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The FBI searched WaPo reporter Hannah Natanson's home on Wednesday, as part of what officials called a probe into the possible sharing of government secrets — It is exceedingly rare, even in investigations of the unauthorized disclosure of classified information, for federal agents to search a reporter's home.
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Perry Stein / Washington Post:
FBI warrant: the Hannah Natanson home search is tied to a probe into a system administrator with top secret clearance accused of retaining classified reports — The reporter, Hannah Natanson, covers the federal workforce and has been part of The Post's most high-profile and sensitive coverage …
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James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Tony Dokoupil's CBS News road trip, where each episode ends in a squishy pabulum, revealed the problems with CBS' Bari Weiss-era focus on viewers' feelings — A stretch of big news revealed growing pains for CBS's new evening anchor and problems with its Bari Weiss-era philosophy.
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
In an interview with CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil, President Trump criticizes Kamala Harris and says “You wouldn't have a job right now, if she got in”
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Liam Scott / Washington Post:
The Office of Personnel Management is asking applicants for US military newspaper Stars and Stripes if they back Trump's policies; its EIC says he was unaware — People seeking jobs at Stars and Stripes, which Congress guaranteed editorial independence, are being asked how they would advance administration priorities.
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Financial Times:
Sources: Dentsu's efforts to sell its UK-based international unit are nearing collapse after Apollo Global and other buyers withdrew from negotiations — Potential buyers dropped out of talks to buy Japanese agency's underperforming international arm — Advertising group Dentsu's efforts …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Digg, rebooted under original founder Kevin Rose and Alexis Ohanian, launches its open beta; the site had been open to 67,000 users on an invite-only basis — The reboot of the early internet online community Digg, a one-time rival to Reddit, is moving forward.
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr defends using a public interest standard for broadcasters at a House hearing; commissioner Anna Gomez calls the standard “undefined” — FCC Chairman Brendan Carr faced another congressional oversight hearing on Wednesday, with Democrats hammering …
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Stevie Bonifield / The Verge:
YouTube now lets parents set time limits on their kids' YouTube Shorts feed, ranging from 15 minutes to two hours, with an option for zero minutes coming soon — Parents will also be able to manually create and adjust child and teen accounts on YouTube.
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Molly Schuetz / Bloomberg:
Paramount Skydance appoints board member Dennis Cinelli as chief financial officer; Cinelli replaces interim CFO Andrew Warren and will leave Paramount's board — Paramount Skydance Corp. said board member Dennis Cinelli will become chief financial officer, appointing a permanent executive …
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Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
SiriusXM rehires Chris Cuomo to host Cuomo Mornings, a live weekday program on the POTUS channel, following his 2021 departure — The host left his earlier SiriusXM radio show in 2021 after being terminated by CNN. — SiriusXM has rehired Chris Cuomo to host a live weekday program.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Nielsen: Tony Dokoupil's CBS Evening News debut week averaged 4.17M total viewers, a 23% drop from ~5.4M in the year-earlier period; 25-54 viewership fell 23% — A lot of people are talking about the revamped “CBS Evening News” under new anchor Tony Dokoupil — but not enough to make the program …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
In UK parliamentary testimony, a Google executive says the company should not be required to license “freely available” open web content for AI training — Roxanne Carter declines to answer about publishers' ability to opt out of AI Overviews. — A leading Google public affairs …
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