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Diana Falzone / Mediaite:
Source: Newsmax's COO told staff that those covering Pete Hegseth, Trump's secretary of defense nominee, needed to “focus on the positive” or face termination — Newsmax instructed staff to lay off Pete Hegseth, the Fox News host Donald Trump nominated to serve as his secretary of defense …
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CNN:
US Senator Tom Cotton blocks an effort by Senate Democrats to pass the PRESS Act, which would shield journalists and sources, after Trump opposed it last month — Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked an effort by Democrats to pass a bipartisan bill that would give journalists greater …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Daily Wire Co-CEO Jeremy Boreing says the outlet is looking to possibly partner with a larger company or raise capital, but isn't actively looking for a buyer — - Semafor reported Sunday that Fox Corp. was eyeing potential acquisitions of conservative podcast companies, including Daily Wire.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
A California District Court judge orders Automattic to stop blocking WP Engine's access to WordPress.org resources and interfering with WP Engine's plugins — WP Engine just won a preliminary injunction against WordPress.com parent company Automattic. On Tuesday, a California District …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Free Press hires WSJ editor-turned-banker Dennis Berman as its first publisher and president and media product veteran Daniel Hallac as chief growth officer — - She launched The Free Press as independent publishing was becoming more sustainable.
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Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Spotify informs users its Car Thing “is discontinued and no longer operational”, after announcing plans to discontinue the product in May 2024 — Spotify today shut down all Car Thing accessories, several months after announcing plans to discontinue the product.
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BGR, Digital Music News and TechCrunch
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz joins OANN to host a weeknight political talk show and co-host a weekly podcast with Dan Ball, starting in January 2025 — Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, who was President-elect Donald Trump's first pick to be attorney general before removing his name from consideration …
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Associated Press:
The US DOJ watchdog releases a report saying the DOJ in Trump's first term failed to follow its own rules when it seized reporters' records in a leak probe — Federal prosecutors sidestepped some Justice Department rules when they seized the phone records or emails of reporters as part …
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The Reporters Committee …, Benzinga, Breitbart, USA Today, Engadget, UPI, Roll Call, NBC News, The Post Millennial, ABA Journal, KVIA-TV, Washington Examiner, Politico, NPR, @kristenwixx.bsky.social and CBS News
Aamna Mohdin / The Guardian:
Analysis: GB News accounted for 47% of mentions of Muslims or Islam on UK news channels from October 2022 to September 2024; BBC News, 32%, and Sky News, 21% — Exclusive: CfMM report over two-year period says channel's ‘negative’ focus on Islam borders on an ‘obsession’
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
YouTube is testing a new multiplayer feature for two games, under its collection of lightweight, free “Playables” games on desktop and mobile devices — YouTube is experimenting with multiplayer mini-games under its collection of lightweight, free games dubbed “Playables.”
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Rolling Stone, Tubefilter, LifeHacker, MediaPost and Engadget
Quentyn Kennemer / The Verge:
YouTube redesigns the YouTube Kids app to make it look and behave more like the standard YouTube app and lets users browse through videos in portrait mode — The YouTube Kids mobile app is getting a redesign that both makes it look and behave more like the standard YouTube app …
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Digital Trends and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
YouTube rolls out its auto-dubbing feature, which generates translated audio tracks, to hundreds of thousands of channels focused on knowledge and information — YouTube announced on Tuesday that its auto-dubbing feature, which allows creators to generate translated audio tracks for their videos …
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YouTube Official Blog, @mazdaksafaei and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
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