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Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Fox News media reporter Howard Kurtz calls the Dominion lawsuit a “major test of the First Amendment”, weeks after claiming Fox would not let him cover the case — Fox News media reporter Howard Kurtz said Sunday that the defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems …
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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
A look at Smartmatic's $2.7B defamation lawsuit that has the potential to create further turbulence for Fox by pursuing Fox News, Maria Bartiromo, and Lou Dobbs — New York court greenlights $2.7bn suit against news channel by election company Smartmatic over 2020 presidential election lies
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Ofcom head Melanie Dawes blames the Gary Lineker debacle on the “ambiguity” of the BBC's social media rules, which were meant to offer flexibility but failed — “Ambiguity” around social media guidelines was to blame for the BBC Gary Lineker scandal, according to Ofcom boss Melanie Dawes …
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The Gary Lineker saga has exposed weakness at the heart of BBC, making its leadership look indecisive and raising questions about its impartiality — Gary Lineker 1, BBC 0. — That was the consensus in Westminster on Monday as the U.K.'s national broadcaster was forced into an apology …
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Jamie Grierson / The Guardian:
Tim Davie apologizes for the BBC's sports programming disruption and says its commitments to impartiality and freedom of expression are difficult to balance
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Adam Morgan McCarthy / The Block:
Meta plans to wind down its work on NFTs “for now” to focus on other ways of supporting creators and will continue working on Meta Pay — - Meta is ditching its NFT efforts, for now, according to executive Stephane Kasriel. — Meta is ditching its pursuit of NFTs as the company looks …
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Janko Roettgers / The Verge:
A look at the shift to the ATSC 3.0 TV broadcast standard, still not available in many major markets since its 2017 launch, as free streaming TV channels surge — Antenna television is back. In recent years, millions of cord-cutters have rediscovered antennas as a reliable …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Reach plans to make “significant changes” to its editorial operations; the National Union of Journalists says the cuts will impact 192 editorial jobs — Reach editorial staff have been told “tough decisions” need to be made because of current headwinds.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An interview with Manchester Evening News editor Sarah Lester about her “high ambitions” for the 155-year-old regional newspaper, “clickbait” claims, and more — Manchester Evening News editor Sarah Lester has “high ambitions” for the 155-year-old regional newspaper brand …
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New York Times:
Sources: G/O Media sold Lifehacker, the online how-to guide for tech, cooking, and more, to Mashable owner Ziff Davis, and an announcement is expected this week — In the highly competitive world of digital publishing, so-called service journalism publications like Lifehacker are valuable properties.
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Ronan Shields / Digiday:
Sources: Netflix is reviewing its ad strategy, including building its own tech, when its two-year advertising pact with Microsoft ends — Netflix announced its Microsoft partnership in July as part of a pact that was expected to generate billions in advertising revenue for the online streaming service.
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Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: the 95th Oscars averaged 18.7M viewers in the US, up 12.5% over the 2022 ceremony and the largest audience for any awards show since the 2020 Oscars — ABC's telecast of the 95th awards is up by more than 2 million viewers from a year ago. — The Oscars grew their TV audience for the second consecutive year.
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Blake Brittain / Reuters:
A Utah jury finds that Dish Network must pay $469M for infringing two streaming video filtering patents held by parental-control tech maker ClearPlay — Dish Network LLC (DISH.O) must pay $469 million for infringing two patents held by parental-control technology maker ClearPlay Inc related …
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