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Newly released records show Chris Cuomo used his media sources to track the progress of Ronan Farrow's reporting about Andrew Cuomo and find info on accusers — - Chris Cuomo was actively in touch with a top aide to his brother Andrew Cuomo about incoming reports that detailed alleged sexual harassment …
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A look at the $1.67B payroll tax credit earmarked for local news organizations, including Gannett, in the Build Back Better bill passed by the US House — A small paper like The Storm Lake Times in Iowa would receive a big tax credit. So would Gannett, the nation's largest news publisher.


Some stories are quickly labeled as “misinformation”, but it's the job of reporters to explain what's happening, even if it's messy and unsatisfying — Journalists and academics are developing a new language for truth. The results are not always clearer.
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Disney+ in Hong Kong does not include a 2005 episode from season 16 of The Simpsons that ridicules Chinese government censorship — The episode mocked both Mao Zedong and the government's efforts to suppress memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. — HONG KONG — An episode of …
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UK's CMA says Google has agreed to expanded oversight in the development of Privacy Sandbox as part of the regulator's antitrust investigation — As part of an ongoing antitrust investigation into Google's Privacy Sandbox by the UK's competition regulator, the adtech giant has agreed …
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Documents: China's Henan province commissions a 3,000-camera surveillance system to track journalists, international students, and other “suspicious people” — Security officials in one of China's largest provinces have commissioned a surveillance system they say they want to use …


Current and ex-Politico staffers detail growing conflicts within the Playbook team, including complaints about internal “woke police” and a unionization drive — Nearly two dozen current and former Politico staffers told The Daily Beast of a series of burgeoning conflicts within the iconic Beltway publication.
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EU announces European Newsroom, launching in January and bringing together 16 news agencies in a Brussels hub to facilitate cross-border collaboration — The Commission has announced its support for developing a “European Newsroom”, gathering news agencies in Brussels to collaborate in reporting on EU affairs.
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Ex-Gimlet exec Chris Giliberti unveils Zestworld, a subscription newsletter service for comics that promises to help creators monetize their IP, coming in 2022 — Zestworld, which counts Alexis Ohanian as a supporter, will allow comic book writers and artists to present new work and reap the benefits.
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With signs that Trump could run again and the GOP widely adopting his political style, some journalists are debating ways to avoid the mistakes of 2016 and 2020 — With ominous signs mounting that Donald Trump really may run again for president in 2024, a debate has begun to simmer in newsrooms …


ViacomCBS partners with Scandinavia's leading streaming company Nent Group to launch Pluto TV across Sweden, Denmark, and Norway in 2022 — ViacomCBS Networks International, a division of ViacomCBS, has joined forces with Scandinavia's leading streaming company NENT Group to launch …
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Eighteen small Australian news publishers form the Public Interest Publishers Alliance to collectively negotiate licensing deals with Google and Facebook — When the Australian government introduced its news media bargaining code earlier this year, it represented a world-first opportunity …