As Marco noted[2] news orgs took that original announcement and twisted it into a "creators announce MP3 is dead" story, presumably because there are more clicks to be had there than a story about patent expirations.
[1] https://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/en/ff/amm/prod/audiocodec/audi...
> mp3 licensing program for certain mp3 related patents and software of Technicolor and Fraunhofer IIS has been terminated
This gives the impression that the patents are valid but will no longer be available for licensing, and you can't buy licensing rights to build your mp3 player - in reality, the patents expired, making them free.
> ...there are more efficient audio codecs with advanced features available today
Assert that mp3 is dead today
> However, most state-of-the-art media services such as streaming or TV and radio broadcasting use modern ISO-MPEG codecs such as the AAC family or in the future MPEG-H. Those can deliver more features and a higher audio quality at much lower bitrates compared to mp3
Reiterate that mp3 is dead today
I'm not surprised that the media took this as "mp3 is dead" and ran with it. The blame lies as much with Fraunhofer for their misleading statements as with the rest of the media.
How about - "MP3 music tech finally freed from license limitations"
I'm afraid I don't.