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November 2024

Efforts to stop anonymous sources clash with 1st Amendment – SFGate

ED WHITE, 05 mins

src/business/templates/hearst/article/headline.tpl hearst/article/mobile_share.tpl e hearst/article/mobile_share.tpl design/gallery/caption_redesign.tpl President Donald Trump railed against the news media Friday, saying reporters shouldn’t be allowed to use anonymous sources. He said he’s been a target of unrelenting criticism by unnamed people, and he predicted that negative stories would “dry up like you’ve never seen before” if anonymous sources were jettisoned. Of…

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I’m an Arab actor who’s been asked to audition for the role of terrorist more than 30 times. If La La Land cleans up at the Oscars, I’m done | The Independent

Amrou Al-Kadhi 09 mins

Voices I’m an Arab actor who’s been asked to audition for the role of terrorist more than 30 times. If La La Land cleans up at the Oscars, I’m done My first film job at the age of 14 – Steven Spielberg’s Munich – featured me as an Islamic terrorist’s son. When I complained about…

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Inside Disney’s troubled $675 mil. Maker Studios acquisition – Digiday

Sahil Patel014 mins

It wasn’t one thing that transformed Maker Studios from a Disney princess to a pumpkin — there were a whole lot of many things. Times were better for the YouTube network in March 2014, when Disney had decided to buy the company for $500 million. With various performance-related revenue targets included in the contract, the final…

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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is on a White House hit list for elimination » Nieman Journalism Lab

Nicholas Quah031 mins

Editor’s note: Hot Pod is a weekly newsletter on the podcasting industry written by Nick Quah; we happily share it with Nieman Lab readers each Tuesday. Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 108, published February 21, 2017. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is now officially on a hit list of…

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White House confirms Donald Trump sacked advisor after he ‘disagreed with his Latino policies’ | The Independent

Maya Oppenheim07 mins

News World Americas White House confirms Donald Trump sacked advisor after he ‘disagreed with his Latino policies’ ‘If you don’t support the President’s agenda then you shouldn’t have a job in the White House,’ says spokesperson Click to followThe Independent US scald=5245576:article_responsive_images [if IE 9]>< ![endif][if IE 9]>< ![endif] END scald=5245576 This is not the...

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Wells Fargo’s New Account Openings Down 30% After Fake Account Fiasco – Consumerist

Ashlee Kieler04 mins

Wells Fargo’s New Account Openings Down 30% After Fake Account Fiasco Image courtesy of Mike Mozart Despite overhauling its teller pay system and ditching a high-pressure sales goal incentive program, Wells Fargo continues to face the consequences of its fake account fiasco perpetrated by employees who opened more than two million unauthorized accounts, as customers continue…

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