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4:50 PM ET, August 16, 2023

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Jessica McMaster / KSHB-TV:
The Marion County attorney withdraws the search warrant that served as the basis for the raid on the Marion County Record; all seized items have been returned  —  MARION, Kan. — A search warrant that cleared the way for the raid of a Kansas newspaper last Friday has been withdrawn …
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Clay Risen / New York Times:
Joann Meyer, who worked for nearly 60 years at the The Marion County Record in Kansas, died on August 12, a day after police searched the newspaper's offices  —  She collapsed a day after the police raided her home and the offices of The Marion County Record, a weekly paper in Kansas.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google adds AI-powered article summaries for free articles, not paywalled ones, to its Search Generative Experience and says publishers can block the feature  —  Google today is rolling out a few new updates to its nearly three-month-old Search Generative Experience (SGE) …
Candice Ortiz / Mediaite:
Conservative radio host Glenn Beck says all podcast episodes of The Glenn Beck Program “have been removed from Apple/iTunes with no explanation”  —  Commentator Glenn Beck's entire show was removed from Apple's podcast network on Wednesday, allegedly without warning or explanation.
Alex Mahadevan / Poynter:
AP releases guidance on how it uses generative AI tools and updates its stylebook, saying that AI output should be treated as unvetted source material  —  Weeks after announcing a partnership with OpenAI, The Associated Press urges caution in using — and reporting on — generative AI tools.
Soraya Amiri / The Walrus:
A female Afghan journalist recounts leaving Kabul after the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan in 2021, as she reflects on life as a journalist in exile  —  At 8:30 one August morning two years ago, I was at home in the Pul-e Surkh area of Kabul when my sister called.
Claudia Chiappa / Politico:
Russia expels Eva Hartog, Politico Europe's reporter in Moscow, after 10 years reporting in the country, without giving any details on how the ruling was made  —  As Putin escalates crackdown on foreign media, longtime correspondent Eva Hartog is forced out by the Kremlin.
Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
X files a motion to dismiss a June 2023 copyright lawsuit filed by the US National Music Publishers' Association over the alleged infringements of ~1,700 works  —  Unlike rivals like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, X - the Elon Musk-owned social media service formerly known as Twitter …
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Some users of X Pro, formerly TweetDeck, see an X Blue paywall when trying to use the tool; on July 3, X said that X Pro would be subscriber-only “in 30 days”
 
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
WGA and AMPTP representatives met on August 15 to try to end the 106-day strike; sources: they remain at odds on streaming residuals, higher minimums, and more
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Telegraph Media Group says the outlet has reached its target of 1M subscriptions, 70%+ of them digital, and that 300K of its subscribers use its app every day
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
ESPN sportscaster Sage Steele plans to leave the network after settling her lawsuit alleging ESPN violated her free speech rights; ESPN suspended Steele in 2021
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: in July, linear TV made up less than 50% of all US TV usage, a first in over two years of tracking, and streaming hit a record 38.7% high of TV usage