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A few weeks ago I wrote about how news publishers needed a different type of agreement with technology companies from the “partnership” schemes of the past. If journalism is to survive the dual and often identical pressures of political hostility and market disruption, it will need more protection from its infrastructure providers. This week, the extent to which journalists and news publishers can retain control over their work in an AI-driven environment took a step in what could be a positive direction: the formation of SPUR, or Standards for Publisher Usage Rights, an alliance of a handful of news publishers in the United Kingdom.…