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A judge dismisses Alec Baldwin's manslaughter case in the fatal shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, after ruling prosecutors withheld evidence — A New Mexico judge threw out the involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin in the middle of his trial and said it cannot be filed again.
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The Sixth Circuit US Court of Appeals puts the FCC's reinstatement of net neutrality rules on hold until August 5 as it considers industry legal challenges — A U.S. appeals on Friday said it was temporarily putting the Federal Communications Commission's reinstatement of landmark net neutrality rules …
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Meta says it will soon roll back restrictions on Donald Trump's Instagram and Facebook accounts to ensure parity among candidates ahead of the 2024 election — - While those penalties were designed to limit any public figure's accounts during civil unrest, Donald Trump's accounts …
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McClatchy's Charlotte Observer is scaling back print editions to three days a week starting September 16, down from six days, and will rely on USPS for delivery — News organization will deliver newspaper by U.S. mail on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays; a ‘bold step’ toward embracing digital, editor says
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A House committee report claims the Global Alliance for Responsible Media colluded to cut Twitter revenue after Musk's acquisition; GARM guidance is non-binding — Congress accused advertisers group of colluding to tank X's revenue. — After the House of Representatives Committee …
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Three US senators introduce the COPIED Act, which aims to give journalists, songwriters, and artists tools to fight AI models using their work without consent — A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a new bill that seeks to protect artists, songwriters, and journalists from having …
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A profile of FlowGPT, a Chilean artist who made a hit song using AI to clone Justin Bieber and Bad Bunny's voices and calls his AI songs “demos” — Meet the Chilean artist who made it big using others' voices. … 9 JULY 2024 • SANTIAGO, CHILE
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Poynter's PolitiFact will share its fact-checking reporting and research with PBS News across TV and digital platforms through the 2024 election cycle — Poynter's PolitiFact will share its fact-checking reporting with PBS on television, digital platforms during election season, including conventions
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Bustle Digital Group laid off nine staffers, including the editors-in-chief of Romper and The Zoe Report; BDG also delayed the next issue of Nylon until 2025 — The media company is also delaying Nylon's recently relaunched print magazine — The media company Bustle Digital Group laid off nine staff …
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Sources: Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner and KKR are in talks to break Axel Springer in two, separating media assets from its digital classifieds business — Deal would separate group's media assets from its digital classifieds operation — German billionaire Mathias Döpfner …
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Civic Media says its decision to make two pre-broadcast edits to a Biden interview on Earl Ingram's WAUK show fell short of “journalistic interview standards” — Jessie Opoien Molly BeckMilwaukee Journal Sentinel — MADISON — Civic Media, a Wisconsin-based progressive talk-radio network …
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How Ben Faw, co-founder of BestReviews and Advon, allegedly led a scheme to add affiliate links to product reviews that benefited companies Faw had a role in — The man behind the AI gaffes at Sports Illustrated and USA Today has a yearslong history of filling the internet with garbage.
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