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Scopely names former Activision exec as new SVP of publishing
Justin Bieber Officially Sells Publishing Catalog to Hipgnosis for $200 Million
After ample speculation, it’s official: Justin Bieber has sold his publishing catalog to Hipgnosis for a seismic sum.
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In a deal that sources say cost $200 million, Hipgnosis has acquired a 100% interest in the Pop pin-up’s publishing copyrights, recordings, and neighboring rights for the 290 tracks he released prior to December 31,
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Ultra Music Publishing responds to Sony Music’s Ultra trademark claim
CNET Pauses Publishing AI-Written Stories After Disclosure Controversy
The call was hosted by Guglielmo, Lindsey Turrentine, CNET’s EVP of content and audience, and Lance Davis, Red Ventures’ vice president of content. They answered a handful of questions submitted by staff ahead of time in the AMA-style call. Davis, who was listed as the point of contact for CNET’s AI stories until recently, also gave staff a more detailed rundown of the tool that has been utilized for the robot-written articles. Until now, most staff had very little insight into the machine that was generating dozens of stories appearing on CNET.
The AI, which is as of yet unnamed, is a proprietary tool built by Red Ventures, according to Davis. AI editors are able to choose domains and domain-level sections from which to pull data from and generate stories; editors can also use a combination of AI-generated text and their own writing or reporting. Turrentine declined to answer staff questions about the dataset used to train AI in today’s meeting as well as around plagiarism concerns but said more information would be available next week and that some staff would get a preview of the tool.
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Halo Infinite Director Joseph Staten Leaving 343 Industries to Rejoin Xbox Publishing
Halo Infinite Developer Joseph Staten Is Leaving 343 Industries And Returning To Xbox Publishing – Report
In a bombshell announcement, Microsoft stated that it will lay off 10,000 people. Halo Infinite’s 343 Industries has been impacted, according to reports, and veteran developer Joseph Staten is reportedly exiting to rejoin Xbox Publishing.
Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier broke the news of Staten leaving and noted that 343 Industries was “hit hard” by Microsoft’s layoffs. Staten has a storied legacy in the Halo franchise. He helped pen the stories for Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3, and more. In 2020, 343 Industries announced that Staten was back to help the team “get [Halo Infinite] to the finish line.”
Staten’s departure from Halo Infinite isn’t entirely unexpected. The original 343 Industries blog post announcing Staten’s support stated he would help “for a bit,” suggesting that Staten’s presence on Halo was temporary.