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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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New Leader of J-Pop Agency Accused of Abuse

The new president of 'J-Pop' talent agency Johnny & Associates, Noriyuki Higashiyama, is facing accusations of sexual abuse, bringing even greater scrutiny to the company which had been plagued by the recent turmoil surrounding its late founder and namesake, Johnny Kitagawa....

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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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GoFundMe Freezes Donations for The Grayzone

The crowdfunding platform GoFundMe has frozen a fundraising campaign for the independent investigative journalism website The Grayzone, known for opposing the US' foreign policy doctrine.

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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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Report: Vice Blocked Stories Offensive to Saudi Arabia

The Guardian reported on Tuesday that Vice Media blocked news stories that could potentially offend the government of Saudi Arabia after the media company recently signed a high-profile deal with the MBC Group, which the Saudi government controls.

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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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Mother Suing Newspaper Over Teen’s Death Faces Online Abuse

Edel Campbell and her lawyer have allegedly faced abuse online, after they sued The Irish Light newspaper for falsely claiming Diego Gilesenan — Campbell’s son — died as a result of a COVID vaccination.

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Meta Ending News Access in Canada

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, Tuesday announced it is ending access to news for users in Canada in response to the country’s Online News Act.

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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

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 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

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

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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Farage Bank Closure: BBC Amends Story, Coutts Apologizes

On Thursday, the BBC amended its story concerning Coutts Bank's closure of British politician Nigel Farage’s account, having been criticized for its reporting on the matter based on evidence obtained by Farage.

Social issues

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

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

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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Former Reporter Suing CNN Over Discrimination Allegations

Saima Mohsin, a British-Pakistani former CNN reporter, revealed Monday via Twitter that she is suing the network over discrimination she says led to her firing after she was injured while on assignment in the Middle East.

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CNN Releases Tape of Trump Appearing To Discuss Secret Docs

US news broadcaster CNN has released what it alleges to be former Pres. Donald Trump audibly discussing and showing members of a meeting classified documents at his Bedminster golf club and estate in July 2021.

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Fox Names Jesse Watters as Tucker Carlson's Replacement

Two months after firing its most popular host, Fox News announced that Jesse Watters will replace Tucker Carlson in the 8 pm ET primetime slot as the cable news giant looks to recapture viewers who have left in droves following Carlson’s departure.

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Guatemala: Prominent Journalist Jailed for 6 Years

On Wednesday, José Rubén Zamora, a veteran journalist and the founder of one of Guatemala's oldest newspapers, El Periódico, was sentenced to six years in jail on money laundering charges.

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New Twitter CEO Wants Platform to Become ‘Most Accurate’ News Source

On Monday, new Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino, who took over from owner Elon Musk last week, announced she wants the social media site to become the "most accurate real-time information source" worldwide.

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Fox Sends Tucker Carlson Cease-and-Desist Letter

Fox News has sent a "cease and desist" letter to Tucker Carlson following the former TV host's publication of a new, competing series on Twitter called "Tucker on Twitter."

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CNN's Chris Licht Out as CEO

CNN CEO Chris Licht’s tenure with the news network has ended after just over a year with the company, David Zaslav, the CEO of parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, announced in a memo to CNN staff Wednesday morning.

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