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Rupert Murdoch Steps Down as Chairman of Fox Corp., News Corp.

Rupert Murdoch Steps Down as Chairman of Fox Corp., News Corp.

Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch announced Thursday morning that he is stepping down as chairman of Fox Corp. and News Corp. and will transition into the chairman emeritus position of the two corporations....

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White House Asks Media to 'Scrutinize' Biden Impeachment Inquiry

White House Asks Media to 'Scrutinize' Biden Impeachment Inquiry

In a memo addressed to editorial leadership at media outlets and released Tuesday, the White House called on the media to 'ramp up its scrutiny of House Republicans' regarding their impeachment inquiry into Pres. Joe Biden....

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CNN Names Former NYT, BBC Exec Thompson as CEO

CNN Names Former NYT, BBC Exec Thompson as CEO

Former New York Times and BBC leader Mark Thompson has been named as CNN's next chairman and CEO, parent company Warner Bros. Discovery announced Wednesday.

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Kansas Police Raid Newspaper Office, Reporter Injured

Kansas Police Raid Newspaper Office, Reporter Injured

Marion County, Kansas police Friday raided the office of the local newspaper — the Marion County Record — as well as the homes of its journalists and 98-year-old co-owner Joan Meyer. Meyer died at her home a day after, with the paper reporting the raid had left her "stressed beyond her limits."

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France's AFP Sues X Over Compensation

France's AFP Sues X Over Compensation

French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) is suing Elon Musk's X social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, over its failure to discuss payment for the distribution of AFP content.

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Trump Defamation Case Against CNN Dismissed

Trump Defamation Case Against CNN Dismissed

US District Judge Raag Singhal on Friday dismissed former Pres. Trump’s defamation case against CNN, which Trump claimed compared him to Adolf Hitler and the Nazis by using the phrase “the big lie” to describe his false claims the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him.

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Netflix Hiring AI Expert Amid Hollywood Strikes

Netflix Hiring AI Expert Amid Hollywood Strikes

Netflix is looking to hire an artificial intelligence (AI) expert at the same time Hollywood’s unions are striking in part over concerns that innovations in AI will impact pay in the entertainment industry.

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Outspoken Singer Sinéad O'Connor Passes at 56

Outspoken Singer Sinéad O'Connor Passes at 56

On Wednesday, in a statement, the family of the famed Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor announced her passing at the age of 56. No cause of death was provided.

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Hollywood Strikers Accuse NBCUniversal of Blocking Picket Area

Hollywood Strikers Accuse NBCUniversal of Blocking Picket Area

On Tuesday, Hollywood's Writers Guild of America (WGA), which alongside the SAG-AFTRA union is striking for better pay and to curb the use of artificial intelligence (AI), filed a grievance with the US National Labor Relations Board against NBCUniversal for allegedly blocking a picket area.

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Netflix Gains Subscribers After Password Crackdown

Netflix Gains Subscribers After Password Crackdown

Streaming giant Netflix added 5.9M new subscribers in Q2, nearly three times as many as analysts had expected. The streaming giant secured these gains in tandem with a crackdown on password sharing among users.

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Tucker Carlson Lands First Ad Deal

Tucker Carlson Lands First Ad Deal

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has reportedly struck a seven-figure ad deal with Public Square (PublicSq.), an online marketplace for companies with conservative values, for his new show on Twitter.

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Meta to Add Labels for State-Run Media Outlets

Meta to Add Labels for State-Run Media Outlets

Facebook parent Meta's head of public policy for Australia, Josh Machin, on Tuesday told an Australian Senate inquiry on foreign interference that the social media company plans to label government-affiliated accounts on its new Twitter competitor, Threads.

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