Media
Anthropic’s $1.5b deal with authors may accelerate a shift toward licensing copyrighted material needed to train AI models, legal experts say
When AI bots synthesize answers from multiple sources, they drastically reduce clicks and ad dollars to source sites. Is there a new compensation model for content creators?
If Comcast spins off cable networks because Wall Street doesn’t like them, why would investors want to own the spinoff?
What happens to cable news, including CNBC, as Comcast spins off most networks?
The Basis Point is doing some remodeling this week. Pardon our dust while we make it easier and faster to publish housing, banking, and fintech content for you.
"Always Sunny in Philadelphia" creator Rob McElhenney has way more businesses than just "Welcome to Wrexham." Here’s a rundown of a Hollywood mogul in the making.
What are your top excuses for not writing? Or better yet, what are your top methods for writing more? Let me know!

News hedge fund Hunterbrook launched with a piece alleging fraud at United Wholesale Mortgage while shorting the stock. Is this the future of media?
Number 1 mortgage lender UWM ($108b) and number 3 Rocket ($80b) have a decades-old rivalry that's now playing out in the NBA. ESPN has details.
This huge New Yorker article lays out a bleak future for media. But there are a few bright spots.
Here's 4 reasons why HousingWire has its sh!t together in 2024 and The Gathering by HousingWire conference will be a highlight of the Spring circuit.
Great AI content requires the right prompts, so it's helpful to see these prompts that created 4 videos using OpenAI Sora
Kara Swisher’s front-row seat to a slow-moving catastrophe. Or is there still hope for media?
Pew Research says YouTube and Facebook are by far the most used social sites, but TikTok has grown a lot: 33% use it in 2024 now vs. 21% in 2021.
This short Onion piece nails the truth about real estate wealth creation, right down to the location, LOL!

