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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
AP photographer Evan Vucci and AP Chief White House Correspondent Zeke Miller testified Thursday about damage done by the White House ban on the wire service — Associated Press photographer Evan Vucci testified at a court hearing in the AP's lawsuit over being kicked out of the White House press pool.
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
BBC correspondent Mark Lowen was arrested in Turkey on Wednesday and deported from the country today after reporting on anti-government protests — Mark Lowen considered ‘threat to public order’ after reports on nationwide anti-government demonstrations — The BBC correspondent Mark Lowen …
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Reuters:
Turkey releases seven journalists it detained while covering mass anti-government protests, including Agence France-Presse journalist Yasin Akgul — A Turkish court on Thursday freed Agence France-Presse journalist Yasin Akgul, detained this week while covering mass protests over the jailing …
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John Nichols / The Nation:
Robert McChesney, a co-founder of media advocacy nonprofit Free Press and a globally respected media scholar and author, died from cancer at 72 — The academic and activist inspired generations of people to challenge corporate power and support a media reform movement that lives on. — Bluesky
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
The widow of Pierre Zakrzewski, the Fox News cameraman who was killed while working in Ukraine in 2022, filed a £9M suit against Fox in the UK earlier in March — Michelle Ross-Stanton, the wife of Fox News video journalist Pierre Zakrzewski, is seeking more than $11 million in compensation.
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Danielle Kaye / New York Times:
VOA Director Michael Abramowitz sues Kari Lake, Victor Morales, and USAGM, alleging dismantling VOA violates federal law and separation of powers — The lawsuit by the director and journalists is the latest legal challenge to the administration's bid to dismantle the government-funded broadcaster.
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Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Kari Lake withdraws the cancellation of RFE/RL's funding and argues RFE/RL's lawsuit is “moot” after a court granted the outlet a temporary restraining order
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Financial Times:
Since the 2024 US election, Fox News has gained 125 new blue-chip advertisers, including Amazon and UBS, and its 8pm-11pm viewership in 2025 is up 50% YoY to 3M — Viewer numbers have soared in past year, prompting many companies to return to the Murdoch-owned channel
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Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
After OpenAI released ChatGPT's new image generator, social media has been flooded with AI memes in the style of Studio Ghibli, highlighting copyright concerns — It's only been a day since ChatGPT's new AI image generator went live, and social media feeds are already flooded with AI-generated memes …
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Scott Roxborough / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD's Max announces two new packages in France, bundling Max Basic with content from outlets Le Monde and Télérama, for €15 and €7, respectively — The partnership between France's leading national newspaper, its primary cultural magazine, and Max is the first time a global streamer …
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Carmen Reinicke / Bloomberg:
AppLovin's stock closes down 20%+ after short seller Muddy Waters released a report, the third such short report against the company in about a month — It's at least the third report from a short seller in about a month. In February, Fuzzy Panda and Culper Research both published short reports …
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Colleen McClain / Pew Research Center:
A survey of US adults: 34% support a TikTok ban, down from 50% in March 2023, and 49% say TikTok is a national security threat, down from 59% in May 2023 — Public support for a TikTok ban now stands at 34% among U.S. adults, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. That's down from 50% in March 2023.
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Ex-Endeavor exec Patrick Whitesell's new company takes a stake in Peyton Manning's Omaha Productions; sources say it's a 10% stake sale, valuing Omaha at $750M+ — Peyton Manning has a new business partner. — A new platform run by Patrick Whitesell, the former executive chairman of Endeavor …
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Meta adds a Friends tab on Facebook that will show content just from users' friends, with no recommended posts, as it brings back “OG” Facebook experiences — A new Friends Tab will feature posts from a user's friends and relatives, which was the original mission of the app.
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Meta, Axios, TechCrunch, Deadline, MacRumors, PCWorld, Cord Cutters News, The Verge, Social Media Today, Engadget, CNBC, @jonkropf.bsky.social, 9to5Mac and @dannygroner.bsky.social, more at Techmeme »
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