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• Stuart Evey, a Founding Force at ESPN, Is Dead at 84

  14-12-2017 22:46 via nytimes.com
  Mr. Evey persuaded his bosses at Getty Oil to invest in the start-up sports network and then helped manage it as it took wing.
  
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• NPR C.E.O. Faces Criticism Over Tweets Supporting Progressive Causes

  15-04-2024 22:20 via nytimes.com
  
  Katherine Maher, who took over the public network last month, posted years ago on Twitter that “Donald Trump is a racist.”
  
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• Ready for a Chatbot Version of Your Favorite Instagram Influencers?

  15-04-2024 18:19 via nytimes.com
  
  Instagram is testing a program that offers its top influencers the ability to interact with their followers over direct messages using a chatbot.
  
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• Barry Diller Bets on Media Veterans to Turn Around The Daily Beast

  15-04-2024 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The former Disney executive Ben Sherwood and Joanna Coles, the former Hearst content chief, are being given a minority stake in the digital tabloid.
  
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• News Outlets Urge Trump and Biden to Commit to Presidential Debates

  14-04-2024 16:48 via nytimes.com
  
  In an unusual statement, the news organizations said “there is simply no substitute” for a face-to-face debate, a campaign staple since 1976.
  
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• Netflix’s New Film Strategy: More About the Audience, Less About Auteurs

  14-04-2024 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  Dan Lin, the streaming service’s new film chief, wants to produce a more varied slate of movies to better appeal to the array of interests among subscribers.
  
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• Don Wright, Editorial Cartoonist With a Skewer for a Pen, Dies at 90

  13-04-2024 19:57 via nytimes.com
  
  He won two Pulitzers for Florida newspapers, commenting wryly on war, segregation, church scandals and more while reaching readers nationwide through syndication.
  
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• Richard Leibner, Savvy Agent for Top Broadcast Journalists, Dies at 85

  13-04-2024 14:59 via nytimes.com
  
  His negotiations led to Dan Rather’s elevation from “60 Minutes” to anchor of the “CBS Evening News” and sent Diane Sawyer from “60 Minutes” to ABC.
  
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• Richard Leibner, Saavy Agent for Top Broadcast Journalists, Dies at 85

  13-04-2024 05:58 via nytimes.com
  
  His negotiations led to Dan Rather’s elevation from “60 Minutes” to anchor of the “CBS Evening News” and sent Diane Sawyer from “60 Minutes” to ABC.
  
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• Richard Leibner, Agent for Top Broadcast Journalists, Dies at 85

  12-04-2024 21:20 via nytimes.com
  
  His negotiations led to Dan Rather’s elevation from “60 Minutes” to anchor of the “CBS Evening News” and sent Diane Sawyer from “60 Minutes” to ABC.
  
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• Robert MacNeil, Earnest News Anchor for PBS, Dies at 93

  12-04-2024 18:09 via nytimes.com
  
  With his longtime co-host Jim Lehrer, he delivered thoughtful reports that stood in stark contrast to the commercial networks’ ever more sensational newscasts.
  
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• NPR in Turmoil After It Is Accused of Liberal Bias

  11-04-2024 21:28 via nytimes.com
  
  An essay from an editor at the broadcaster has generated a firestorm of criticism about the network on social media, especially among conservatives.
  
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• Jackson Hinkle Rides Rage Over Israel to Prominence

  11-04-2024 17:28 via nytimes.com
  
  Jackson Hinkle’s incendiary commentary has generated over two million new followers on X since October — a surge that some researchers say is aided by inauthentic accounts.
  
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• Axios Sees A.I. Coming, and Shifts Its Strategy

  11-04-2024 14:30 via nytimes.com
  
  “The premium for people who can tell you things you do not know will only grow in importance, and no machine will do that,” says Jim VandeHei, C.E.O. of Axios.
  
