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US-based hedge fund Hunterbrook launches its newsroom, Hunterbrook Media, after raising $100M to make trades based on scoops uncovered by its reporters — Target of Hunterbrook's first story questions ethics of it taking a short position in its stock — A US hedge fund has raised $100mn …
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Sources: Vanguard Group, the biggest investor in Disney with a roughly 8.3% stake, is voting for Disney's board nominees at the annual meeting on April 3 — NYC Comptroller on Disney Proxy Fight, Congestion Pricing … Vanguard is the biggest investor in Disney, with a roughly 8.3% stake, Bloomberg-compiled data show.

Sudan's state news agency says the information ministry has suspended Saudi state-owned broadcasters Al Arabiya and Al Hadath plus UAE-owned Sky News Arabia — Sudan on Tuesday suspended the work of Saudi state-owned broadcasters Al Arabiya, Al Hadath and UAE-owned Sky News Arabia channel …
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@hassanahmedberk and @patrickheinisc1


The Marion County Record's parent and Eric Meyer, its editor and publisher, file a federal lawsuit over police raids of its offices and Meyer's home in 2023 — A weekly central Kansas newspaper and its publisher filed a federal lawsuit Monday over police raids last summer of its offices …
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Kansas Reflector, The Wrap and Media Nation


Sources: Biden plans an April 4 interview with Univision's Enrique Acevedo; Acevedo was broadly criticized after his November 2023 “softball” interview of Trump — Vanity Fair has learned that Joe Biden is sitting down this week with veteran journalist Enrique Acevedo …
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@bsdtectr.bsky.social and CNN


Donald Trump sues two co-founders of Trump Media & Technology Group, claiming they set the company up wrong and shouldn't get stock; the two earlier sued Trump — - He claims they bungled their duties, forfeiting their stock — Trump Media shares plunged less than a week after going public
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A look at The Ely Times and The Eureka Sentinel, among Nevada's oldest surviving papers, which announced a deal in January to go online-only under a new owner — Nathan Robertson arrives at Ely City Hall looking much like one would expect of the mayor of a remote town near the Great Basin National Park …
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@progressfornv and @howardstutz


An interview with Oren Etzioni, the founder of nonprofit TrueMedia.org, which has released free AI tools for reporters and fact checkers to identify deepfakes — Oren Etzioni worries A.I.-generated fakes could overwhelm upcoming elections.Kyle Johnson for The New York Times
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Iowa officials settle a suit with independent political blogger Laura Belin, who was denied a press pass to the legislature; Iowa will pay her attorneys $49K — Iowa state officials agreed Tuesday to pay attorney's fees and change state House policies to settle a lawsuit from a liberal blogger …


George Carlin's estate settles with the makers of Dudesy, who agree to remove their YouTube video and podcast they originally claimed used an “AI” George Carlin — The estate had accused two podcast hosts of infringing on its copyrights by training an A.I. algorithm on five decades of Mr. Carlin's work.
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On The Daily Show, Jon Stewart says Apple asked him not to interview FTC chair Lina Khan on his Apple podcast by saying “please don't talk to her” — - “Apple's conduct extends beyond just monopoly profits and even affects the flow of speech.
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Yahoo acquires the news app Artifact, shuts down its standalone app, and plans to use its technology on Yahoo News and other services in the coming months — Instagram's co-founders built a powerful and useful tool for recommending news to readers — but could never quite get it to scale.
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