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Kelvin Chan / Associated Press:
EU Commissioner Thierry Breton says Twitter has dropped out of a voluntary EU pact to combat online disinformation and adds Twitter's “obligations remain” — Twitter has dropped out of a voluntary European Union agreement to combat online disinformation, a top EU official said Friday.
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Dan Sullivan / Tampa Bay Times:
Source: the FBI searched a media consultant's home in its investigation into whether Fox News video outtakes, leaked to Vice and MMFA, came from hacked material — The search at City Council member Lynn Hurtak and Tim Burke's home was part of a probe into computer hacks at Fox News.
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Christopher Spata / Tampa Bay Times:
A profile of Tim Burke, aka @bubbaprog, known for his media scoops and whose video equipment the FBI seized in a probe of leaked Tucker Carlson video outtakes — The former Deadspin journalist, who tweets often as @bubbaprog, has gone silent. — FBI agents served a warrant at a home …
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@tomscherberger, @tbbaseballmkt, @spatatimes, @markkatches and Vanity Fair
Jesse Armstrong / The Guardian:
Succession's creator recalls the show's origin and says Rupert Murdoch, Sumner Redstone, and Robert Maxwell served as the “holy trinity of models” for Logan Roy — It has been the TV drama of our time - a brutal, hilarious unpicking of how power works.
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New York Times:
Sources detail Fox's 20 months of missteps and miscalculations in the Dominion lawsuit that led to one of the biggest debacles of Rupert Murdoch's media empire — Fox's handling of the defamation suit brought by Dominion Voting Systems, which settled for $787.5 million, left many unanswered questions.
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Jim VandeHei / Axios:
Axios' CEO says AI will lead to fewer big, generic media brands and more niche ones, force publishers to tighten direct relationships with consumers, and more — Artificial intelligence will soon transform media on a scale and pace that rivals the internet two decades ago.
Samuel Agini / Financial Times:
A look at Formula One's D2C broadcast product F1 TV, which has become a key component of the sport's growth strategy in the US, Brazil, Mexico, India, and more — Traditional broadcasters have helped steer fans towards the motorsport's own subscription apps, F1 TV and F1 TV Pro
Tim Cushing / Techdirt:
An Arizona senator's restraining order against a journalist, now overturned, shows far too many politicians and judges frequently disregard the First Amendment — from the welcome-back-to-the-party,-First- Amendment dept — For a brief moment of time, a judge in Arizona conspired …
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@renissance_1, @freedomofpress and Freedom of the Press …
Nic Fildes / Financial Times:
Veteran indigenous Australian journalist Stan Grant's resignation triggers an uproar after he accused Australia's ABC of not defending him against racial abuse — Targeting of Stan Grant highlights tensions ahead of referendum on recognition of First Nations peoples
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CNBC:
Sources: as part of its layoffs, Meta cut a project that would have let third-party fact-checkers like Reuters add comments at the top of articles on Facebook — - Meta, Amazon, Alphabet and Twitter have all drastically reduced the size of their teams focused on internet trust and safety …
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@mastrobradipo, @heidibeirich, @accountabletech, @fboversight, @davidlaz, @ttp_updates, @jesselehrich, @haydenfield and The Wrap
Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the media's coverage of generative AI over the past six months, as journalists and academics criticize the hype and provide ways to improve reporting — The Tow Center looked at how news organizations have been covering generative AI over the past six months.
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@emilymbender, @emilymbender, @emilymbender, @emilymbender, @venkatananth, @janebsinger, @datadhrumil, Insider and Journalism.co.uk
Steven McIntosh / BBC:
After former This Morning host Phillip Schofield admitted to an affair with a younger colleague and left ITV, some question how much ITV's managers knew in 2020 — ITV has said it investigated rumours of a relationship between Phillip Schofield and a younger employee in 2020 - but both “repeatedly denied” it.
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