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Tucker Carlson’s Twitter show inks ad deal with conservative shopping app
Tucker Carlson’s new Twitter series will be sponsored by a company that pitches itself as the conservative alternative to Amazon.
Washington Post corrects columnist’s mistaken info concerning Florida’s population under DeSantis
Is there safety in numbers? That was a reality for a major news organization for a time.
Raymond Epps sues Fox News over ‘scapegoating’ in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
A former Donald Trump supporter who became the center of a conspiracy theory about Jan. 6, 2021, filed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News on Wednesday, saying the network made him a scapegoat for the U.S. Capitol insurrection.
FTC investigating ChatGPT creator OpenAI over consumer protection issues
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into ChatGPT creator OpenAI and whether the artificial intelligence company violated consumer protection laws by scraping public data and publishing false information through its chatbot.
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Iowa governor settles open records lawsuit filed by media groups
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by journalists and open government advocates who sought to require her office to respond to public record requests, and a state panel agreed Wednesday to pay more than $100,000 in attorney fees.
Moscow court upholds ruling to keep U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich in detention until late August
A Moscow court on Thursday rejected an appeal by Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and upheld an earlier ruling that he should remain in jail on espionage charges until late August.
Geraldo Rivera says he's quitting Fox News' 'The Five'
Geraldo Rivera has quit as one of the lonely liberal voices on Fox News' popular political combat show "The Five," saying Wednesday that "a growing tension that goes beyond editorial differences" made it no longer worth it to him.
MASN agrees to payment in dispute over Nationals-Orioles TV rights
The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network has agreed to pay the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles around $100 million each following a protracted dispute over the value of the Nationals' television rights from 2012 to 2016, a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
Fox News names moderators for first 2024 GOP presidential debate
The race is on. Fox News anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum will co-moderate the first Republican presidential primary debate of the 2024 election, according to an announcement from Fox News Media president and executive editor Jay Wallace, shared with Inside the Beltway on Tuesday.
Ex-CNN producer sentenced to 19 years for luring 9-year-old into sex acts
A former CNN television producer who had pleaded guilty to luring a 9-year-old girl into illegal sexual acts was sentenced Tuesday to more than 19 years in prison and an additional 15 years of supervised release during a U.S. District Court hearing in Vermont.
Reddit CEO took API pay idea from Twitter
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman's decision to charge developers for API access was inspired at least in part by Twitter owner Elon Musk's decision to do the same.
Hackers threaten to release stolen Reddit data over API pricing
Reddit users who want changes to the company's API pricing have found unlikely allies in a group of hackers.
Fox News producer out after onscreen message calling President Biden a 'wannabe dictator'
A longtime producer for Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News after he was deemed responsible for the on-air headline that referred to President Joe Biden as a "wannabe dictator" because of the indictment of former President Donald Trump.
Talkers magazine names the rulers of talk radio
Talk radio continues to be a force in the media world. There are those hosts, however, who excel on the airwaves. Talkers, a news organization that covers this specialized field, has just named the "Heavy Hundred" -- a list of those current hosts whose on-air work includes "courage, effort, impact, longevity, potential, ratings, recognition, revenue, public service, talent and uniqueness."
News site Insider's workers reach deal to end strike
Insider Group employees have reached a deal with the publication to end the longest open-ended strike in online news history.
Antitrust journalism bill stalls in Congress as conservative critics cite media censorship concerns
An antitrust bill intending to give news publishers leverage to combat Big Tech crashed into bipartisan opposition in the House and Senate on Thursday.
Music industry slams Twitter with $250 million lawsuit over copyright infringement
The music industry is accusing Twitter of violating copyright law in a new lawsuit that seeks more than $250 million in damages.
Senators to detained WSJ reporter: We won't rest until you're home
Dozens of senators on Thursday released an open letter to Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal who is detained in Russia, pledging they "will not stop until you are safely home."
Media whiplash: CNN's Tapper muzzles Trump-friendly footage a month after town hall
A month after showcasing former President Donald Trump at a televised town hall, CNN doesn't want him anywhere near a camera.
Tucker Carlson defies Fox News, posts another Twitter show
A legal war is brewing between Fox News and Twitter as former TV host Tucker Carlson continues to defy his old company by releasing his new show on the social media platform.
Fox onscreen message calls Biden a 'wannabe dictator' following Trump arraignment
Fox News said Wednesday that an onscreen message that called President Biden a "wannabe dictator" was taken off TV immediately after it aired and "addressed."
Hundreds of popular subreddits plan to stay down indefinitely
Many popular subreddits plan to extend their protest indefinitely over Reddit's changes to its API pricing.
Microsoft's planned Activision Blizzard merger temporarily blocked by U.S. judge
Microsoft's planned $69 billion purchase of video game company Activision Blizzard was blocked by a federal judge Tuesday, giving more time for an antitrust review of the deal.
Amazon says AWS is operating normally after outage that left publishers unable to operate websites
Amazon's cloud computing unit Amazon Web Services experienced an outage on Tuesday, affecting publishers that suddenly found themselves unable to operate their sites.
