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WSJ's editorial board defends publishing a letter from Trump, saying Trump is making election rigging claims elsewhere, so “we hardly did him a special favor” — His 2020 monomania is news, and it reflects on his fitness for 2024. — By The Editorial Board
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Critics accuse WSJ of amplifying misinformation after it publishes a 600-word letter to the editor from Trump, filled with debunked claims of election fraud — The publication of the letter, citing baseless and debunked claims, was criticized for pushing the traditional boundaries of a letters-to-the-editor page
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Australia's competition regulator allows a group representing 261 radio stations to negotiate payments from Facebook and Google for the stations' news content — Australia's competition regulator allowed a body representing 261 radio stations to negotiate a content deal with Facebook (FB.O) …
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Advocates for the blind say DMCA exemptions to break ebook DRM for accessibility should be permanent, rather than having to be renewed every three years — Advocates will once again be granted a DMCA exception to make accessible versions of texts. They argue that it's far past time to make it permanent.


YouTube's mistaken deletion of UK news outlet Novara Media's channel draws criticism as an example of the company's power as a content regulator — Novara, a London news group, fell victim to YouTube's opaque and sometimes arbitrary enforcement of its rules.
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Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook the company is now Meta, to better encompass all of its products — We are at the beginning of the next chapter for the internet, and it's the next chapter for our company too. — In recent decades, technology has given people the power to connect and express ourselves more naturally.
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BBC says its article about lesbians and trans women went through a “rigorous editorial process” in response to letter signed by 16K people protesting the piece — More than 16,000 people have signed an open letter calling on the BBC to apologise for an online news article about trans women and lesbians.


Q&A with Casey Bloys, the content chief of HBO and HBO Max, about finding international hits like Squid Game, shift of viewership from HBO to HBO Max, and more — The premium network is prepping for the streaming era beyond Covid disruptions and AT&T ownership.
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Amazon reports Q3 revenue of $8.09B for its “other” segment, which mostly covers its ads business, up 50% YoY, and $8.15B for subscription services, up 24% YoY — Amazon posted 15% growth in revenue for the third quarter, but it missed Wall Street expectations on the top and bottom lines …
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Apple Q4 services revenue, which includes Apple TV+, Apple News+, Apple Music, and more, hit $18.27B, up ~25% YoY; paid subscriptions reached 745M, up 160M YoY — Apple today reported services revenue of $18.27 billion in the fourth quarter of its 2021 fiscal year, which is an all-time quarterly revenue record.
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Court filing: the operator of Locast, which streamed TV broadcast channels for free, agrees to pay $32M and shut down for good to resolve copyright claims — (Reuters) - The operator of over-the-air streaming service Locast has agreed to pay $32 million and end its operations …
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CPJ's Global Impunity Index finds that since 2011, 278 journalists have been murdered worldwide and no one has been convicted in 226 of the cases — No one has been held to account in 81% of journalist murders during the last 10 years, CPJ's 2021 Global Impunity Index has found.


Comcast signs deal with Apple to carry the Apple TV app on Xfinity X1, UK's Sky Glass, and XClass TVs; Apple TV set-top boxes will have Comcast's Stream app — Comcast struck a deal with Apple that will bring the Apple TV app, which includes access to the Apple TV Plus subscription service …
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