Guardian Europe, one-time donations from European readers increased by 45%.
    Sophie CulpepperOctober 16, 2024
    Press Forward awards $20 million to 205 small local newsrooms
    In response to the volume and quality of applications, Press Forward doubled the funding and number of grantees for this open call.
    Hell Gate NYC doubled its subscription revenue in its second year as a worker-owned news outlet
    Sophie CulpepperOctober 15, 2024
    Midwestern news nonprofit The Beacon shuts down its Wichita newsroom
    “We’ve realized that we can’t do it all, and have made the decision to no longer have a staffed newsroom in Wichita.”
    Sophie CulpepperSeptember 30, 2024
    Why does the Wichita Beacon keep losing reporters?
    The Kansas City Beacon seemed to be a nonprofit news success story. So what’s going wrong in Wichita?
    Sarah ScireSeptember 26, 2024
    The National Trust for Local News keeps buying local newspapers. Here’s what they’ve learned.
    “What we’re trying to solve for is not necessarily a business model problem. We’re trying to solve for an ownership incentive problem.”
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