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Court docs: in a January 2023 deposition, Rupert Murdoch said that several Fox News hosts endorsed the lie that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump — Rupert Murdoch, the conservative media mogul, spoke under oath last month in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox by Dominion Voting Systems.
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Fox News host Howard Kurtz, who anchors a weekly show on the media industry, told viewers on Sunday that the network won't let him cover the Dominion lawsuit — Howard Kurtz told his ‘MediaBuzz’ viewers he ‘strongly’ disagrees with the network's decision — Fox News host Howard Kurtz …
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An analysis of Meta's Journalism Project initiatives: $29.4M invested in 564 organizations through 17 grant programs since 2018, 43% received just $5K, and more — b — “People want more local news, and local newsrooms are looking for more support,” Campbell Brown wrote in 2019 when Meta …


Q&A with Madhumita Murgia on being appointed as The Financial Times' first AI editor, her “global remit”, the consumer risk of anthropomorphizing AI, and more — Madhumita Murgia describes herself as an accidental tech journalist. As a biology student …
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Nexstar reports 2022 revenue up 12.1% YoY to $5.21B, Q4 net revenue up 19.3% YoY to $1.49B, and political ad revenue of $265.9M, up 1,306.9% due to the midterms — Nexstar reported its fourth-quarter 2022 earnings Tuesday, revealing its core ad sales fell 3.3% from Oct. 1-Dec. 31 …


BBC employees in England who are members of the National Union of Journalists vote in favor of a strike, which would be the first major BBC strike since 2010 — Members of the National Union of Journalists have said the walkout could also affect coverage of the May coronation of King Charles III.
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Inside The New York Times as staff clash over its trans coverage; a source says leaders mulled serious punitive measures for signees of the contributors' letter — Top editors, Pulitzer-winning reporters, contributors, and the paper's union have been embroiled in a back-and-forth over journalistic independence and “activism.”


Politico Europe has nearly doubled its London bureau since December 2022 to around 32 journalists and aims to have over 50 journalists in the next 18 months — The bullish growth contrasts with widespread cuts hitting news publishers in both the UK and US.
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A look at CNN's plans for its 9pm primetime slot, including a mix of one-on-one interviews with newsmakers, town halls with government officials, and scoops — CNN hopes it's finally hit upon a way to solve a long-vexing puzzle: What should it be airing at 9 p.m.?
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Two Reuters reporters were impersonated on Telegram, Instagram, and other sites to gain details about activists' protests against China's COVID-19 controls — Two Reuters journalists had their identities faked by an unknown person or people who then used sham social media accounts to engage …
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Axel Springer plans to restructure its German operations, including shuttering print editions, which could affect ~300 jobs, as the publisher focuses on the US — The media conglomerate aims to eliminate print editions in the medium term — BERLIN—The German owner of Politico …
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Vice Media Group names CFO Bruce Dixon and chief strategy officer Hozefa Lokhandwala as co-CEOs, effective immediately, days after CEO Nancy Dubuc leaves — Lokhandwala (above right) has been chief strategy officer at Brooklyn-based Vice Media since October 2018, and Dixon (above left) …
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Comcast-owned Sky unveils a new leadership structure for Sky News Group, including naming former CBS News President David Rhodes as executive chairman — Jonathan Levy has been appointed managing director and executive editor of Sky News U.K. — Comcast-owned European TV giant Sky unveiled …
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