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Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
Don Lemon will not appear on today's CNN This Morning; sources say executives are discussing Lemon's future after his offensive remarks about women and aging — CNN sources told Confider that the network changed its Monday lineup to proceed without Lemon while “conversations about Don's future” are ongoing.
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Jason Garcia / Nieman Lab:
A look at the close collaboration between Ron DeSantis' administration and The Florida Standard as he cultivates a network of sympathetic conservative outlets — Last summer, six days after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suspended Tampa prosecutor Andrew Warren, one of the governor's top aides drafted …
Phineas Rueckert / Forbidden Stories:
Leaked docs detail reputation management company Eliminalia's tactics to remove public-interest info from the internet, like via fake sites and copyright claims — Leaked documents obtained by Forbidden Stories reveal the inner world of Eliminalia, a Spanish reputation management company.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Sources: last week, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy gave Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41,000 hours of Capitol surveillance footage from the January 6 riot — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has given Fox News' Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41,000 hours of Capitol surveillance footage …
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Dow Jones' general counsel says OpenAI lacks a deal to use WSJ reporters' work to train its AI; source: CNN plans to ask OpenAI to pay to license its content — Major news outlets have begun criticizing OpenAI and its ChatGPT software, saying the lab is using their articles to train …
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Jabari Young / Forbes:
Sources: the NBA, MLB, and other leagues are making contingency plans, including local TV station deals, to avoid blackouts amid Diamond Sports' financial woes — ‘Linear’ broadcast TV combined with streaming games offer the best alternatives to reach the most fans, insiders say.
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Hayden Vernon / The Guardian:
Puffin hired sensitivity readers to rewrite language the book publisher deems offensive, removing words like “fat” and “ugly” from Roald Dahl's children's books — Augustus Gloop now ‘enormous’ instead of ‘fat’, Mrs Twit no longer ‘ugly’ and Oompa Loompas are gender neutral
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Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post:
A preview of Gonzalez v. Google SCOTUS case and a look at the Israeli nonprofit Shurat HaDin that is arguing the case against Google at the February 21 hearing — Are tech companies liable when their algorithms recommend terrorist content? The Court's answer could upend the way the internet works.
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Gary Baum / The Hollywood Reporter:
New York AG's November 2022 report details how former CBS CEO Leslie Moonves' trusted lieutenants worked to quash sexual misconduct claims to protect their boss — A recent investigation reveals the lengths to which the ex-CBS chief's cadre of C-suite insiders — some of whom remain with the company …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Memo: New York public radio station WNYC won't renew The Takeaway, launched 15 years ago to rival NPR's Morning Edition, after the show's contract ends in June — WNYC is canceling one of its longest-running shows. — The New York public radio station told staff on Friday that it would not renew …
Dánae Vílchez / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Q&A with Nicaragua's La Prensa publisher Juan Lorenzo Holmann, incarcerated in August 2021 and unexpectedly released and deported to the US on February 9, 2023 — Juan Lorenzo Holmann Chamorro was on the verge of sleep in his Nicaraguan jail cell when he was issued civilian clothes …
Issac J. Bailey / Nieman Reports:
The New York Times' response to criticism of its trans coverage reduced serious journalists to radical activists, a route too many outlets take when challenged — The New York Times had a chance to earnestly grapple with a serious critique of its trans coverage by a serious group of professionals …
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