Canada’s public broadcaster pauses Twitter account, joining U.S. outlets

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This sto­ry, plus Fox News-Dom­in­ion defama­tion tri­al to begin today, new data from Pew Research Cen­ter on Amer­i­cans’ pod­cast lis­ten­ing habits and atti­tudes and more, all in today’s media head­lines. Top Sto­ries Apr 18, 2023Canada’s pub­lic broad­cast­er paus­es Twit­ter over ‘gov­­ern­­ment-fund­ed’ tag Andrew Jeong / The Wash­ing­ton Post Apr 18, 2023Fox News and Domin­ion tri­al […] The…

‘Keep your head down’ — Americans in Russia tread carefully after arrest of US journalist

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MOSCOW — If Amer­i­cans in Rus­sia were wor­ried before, they now have an extra rea­son to be con­cerned.  The arrest of the Wall Street Jour­nal reporter Evan Ger­shkovich has sent rip­ples of alarm through the com­mu­ni­ty of Amer­i­can jour­nal­ists in Rus­sia, leav­ing many in the coun­try won­der­ing who, if any­one, might be next.  Ger­shkovich was seized by FSB security…

Trump’s indictment takes over news channels

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This sto­ry, plus news orga­ni­za­tions refuse to pay for Twit­ter check­mark, new data from Pew Research Cen­ter on Amer­i­cans’ sup­port for a Tik­Tok ban and more, all in today’s media head­lines. Top Sto­ries Mar 30, 2023Indictment elic­its exten­sive cov­er­age, and some gasps, on TV. Katie Robert­son / The New York Times Mar 30, 2023News organizations […]…

California lawmakers attempt to force tech giants to pay news outlets

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This sto­ry, plus the leader of white suprema­cist group arrest­ed for threat­en­ing to kill a jour­nal­ist, TikTok’s pop­u­lar­i­ty presents a chal­lenge to pos­si­ble U.S. ban and more, all in today’s media head­lines. Top Sto­ries Mar 21, 2023California mea­sure would force tech giants to pay news out­lets Cris­tiano Lima, David DiMolfet­ta / The Wash­ing­ton Post Mar […] The…

Murdoch acknowledges Fox News hosts election fraud falsehoods

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This sto­ry, plus Vice names Bruce Dixon and Hoze­fa Lokhand­wala as co-CEOs, a look at CNN’s new plan for its 9 PM prime­time slot and more, all in today’s media head­lines. Top Sto­ries Feb 27, 2023Murdoch acknowl­edges Fox News hosts endorsed elec­tion fraud false­hoods Jere­my W. Peters, Katie Robert­son / The New York Times Feb […] The…