#The Guardian Newspaper Inks First-Look Deal With Sony Pictures

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Sony Pictures Entertainment has signed a new exclusive first-look deal with U.K. newspaper The Guardian, giving the studio first rights to The Guardian’s reporting for film and TV adaptations. The deal will give SPE’s film and television production groups, which include film divisions such as Columbia Pictures, TriStar, Screen Gems and 3000 Pictures as well…

#The Guardian says it’s blocking OpenAI from building off its content

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The Guardian announced Friday that it will block artificial intelligence (AI) text generation program ChatGPT from accessing and using its content. AI products, such as ChatGPT, scrape content already online and use it as data to create new content via complex algorithms. Concerns over whether these programs have the legal right to use published text,…

#The Guardian newspaper offices close after ransomware attack

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“The Guardian newspaper offices close after ransomware attack” A leading British newspaper hit by a suspected ransomware attack last month told workers it will keep its offices closed for another three weeks, according to a published report. The Guardian — which is headquartered in London and has offices in New York and Australia — has…

#Google’s ‘stranglehold’ on online ads targeted by EU publishers in complaint

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“#Google’s ‘stranglehold’ on online ads targeted by EU publishers in complaint” Google was hit with an antitrust complaint from a coalition of publishers in the European Union on Friday, who argued that the company has “stranglehold” over the online ad market that threatens the news industry. The European Publishers Council — which includes the CEOs of…