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Democratic Reps Seek Documents From Attorney General on Decision to Challenge AT&T-Time Warner
A group of Democratic Reps are seeking documents from Attorney General Jeff Sessions relating to the Justice Department’s decision to file a lawsuit to block AT&T’s planned merger with Time Warner.
Just Which Outlets Are President Trump’s ‘Enemy’? By His Definition, There Are Many
President Donald Trump sent out a couple of tweets Oct 29 pushing back on the idea that he’s called the media the “enemy of the people.” It’s the “fake news” media, he specified.
Comcast Closes Deal for Fox’s Sky Stake, Owns Over 75% of European Pay-TV Giant (Variety)
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Zuckerberg: Fixing Facebook’s Content Filters Will Take at Least 3 Years
Rebuilding Facebook’s content enforcement mechanisms to weed out harmful content could take 3 years or longer, said the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Fox News’ John Roberts on Covering Trump, Grappling With Critics and Pulling Back on Social Media (Variety)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 10:26Are YouTube’s Algorithms Fueling Creator Burnout? (Variety)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 08/30/2018 - 11:27Netflix’s Latest Price Hike May Have Scared Away Low-Income Consumers (Variety)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 08/29/2018 - 13:52Why a Few Derailments Won’t Stop the Media Merger Train
The Trump era has now seen two major media mergers halted or almost stopped — Sinclair Broadcast Group’s combination with Tribune Media, and AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner. Both transactions met with turbulence from the feds, but that does
Netflix's Hastings: net neutrality has won as a consumer expectation
Netflix chief Reed Hastings — who has been an ardent and vocal supporter of net neutrality rules to ensure service providers don’t discriminate against internet content companies — said the US reversal on net neutrality won’t have an impact on the