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Dave Collins / Associated Press:
A US federal judge rejects Infowars' sale to The Onion in Alex Jones' bankruptcy, after Jones challenged the sale, leaving it to a trustee to decide next steps — A federal judge on Tuesday night rejected the sale of the conspiracy platform Infowars to The Onion satirical news outlet …
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Sources say Paul Krugman opted to exit as NYT columnist after fundamental disagreements over the editing process with NYT Opinion Editor Kathleen Kingsbury — Paul Krugman grew frustrated at The New York Times over editing measures implemented in recent years under Opinion boss Kathleen Kingsbury.
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Diana Falzone / Mediaite:
Source: Newsmax's COO told staff that those covering Trump's Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth needed to “focus on the positive” or face termination — Newsmax instructed staff to lay off Pete Hegseth, the Fox News host Donald Trump nominated to serve as his secretary of defense …
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CNN:
US Senator Tom Cotton blocks an effort by Senate Democrats to pass the PRESS Act, which would shield journalists and sources, after Trump opposed it last month — Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked an effort by Democrats to pass a bipartisan bill that would give journalists greater …
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
A California District Court judge orders Automattic to stop blocking WP Engine's access to WordPress.org resources and interfering with WP Engine's plugins — WP Engine just won a preliminary injunction against WordPress.com parent company Automattic. On Tuesday, a California District …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Daily Wire co-CEO Jeremy Boreing says the outlet is looking to possibly partner with a larger company or raise capital, but isn't actively looking for a buyer — - Semafor reported Sunday that Fox Corp. was eyeing potential acquisitions of conservative podcast companies, including Daily Wire.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Free Press hires WSJ editor-turned-banker Dennis Berman as its first publisher and president and media product veteran Daniel Hallac as chief growth officer — - She launched The Free Press as independent publishing was becoming more sustainable.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
At an UBS event, HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray praised Spotify's entry into audiobooks and said that audiobooks continue to outsell e-books in terms of revenue — The future of audiobooks and AI's impact on the publishing industry were points of discussion for HarperCollins, whose CEO …
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Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg:
TikTok is offering users hundreds of dollars in Shop credits to spend time in the app, invite friends to join, and purchase products, ahead of a possible US ban — - App offers hundreds to users for spending time, adding friends — TikTok ramping up growth push despite January US ban pending
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Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Spotify informs users its Car Thing “is discontinued and no longer operational”, after announcing plans to discontinue the product in May 2024 — Spotify today shut down all Car Thing accessories, several months after announcing plans to discontinue the product.
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BGR, Digital Music News and TechCrunch
Associated Press:
The US DOJ watchdog releases a report saying the DOJ in Trump's first term failed to follow its own rules when it seized reporters' records in a leak probe — Federal prosecutors sidestepped some Justice Department rules when they seized the phone records or emails of reporters as part …
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Quentyn Kennemer / The Verge:
YouTube redesigns the YouTube Kids app to make it look and behave more like the standard YouTube app and lets users browse through videos in portrait mode — The YouTube Kids mobile app is getting a redesign that both makes it look and behave more like the standard YouTube app …
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