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At the WHCD, President Biden called for the release of Evan Gershkovich and Austin Tice, offered support to their families, and said “journalism is not a crime” — “I believe in the First Amendment, and not just because my good friend Jimmy Madison wrote it,” …
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How Tucker Carlson became the far right's standard-bearer in the culture wars, as his dark influence on US politics is set to continue after his Fox News ouster — For the quarter-century-plus that the Fox News Channel has been coming into America's living rooms, it has operated according …
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Elon Musk claims that Twitter plans to let media publishers charge users on a per-article basis, with one click, starting in May 2023 — Rolling out next month, this platform will allow media publishers to charge users on a per article basis with one click. This enables users who would not sign up for a monthly subscription to pay a higher per article price for when they want to read an occasional article.... https://twitter.com/...
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The death of BuzzFeed News and the pivots to nowhere by bloated social media giants show the absurdity of the news media marrying a speculative tech industry — The media bet its future on Facebook. Did it learn from that mistake? — BuzzFeed, the archetypal new media company of the 2010s …
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How 24/7 free ad-supported TV channels like Tubi, Pluto, and The Roku Channel, which offer big content libraries, became the fastest-growing streaming segment — Call it FAST, call it AVOD, call it whatever you want. Free ad-supported streaming is having a moment, and it's only going to get bigger from here.
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Sources: ABC News is scrambling to replace Nate Silver's election forecasting model, which the network rented from Silver as part of the initial ESPN deal — I've spent my career in digital media, so it was humbling to stand in a corner at the lavish CBS News party at the French Ambassador's …
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A profile of Jeff German, a Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter murdered in September 2022 after a career covering the city's mob violence and the men behind it — In 1978, forty-four years before Jeff German was murdered, he left Milwaukee for a job at The Las Vegas Sun.
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Brazil's “fake news bill” to regulate social media is set for a vote next week, as platforms argue for self-regulation and critics raise free speech concerns — São Paulo, Brazil - Backed by the federal government and a majority of Supreme Court judges …
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A look at the diminished state of late-night TV as James Corden departs; sources: his show cost $60M to $65M per year to produce but brought in less than $45M — James Corden Bows Out — The Late Late Show host is leaving the airwaves—and Los Angeles—as the late-night format struggles to stay awake.
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The New York Times is using a new format that breaks down some news articles into sections like “Why It Matters” and has told some reporters to shorten stories — Mini scoop: The New York Times is using a new format that breaks down some news articles into sections, such as “Why It Matters.” Feels very Axios. Here's an example https://www.nytimes.com/...
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As labor contract negotiations heat up in Hollywood, unions representing screenwriters and actors seek to regulate the use of AI-produced material — As labor contract negotiations heat up in Hollywood, unions representing writers and actors seek limits on artificial intelligence.


Wikimedia won't comply with the Online Safety Bill's age checks of its UK readers or contributors, citing the foundation's “commitment to collect minimal data” — Wikipedia will not comply with any age checks required under the Online Safety Bill, its foundation says.
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