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4:40 PM ET, March 16, 2023

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Emily Baker-White / Forbes:
Sources: the FBI and DOJ are investigating events that led to TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, using the app to surveil several US journalists  —  Months before the U.S. government demanded ByteDance divest from TikTok, the Department Of Justice's Criminal Division subpoenaed the app's Chinese parent company, according to a source.
Charlotte Klein / @charlottetklein:
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Afternoon show ratings on Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN are higher than for their prime-time shows, as big stars move on, core audiences turn to streaming, and more  —  The biggest draw on Fox News is no longer Tucker Carlson or Sean Hannity; it's “The Five.”  And daytime shows on CNN and MSNBC are outranking evening programming.
Discussion: @kellycnbc and @brianstelter
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Variety:
A survey of 338 US Fox News viewers: 21% trust the channel less due to testimony and texts related to the Dominion lawsuit but only 9% say they now watch less  —  More than a fifth of Fox News Channel viewers are less trusting of the cable network in the wake of publicly disclosed text messages …
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
The US Copyright Office says protection for AI-assisted artistic works will depend on whether AI's contributions reflect the author's “own mental conception”  —  The U.S. Copyright Office issued new guidance on Wednesday to clarify when artistic works created with the help of artificial intelligence are copyright eligible.
Patrick McGee / Financial Times:
Q&A with Dina Srinivasan, author of The Antitrust Case Against Facebook, on Meta and Google's ad duopoly, the US antitrust cases, concerns about Apple, and more  —  In February 2019, Dina Srinivasan, then an independent scholar, published an academic paper entitled ‘The Antitrust Case Against Facebook’ …
Roger Vincent / Los Angeles Times:
Fox Corp submits plans for a $1.5B expansion of the Fox Studio Lot, including the addition of nine soundstages, for a total of 24, as streaming drives demand  —  The historic Fox Studio Lot, one of Hollywood's most celebrated movie factories, is set to get a $1.5-billion upgrade that would change …
Barbara Kandek / Wikimedia Foundation:
Q&A with Jareen Imam of Women Do News, which aims to close Wikipedia's gender gap, on telling women's stories, inspiration to work for the nonprofit, and more  —  This is Open the Knowledge: Stories, a blog series highlighting Wikimedia movement volunteers and groups that are working …
Discussion: @mollystarkdean
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
YouTube raises YouTube TV's price by $8 to $72.99/month, citing a rise in “content costs”, effective for new users on March 16 and existing users on April 18  —  YouTube has announced that it's raising the price of its YouTube TV subscription to $72.99 per month.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Elliot Resnick, ex-editor of an Orthodox Jewish newspaper in New York City, faces two felonies and two misdemeanors for actions on January 6 at the US Capitol  —  The former editor of an Orthodox Jewish newspaper in New York City — identified two years ago as a member of the Jan. 6 mob by POLITICO …
 
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