U.S. midterms bring few changes from social media companies
Social media companies are offering few specifics as they share their plans for safeguarding the U.S. midterm elections.
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Brian Stelter to leave CNN as network cancels ‘Reliable Sources’
Brian Stelter is leaving CNN and the network is canceling the Sunday show he hosts, “Reliable Sources.”
Rock mag Creem attempts comeback after more than 30 years
Creem, which billed itself as “America’s only rock ‘n’ roll magazine” during two decades of existence that ended in 1989, is being revived next month.
Apple warns of security flaw for iPhones, iPads and Macs
Alex Wagner set to take over most of Rachel Maddow’s time slot on MSNBC
Fox Nation to release first in-house feature-length film
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Media find a hero in Liz Cheney, before and after epic election defeat
Media to ask judge to release Trump search warrant affidavit
TikTok’s muzzling of conservatives accounts fans questions about Chinese influence
Two years after Zoom incident, Jeffrey Toobin leaving CNN
Jeffrey Toobin, who rejoined CNN as a legal analyst after stepping away in the wake of exposing himself to colleagues in a Zoom call, said Friday that he was leaving the network after 20 years.
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Publisher of USA Today, other papers axes staff to cut costs
Newspaper publisher Gannett Co. confirmed Friday that it's laying off some of its newsroom staff, part of a cost-cutting effort to lower expenses as its revenue crumbles amid a downturn in ad sales and customer subscriptions.
Twitter now restricting shares of 'misleading' tweets ahead of 2022 elections
Twitter is enforcing a new policy for the 2022 midterm elections designed to restrict the spread of information that the social media platform deems misleading or harmful, signaling more censorship of online political speech.
Shannon Bream tapped to host 'Fox News Sunday,' becoming first female anchor in show's history
Veteran Fox News Channel anchor Shannon Bream will helm the network's Sunday morning political talk show, filling the shoes of Chris Wallace, who left Fox last year for a stint on CNN's short-lived streaming service.
Regulators scrap bid by Musk's Starlink for $885 million in subsidies to deliver rural broadband
The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday rejected an application for Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet project to collect $885 million in subsidies to provide broadband to rural Americans.
Studies find cyberbullying flourishing at Meta sites, kids switching to TikTok
A pair of wide-ranging social media studies released Wednesday finds cyberbullying complaints highest on Meta's Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram platforms as adolescents increasingly switch to TikTok.
Jury finds former Twitter employee guilty of spying for Saudi Arabia: Reports
A federal jury found former Twitter employee Ahmad Abouammo guilty on Tuesday of spying for Saudi Arabia, using his access at the social media company to inform on the kingdom's critics.
Axios Media is sold to Cox Enterprises, deal reported to be worth $525 million.
Axios Media is being acquired by Cox Enterprises, which said Monday that it plans to push the online news provider into new markets while broadening its coverage.
Musk challenges Twitter CEO to public debate
Elon Musk has challenged Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal to a public debate about the number of fake accounts on his social media platform, a contentious issue that upended the SpaceX and Tesla CEO's planned takeover of Twitter.
Antitrust trial puts book publishing industry in the dock
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Meta quieter on election misinformation as midterms loom
Facebook owner Meta is quietly curtailing some of the safeguards designed to thwart voting misinformation or foreign interference in U.S. elections as the November midterm vote approaches.
Twitter responds to Musk's claims, calls them 'excuses'
Twitter denied in a court filing that it had deprived its would-be acquirer, billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, of necessary information or misrepresented details about its business.
Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $4M
A Texas jury on Thursday ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million in compensatory damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, marking the first time the Infowars host has been held financially liable for repeatedly claiming the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history was a hoax.
