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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Filing: Trump sues Des Moines Register and pollster Ann Selzer for “brazen election interference” and fraud over the final poll showing Harris leading in Iowa — The Des Moines Register published pollster Ann Selzer's final poll showing Harris leading in Iowa by 3 points, despite Trump's eventual 13-point victory
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Axios:
Sources: NYT's Cliff Levy and Meta's Anne Kornblut withdrew from consideration to become The Washington Post's executive editor after hearing its strategy — - One person involved in the search told us Lewis' pitch was foggy and uninspiring. … Other candidates include current interim executive editor Matt Murray.
Julian Fowler / BBC:
A UK court finds the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Metropolitan Police unlawfully spied on two Belfast journalists to identify their sources — The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and Metropolitan Police acted illegally by spying on two Belfast journalists' to identify their sources.
Melissa Clarke / ABC:
Australia's ABC names former Nine CEO Hugh Marks as managing director, starting March 10, 2025; Marks oversaw the AU$4B merger of Nine and Fairfax Media in 2018 — In short: — The ABC's next managing director will be former Nine Entertainment chief executive Hugh Marks.
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CNN:
Syrian locals say a man filmed by CNN being released by rebels from a Damascus jail was a former intelligence officer with the deposed Syrian regime — A man who was filmed by CNN being released by rebels from a Damascus jail was a former intelligence officer with the deposed Syrian regime …
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Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
Syrian fact-checking group Verify-Sy says that a Syrian man may have given CNN a “false identity” during a segment depicting his apparent release
Syrian fact-checking group Verify-Sy says that a Syrian man may have given CNN a “false identity” during a segment depicting his apparent release
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Memo: LAT opinion staff express concern over Soon-Shiong's new policy forcing editorials critical of Trump to be presented side-by-side with an opposing view — Patrick Soon-Shiong, the owner of the Los Angeles Times, has dismayed staffers as he curtails critical coverage of Donald Trump.
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Jack Kenmare / SPORTbible:
The European Super League, dropped in 2021, relaunches as the Unify League, promising free, ad-supported streaming of soccer matches via its own service — It would feature 96 clubs in total. — The European Super League has relaunched as ‘The Unify League’ and it sounds like they are ready …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
ABC News will never live down its capitulation after paying $15M to help establish Trump's library and $1M in legal fees, and it should have used 1A protections — ABC News not only settled a defamation suit with Trump. It paid out $15 million. What?
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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
SoundCloud launches a cheaper paid plan for artists for $3.25/month or $39/year, with limitations on features like track uploads, distribution, and monetization — Music streaming platform SoundCloud announced Tuesday that it is introducing a new, cheaper paid plan for artists simply called Artist …
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Financial Times:
The UK opens a consultation on AI and copyright, and aims to offer an “opt out” copyright exception, force companies to open models to scrutiny, and more — Consultation could see easier access to copyrighted works but require tech groups to be clearer on what they have used
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Billboard, The Guardian, The Mirror, CNBC, GOV.UK and CMU, more at Techmeme »
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
A look at Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Film Festival, attended by movie stars, filmmakers, and execs in search of cash, as the KSA tries to boost its local industry — Stars, producers and financiers are traveling to Saudi Arabia looking for cash. The country wants foreigners to help nurture a local industry in exchange.
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads now has 100M+ DAUs, revealing its DAU figure for the first time, and 300M+ MAUs, up from 275M+ MAUs in November 2024 — It's a notable milestone not just because it's a big number; it's also the first time Meta has a daily active user figure publicly.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube adds a tool to let creators authorize third parties, including Amazon, Anthropic, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI to train AI models on their videos — YouTube on Monday announced it will give creators more choice over how third parties can use their content to train their AI models.
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