Mark Cuban, citing concerns over automated content, revoked credentials of two ESPN writers who cover the Dallas Mavericks

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The Associated Press / Nov 9, 2016

Puzzling logic: Cuban said he banned the ESPN reporters (ESPN uses wire copy from The Associated Press) from Mavericks home games to bring attention to the issue of companies using automation in sports coverage. (The AP, in a partnership with Automated Insights, produces automated stories on minor league baseball but does not use the technology for most of its sports coverage.) —

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