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Alan Rusbridger / Prospect Magazine:
The Prince Harry hacking verdict shows that newspaper management at two of the UK's biggest media companies lied to Parliament, other journalists, and others — Piece by painful piece, the murky truth about the darker corners of the British newspaper industry has been revealed
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Alexandra Topping / The Guardian:
A UK judge rules that 15 out of 33 Daily Mirror articles about Prince Harry were a result of phone hacking and awards him £140,600 in damages for the “distress” — Duke awarded £140,600 in damages after judge rules articles were product of hacking or unlawful information gathering
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The Guardian:
Piers Morgan, Daily Mirror's editor from 1995 to 2004, denies he was aware of the paper's phone hacking, after a UK judge said there “can be no doubt” he knew — Former Daily Mirror editor says Prince Harry 'wouldn't know truth if it slapped him in his California-tanned face'
Al Jazeera:
Israeli drones fired missiles in Khan Younis, Gaza, killing Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Samer Abudaqa on December 15 and wounding bureau chief Wael Dahdouh — Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Samer Abudaqa has died while covering an Israeli attack on a school in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
Tom Kizzia / Anchorage Daily News:
Pulitzer Prize winner Howard Weaver, former editor of the Anchorage Daily News and McClatchy vice president for news, dies at 73 of pancreatic cancer — Weaver led the Daily News through a period of remarkable growth and transformation for Anchorage and Alaska, and later became an executive with McClatchy newspapers.
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Cox Media Group claims it can listen to consumers' conversations through microphones in smartphones, smart TVs, and other devices and use the data to target ads — A marketing team within media giant Cox Media Group (CMG) claims it has the capability to listen to ambient conversations …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Arkansas-based publisher Helena World Chronicle sues Google on antitrust grounds and says Search Generative Experience and Bard make issues even worse — A new class action lawsuit filed this week in the U.S. District Court in D.C. accuses Google and parent company Alphabet of anticompetitive behavior …
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Adam Mosseri details Threads' fediverse plans, including following non-Threads accounts, showing replies from other platforms, and follower portability — The head of Instagram says a full integration with the fediverse could take ‘the better part of a year.’
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Patrick Frater / Variety:
Alibaba Pictures plans to release Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour in theaters in mainland China on December 31, to be distributed by state-owned China Film Group — “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” movie has cleared multiple stages of approvals and will release in mainland Chinese theaters on Dec. 31.
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Newslaundry:
After NDTV, Adani Group's AMG Media Networks acquires a 50.5% stake in Delhi-based Indo-Asian News Service, known for its Hindi and English news wire services — IANS will now operate as a subsidiary of Adani's AMG Media Networks. — Adani group-owned AMG Media Networks Ltd has acquired …
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PTI, NDTV Profit, Free Press Journal, @ttindia and @newslaundry
Martin K.N Siele / Semafor:
TV BRICS, which focuses on Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, and is owned by Russia's MKR Media, expands with media company partnerships in Africa — The News — The BRICS economic bloc of countries is aggressively expanding its media presence in Africa through …
Ash Parrish / The Verge:
Days after updating its content policy to permit certain kinds of sexual content, Twitch rescinds the “artistic nudity” portion, citing “community concern” — Mere days after Twitch updated its content policy to permit certain kinds of sexual content …
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