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• How a Case Against Fox News Tore Apart a Media-Fighting Law Firm

  10-04-2024 15:51 via nytimes.com
  
  Tensions had been brewing for years inside Clare Locke, a top defamation law firm. Then came the biggest defamation case of them all.
  
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• TV Networks to Urge Biden and Trump to Debate, Wading Into a Fraught Topic

  09-04-2024 19:20 via nytimes.com
  
  Speculation has swirled in the political world about whether the presumptive candidates will agree to the traditional face-to-face events, a campaign staple since 1976.
  
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• Fortune Names Anastasia Nyrkovskaya as CEO

  09-04-2024 14:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Anastasia Nyrkovskaya, who was the chief financial officer and chief strategy officer, is the first woman to run the company.
  
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• Anthony Insolia, Who Led the Expansion of Newsday, Dies at 98

  08-04-2024 23:02 via nytimes.com
  
  The Long Island paper won seven Pulitzer Prizes during his tenure, and he was a top editor for the Arizona Project, which investigated a reporter’s murder.
  
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• L.A. Times Names Terry Tang as Executive Editor

  08-04-2024 21:56 via nytimes.com
  
  Ms. Tang, who had been running the news organization on an interim basis since January, takes charge at a turbulent time for the publication.
  
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• Kate Coleman, Who Documented the Bay Area Counterculture, Dies at 81

  06-04-2024 18:16 via nytimes.com
  
  She wrote about politics and the patriarchy as a left-wing writer, then alienated her compatriots with exposés critical of the Black Panthers and the environmental movement.
  
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• How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.

  06-04-2024 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  OpenAI, Google and Meta ignored corporate policies, altered their own rules and discussed skirting copyright law as they sought online information to train their newest artificial intelligence systems.
  
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• Longtime Journalist Bob Schieffer Bares His Soul in a New Art Exhibition

  05-04-2024 20:57 via nytimes.com
  
  Mr. Schieffer, the former CBS newsman, has taken up painting in his retirement. His work will be seen at the American University Museum in Washington.
  
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• With ‘Succession’ Complete, the Roys’ Next Takeover Is the Stage

  05-04-2024 19:46 via nytimes.com
  
  Audiences are flocking to shows with Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook and other alums of the acclaimed HBO series.
  
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• Back in the ’90s, This Eclipse Webcast Put the Cosmos on Demand

  05-04-2024 11:01 via nytimes.com
  
  A total solar eclipse in Aruba was streamed to millions of users of the World Wide Web in 1998, helping to start an ongoing era of viral videos of space and astronomy.
  
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• A Looming Question for Paramount’s Board: How to Navigate Shari Redstone

  05-04-2024 00:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The board of directors has to walk a fine line, looking out for investors without running afoul of Ms. Redstone, the company’s most influential shareholder.
  
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• Kate Shindle on Why She’s Stepping Down as Actors’ Equity President

  04-04-2024 21:00 via nytimes.com
  
  After nine years in the role, she has decided not to seek re-election in May. Her departure comes amid significant turnover in the theater industry.
  
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• TikTok Spends Millions on Ad Blitz as Congress Considers Banning the App

  04-04-2024 17:14 via nytimes.com
  
  The video app is spending millions on ads as Congress considers a bill that could lead to a U.S. ban.
  
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• TikTok Turns to Nuns, Veterans and Ranchers in Marketing Blitz

  04-04-2024 17:01 via nytimes.com
  
  The video app is spending millions on ads as Congress considers a bill that could lead to a U.S. ban.
  
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• Deal Talks Between Paramount and Skydance Heat Up

  03-04-2024 01:30 via nytimes.com
  
  David Ellison, the founder of the Skydance media company, met with Paramount’s board of directors late last month to discuss the deal.
  
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• George Carlin’s Estate Reaches Settlement After A.I. Podcast

  03-04-2024 00:37 via nytimes.com
  
  The estate had accused two podcast hosts of infringing on its copyrights by training an A.I. algorithm on five decades of Mr. Carlin’s work.
  
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