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11:15 PM ET, August 14, 2023

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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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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  —  Very few stories these days take my breath away, but this one did the trick: Cops in Kansas raided the office of local newspaper …
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 …
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
CBS names Wendy McMahon as president and CEO of CBS News and Stations and CBS Media Ventures, after Neeraj Khemlani stepped down to pursue a CBS production deal
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
CNN overhauls its morning, evening, and weekend programming with new hosts, including Abby Phillip in the 10PM weekday slot, aiming to lift sagging ratings  —  Abby Phillip, host of “Inside Politics Sunday,” will be the new anchor of CNN's 10 p.m. hour on weekdays.
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.
Bloomberg:
Sources: the AMPTP offers writers a new deal that includes sharing viewer streaming data, a 20%+ residual payments increase, and a 5% base pay hike in year one  —  - New proposal includes sharing of viewer data on streaming  — Media companies assure screenwriters AI won't replace them
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Netflix begins a “limited beta test” of its cloud-streamed games on the web, TVs, and streaming devices from Roku, LG, Amazon, and more, in Canada and the UK  —  Netflix is kicking off the first public tests of its cloud-streamed games. … In a blog post, Netflix VP …
Frank Chaparro / The Block:
Source: CoinDesk lays off 20 people, or 45% of its editorial team, as its parent company, Digital Currency Group, pursues selling the outlet  —  - Crypto media company CoinDesk has reduced its workforce as parent company DCG's plans to bring in strategic investors.
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Reuters clarifies its report on possible charges against Trump in Georgia, after a document it cited as its source was removed from the court's website  —  A document that Reuters cited as its source disappeared and the news organization walked back its reporting.
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
The New York Times is steering new subscribers away from buying a news-only subscription, leaning into pushing its All Access bundle of five consumer products  —  If you don't like the word “bundle”, don't listen in on a The New York Times earnings call.  —  In prepared remarks …
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Filing: the Biden administration urges SCOTUS to review key parts of Florida's and Texas' laws meant to restrict how social media companies can moderate content  —  - Biden administration urges review of laws in Texas, Florida  — Filing largely backs social media challenges to state laws
 
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As the free press withers in El Salvador, pro-government YouTube and TikTok influencers grow their audiences, boosting President Nayib Bukele's reelection bid
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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
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
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