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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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Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
An interview with the Marion County Record owner Eric Meyer, who says his newspaper had been investigating the City of Marion Police Chief prior to the raids — Eric Meyer says his paper had been investigating the police chief prior to the raids on his office and home.
Sherman Smith / Kansas Reflector:
Police defend their raid on Kansas' Marion County Record, saying the Privacy Protection Act doesn't apply when journalists are suspected of criminal activity — Police raided the Marion County Record office Aug. 11, 2023, with a search warrant that free press attorneys and advocates say violated federal law.
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Financial Times:
Analysis: a basket of the top US streaming services will cost $87 per month this fall, vs. $73 a year ago; the average US cable TV package costs $83 per month — Top studios turn screws on customers with price rises that rival expensive cable TV bundles — The era of cheap streaming is ending …
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Fox Business and Los Angeles Times
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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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The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Gizmodo, The Hill, Variety, TVLine, CNN, Forbes and The Verge
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
A look at Virginia-based Rappahannock News, a hyperlocal newspaper partly subsidized by the nonprofit Foothills Forum and seen as providing community connection — Since buying an old farm in the Virginia countryside last year, I have learned many things from the local weekly, the Rappahannock News.
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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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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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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 …
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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@jamesballiol, @markkleinmansky and Bloomberg
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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@timafranklin, @tatecurtis, @markjacob16 and Poynter
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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