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Judge says he intends to dismiss Palin's case after jury returns a verdict, saying she hadn't met the legal standard showing that NYT acted with “actual malice” — Palin's suit was the first libel case against the Times to go to trial in nearly two decades.
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Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Facebook rebrands News Feed to just Feed after more than 15 years — The ‘News Feed’ is now just the ‘Feed’ — Meta is changing the name of Facebook's News Feed, the primary part of the service that users scroll through to see what their friends and family have shared.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Right-wing media make wildly erroneous claims about spying on Trump and then they and Trump shame other outlets for not covering the furor they created — The latest alarmist claims about spying on Trump appeared to be flawed, but the explanation is byzantine — underlining the challenge …
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Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:
US intelligence officials accuse right-wing financial news site Zero Hedge of publishing articles created by Moscow-controlled media; Zero Hedge denies doing so — WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday accused a conservative financial news website with a significant American readership …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
White House Correspondents' Association says Trevor Noah will host its dinner on April 30, the first WHCA dinner since 2019 — Trevor Noah, host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, will be the featured entertainer when the White House Correspondents' Association hosts its first dinner since 2019 …
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Sudhi Ranjan Sen / Bloomberg:
A look at Oscar nominated Writing With Fire, which documents a women-led Indian newspaper's shift to digital and was shot on smartphones over five years — A documentary about Khabar Lahariya, a news-platform run by women from India's Dalit group has been nominated for an Oscar …
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Nielsen and NBCU say Super Bowl viewership rose 14% YoY to roughly 112M viewers, of which 11.2M came from streaming services — High ratings for NBC and its sister platforms follow strong viewership for the NFL's regular season and playoffs — About 112 million viewers watched …
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Tony Silber / MediaPost:
The New Yorker publishes its first digital-only issue, featuring interviews with AOC and others — The New Yorker this week is publishing its first-ever digital-only issue building on a popular online series that features in-depth conversations with people of note.
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Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Texas Monthly acquires documentary-style TV show Texas Country Reporter and says it won't fully bring back events until at least 2024 as it focuses on video — Last December, Texas Monthly acquired Texas Country Reporter, an independent, documentary-style television show, as well as its production team, to tiptoe into the video space.
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Victor Fiorillo / Philadelphia Magazine:
Interview with TV news anchor Karen Hepp on her lawsuit against Meta, which could reach the Supreme Court amid increasing controversy surrounding Section 230 — The Fox 29 anchor graces Philly TV screens every weekday morning. But on the internet, her face has popped up without her permission …
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Dawn Chmielewski / Reuters:
Memo: Disney names Mike White to a newly created role overseeing and defining the company's metaverse strategy — The Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) has appointed an executive to oversee its metaverse strategy, according to an email Disney Chief Executive Bob Chapek sent to staff Tuesday and seen by Reuters.
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Axios:
WSC Sports, whose AI software cuts video clips of live sports and distributes them in real-time, raises a $100M Series D; clients include YouTube TV and ESPN — WSC Sports, a B2B sports video company, has raised $100 million in a series D funding round, led by ION Crossover Partners, to expand into new verticals and countries.
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