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Fox Corp and its cable networks agree to pay $787.5M to Dominion Voting Systems to settle the defamation lawsuit over Fox's lies about Dominion's machines — WILMINGTON, Del. - Fox Corp. and its cable networks agreed Tuesday to pay $787.5 million to Dominion Voting Systems to settle …
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The Fox-Dominion deal is the largest publicly disclosed settlement in a US defamation case; sources: Fox does not have to issue an on-air correction or apology — The agreement brings an abrupt end to one of the most significant media cases in recent decades, one that hinged on false claims about a presidential election
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Sarah Krouse / Wall Street Journal:
Netflix plans to ship its last red DVD envelopes in September 2023, after 25 years of mailing shows and movies to subscribers and paving the way for streaming — Streamer said mailed DVDs paved the way for shift to streaming — Netflix Inc. NFLX .31%increase; green up pointing triangle …
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Netflix plans a “broad rollout” of its paid sharing plan in Q2 2023, including to the US, after its Canada, New Zealand, Portugal, and Spain launch in February — Netflix said it would stage a “broad rollout” of its paid-sharing plan in the second quarter of 2023, including in the U.S.
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Reuters:
Netflix Q1: revenue up 4% YoY to $8.16B, 1.8M paid net additions, vs. 2.06M est. and -0.2M in Q1 2022, and global streaming paid memberships up 5% YoY to 232.5M — Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) on Tuesday reported first-quarter revenue and earnings roughly in line with Wall Street expectations …
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Liam Scott / Voice of America:
Oklahoma's governor calls for four officials to resign after a newspaper released audio of the group talking about killing journalists and lynching Black people — Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt is calling for the resignation of four state officials after a local newspaper released …
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Ann M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal:
A Moscow court rejects WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich's appeal and upholds his pretrial detention at the prison where he's been held since his March 2023 arrest — Journalist to remain in pretrial detention at Moscow's Lefortovo prison — A Moscow court upheld the detention …
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Steve Scherer / Reuters:
Elon Musk says Twitter changed the label on Canada's CBC account to “69% Government-funded Media” as the broadcaster said it's “less than 70% government-funded” — Public broadcaster Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's (CBC) Twitter account was on Monday labeled as …
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Samsung rebrands its Samsung Free app as Samsung News, offering custom news feeds, morning and evening top news briefings, and podcasts, rolling out in the US — Samsung announced today that it's introducing a “Samsung News” app that gives users access to everyday news from a variety of publications.
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Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:
A survey of 2,261 authors who self-publish in English finds the median income grew 53% YoY in 2022 to $12,749 and the average income grew 34% YoY to $82,600 — A survey commissioned by the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) found that income from self-published authors increased substantially …
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Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Mansa, a free, ad-supported streaming service and content aggregator that offers curated Black cultural content, launches out of stealth with an $8M seed — Mansa, a free ad-supported streaming service and content aggregator that offers a curated selection of Black cultural content, launched out of stealth today.
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Boston Globe Media and New England Sports Network launch Boston Globe Today, a weekday news and sports show, available on NESN, Globe.com and their apps — Weekday program jointly produced by Boston Globe Media and NESN to debut today at 5pm ET on NESN, the NESN 360 app, Globe app and Globe.com
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Nexstar's NewsNation plans to launch a new daytime block of news programming on April 24, bringing the network to 24 hours of news coverage, five days per week — NewsNation will debut a new daytime block of news programming next Monday that will bring the network to 24 hours of news …
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