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Can ESPN Cover the NFL Fairly Now That It’s Part of the Team? | Analysis
The cable titan and pro football have a long and complicated relationship, but formally getting in bed together looks like bad news for ESPN’s journalism
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New York Times Adds 230,000 Digital Subscribers in 2nd Quarter
CEO Meredith Kopit Levien says after AI agreement with Amazon she’s open to more deals with tech companies
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Jim Acosta’s Interview With AI Parkland Shooting Victim Torched as ‘Grotesque Puppet Show’
“It’s hard to accept that no one around you suggested that this was probably in the worst possible taste,” one critic says of the viral news segment
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News Corp Profit Jumps 28%, Driven by Dow Jones, Digital Real Estate Growth
In reporting earnings, CEO Robert Thomson made a plea to “cherish” the value of IP rights against AI
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More Than 2,300 WGA Members Blast Trump for ‘Authoritarian Assault’ on Free Press in Open Letter
Tony Gilroy, Spike Lee, David Simon, Adam McKay and more say they “speak with one voice to decry the dangerous and escalating attacks” on the First Amendment
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Rachel Maddow Warns the US Isn’t Headed for Dictatorship: ‘We Are There’ | Video
“We’re beyond waiting and seeing now,” the MSNBC anchor warns
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‘Morning Joe’: Scarborough Scoffs at ‘Idiotic’ Plan to Gerrymander Texas Further | Video
“And worse than that, it’s just not right,” the MSNBC host says
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Trump Agrees to Delay Rupert Murdoch’s Deposition Over WSJ, Epstein Libel Lawsuit
“I look forward to getting Rupert Murdoch to testify in my lawsuit against him and his ‘pile of garbage’ newspaper,” the president said last month
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The Funding File: Media and Entertainment Ventures Raise $500 Million in July
Base Boy Entertainment led fundings with a $110 million infusion followed by Substack with a $100 million round
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Voice of America Director Fired After Refusing Demotion and Reassignment
The move comes a week after Michael Abramowitz said his lawyers were challenging a “plainly illegal’ attempt to force him out
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Megyn Kelly Says VP Harris’ Colbert Interview Reminds Her of Elle Woods in ‘Legally Blonde’: ‘All Classic Kamala’ | Video
“She comes alive on the subject of ‘Me,’” the host adds
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Carol Leonnig Exits Washington Post After 25 Years, Joins MSNBC as Senior Investigative Correspondent
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist is one of several leaving the Jeff Bezos-owned paper after buyouts
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The New York Post Heads West With The California Post Set to Launch in Early 2026
The new outlet will set up its headquarters in Los Angeles with Nick Papps as Editor-in-Chief
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Brendan Carr Defends Timing of Paramount Merger Approval: ‘We Ran Normal Course’ | Video
The FCC chair adds that widespread media “consequences” come directly from Donald Trump – and will “continue to be felt for a period of time”
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Sydney Sweeney Registered as a Florida Republican Months Before the 2024 Election
The revelation comes days after the actresses’ American Eagle ad set off a furor of controversy