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Policy-related stories involving the broadcasting, streaming, advertising, measurement and journalism industries. Includes public service journalism on press freedom issues, government agencies and international affairs.
X suspends account linked to Voice of America workers
X, formerly Twitter, suspended an activist account used by current and former workers of Voice of America to raise public awareness about funding cuts.
CPB: We don’t have to listen to Trump on NPR, PBS funding matters
Officials at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting said President Donald Trump has no legal authority over their organization.
Trump signs Executive Order to cut NPR, PBS funding
The Executive Order signed on Thursday said funding to NPR and PBS is no longer necessary because alternative sources of news exist.
California man pleads guilty to hacking Disney’s Slack accounts
A Southern California man has admitted to computer hacking in a case that involved the theft of proprietary Disney files.
Fox News seeks dismissal of Smartmatic defamation case
Fox says Smartmatic can't prove it lost business because of anything said on its cable news shows, and notes the company was already facing financial turmoil before the election.
DOJ rescinds subpoena protection for journalists
The U.S. Attorney General on Friday rescinded a memo issued four years ago that limited the ability of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to target reporters during criminal and civil investigations.
FCC engages Paramount on remedies leading to Skydance Merger
Officials at the federal agency are discussing Paramount's diversity and equity initiatives, as well as a news distortion complaint lodged against its New York TV station.
Reporter fired by Nexstar’s The Hill had prior performance issues
The journalist, Olafimihan Oshin, faced internal scrutiny for factual inaccuracies in articles well before a company owned by President Trump sued The Hill over one of his stories.
DOJ launches probe into Fubo-Disney pay TV merger
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether Fubo and Disney's plan to merge their pay TV businesess violate antitrust rules.
Group linked to law firm challenges sale of Sinclair TV stations
A group called Frequency Forward has filed a petition with the FCC challenging Sinclair's planned divestiture of certain local TV assets to a former Bally Sports executive.
Dish asks FCC to allow distant feeds during local TV carriage disputes
Present rules prevent Dish Network and DirecTV from importing distant local signals during programming related blackouts. Echostar says that should change.
Delaware judge says Newsmax defamed Dominion Voting Systems
A judge in Delaware said election-related conspiracies aired on Newsmax four years ago amounted to defamation, though a jury may still have to weigh other elements of the case.