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A judge unseals hundreds of pages of testimony, text messages, and emails from top Fox News hosts, journalists, and executives in the Dominion lawsuit — Hundreds of pages of testimony, private text messages and emails from top Fox News journalists and executives were made public Thursday …
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One example of messages in the massive Dominion-Fox document dump: on January 4, 2021, Tucker Carlson texted a producer about Trump: “I hate him passionately.” — A large cache of documents was released Tuesday as part of the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit filed against Fox News by Dominion Voting System.
Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Rupert Murdoch testified he shared a 2020 Biden campaign ad with Trump adviser Jared Kushner; Fox says the ad was on YouTube and had run on public airwaves — Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch testified he gave Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner a preview in 2020 …
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J.D. Capelouto / Semafor:
Senator Mitch McConnell says Fox News and Tucker Carlson made a “mistake” in airing unreleased January 6 footage depicting the riots as a peaceful protest — Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the U.S. Senate, said Tuesday that it was a mistake for Fox News' Tucker Carlson …
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Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Biden's FCC nominee Gigi Sohn tells the White House she is dropping out after her nomination stalled for 16 months amid industry opposition and personal attacks — Gigi Sohn notified the White House she would drop out after her nomination stalled for 16 months, amid industry opposition
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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
The Guardian, which withdrew from Apple News in the UK in 2017, plans to rejoin after the service added support for subscriptions and reader donations — The Guardian left the platform back in 2017 but has been drawn back by new sales opportunities. — The Guardian has decided to return …
American Press Institute:
Study of nearly 6K Americans aged 16 to 40: 60% pay for or donate to news, including 47% for independent content and 22% for traditional sources like newspapers — - Gen Z and Millennials pay for or donate to a wide range of media sources. — This report outlines the Americans ages 16 …
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Ryan Tracy / Wall Street Journal:
Documents: the FTC demanded Twitter turn over internal messages on Elon Musk, details about layoffs, and the names of journalists with access to company records — Documents obtained by a House panel shed light on the probe into Twitter's compliance with settlement
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Axios:
Filing: Gannett had 11,200 employees as of December 31, 2022, down from 21,255 after its 2019 merger with GateHouse and 562 more than before the merger — A major leadership shakeup at Gannett, along with drastic cost-cutting and strategy shifts, underscores just how much pressure …
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Google plans to launch a ~$9.8M Taiwan News Digital Co-Prosperity Fund over the next three years to pay local publishers, hone their digital skills, and more — Alphabet Inc.'s (GOOGL.O) Google said on Wednesday it will launch a T$300 million ($9.8 million) fund over the next three years …
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Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
YouTube plans to ease its restrictions on swearing in videos after finding its rules from November 2022 “resulted in a stricter approach than we intended” — YouTube will ease its restrictions on swearing in videos after an update it rolled out in November sparked backlash from several creators …
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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Disney+ Hotstar India will lose HBO's catalog from March 31; analysts say Amazon may broaden its Warner Bros. partnership in India to stream more HBO content — Hotstar will lose HBO content at the end of this month in the latest setback for the Disney-owned on-demand video streaming giant …
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Zachary Leeman / Mediaite:
R. L. Stine says Scholastic edited Goosebumps for potentially offensive material without his involvement and that the changes were “never shown” to him — Children's horror author R.L. Stine accused his publisher of editing his popular Goosebumps series for potentially offensive material without his involvement.
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