Several media outlets, including The New York Times and the Daily News, have asked a federal judge to impose sanctions on OpenAI, alleging that the firm “chose obstruction” and is hiding evidence in the copyright infringement case now in discovery, U.S. News & World Report  writes. The Thursday filing argues that OpenAI is not releasing data sets and ChatGPT logs that document how it used copyrighted new content, and that it should be penalized for “discovery misconduct.”

Joe Kahn, the executive editor of The New York Times, said the publication’s rush into video is a “race against time,” and as “as big a transformation as the print-to-digital transformation,” “The Hollywood Reporter writes. But it drew snide remarks from media veterans who remember the last pivot to video in the 2010s, the scars of which still linger in newsrooms. Kahn made his remarks on Peter Kafka’s Channels podcast.

Meta is hitting back at the lawsuit that could result in its paying $1.4 trillion, almost the entire valuation of the company, to California and three other states, Deadline reports. “A sanction of that size has no analog in the history of consumer protection enforcement,” said Meta’s defense team in a filing this week. But attorneys general from California, Colorado Kentucky and New Jersey accused Meta of “unfair or unconscionable trade practices.” The case is about to go before an Oakland, California jury. 

Hostelworld, a social media-powered online travel agent, has appointed Neverland Creative to lead its creative strategy, Decision Marketing reports. The agency has been tasked with developing a new brand strategy and creative platform. The goal is to build cultural relevance and grow the youth-backpacker and budget-travel audience. Hostelworld now has 3.4 million social members. 

The City of Boston has  joined a lawsuit against several social media companies, including Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube, claiming that their addictive features are creating a youth mental health crisis, NBC Boston reports. “Social media companies have evidence of the harm they are causing to our kids by designing platforms that keep them hooked in endless scrolling and monetizing engagement at the expense of their mental health,” said Boston Mayor Michelle Wu. “Boston is taking legal action to protect children and youth and hold these companies accountable.”

Lego, believing that it sometimes pays to show a physical product rather than an image, has transformed Shanghai metro stations with a replica of the new supercar, Technic Koenigsegg Sadair’s Spear, utilizing 4,104 pieces, Creative Blog reports. Most people will never experience the 5 million car, but they can build their own 1:8 scale recreation, Lego says. 

The Daily Wire, a conservative-leaning digital media company, is selling its Jeremy’s Razors brand and Jeremy’s Chocolates, to Boreing Media, a new company founded by former Daily Wire CEO Jeremy Boreing, who left the firm last year, Semafor reports. The Daily Wire started Jeremy’s Razors to compete with Harry’s Razors, a client that bolted after complaints about coverage of trans and gender issues. “Jeremy’s Razors exists because of our fundamental belief that conservatives have to stop complaining about the left dominating all of our institutions and start building our own instead,” Boreing said.

Velocity, an Israeli startup that develops infrastructure for revenue generation and distribution for AI applications, has generated $27 million  in a seed funding round, CTech reports. The founders, Tal Shoham (CEO), Amir Shaked (COO), and Nimrod Zota (CPO), were senior executives at IronSource and Unity. They were joined at Velocity by Guy Kirschbaum, founding vice president of engineering. “We aspire to build a company like IronSource,” Shoham said. “We have a similar vision of creating monetization infrastructure, but not for gaming companies, for native AI companies that face a much bigger challenge.”

Trump Media’s $3.7 billion defamation lawsuit against The Washington Post was thrown out by U.S. District Judge Thomas Barber, the Post reports. The judge granted The Post’s motion for summary judgment, saying that Trump Media “failed to present evidence that would allow a jury to find by clear and convincing evidence” that The Post “published the allegedly defamatory statements with actual malice.”

Baltimore Public Media and Delmarva Public Media have formed a strategic partnership to expand local journalism across Maryland and the Delmarva Peninsula, WYPR reports. The two organizations will share content, reporting, and resources, but will maintain their distinct identities and local focus. "Public media has always been strongest when it works together,” says Craig Swagler, president and CEO of Baltimore Public Media. “This partnership is how we turn that belief into action.”