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Will Lewis criticizes reports that he tried to suppress stories on his ties to a phone hacking case and calls David Folkenflik an activist, not a journalist — In a statement Thursday, William Lewis pushes back at media outlets' accounts of events leading up to Post editor Sally Buzbee's abrupt departure on Sunday.
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Will Lewis repeatedly offered an exclusive interview about WaPo's future, in exchange for dropping a story on claims he helped cover up UK phone hacking scandal — The Washington Post has written twice this spring about allegations that have cropped up in British court proceedings involving its new publisher and CEO, Will Lewis.
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Alex Jones agrees to liquidate his personal assets to pay Sandy Hook families under Chapter 7 bankruptcy, in a move that could end his ownership of Infowars — Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Thursday moved to liquidate his personal assets, agreeing to demands from the families …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Some unionized journalists at the NYT, Reuters, and others criticize the NewsGuild over organizing costs and union leaders' left-leaning criticism of journalism — The Scoop — A top news union's organizing costs and some of its leaders' outspoken left-leaning criticism of journalism …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: WBD would like the NBA to consider a “fourth package”, which would carve out a small package of games rights, alongside Disney's, Amazon's, and NBCU's — The media company has signaled in recent days to the NBA that it would like to discuss the prospect of carving …
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Sam Sabin / Axios:
TikTok confirms that it has fixed a flaw that let the accounts of CNN and Sony be hacked — - TikTok confirmed to Axios that the unidentified hackers were able to take over CNN's account. — Reports suggest that they also attempted to hijack Paris Hilton's TikTok account.
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Brier Dudley / The Seattle Times:
Oregon's First Pamplin Media sells to a Southern newspaper chain, and EO Media, which publishes 12 titles, closes five papers and puts up the company for sale — A one-two punch this week is knocking out much of Oregon's remaining local newspaper ownership.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Netflix is testing a homepage redesign on its TV app, replacing static tiles showing shows and movies with boxes that extend when the remote lands on them — Netflix is testing a big homepage redesign on its TV app. The new look replaces the static tiles containing the shows and movies …
Upmanyu Trivedi / Bloomberg:
A woman who claims to be the inspiration for the Martha character on Baby Reindeer files a $170M defamation lawsuit against Netflix — - Californian suit says show outed her and ruined her life — Netflix says it'll defend the $170 million claim vigorously
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Andreas Hale / ESPN:
Netflix's livestreamed boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson is rescheduled for November 15 — The boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson has a new date. — After the scheduled July 20 clash between the Youtuber-turned-prizefighter and former heavyweight champion …
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Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
United Airlines starts showing personalized ads in its app and on seat-back screens, one of an increasing number of companies monetizing customer data — Carrier aims to monetize customer data for advertising purposes — United Airlines has begun showing personalized ads on its planes' seat-back screens …
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Mia Sato / The Verge:
Twitch announces a program that lets DJs use copyrighted music in their streams by paying a fee; Twitch signed deals with UMG, WMG, Sony Music, and indie labels — Livestreaming platform Twitch announced a new program aimed at DJs today that will allow creators to use copyrighted music in their streams by paying a fee.
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