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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Source: the BBC board held an unexpected meeting Wednesday after President Trump demanded the BBC retract a Panorama documentary about January 6 and apologize — The BBC board held an unexpected meeting on Wednesday as the British broadcaster stares down a l egal threat from President Trump, a source told CNN.
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Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
Condé Nast employees rallied in New York to protest recent firings and suspensions following Teen Vogue layoffs; NY AG Letitia James joined the rally — - NY AG Letitia James joined Condé Nast union staff in protesting recent firings and suspensions.
Erik Wemple / New York Times:
Emails: Michael Wolff gave advice to Jeffrey Epstein about Trump, including suggesting Epstein could “help finish him” at the end of Trump's 2016 campaign — Mr. Wolff, it turns out, was enough of an insider to provide advice to Jeffrey Epstein on how to handle his dealings with Donald J. Trump.
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Rob Davis / ProPublica:
Analysis: Fox News' coverage of Portland ICE protests ahead of Trump's call to send in the National Guard often mischaracterized 2020 videos as being from 2025 — After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump's decision …
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Blake Brittain / Reuters:
OpenAI asks a federal judge to reverse an order that required it to turn over 20M anonymized ChatGPT chat logs in NYT's copyright suit, citing privacy concerns — OpenAI asked a federal judge in New York on Wednesday to reverse an order that required it to turn over 20 million anonymized …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Mark Rober, who has nearly 72M followers on his main YouTube channel, launches a free streaming channel on Samsung TV Plus, as the platform focuses on creators — Rober joins Dhar Mann, Michelle Khare and Mythical Entertainment as creators on the free streaming platform.
Rob Waugh / Press Gazette:
Google says it is working on a fix to combat the rise of spam sites in its Discover feed in the UK as fake AI-generated news stories gain visibility in the feed — Google has promised it is working on a “fix” for spam sites in its Discover app after more fake news stories topped the rankings in the UK last week.
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
Two congressmen say David Ellison is “stonewalling congressional oversight” in failing to answer questions or provide documents on the Paramount-Skydance merger — The top Democrats on two U.S. House of Representatives committees said Wednesday Paramount Skydance had refused …
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Bloomberg:
Ireland's media regulator launches its first formal investigation under the EU DSA, probing X for allegedly failing to remove illegal content reported by users — Ireland's media regulator has opened an investigation into Elon Musk's social media platform X, saying that the company is failing to remove content users report as illegal.
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Sohee Kim / Bloomberg:
Disney Asia Pacific president Luke Kang says the company aims to add more live sports to Disney+ and gradually roll out ESPN across Asia — Walt Disney Co. is seeking to bring its ESPN sports brand to Asia, stepping up efforts to expand in one of the world's fastest-growing streaming markets.
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Michael Savage / The Guardian:
UK's TalkTV says it has fired presenter Mike Graham after he failed to cooperate with an investigation into a racist post on his Facebook account — Broadcaster suspended presenter last month over Facebook post he said happened after account was hacked — The presenter Mike Graham …
Barbara Moens / Financial Times:
Sources: the EU is preparing to probe Google over news publisher rankings in search over claims that Google demotes sites with “third party” promotional content — Brussels set to announce new probe under Digital Markets Act despite Trump threats on tariffs
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