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Sherman Smith / Kansas Reflector:
Police raided the Marion County Record's office, authorized by a local judge, and the publisher's home, after the newspaper ran stories about a restaurant owner — Eric Meyer, publisher of the Marion County Record, answers questions in his newspaper office Friday after police seized computers, servers, cellphones and other items.
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Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times:
WGA and AMPTP representatives met on August 11; source: the talks were more productive than the August 4 meeting, and the sides plan to meet again on August 15 — Negotiators for film and TV writers met with studio representatives on Friday afternoon, a step that could represent a long-awaited thaw …
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Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
The Hollywood Professional Association, which includes Adobe, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Sony, urges the AMPTP, the WGA, and SAG-AFTRA to find a resolution — “Organizations indispensable to the creation of media are cutting staff... and in some cases, even risk closing,” the Hollywood Professional Association writes
Anthony Lin / Bloomberg:
Fox Corp's chief legal and policy officer, Viet Dinh, plans to step down on December 31, 2023, and become a Fox adviser, after the $787.5M Dominion settlement — - Viet Dinh is departing as Fox chief legal and policy officer — Fox paid $787.5 million to settle suit over vote-fraud claims
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Angela Yang / NBC News:
Major outlets including TMZ, Insider, and the Los Angeles Times had to walk back their reporting about the alleged death of child rapper Lil Tay and her brother — A post on Lil Tay's Instagram account announced her death. A day later, it was removed. — Lil Tay's life has always been shocking …
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Blake Brittain / Reuters:
UMG, Sony Music, and other labels sue the Internet Archive for copyright infringement, saying its Great 78 Project works as an “illegal record store” for songs — Universal Music Group (UMG.AS), Sony Music Entertainment (6758.T) and other record labels on Friday sued …
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Mark Caro / Local News Initiative:
A look at the impact of newspaper printing press closures, like delivery issues due to distance, losing access to local news, early deadlines, and higher costs — Plant closures and consolidation prompt earlier deadlines, longer drives, higher costs as papers scramble to stay in print
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Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: Lord Rothermere, the chairman of Daily Mail-owner DMGT and its consumer unit DMG media, is in talks with investors about a bid for The Daily Telegraph — Lord Rothermere is courting potential backers to help him realise a longstanding ambition of uniting the Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph under his ownership, Sky News learns.
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Fortesa Latifi / Teen Vogue:
Illinois passes the US' first law protecting child influencers, entitling influencers under age 16 and kids featured by influencers to a percentage of earnings — Illinois has officially passed the nation's first legislation aimed at protecting child influencers, in a move advocates …
Luc Cohen / Reuters:
A US judge revokes SBF's bail after the DOJ accused him of tampering with witnesses, such as by sharing former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison's diary with the NYT — Sam Bankman-Fried's bail was revoked ahead of his October fraud trial, a U.S. judge said on Friday, after prosecutors accused …
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Stacy Feldman / RJI:
A look at the Colorado pop-up community newsroom that emerged after the Marshall Fire in April 2021, resembling efforts in Hawaii, Massachusetts, and Canada — We're building a guide to help newsrooms fill voids in deep-dive reporting with their communities
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Anthony Crupi / Sportico:
NBCUniversal signs a multiyear deal to let EverPass distribute Peacock's exclusive live sports content to bars, restaurants, and other commercial establishments — The financial terms underpinning the multiyear pact were not disclosed. — The partnership will serve to expose Peacock's …
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