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Jann Wenner is removed from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame board after he said Black and female artists weren't as “articulate” as white ones featured in his book — A day after the publication of a New York Times interview in which Rolling Stone magazine founder Jann Wenner …
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Q&A with Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner on interviewing his friends, boomers' legacy, and his new book, The Masters, about seven white male rock musicians — The co-founder of Rolling Stone magazine on the legacy of boomers and why he chose only white men for his book on rock's “masters.”
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So far, the US press is failing to adequately emphasize the stakes of the 2024 presidential election, instead bending over backwards to be seen as nonpartisan — US news organizations have turned Biden's age into a scandal and continue to cover Trump as an entertaining side show
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German prosecutors say Elon Musk's X has complied with hundreds of hate-crime user data requests; Twitter used to push back if requests threatened free speech — The social media company has complied with hundreds of hate-crime user data requests from German authorities since Musk's purchase, prosecutors say
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A look at the proliferation of pirated movies and TV shows on TikTok, posted as small clips by accounts that don't appear to make any money from the content — The videos violate copyright laws, but they remain available—for now — “Barbie” just hit streaming platforms. It was on TikTok first.
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Letter to Chief Justice John G. Roberts: the RCFP and 62 media organizations urge SCOTUS to make permanent its practice of offering live audio of oral arguments — RCFP and 62 media organizations argue that live audio streaming “unequivocally benefits the public and the press.”
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A look at D Billions, a network of YouTube channels run by Kyrgyzstan-based media company AWA and which got billions of views by teaching kids words via songs — A landlocked country in Central Asia is home to an international hit. — The US has Mr. Beast. The Kyrgyz Republic has D Billions.
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Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto wins the right to US asylum after a 15-year legal battle against deportation to Mexico, whose military threatened him — Emilio Gutiérrez Soto fled with his son to the U.S. border in 2008 after his reporting on the Mexican military led to threats.
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Canada-based Metroland Media Group makes its 70+ local newspapers digital-only and cuts 605 jobs, as its parent company seeks bankruptcy protection for the unit — Daily papers will continue to operate in print and online — Nordstar, the company that owns the Toronto Star and other newspapers …
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Sources: Fox News fired veteran executive John Finley on September 8 following a woman alleging he sexually harassed and stalked her; Fox settled with the woman — John Finley, a top Fox News executive who was fired last week after more than 20 years at the network, was ousted after a woman alleged …
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Nielsen: Thursday Night Football's 2023 season debut averaged a record 15.05M viewers on Amazon Prime Video and local broadcasters, up 15.5% from 2022's opener — The NFL's weeknight game scores its biggest audience since moving to streaming. — Thursday Night Football scored …
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Hedge fund Citadel founder Ken Griffin subpoenas ProPublica and five journalists for docs tied to stories on his tax returns; ProPublica vows to protect sources — - ProPublica vows to protect sources amid ‘sprawling’ requests — Griffin suing IRS over failure to protect his secret tax data
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