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Comcast to spin off most of its cable network
The new company will include the USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC and Oxygen, among others.
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The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars at auction
The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Infowars with help from families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims.
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New York Magazine reporter on leave over relationship with RFK Jr.
A star reporter who covered Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign has been placed on leave after admitting a relationship with a former reporting subject.
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Peacock streaming subscription prices to increase by $2 ahead of the Summer Olympics
Comcast’s streaming service Peacock will see a price increase of $2 this summer.
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Robert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS ‘NewsHour' nightly newscast, dies at 93
Robert MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour” in the 1970s and co-anchored the show for with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades, died on Friday.
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NBC News cuts ties with former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel
NBC News has reversed its decision to hire former Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel as a political analyst after network executives faced a chorus of fierce on-air criticism.
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Oprah Winfrey reveals why she left WeightWatchers after nearly 10 years
Oprah Winfrey is revealing why she left her nearly decade-long partnership with WeightWatchers.
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WAMU to shut down DCist website and expand audio offerings
A go-to spot for local news, politics and culture was suddenly shut down on Friday morning.
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WAMU shuts down DCist, lays off 15 employees
WAMU will shut down DCist and refocus on audio-first “multiplatform” stories, management of the public radio station announced Friday. Fifteen employees were laid off, the WAMU union said on Twitter.
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More than 200 staffers with Virginian-Pilot, Chicago Tribune and 5 other newsrooms begin 24-hour strike
More than 200 reporters, photographers and other staffers with the Chicago Tribune and six other newsrooms around the nation are on a 24-hour strike to protest years of “slow-walked” contract negotiations and to demand fair wages. Chicago Tribune Guild member Caroline Kubzansky says Thursday’s strike includes 76 members of the Chicago Tribune reporting staff, photographers and some editors. The striking...
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The Baltimore Sun is returning to local ownership — with a buyer who has made his politics clear
The return of a struggling newspaper from an investment firm to a local owner would normally be cause for celebration in the troubled news industry. But The Baltimore Sun’s newly announced owner has a very specific political background, and some are concerned about what the 187-year-old publication could become. The new owner is David D. Smith, who is executive chairman...
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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says Fox News ‘cancelled' his company after commercials pulled
Fox News has stopped running MyPillow commercials in a payment dispute with chief executive and election denier Mike Lindell.