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EU Commissioner Thierry Breton says Twitter dropped out of a voluntary EU agreement to combat online disinformation but adds that Twitter's “obligations remain” — Twitter has dropped out of a voluntary European Union agreement to combat online disinformation, a top EU official said Friday.
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Source: the FBI searched a media consultant's home in its investigation into whether Fox News video outtakes, leaked to Vice and MMFA, came from hacked material — The search at City Council member Lynn Hurtak and Tim Burke's home was part of a probe into computer hacks at Fox News.
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A profile of Tim Burke, aka @bubbaprog, known for his media scoops and whose computers the FBI seized while investigating the leaked Fox News video outtakes — The former Deadspin journalist, who tweets often as @bubbaprog, has gone silent. — FBI agents served a warrant at a home …
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@tomscherberger, @tbbaseballmkt, @spatatimes, @markkatches and Vanity Fair


Succession's creator recalls the show's origin and says Rupert Murdoch, Sumner Redstone, and Robert Maxwell served as the “holy trinity of models” for Logan Roy — It has been the TV drama of our time - a brutal, hilarious unpicking of how power works.
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@ktmboyle, @jeremy_peel, @nilanjanaroy, @bgrueskin, New York Magazine, @rupertmyers, @evawiseman and Columbia Journalism Review


Sources detail Fox's 20 months of missteps and miscalculations in the Dominion lawsuit that led to one of the biggest debacles of Rupert Murdoch's media empire — Fox's handling of the defamation suit brought by Dominion Voting Systems, which settled for $787.5 million, left many unanswered questions.
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Axios' CEO says AI will lead to fewer big, generic media brands and more niche ones, force publishers to tighten direct relationships with consumers, and more — Artificial intelligence will soon transform media on a scale and pace that rivals the internet two decades ago.


Workers from other unions showing greater solidarity than during the 2007 strike are helping writers disrupt studio productions with already finished scripts — Workers from other unions have shown solidarity with the strikers, catching entertainment companies off guard.
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@mymuppetnook, @yashar, @nicsperling, @rawsonthurber, Deadline, Gizmodo, The Hollywood Reporter and Los Angeles Times


A look at Formula One's D2C broadcast product F1 TV, which has become a key component of the sport's growth strategy in the US, Brazil, Mexico, India, and more — Traditional broadcasters have helped steer fans towards the motorsport's own subscription apps, F1 TV and F1 TV Pro


An Arizona senator's restraining order against a journalist, now overturned, shows far too many politicians and judges frequently disregard the First Amendment — from the welcome-back-to-the-party,-First- Amendment dept — For a brief moment of time, a judge in Arizona conspired …
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A look at the media's coverage of generative AI over the past six months, as journalists and academics criticize the hype and provide ways to improve reporting — The Tow Center looked at how news organizations have been covering generative AI over the past six months.
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@emilymbender, @emilymbender, @emilymbender, @emilymbender, @venkatananth, @janebsinger, @datadhrumil, Insider and Journalism.co.uk


Veteran indigenous Australian journalist Stan Grant's resignation triggers an uproar after he accused Australia's ABC of not defending him against racial abuse — Targeting of Stan Grant highlights tensions ahead of referendum on recognition of First Nations peoples
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After former This Morning host Phillip Schofield admitted to an affair with a younger colleague and left ITV, some question how much ITV's managers knew in 2020 — ITV has said it investigated rumours of a relationship between Phillip Schofield and a younger employee in 2020 - but both “repeatedly denied” it.
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