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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.
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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 …


Court docs: in a deposition, Lachlan Murdoch said that Tucker Carlson's comments about immigrants making the US poorer and dirtier were “absolutely wrong” — Lachlan Murdoch, the CEO of Fox Corporation, sat for under oath questioning in the Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit …


Twitter lets the certificate for its Tor onion site expire, effectively killing off the privacy-preserving and speech-protecting service after one year — Twitter has allowed the certificate for its Tor onion site to expire, effectively killing off a privacy- and speech-protecting service that it introduced last year.
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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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Q&A with Rest of World Editor-in-Chief Anup Kaphle on his vision for the tech outlet, nonprofit status, sole benefactor Sophie Schmidt's involvement, and more — b — When it comes to technology coverage, many media outlets spend the bulk of their time paying attention to what happens …
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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 …
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Ex-Apple executive Larry Jackson launches Gamma to produce and release music, podcasts, and movies, sources say with $1B from Eldridge, Apple, A24, and others — Larry Jackson learned the record business from two of the most influential music moguls ever, Clive Davis and Jimmy Iovine.
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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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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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A US judge sentences YouTuber Bill Omar Carrasquillo to five and a half years and orders forfeiting $30M+ for selling pirated streaming TV for $15 per month — A local YouTube star who built a sizable following with slickly produced videos flaunting his fleet of luxury and sports cars …
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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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