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The FCC requested footage and a transcript of 60 Minutes' Kamala Harris interview as it reviews the Paramount-Skydance merger; CBS News is working to comply — Government has asked for footage, transcript from the segment, which is the subject of a lawsuit against CBS by President Trump
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Sources: some CBS News journalists express alarm over reports that Paramount is trying to settle a Trump lawsuit; others say a settlement may look like a bribe — Journalists, including some at CBS News, are expressing alarm at reports that CBS parent company Paramount Global is trying …
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Memo: the Pentagon evicts the NYT, NBC News, NPR, and Politico from Pentagon offices and offers the workspace to the NY Post, OANN, Breitbart, and HuffPost — The Department of Defense ordered a handful of news media outlets to vacate their offices inside the Pentagon so that they may be replaced …
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X adds Nestlé, Abbott Laboratories, Colgate, Lego, Pinterest, Tyson Foods, and Shell to its lawsuit filed in Texas claiming advertisers unlawfully boycotted X — Elon Musk's X is suing more big advertisers as part of a lawsuit that alleges they collectively conspired to boycott advertising …
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The US NTSB says it will not email news outlets and reporters with updates about the two recent plane crashes, and will instead post updates on its X account — The agency says it will no longer notify reporters about plane crash press briefings via email.
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Simon & Schuster's flagship US imprint will no longer require authors to obtain blurbs as it “creates an incestuous and unmeritocratic literary ecosystem” — In a decision some in the book business might call “stunning” or a “tour-de-force,” Simon & Schuster publisher Sean Manning …
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With Trump reshaping the NLRB, newsroom unions expect longer processing times for union petitions and labor violation claims, and frequent, drawn out strikes — “If you want something out of your crappy news company, you're going to have to go fight for it yourself out on the picket line.”


Sources: Trump officials plan to pause some federal websites to delete content contrary to Trump's thinking, including about climate change, gender, and equity — The Trump administration plans to scrub some federal government websites in order to remove content contrary to the president's thinking …
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Former Fox Sports host Julie Stewart-Binks sues the network, alleging that executive VP Charlie Dixon sexually assaulted her in 2016 following a work meeting — Former Fox Sports anchor and reporter Julie Stewart-Binks filed a lawsuit Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court in which she alleges …
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Sherwood, the media arm of Robinhood, lays off staff as it streamlines team structure and focuses on expanding its operations around breaking markets news — - Robinhood's media arm, Sherwood, has laid off staff. — “We made the decision to streamline team structure,” a spokesperson said.
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Forbes announces layoffs that will affect roughly 5% of its total workforce; new CEO Sherry Phillips blames financial underperformance for the cuts — The cuts come after the publisher failed to meet its 2024 financial goals — The business news publisher Forbes announced a sweeping round …
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Eric Reinhart, who wrote an op-ed for the LAT, says his lines highly critical of RFK Jr. were deleted and a misleading headline was added supporting RFK Jr. — A writer who penned an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times warning of the dangers of confirming Robert F. Kennedy Jr …
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