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Newsmax shares jumped 179% on April 1 and have risen 1,500%+ since their March 31 debut, bringing the company's market cap to ~$20.8B, above WBD and Fox Corp — Shares of conservative cable channel Newsmax soared nearly 180% Tuesday, a day after the stock's dizzying debut on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Steve Kornacki signs a deal with NBC News and NBC Sports and departs from MSNBC, which Comcast is spinning off into a new corporate entity — MSNBC viewers have seen the last of Steve Kornacki's big board. — The popular data maven has signed a deal with NBC that will expand his presence across …
American Journalism Project:
John Thornton, founder of The Texas Tribune, co-founder of the American Journalism Project, and venture capitalist, has died at age 59 — It is with great sadness that we share the news that John Thornton, co-founder of the American Journalism Project and Elsewhere Partners …
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Katie Strang / New York Times:
How the repetition of a false rumor by ESPN's Pat McAfee, ESPN radio hosts, and others negatively impacted an Ole Miss student, who plans to sue — It is Feb. 26, and “The Pat McAfee Show” is filming in Indianapolis the week of the NFL Scouting Combine. McAfee sits behind a desk.
Wired:
Trump gutting a small federal agency that provides funding to libraries and museums could threaten access to digital services such as the free ebook app Libby — The Institute of Museum and Library Services has long received bipartisan support. But after years of trying, President Donald Trump has delivered it a crushing blow.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An interview with Vox EIC and Publisher Swati Sharma on a boom in paying readers after Trump's inauguration, building a community, and reaching “news avoiders” — Editor Swati Sharma on how Vox has evolved now everyone is doing explainers. — According to “explainer” …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
In a new paper, Tim O'Reilly and other researchers say OpenAI likely trained GPT-4o on paywalled books from O'Reilly Media without a licensing agreement — OpenAI has been accused by many parties of training its AI on copyrighted content sans permission. Now a new paper by an AI watchdog …
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Social Science Research … and Asimov's Addendum, more at Techmeme »
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
US nonprofit National Novel Writing Month, recently embroiled in AI and content moderation scandals, shuts down after 25 years, citing financial issues — NaNoWriMo, a twenty-five-year-old online writing community-turned-nonprofit, announced on Monday evening that it is shutting down.
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
An NPR document from February 2011 estimated defunding could cut up to $240M from the public radio system and close up to 18% of roughly 1,000 member stations — Republicans say there is no reason for the government to fund the public broadcasters. — There is no reason, Republicans say, for the government to fund NPR and PBS.
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Andreas Wiseman / Deadline:
Ketchup Entertainment buys Coyote vs. Acme from WBD, which shelved it in November 2023 as a cost-cutting measure; the movie is expected in theaters in 2026 — Ketchup Entertainment today confirmed their completed deal for worldwide rights to the live-action/animated hybrid film …
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
BBC and ITV's new contracts with actors' union Equity won't include AI safeguards as they await the outcome of Equity negotiations with producer trade body Pact — At a time when future AI and its uses are a major industry talking point, Deadline is told that Equity's initial intention …
Sportico:
Sources: the NHL has reached an agreement with Rogers on a new 12-year Canadian TV deal that will pay the league about $7.7B, starting with the 2026-27 season — The NHL has reached an agreement with Rogers Communications on a new 12-year Canadian TV deal that will pay the league about $7.7 billion …
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