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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Court documents detail Fox News executives, Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, and others struggling to navigate post-election lies by Donald Trump and his associates — Executives and top hosts found themselves in a bind after Donald Trump began pushing unfounded claims about election fraud, court filings show.
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
A look at Fox's risky secondary defense in the Dominion suit if its primary First Amendment defense fails: claiming commentators believed conspiracy theories — It's a risky strategy, legal experts say, but could help the network make the case that its commentators had reason to see false claims as plausible.
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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
In a letter, YouTube head Neal Mohan outlines his key priorities and teases upcoming features, such as new generative AI tools for creators and Shorts additions — Neal Mohan, the new head of YouTube, outlined his key priorities and teased some upcoming features for the media platform …
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
After former UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock gave Isabel Oakeshott over 100K WhatsApp messages to write his memoir, she leaked them to The Daily Telegraph — Ex-minister's judgment questioned for trusting journalist who has long made clear her disdain for his lockdown policies
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Sarah Krouse / Wall Street Journal:
Netflix announces its first live stage production, “Stranger Things: The First Shadow”, premiering in London's West End later in 2023 — Stage play based on Duffer brothers' series is a first for the streaming service — Netflix Inc.'s NFLX -0.28%decrease …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Disney announces an executive reshuffle, including giving FX chief John Landgraf oversight of National Geographic and Onyx Collective — Landgraf will take oversight of National Geographic as well as Onyx Collective, the production unit devoted to projects from communities of color and underrepresented groups.
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
A profile of xoJane and xoVain founder Jane Pratt as she announces DeedDa, scheduled to go live in April, combining first-person confessionals and e-commerce — The editor behind Sassy, Jane, and xoJane gives us the scoop on her forthcoming venture, DeedDa, where first-person confessionals will mingle with e-commerce.
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@janepratt, @clare_oc, @joepompeo and @bmorrissey
Lori Rozsa / Washington Post:
DeSantis appoints political supporters to a board controlling Disney's special tax district in Florida and suggests they can influence Disney's “woke” content — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis completed the state takeover of a taxing district controlled by Disney for more than half …
Luke Winkie / Nieman Lab:
Gaming journalism faces an uncertain future amid layoffs at several outlets, budget cuts, competition from YouTube and Twitch, AdSense optimization, and more — By every conceivable metric, the video game business is booming. Industry-wide revenue forecasts are scheduled to eclipse half …
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Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Journalists at Australia's ABC will walk off the job for 40 minutes on March 7 over a pay dispute, impacting coverage of a Reserve Bank announcement — Strike over latest pay offer from management timed to make it difficult to cover Reserve Bank's scheduled board meeting and cash rate announcement
Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Twitch streamer Kai Cenat breaks the record for most subscriptions on the service, reaching 300K+ subscribers paying $5-$25 for his Grand Theft Auto V streams — Twitch streamer Kai Cenat broke the record for most subscriptions on the Amazon Inc.-owned service Tuesday, with the number topping 300,000.
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Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day:
After declining Twitter engagement, a writer games the For You feed, which he suspects uses invisible subreddit-like Topics to algorithmically organize tweets — Read to the end for some really good horse content — I Gave Into The New Twitter Algorithm And I Went Way Too Viral
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