Mediagazer: SCOTUS declines to address Section 230 protections in Gonzalez v. Google and shields Twitter from liability for terror-related content in Twitter v. Taamneh (Brian Fung/CNN)

2:15 PM ET, May 18, 2023

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Brian Fung / CNN:

SCOTUS declines to address Section 230 protections in Gonzalez v. Google and shields Twitter from liability for terror-related content in Twitter v. Taamneh — Twitter will not have to face accusations it aided and abetted terrorism when it hosted tweets created by the terror group ISIS, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

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In Andy Warhol Foundation vs. Goldsmith, SCOTUS sides with the photographer, who says Warhol violated copyright by using her photo to create images of Prince — - The Supreme Court ruled against the Andy Warhol Foundation in a copyright dispute over the use of a celebrity photographer's image of the musician Prince.

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Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:

TikTok is testing a feature to integrate music streaming services via a button that lets users add songs to a music app; so far Apple Music is the only option — “Short-form video that doesn't lead anywhere is the most dangerous thing I've seen the music business face in a long time,” …

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Todd Shields / Bloomberg:

Source: Joe Biden intends to pick veteran government lawyer Anna Gomez for the FCC, breaking a two-year deadlock after Republicans opposed an earlier nominee — President Joe Biden intends to select veteran government lawyer Anna Gomez to serve on the Federal Communications Commission …

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Columbia Journalism School announces a loan repayment assistance program to provide recent graduates working in nonprofit media up to $50K over five years — The program is the first of its kind for graduate journalism schools. With its inception, Columbia continues to stake its claim …

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Patrick Oster / Bloomberg:

Real estate billionaire Sam Zell, whose disastrous $8.3B leveraged buyout of Tribune Co. led to layoffs of 4,200 people and bankruptcy, dies at 81 — Sam Zell, the billionaire investor who called himself “the Grave Dancer” for his bets on distressed assets, including a losing wager that drove the Tribune Co. into bankruptcy, has died.

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Jacob Shamsian / Insider:

A NY court dismisses a 2020 defamation suit against Maxwell Tani, The Daily Beast, and Noah Shachtman filed by Carson Griffith, an editor hired to revive Gawker — - A defamation lawsuit against The Daily Beast was dismissed by a New York appeals court. — The suit was filed …

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Matthew Keys / Fierce Video:

Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch says the company still thinks cable and satellite TV offer the best consumer value and reach for its news and premium sports programs — Fox Tubi TV linear television sports — Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch said the media company still believes traditional cable …

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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Lachlan Murdoch says Fox settled with Dominion to avoid a distracting, long legal battle, which he says Fox would have won, and defends dropping Tucker Carlson

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