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Doha Madani / NBC News:
Barstool Sports' founder Dave Portnoy denies sexual misconduct allegations and claims Insider targeted him with a “hit piece”; Insider stands by its reporting — Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy denied sexual misconduct allegations published by Insider on Thursday …
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Julia Black / Insider:
Several women describe humiliating and frightening sexual experiences with Barstool Sports' Dave Portnoy; two say they were filmed without advance permission — In the summer of 2020, Madison sent Barstool Sports' founder, Dave Portnoy, a direct message on Instagram complimenting his famous “one bite” pizza reviews.
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Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
CNN ran a story on the cost of milk with claims that didn't add up, and two staffers reacted to criticism of the segment by lashing out at critics on Twitter — I didn't plan on writing about milk today, but... here we are. — But first, let's travel back to the year 2010.
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Josef Adalian / Vulture:
Q&A with AMC entertainment executives on AMC's niche streaming services, the appeal of Amazon and Apple TV for distribution, and more — Dan McDermott has seen the future of streaming, and it looks nothing like Netflix — or Hulu, or even Peacock. As the recently promoted president …
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@jimmaiella, @tvmojoe and @vulture
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Agence France-Presse:
Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, jailed for reporting on COVID in Wuhan, is close to death after going on hunger strike, according to her family — Citizen reporter Zhang Zhan, 38, was arrested and jailed after reporting on the outbreak — A citizen journalist jailed for her coverage …
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Amnesty International, Newser and Raw Story
Jonathan M. Katz / The Racket:
How NYT's Jeremy W. Peters and other reporters create the impression of a broad constituency for extreme right-wing ideas via their interview subject choices — Liberals woke up to some bad news yesterday: The governor's race in Virginia, a state Biden won by double digits, went to a previously unknown Republican.
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@ronhogan, @jamisonfoser, @blackamazon, @samthielman, Columbia Journalism Review, @samthielman and @froomkin
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Moonbug Entertainment, owner of YouTube channel CoComelon, agrees to be acquired by a company led by Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs; sources value the deal at ~$3B — - Ex-Disney executives Mayer, Staggs buy Moonbug Entertainment — Company supplies children's programming on YouTube, Netflix
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Variety, Wired, @tomstaggs, @kevinmayer, @gerryfsmith, Reuters and Hollywood Reporter
Shaun Tandon / Agence France-Presse:
USAID says Biden administration is setting up a Global Defamation Defense Fund to help journalists overseas fight SLAPP suits — US Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power said the United States will cover the costs incurred by journalists abroad who face frivolous lawsuits meant …
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NPR, usaid.gov and @joshrudes
Muhdan Saglam / Middle East Eye:
Turkish live streamers expose a fraud ring that used Twitch's Bit platform to launder ~$10M; Twitch says it has taken action against 150 users — Hundreds of streamers said to have taken 20 percent cut to help launder money stolen by hackers through credit cards
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@aykan_erdemir, The Mac Observer, Kotaku and NME, more at Techmeme »
Alice Driver / @reporterdriver:
A freelancer accuses NYT of killing her op-ed critical of Tyson Food's COVID-19 safety measures in March, only to publish a positive story on Thursday — In January 2021, I signed a contract @nytimes to publish an oped about how Tyson needed to vaccinate meat processing workers. After I informed Tyson of the oped (it had been fact-checked, translated into Spanish & the photos edited) it was suddenly killed. Nice PR story today. https://twitter.com/...
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@estherhonig, @joshsternberg, @nicolemfoy, @laurenvillagran, @wudanyan, @theturkishlife, @reporterdriver, @byfernandas, @erinclarebrown, @eileentruax, @sarahtaber_bww, @naomistarkman, @reporterdriver, @reporterdriver, @reporterdriver, @reporterdriver, @reporterdriver, @reporterdriver, @reporterdriver, @drkiki, @docemurray, @aetiology, @laurawags, @baldingsworld and @froomkin
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
News Corp Q1: $196M profit and revenue up 18% YoY to $2.5B; Dow Jones revenue up 15% YoY to $444M with earnings up 32% YoY to $95M; WSJ has 2.8M+ digital subs — Media company's revenue grew 18% thanks to improvements at all its divisions — News Corp said quarterly profit rose nearly sixfold …
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Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Daily Wire files lawsuit against the Biden administration's employer vaccine mandate, saying it lacks constitutional or statutory authority — Bentkey Services, LLC, the company that owns the conservative website The Daily Wire, filed a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration's employer vaccine mandate …
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The Hill, Joe.My.God. and The Daily Wire
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