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Jef Feeley / Bloomberg:
Lawyers for Dominion and Fox News try to persuade a judge to resolve the defamation lawsuit against Fox without the jury trial scheduled to start on April 17 — Ask lawyers about Eric Davis, the judge overseeing the $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems …
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Fox News drops its lawsuit seeking a restraining order against producer Abby Grossberg but places her on leave after she filed two lawsuits against the network — New York CNN — — A Fox News producer on Monday filed a pair of explosive lawsuits against the right-wing talk channel …
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Ashley Cullins / The Hollywood Reporter:
With a trial looming, some experts expect Fox News to settle the Dominion lawsuit as the company must weigh the risk of more legal fees against its cash on hand
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Fox claims hosts who aired election fraud lies acted as pundits with the leeway to express opinions and that they're entitled to the same rights as journalists
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Jaron Schneider / PetaPixel:
Digital photography site DPReview, owned by Amazon, is closing April 10; people can request downloads of photos or texts they uploaded to the site until April 6 — DPReview, easily one of the most beloved publications among photography enthusiasts, will shut down and its content will be deleted.
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Jaron Schneider / PetaPixel:
Chris Niccolls and Jordan Drake, departing hosts of DPReview TV on YouTube, plan to join PetaPixel to lead its new YouTube Channel that launches in May — Chris Niccolls and Jordan Drake are joining PetaPixel and will lead its new YouTube Channel. The two have been a mainstay …
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@lgworld, @raywongy and @jaronschneider
Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Source: ESPN fired EVP Rob King, at the company for ~20 years, after harassment accusations; King tweeted that he “decided the time is right for me to leave” — ESPN has fired executive vice president Rob King after he was accused of harassment, The Post has learned.
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@espn_robking, @sarahspain, OutKick, Poynter, Front Office Sports, Inside Radio, Fox News and Awful Announcing
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Sources: the WGA proposes allowing writers to use AI for scripts without sharing credit or residuals, after previously considering regulating AI use in writing — The Writers Guild of America has proposed allowing artificial intelligence to write scripts, as long as it does not affect writers' credits or residuals.
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@jsjdarling, @louisathelast, @bensolohope, @cadebrigade and @filmupdates
The Guardian:
An Ecuavisa TV presenter was hurt after inserting a bomb disguised as a USB stick into his computer; other journalists across Ecuador received similar devices — Lenin Artieda was one of several journalists targeted by explosive devices mailed out across the country
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Reuters Institute:
An analysis of 100 news outlets in Brazil, Germany, South Africa, the UK, and the US in 2022: 23% of the 81 top editors are POC with none in Brazil and Germany — In this Reuters Institute factsheet, continuing work started in 2020, we analyse the percentage of people of colour …
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@risj_oxford, @kirstenaeddy, @mitalilive, @rasmus_kleis, @luizferteixeira, @johnycassidy and @rasmus_kleis
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: facing a US ban, TikTok recently sought to reassure its advertisers and play down the threat of an outright ban, hoping brands would continue to spend — Advertisers take wait-and-see approach after Biden administration demands that video app's Chinese owners sell stakes
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James Vincent / The Verge:
TikTok refreshes its Community Guidelines, expanding a section to cover “synthetic and manipulated media”, or deepfakes, as US political pressure increases
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Instagram plans to roll out ads in search result globally in the coming months after initial tests and launches Reminder Ads for opt-in reminders about events — Meta is introducing two new tools on Instagram designed to open up additional avenues for advertising as the company grapples with weak advertising demand.
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The Verge and MediaPost, more at Techmeme »
Elizabeth Dilts Marshall / Billboard:
Tencent Music reports 2022 revenue down 9.3% YoY to ~$4.1B as music subscriptions revenue rose 18.6% to ~$1.26B; Q4 revenue fell 2.4% YoY to ~$1.08B — TME says growth in subscriptions failed to offset a nearly 20% decline in its social entertainment services business.
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Sources describe staff acrimony after Rolling Stone covered an FBI raid on James Gordon Meek's home sans stating CSAM allegations; the EIC edited out the claims — Warning: This story contains references to disturbing accusations and incidents of child sex abuse.
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