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SiriusXM invests $75 million in SoundCloud
The deal provides SiriusXM a minority stake in SoundCloud and expands on a previous ad partnership between the streaming service and SiriusXM-owned Pandora.
Police: Four men arrested over death of journalist Lyra McKee
Four people have been arrested in connection with the April 2019 death of journalist Lyra McKee, police in Northern Ireland announced on Tuesday.
Twitter says fewer people reporting abusive posts
Twitter says fewer users reported abusive tweets over the last three months thanks in part to machine learning technology that caught problematic posts earlier.
YouTube mulls offering access to third party apps like Showtime
YouTube could soon serve up premium content from Showtime and other third party services — as long as customers are willing to pay.
Customers report outage involving CBS All Access
CBS All Access is apparently down for a number of customers throughout the United States, according to complaints posted online.
Judge expected to rule against states in lawsuit over T-Mobile, Sprint merger
The ruling would complement a similar blessing by federal regulators last year that granted conditional approval for the phone companies to merge.
After two missed launches, “Black News Channel” arrives on Spectrum, Comcast
The first 24-hour news channel dedicated to African-American issues launched with little fanfare on Monday after missing two previously-announced deadlines.
Supreme Court asked to intervene in antitrust lawsuit over NFL Sunday Ticket
The way fans buy out-of-market NFL games could change if the Supreme Court appears to hear an antitrust lawsuit brought by DirecTV customers.
Chinese citizen journalist goes missing while reporting on coronavirus
The mother of human rights advocate Chen Qiushi used his Twitter account last week to post a video calling international attention to her son's disappearance.
Sprint wants customers to put tracking device on children
Phone companies love child trackers because they boost profits. But they could cause more harm than good.
Appellate judges may provide relief to users of federal court document repository
Plaintiffs argue PACER fees illegally fund courthouse renovation projects when Congress intended for those fees to fund PACER itself.
Military’s proposed budget cuts to Stars & Stripes newspaper could impact combat reporting
The Department of Defense's proposal to reduce funding to the Stars & Stripes newspaper could have serious implications on combat journalism, officials with the news organization said.