A report in The Sun newspaper said that an unnamed male presenter at the BBC had paid tens of thousands of pounds to a teenager in exchange for “sexually explicit photographs.”
Category: News and News Media
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GQ Removes Article Critical of Warner Bros. Discovery CEO
The magazine took down the story on David Zaslav without any explanation, an unusual move for a publication.
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New Uncensored Chatbots Ignite a Free-Speech Fracas
A new generation of chatbots doesn’t have many of the guardrails put in place by companies like Google and OpenAI, presenting new possibilities — and risks.
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ESPN Layoffs to Cut Costs Include Jalen Rose, Jeff Van Gundy and Suzy Kolber
The layoffs included several well known broadcasters, including Suzy Kolber, Jeff Van Gundy and Jalen Rose.
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Fox News to Pay $12 Million to Settle Ex-Producer Abby Grossberg’s Suit
The settlement with a former producer, Abby Grossberg, is the latest development in a series of legal battles involving Fox.
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A French Newsroom on Strike After Appointment of ‘Far-Right’ Editor
Journalists at a leading newspaper, Le Journal du Dimanche, have walked out over fears that Geoffroy Lejeune will turn it into a ring-wing platform.
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Jesse Watters To Fill Tucker Carlson’s Old Slot at Fox News
Fox’s prime time ratings have consistently been the highest in cable news but have fallen off by roughly one-third since the network took Mr. Carlson off the air.
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Fortress Investment Group Set to Acquire Vice Out of Bankruptcy
The company was part of a group of bidders that offered $225 million to acquire the bankrupt media company.
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Alito’s Reply in a Rival Publication Surprises ProPublica
The Wall Street Journal made the unusual decision to let Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. pre-empt ProPublica’s article about him in its opinion pages.
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Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers Source, Had Uneasy Relationship With The Times
Mr. Ellsberg took issue with how the newspaper portrayed his role, and how he was treated by the project’s primary reporter.