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On NBC's Meet the Press, veteran anchor Chuck Todd criticized NBC News' decision to hire former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel, saying she “has credibility issues” — The extraordinary comments on “Meet the Press” revealed tensions in NBC's news divisions over Ronna McDaniel …
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The US corporate media, led by NBC, quietly rebuilds its ties to Donald Trump, as the reality sinks in that they may soon be dealing with a Trump administration — The News — For weeks before NBC News journalists exploded into open revolt Sunday over the network's hire of a top Donald Trump supporter …
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Sources: MSNBC President Rashida Jones tells employees that the network has no plans to have former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel on the channel — Cable network head seeks to address employee and talent backlash over appointment of Ronna McDaniel as an NBC News contributor
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Nelson Peltz backs Bob Iger, saying his proxy fight is with Disney's board for botching “its most important job, CEO succession, by installing Bob Chapek” — With just over a week before Disney's annual shareholder meeting on April 3, Peltz's Trian Group …
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A US judge dismisses X's lawsuit against CCDH, saying the lawsuit had been brought as a means toward “punishing the defendants for their speech” — A U.S. judge on Monday dismiss X Corp's lawsuit against a nonprofit group that has criticized a rise in hate speech …
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Spotify adds online courses from BBC Maestro, Skillshare, Thinkific, and PlayVirtuoso, covering music, business, creativity, and health, as a UK-only experiment — Spotify's UK users are getting access to a fourth category of content to sit alongside its existing library of songs, podcasts and audiobooks: online courses.


ESPN begins integrating links to video feeds from regional sports networks into its main app and website, starting with NESN, which carries Boston sports teams — As the viewing landscape continues to get more complex, ESPN is aiming to streamline things for sports fans by integrating links …
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The US has splintered into 12 news bubbles based on ideology, wealth, jobs, age, and location, making gauging public opinion and finding common agreement hard — - The Musk-eteers: This is a fast-growing, mostly male group who feed off Twitter, podcasts (especially “All-In” and Joe Rogan) …
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A look at the Financial Times' Claude-powered AI chatbot Ask FT, which is trained on FT's articles and available to some subscribers in the FT Professional tier — The Financial Times has a new generative AI chatbot called Ask FT that can answer questions its subscribers ask.


Al Jazeera says Egypt has freed the last two Al Jazeera journalists who were in detention in the country, following a thaw in Egypt's relations with Qatar — Egypt has freed the last two Al Jazeera journalists who remained in detention in the North African country following a thaw in relations with Qatar …
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Some Ukrainian journalists say the country's intel agencies are using KGB-style tactics on those who investigate government corruption and criticize Zelensky — THIN SKIN — Hired attackers, intimidation, and “kompromat” spy cameras set up by Ukraine's intel agencies are among the tactics …


A Belarus court sentences prominent journalist Ihar Karnei, a writer for RFE/RL, to three years in prison on charges of participating in an extremist group — The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the sentencing on Friday of Belarusian journalist Ihar Karnei to three years in prison …
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