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Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Police arrest Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles on suspicion of murder in the death of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German — Less than a day after asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect in the stabbing death of Las Vegas Review-Journal …
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Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Bernard Shaw, CNN's first news anchor when it launched in 1980, who stayed at the network for 20 years, dies at 82 — Former CNN anchor Bernard Shaw died Wednesday of pneumonia unrelated to Covid-19, Shaw's family announced in a statement Thursday. Shaw was 82.
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Anne Garrels, an NPR international correspondent who reported from major conflicts around the world including the US bombing of Baghdad in 2003, dies at 71 — She reported on conflicts around the world and for a time was the only American broadcast journalist reporting from Baghdad during the U.S. …
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Peter Kafka / Vox:
At Code, former Disney CEO Bob Iger said he wanted to buy Twitter in 2016 for its “phenomenal” distribution platform but didn't because of “nastiness”, not bots — Bots were fine. Nastiness wasn't. — Elon Musk wanted to buy Twitter. Then he decided he didn't.
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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Brussels court dismisses most of IAB Europe's appeals concerning its consent framework, found to be in breach of GDPR; some appeals will head to EU's top court — It's privacy crunch time for ‘consent’ to track... For those watching the slow motion unpicking of surveillance advertising …
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Ryan Gajewski / The Hollywood Reporter:
Source: HBO Max plans to correct a VFX error in House of the Dragon's second episode next week; King Viserys' missing fingers are visible in a green covering — Viewers spotted a gaffe involving King Viserys, played by actor Paddy Considine, as the latest episode aired Sunday.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Google signed News Showcase deals with Bloomberg Media and The Texas Tribune, but the feature is late to launch as other US outlets balk at the terms — The program, which pays publishers to feature their content, is almost a year behind its intended launch timeline in the U.S.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
New mobile app LineupSupply lets users create Spotify playlists by uploading photos of music festival posters and find existing playlists of the artist lineup — If you often find yourself making Spotify playlists to get hyped for an upcoming music festival or to relive a favorite past show …
David Robb / Deadline:
WGA collects $4M+ in underpaid residuals on films produced or bought by Amazon after a similar arbitration collected $42M from Netflix — The WGA has settled an arbitration against Amazon, collecting more than $4 million in underpaid residuals and interest owed to 37 screenwriters on 31 films produced or acquired by Amazon.
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Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide:
PE firm Francisco Partners buys a controlling stake in Kobalt Music Group, composed of Kobalt Music Publishing and music rights agency AMRA, pending approval — Kobalt Music Group just became a ‘unicorn’ - but you'd have to know your recent music industry history to understand why.
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J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter:
Kara Swisher's new Vox podcast, On with Kara Swisher, will debut on September 26 alongside weekly conversations with Swisher on Twitter Spaces — The biweekly show, which will also feature a weekly Twitter Spaces conversation, will feature interviews with major players and take on a “looser” style, the tech journalist tells THR.
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Vivian Yee / New York Times:
Egypt files charges for publishing fake news and more against four journalists at an independent outlet after an article on a political corruption inquiry — After a dominant political party tied to President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi filed complaints against them, the journalists were charged with publishing fake news, among other counts.
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