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Fox and Friends' Brian Kilmeade apologizes after saying homeless people with mental health issues who refuse help should get an “involuntary lethal injection” — Kilmeade, co-host of Fox & Friends, appeared on Fox & Friends Weekend on Sunday, telling viewers, “In the morning …
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New York Times:
A look at David Ellison's spending spree, representing the biggest funding change in Hollywood since 2013 when Netflix began showering creators with money — David Ellison has gotten off to a fast start as the owner of Paramount, at least when it comes to buying things.
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A look at the networks, studios, executives, and libraries of Paramount and WBD amid merger talk, and similarities with Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox — As the industry and investors take stock of the entertainment colossus that could be created, however, the nagging thought occurs: Have we seen this movie before?
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Lauren Goode / Wired:
Researchers say videos of Charlie Kirk's shooting fall into a policy gap on social media platforms, between allowable “graphic content” and “glorified violence” — Videos of the shooting spread across TikTok, Instagram, and X. Researchers say that in some cases …
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Matthew Dowd / Lighthouse Sentinel:
Matthew Dowd, fired from MSNBC for comments he made immediately after the Charlie Kirk shooting, says he spoke before he knew Kirk was hit — Wow, what a few days. — On Tuesday evening, I was in Little Rock, Arkansas talking to a large gathering of folks about how we have to look …
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Christopher Wiggins / Advocate:
WSJ revised a headline and added an editor's note to a story suggesting ammo in Charlie Kirk's shooting was engraved with “transgender and antifascist ideology” — The Wall Street Journal has quietly walked back early reporting that suggested the fatal shooting …
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The Atlantic settled a defamation lawsuit by Ruth Shalit Barrett for $1M+, resolving a dispute over the magazine's 2020 retraction of her story on youth sports — The writer, Ruth Shalit Barrett, had accused the magazine of defaming her in a lengthy editor's note.
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Telegraph:
The Daily Mail told the UK CMA that Apple has refused to let it feature its articles on Apple News as the Mail's size would “overwhelm Apple's ecosystem” — Publisher urges competition watchdog to tackle tech giant's ‘arbitrary and discriminatory practices’
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Mastodon plans to launch quote posts starting next week with safety features allowing users to control how they get quoted, to avoid “dunking” — Mastodon, an open source, decentralized alternative to X, is rolling out a somewhat controversial feature by adding quote posts, which will launch next week.
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Tyler Katzenberger / Politico:
California Assembly passes a bill that requires device makers and app stores to verify user ages; Google and Meta support the bill, while the MPA opposes it — “This is a critical piece of infrastructure for how to create more thoughtful safeguards for kids online,” Wicks told POLITICO.
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Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
Penske Media sues Google, says ~20% of Google search results linking to its sites now include AI Overviews, and affiliate link revenue fell 33%+ since late 2024 — Penske Media alleges artificial-intelligence-generated answers steal its content and have reduced traffic and revenue for its sites
Carmen Russell-Sluchansky / WHYY:
Penn State University plans to “wind down” public media station WPSU by June 2026 after a university board declined to transfer ownership to Philadelphia's WHYY — In voting down a proposal to transfer the station to WHYY, trustees expressed concern over a $17 million subsidy and wanted a commitment to hire staff.
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