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Sara Fischer / Axios:
How Trump and his allies could go after the media in his second term through harassment campaigns and lawsuits, draining the companies of time, money, and trust — - “The regulatory threat is on the edges at most,” said Andrew Jay Schwartzman, a veteran communications lawyer.
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Reporters from Politico, Axios, and more were denied credentials to Trump's election night event; a source says Politico's were revoked after critical coverage — New York CNN — — Journalists from multiple news organizations have been denied credentials to former President Donald …
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Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
Sources: ~100 NYT Tech Guild members cross the picket line to work on Election Day; NYT engineer and union steward Benjamin Harnett says the figure is under 50 — - Dozens of New York Times tech workers crossed the picket line amid a tech strike. — The Tech Guild is striking over remote work …
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New York Times:
In the election run-up, TV networks had prepared for a long wait, like in 2020, that didn't come; around 2:30AM ET, every network covered Trump's victory speech — Anchors were ready to camp out in the studio for days on end. Instead, Donald J. Trump declared victory in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
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Ryan Grim / Drop Site News:
In a November 3 internal email, Patrick Soon-Shiong cites Trump and Harris' stance on the Israel-Hamas war among the reasons the LAT didn't endorse a candidate
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Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire:
Jeff Bezos, who ended the WaPo endorsing political candidates, congratulates Donald Trump on his “political comeback and decisive victory” in a rare X post
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
In his second term, Trump may replace top FTC and DOJ officials who have chilled dealmaking, making 2025 a breakout year for media mergers and acquisitions — Analysts expect new administration to replace top FTC, DOJ officials who have chilled dealmaking activity
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
In a letter to a UK parliamentary committee, the FT says news organizations are forced to accept Google's AI crawlers due Googlebot's presence on most websites — News organisations don't have a “genuine choice” about whether to block Google from scraping their content for its AI services, one publisher has warned.
Sacha Biazzo / Columbia Journalism Review:
How journalists cover drug violence in Sinaloa, Mexico, avoiding “narco gossip” and terms like “executed” and attempting to verify videos made by cartels — For reporters covering cartels in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, ethical considerations are more than academic.
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy unveils plans to broaden the scope of media merger laws to include the purchase of UK online news outlets and news magazines — The goal is “scrutiny in the public interest” of deals that include U.K. online news publications and magazines …
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Tom Phillips / The Guardian:
Federal police in Brazil formally charge the alleged mastermind of the murders of UK journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in June 2022 — Brazilian federal police announce end of two-year inquiry into killing of journalist and Indigenous expert in Amazon
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Reporters Without Borders and Associated Press
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
iHeart says it is laying off employees; a source says the layoffs affect less than 5% of a workforce of more than 10,000 employees — Hundreds of jobs will be slashed at iHeart Media as the debt-ridden radio and podcast giant has been crushed by music streaming, The Post has learned.
Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement — Universal Music Group (UMG), along with ABKCO Music & Records, and Concord Music Group, filed a major copyright infringement lawsuit …
Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering — Investigators searched the offices of U.S. streaming giant Netflix (NFLX.O) in France and the Netherlands as part …
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