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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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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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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 …


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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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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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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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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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 …


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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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


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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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