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7:45 PM ET, August 16, 2023

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Jessica McMaster / KSHB-TV:
The Marion County attorney withdraws the search warrant that served as the basis for the raid on the Marion County Record; all seized items have been returned  —  MARION, Kan. — A search warrant that cleared the way for the raid of a Kansas newspaper last Friday has been withdrawn …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google adds AI-powered article summaries for free articles, not paywalled ones, to its Search Generative Experience and says publishers can block the feature  —  Google today is rolling out a few new updates to its nearly three-month-old Search Generative Experience (SGE) …
Jonathan Randles / Bloomberg:
Diamond Sports sues Sinclair, saying it siphoned $1.5B+ from Diamond and cites testimony that Sinclair's top exec planned to “milk” Diamond via management fees  —  - Sinclair subsidiary claims it had to pay high management fees  — Broadcaster says it struggled soon after Sinclair deal closed
Alex Mahadevan / Poynter:
The AP releases guidance on how the news agency uses generative AI tools and plans to update its stylebook, saying outputs are like “unvetted source material”  —  Weeks after announcing a partnership with OpenAI, The Associated Press urges caution in using — and reporting on — generative AI tools.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine / Los Angeles Times:
Jerry Moss, who co-founded A&M Records with Herb Alpert, dies at 88; his label signed the Carpenters, the Police, Styx, Janet Jackson, and more  —  Homepage News  —  Jerry Moss, the record executive who was the “M” in the seminal West Coast label A&M Records, has died.  He was 88.
Alex Cranz / The Verge:
YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips pauses production amid accusations of theft, ethical lapses, and sexual harassment, and says it'll hire an outside investigator  —  Linus Sebastian's Linus Media Group YouTube empire is currently in crisis, with accusations of theft, lapses in ethics, and most recently, allegations of sexual harassment.
Candice Ortiz / Mediaite:
Conservative radio host Glenn Beck says all Glenn Beck Program episodes were removed from Apple Podcasts, and then restored, “with no explanation”  —  Commentator Glenn Beck's entire show was removed from Apple's podcast network on Wednesday, allegedly without warning or explanation.
 
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Claudia Chiappa / Politico:
Russia expels Eva Hartog, Politico Europe's reporter in Moscow, after 10 years reporting in the country, without giving any details on how the ruling was made
Soraya Amiri / The Walrus:
A female Afghan journalist recounts leaving Kabul after the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan in 2021, as she reflects on life as a journalist in exile
Clay Risen / New York Times:
Joan Meyer, who worked at The Marion County Record for nearly 60 years, died on August 12, a day after the police raided her home and the newspaper's offices
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
WGA and AMPTP representatives met on August 15 to try to end the 106-day strike; sources: they remain at odds on streaming residuals, higher minimums, and more
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Some users of X Pro, formerly TweetDeck, see an X Blue paywall when trying to use the tool; on July 3, X said that X Pro would be subscriber-only “in 30 days”
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
ESPN sportscaster Sage Steele plans to leave the network after settling her lawsuit alleging ESPN violated her free speech rights; ESPN suspended Steele in 2021
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: in July, linear TV made up less than 50% of all US TV usage, a first in over two years of tracking, and streaming hit a record 38.7% high of TV usage
 

 
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