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☆ 8 Daily Newspapers Sue OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Katie Robertson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Eight daily newspapers owned by Alden Global Capital sued OpenAI and Microsoft on Tuesday, accusing the tech companies of illegally using news articles to power their A.I. All are owned by MediaNews Group or Tribune Publishing, subsidiaries of Alden, the country’s second-largest newspaper operator. In the complaint, the publications accuse OpenAI and Microsoft of using millions of copyrighted articles without permission to train and feed their generative A.I. products, including ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot. This, it said, reduced the need for readers to pay subscriptions to support local newspapers and deprived the publishers of revenue both from subscriptions and from licensing their content elsewhere.

Persons: OpenAI, Paul, Paul Pioneer Press — Organizations: Alden Global Capital, Microsoft, New York Daily News, The Chicago Tribune, The Orlando Sentinel, The Sun Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, The Denver Post, Orange County Register, Paul Pioneer Press, U.S . Southern, of, MediaNews Group, Tribune Publishing Locations: Florida, Orange, U.S, of New York, Alden

CHICAGO (AP) — More than 200 reporters, photographers and other staffers with the Chicago Tribune and six other newsrooms around the nation began a 24-hour strike Thursday to protest years of “slow-walked” contract negotiations and to demand fair wages. The strike, which includes 76 members of the Chicago Tribune reporting staff, photographers and some editors, began at 5 a.m., said Caroline Kubzansky, a member of the Chicago Tribune Guild who is a general assignment reporter for the newspaper. The NewsGuild-CWA, which represents the employees, said the workers participating in the 24-hour strike are demanding fair wages and that management not eliminate their 401(k) match benefits. Photos You Should See View All 45 ImagesThe union said cuts imposed by Alden Global Capital have “gutted newsrooms” and included cutting the Chicago Tribune's staff from 111 to 76 people since June 2021. And in late 2023, more than 200 workers at The Washington Post, owned by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, accepted buyouts.

Persons: Caroline Kubzansky, “, ”, Jon Schleuss, Alden, Mitch Pugh, Conde Nast, Jeff Bezos, Gray Organizations: CHICAGO, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune Guild, Alden Global Capital, CWA, Tribune Publishing, Chicago Tribune's, Goldin Solutions, The Associated Press, Vogue, GQ, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Amazon, Orlando Sentinel, Virginian, Daily Press, Virginia Gazette, Tidewater, Virginian Press, Daily Locations: U.S, New York, Challenger, Chicago, Allentown , Pennsylvania, Virginia

☆ Journalists at New York Daily News Walk Off Job for a Day
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Katie Robertson | More About Katie Robertson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Journalists at The New York Daily News walked off the job on Thursday for the first time in more than three decades. Newsroom workers at The Daily News Union, which formed in 2021, are in negotiations for their first contract. The union called a one-day work stoppage to protest staffing cuts, as well as a new policy that requires workers to get advance approval for overtime. The Daily News, founded in 1919, was once a formidable city tabloid that raced for scoops against its rival, The New York Post, and was one of the largest newspapers in the country by circulation. But in recent years, the paper has been hollowed out by ownership changes and staffing cuts as it struggled against ever-declining circulation and dwindling revenue.

Organizations: The New York Daily News, The Daily News Union, Daily News, The New, The New York Post, Tribune Publishing, Alden Global Capital Locations: The New York

☆ The Los Angeles Times plunges into ‘chaos’ as brutal layoffs loom and senior editors call it quits
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —The Los Angeles Times is in disarray. The Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong-owned newspaper, which houses the largest newsroom in the western U.S., has been thrown into a state of mayhem as severe layoffs loom and senior editorial leaders abruptly call it quits. “I cannot overstate the level of chaos,” one staffer, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly, candidly told me on Monday. Then, news of forthcoming mass layoffs ensued, prompting the employee’s union to stage a historic one-day walk out on Friday. “All we are asking for is the opportunity for our newspaper and hardworking journalists to be fairly compensated, and for the L.A. Times to have a fair chance to become a self-sustaining institution.”

Persons: Patrick Soon, “, ”, Kevin Merida, Meg James, — Julia Turner, Sara Yasin, Scott Kraft, Shani Hilton —, alums Hilton, Yasin, Turner, “ Scott, Shiong Organizations: New York CNN, Los Angeles Times, BuzzFeed, alums, Kraft, Tribune Publishing, LA Times, LA Times Studios, Democratic, California, . Locations: New York, U.S

A local buyer taking over a struggling newspaper in the 21st century is normally cause for some celebration. “Have no fear of me,” Smith told the Sun newsroom on Tuesday, according to someone who was there and relayed the statement on condition of anonymity because it was a private meeting. Smith told the newspaper he had one partner: Armstrong Williams, a commentator who hosts a show on Sinclair’s affiliates. In 2018, Smith told New York magazine that he dislikes and fundamentally distrusts print media. Skene reported from Baltimore.

Persons: David D, Smith, “, ” Smith, Donald Trump, Smith’s, Julian Sinclair Smith, Sinclair, Armstrong Williams, Brandon Scott, ”, Jim Shea, Kathy Szliga, Rupert Murdoch, Marty Kaiser, Alden Capital, Tim Franklin, Stewart Bainum Jr, —, Medill’s Franklin, ” Franklin, Olivia Nuzzi, David Simon, television’s, ” Simon, Abell, ___ Bauder, Skene Organizations: Sinclair, Baltimore Sun Media, Alden Global Capital, The, Associated Press, Sun, Sinclair Broadcasting Inc, Chesapeake Television Corp, Fox, Democratic, Project Veritas, Republican, Capital News Service, University of Maryland, Tribune Publishing, Philadelphia Inquirer, Boston Globe, Seattle Times, Medill Local, Initiative, Northwestern University, Baltimore, New York Locations: Baltimore, Maryland, “, New York

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Sun newspaper has been purchased by David D. Smith, the executive chairman of the media conglomerate Sinclair Inc.Smith told the newspaper he acquired Baltimore Sun Media from the hedge fund Alden Global Capital in a private deal reached on Friday. Smith bought the paper with his own assets independently of Sinclair, which is known for its ownership of local television news stations across the U.S. “I’m in the news business because I believe … we have an absolute responsibility to serve the public interest,” Smith told the Sun in an interview. “The passage of time has driven me to become more focused on it, and it just seemed like the right time, so I made the deal,” Smith told the paper. Baltimore Sun Media, winner of 16 Pulitzer Prizes, employs more than 150 people and publishes seven other publications aside from the Sun, with more than 230,000 paid subscribers total.

Persons: David D, Smith, Sinclair, “, ” Smith, Alden Organizations: BALTIMORE, Baltimore Sun, Sinclair Inc, Baltimore Sun Media, Alden Global Capital, Sinclair, Sun, Tribune Publishing Locations: Chicago, Maryland

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