Hacker News with Generative AI: News Media

Onion CEO: We won InfoWars auction, can't wait to relaunch, fun still to come (bsky.app)
French news titles sue X over allegedly running their content without payment (theguardian.com)
Several leading French newspapers have said they are suing the social media platform X, accusing it of running their content without payment.
The Guardian is leaving X (engadget.com)
The Guardian announced it will no longer be active on X (formerly Twitter) — all its editorial accounts will stop posting on the platform.
Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk's X from its official accounts (theguardian.com)
The Guardian has announced it will no longer post content on Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, from its official accounts.
Washington Post Employees Ordered Back to Office 5 Days a Week (nytimes.com)
Employees at The Washington Post will be expected to work from the office five days a week next year, according to a new memo from the newspaper’s chief executive, the latest crackdown on pandemic-era remote work policies.
Perplexity CEO offers to replace striking NYT staff with AI (techcrunch.com)
The CEO of AI search company Perplexity, Aravind Srinivas, has offered to cross a virtual picket line and provide services during a strike by New York Times tech workers.
Wikipedia Offers to Reveal User Identities in Sealed Covers in ANI Case (medianama.com)
Wikipedia told the Delhi High Court that it is willing to provide basic subscriber information (BSI) details about users who edited the page on Asian News International (ANI) in a sealed cover to the court, during an appeal hearing at the Delhi High Court on October 28.
Meta bans Russia state media outlets (cbc.ca)
X caught blocking links to NPR, claiming the news site may be 'unsafe' (techcrunch.com)
The news website accused of fueling UK riots (bbc.com)
Chat Control reported on by largest newspaper outlet in The Netherlands [video] (youtube.com)
The Rise and Fall of BNN Breaking, an AI-Generated News Outlet (nytimes.com)
Search Engine Perplexity Is Directly Ripping Off Content from News Outlets (forbes.com)
London's Evening Standard axes daily print edition (bbc.com)
Partnership with News Corp (openai.com)
A smear campaign against NPR led Elon Musk to feud with Signal (theguardian.com)
YouTube algorithm weaponised to shut down Russia-Ukraine war reporting channel [video] (youtube.com)