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New York Times to Begin Limiting Nonsubscriber Access to Podcasts
Subscriptions // June 25, 2024

The New York Times plans to put its top podcasts behind a paywall. The company is considering giving only subscribers access to new episodes of “Serial,” and allowing nonsubscribers to access only the three most recent episodes of “The Daily,” The Wall Street Journal (WSJ)...

New York Times Says OpenAI ‘Hacking’ Claim is ‘Bizarre’
Legal // February 27, 2024

The lead counsel for The New York Times said Tuesday (Feb. 27) that OpenAI’s claims that the publisher “hacked” its artificial intelligence (AI) systems to produce misleading results “bizarrely mischaracterizes” the situation. In an email to PYMNTS responding to a Reuters report, Ian Crosby, partner...

Sam Altman: NY Times Lawsuit Not a Priority for OpenAI
artificial intelligence // January 18, 2024

OpenAI’s chief executive is reportedly unconcerned about a lawsuit by The New York Times against his company. The newspaper sued OpenAI and partner Microsoft late last year, accusing the companies of copyright infringement and claiming they used its content without permission to develop their artificial intelligence product ChatGPT. Speaking Thursday...

OpenAI Says New York Times Lawsuit Surprising and Without Merit 
artificial intelligence // January 08, 2024

OpenAI said The New York Times lawsuit targeting it is without merit.  The creator of the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT said in a Monday (Jan. 8) blog post that the publisher’s lawsuit came as a surprise, as the two companies had been negotiating a partnership as...

Interviews & Exclusives
Nothing Transformative About OpenAI’s Copyright Abuses, Says New York Times Lawsuit

December 27, 2023
News publisher The New York Times said it owns over 3 million registered, copyrighted works. On Wednesday (Dec. 27), the NYT sued both Microsoft and OpenAI’s family of operating subsidiaries for violating the bulk of the protections bestowed by them. “Through Microsoft’s Bing Chat (recently rebranded as ‘Copilot’) and OpenAI’s ChatGPT, defendants seek to free-ride […]

AI Plays Key Role In Preventing Subscription Churn

December 14, 2020
Subscription services are taking off during the pandemic, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers are no exception. Many of these solutions providers are offering key services for businesses with employees working from...

Quick Reads
NY Times Sees Digital Subscriptions Slow as Consumers Cut Spending

November 04, 2024
The New York Times has reportedly seen digital subscriptions slow amid weakened consumer spending. The media company added 260,000 digital-only subscribers during its third quarter, down from 300,000 in the prior quarter, Reuters reported Monday (Nov. 4). Analysts expected the publication to add 280,200 subscribers. At the same time, an uptick in pre-election political advertising […]

New York Times to Begin Limiting Nonsubscriber Access to Podcasts

June 25, 2024
The New York Times plans to put its top podcasts behind a paywall. The company is considering giving only subscribers access to new episodes of “Serial,” and allowing nonsubscribers to...

New York Times Says OpenAI ‘Hacking’ Claim is ‘Bizarre’

February 27, 2024
The lead counsel for The New York Times said Tuesday (Feb. 27) that OpenAI’s claims that the publisher “hacked” its artificial intelligence (AI) systems to produce misleading results “bizarrely mischaracterizes”...

Sam Altman: NY Times Lawsuit Not a Priority for OpenAI

January 18, 2024
OpenAI’s chief executive is reportedly unconcerned about a lawsuit by The New York Times against his company. The newspaper sued OpenAI and partner Microsoft late last year, accusing the companies of copyright infringement and claiming...