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Dominick Mastranglo / The Hill:
Newsmax claims it “has not reported as true certain claims” made by “various guests, attorneys and elected officials” on air about Smartmatic and Dominion — Conservative media outlet Newsmax issued a clarification on Monday about recent claims made by guests …
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Voting machine companies including Smartmatic have hired high-powered libel lawyers and, legal experts say, have strong cases if they sue Fox, Newsmax, and OAN
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
The COVID-19 relief bill includes a provision to expand forgivable government loans to additional struggling local news outlets — WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Congressional leaders said on Sunday that lawmakers agreed to expand forgivable government loans to additional struggling local news outlets …
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
The omnibus funding bill Congress is set to vote on contains the controversial CASE Act, which may ratchet up copyright trolling, and the Felony Streaming Bill — from the but-why? dept — As we warned about earlier this month, it appears that Congress has in fact put …
Jem Aswad / Variety:
Congress' COVID-19 relief deal includes the Save Our Stages Act to give ~$15B in relief to independent music venues and movie theaters shut due to the pandemic — “We can finally report what our nation has needed to hear for a very long time,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …
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Tim Baysinger / The Wrap:
Group Nine Media has launched a SPAC and plans to go public, according to an SEC filing on Monday — Group Nine Media has formed a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), according to an SEC filing on Monday. — The company, called Group Nine Acquisition Corp., was formed …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: MGM Holdings has begun a formal sale process, looking for a price double its $5.5B valuation — Movie studio has tapped bankers to find a buyer, as media companies look to stock up on content — MGM Holdings Inc., the movie studio behind the “James Bond” franchise, is exploring a sale …
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Cecilia D'Anastasio / Wired:
Cyberpunk 2077's developer hamstrung reviewers by forcing NDAs and sending copies just days before launch to prevent players from seeing the buggy mess — Video game companies are increasingly putting restrictions on what reviewers can show, widening the gap between expectations and reality.
Mike Fannin / The Kansas City Star:
Kansas City Star publishes a review of its 140-year history, finding coverage “disenfranchised, ignored, and scorned generations of Black Kansas Citians” — Today we are telling the story of a powerful local business that has done wrong. For 140 years, it has been one of the …
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Indian startup InMobi raises $145M led by Google for its divisions Glance, a lock-screen content tool and Roposo, a TikTok-style short video social service — Google led an investment of $145 million in InMobi's social media startups Glance and Roposo, which are division's InMobi's mobile app marketing business.
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Vikas SN / The Economic Times:
India-based VerSe Innovation, the company behind news app Dailyhunt and short video app Josh, raises $100M+ at $1B+ valuation from Google, Microsoft, and others — Dailyhunt parent VerSe Innovation has raised more than $100 million funding from tech giants Google and Microsoft …
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Livemint, @shahidm, Business Insider and @tsuvik, more at Techmeme »
Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Alan Horn to step down as co-chairman of Walt Disney Studios, leaving Alan Bergman as the sole chairman; Horn will continue as chief creative officer — - Alan Horn is stepping down as co-chairman of Walt Disney Studios, but will remain with the company as chief creative officer.
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Variety, @thekenyeung, @sarahwhit10, @film_girl, The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter and Deadline
Elaine Low / Variety:
Fox Broadcasting and Sinclair strike a multi-year deal to let Sinclair keep broadcasting NFL and other live sports through Fox affiliates across 25 US markets — Fox Broadcasting Company and Sinclair Broadcast Group have struck a multi-year deal to renew Fox network affiliations …
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