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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:
Q&A with Marion County Record's owner Eric Meyer, who says his newspaper had been actively 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.
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Sherman Smith / Kansas Reflector:
Police defend their raid on Marion County Record in Kansas, 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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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Internal memo: CBS News Co-Head Neeraj Khemlani, who oversaw shows like 60 Minutes, is stepping down to work on a multiyear first-look content deal with CBS — The headlines coming out of CBS News will soon be guided by a new executive. — Neeraj Khemlani, who arrived at the Paramount Global unit …
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
A look at publishers' legal fight against the Internet Archive's book lending program; the Internet Archive agreed to drop the publishers' “full book catalogs” — In the pandemic emergency, Brewster Kahle's Internet Archive freely lent out digital scans of its library. Publishers sued.
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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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
How Disney could spin off its linear TV networks like ABC, Freeform, and FX, whether to include ESPN and Hulu, private equity firms as logical buyers, and more — There is a growing consensus among Wall Street analysts, former employees and industry experts that Disney should split in two.
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: The New York Times decided not to join a group of publishers, spearheaded by IAC, attempting to negotiate with companies training AI on their content — The Scoop — The New York Times has decided not to join a group of media companies attempting to jointly negotiate …
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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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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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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Financial Times, @markkleinmansky, @jamesballiol 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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@tatecurtis, @timafranklin, @markjacob16 and Poynter
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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