News Corp and OpenAI Strike Licensing Pact, TNT and ESPN Ink College Football Deal and Weinstein Friend Thanks Cannes Chief for Invite

Plus: Live Nation faces antitrust DOJ lawsuit, DGA supports Mohammad Rasoulof after he flees Iran and Women recoil in Cannes as Weinstein looms [News Corp CEO Robert Thompson]( [News Corp and OpenAI Strike Multi-Year Licensing Partnership to Train Chatbots]( By Natalie Korach News Corp has become the latest company to ink a multi-year deal with OpenAI, which includes content licensing from the company’s media profile including The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and the New York Post. The partnership announced Wednesday comes as other media organizations have either struck similar licensing deals with AI companies or taken a litigious approach, in an effort to recover alleged damages from copyright material usage in training chatbots. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [TNT Sports Strikes Licensing Deal for Select College Football Playoff Games With ESPN]( By Lucas Manfredi TNT Sports has struck a five-year agreement that will allow the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned network to license select college football playoff games from ESPN, beginning with the upcoming season. Under the terms of the pact, TNT Sports will present two first-round CFP games during the 2024 and ’25 seasons. Beginning with the 2026 season through the 2028 season, it will add two quarterfinal games each year. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Composite image of Harvey Weinstein’s Friend Alexandra Vino with Cannes Chief Thierry Fremaux and Harvey Weinstein]( [Me Too? Harvey Weinstein’s Friend Thanks Cannes Chief Thierry Frémaux for Invite | ExclusiveÂ]( By Liza Foreman and Emily Smith An Instagram post thanking Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Frémaux for including Harvey Weinstein’s “friend” Alexandra Vino at a premiere party is raising further questions about his ongoing connections to the festival, despite the convicted producer being jailed in the United States. “Thank you dear @thierry.fremaux and @festivaldecannes for a lovely evening,” wrote Vino in an Instagram post on Monday, adding the hashtag “#Rumours,” the title of the film by Guy Maddin and Evan and Galen Johnson that premiered out of competition on Saturday night. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Live Nation logo]( [Live Nation Faces Antitrust DOJ Lawsuit in Latest Move to Limit Concert Ticket Dominance]( [Mohammad Rasoulof at Cannes in 2017]( [Directors Guild Voices Support for Mohammad Rasoulof After Fleeing Iran: 'No Director Should Fear Imprisonment']( [Harvey Weinstein looms over Cannes 2024]( [Women Recoil in Cannes as Harvey Weinstein Still Looms, While a Sexist System PersistsÂ]( [Anora Cannes]( [Cannes Recap Day 8: Sean Baker's 'Anora' Dazzles, A24 Pins 'Robin Hood']( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Wrap Pro logo] Discover why entertainment executives and professionals rely on the WrapPRO platform daily for exclusive coverage, analysis, deeper reporting, and access to VIP events & screenings throughout the year. [Subscribe Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( TheWrap | 2034 Armacost Ave Los Angeles, CA 90025 [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( [LiveIntent Logo]( [AdChoices Logo](