Tag: Media industry
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though...
Study: Lack of diversity in Hollywood costs industry $10B
NEW YORK — For years, researchers have said a lack of diversity in Hollywood films doesn’t just poorly reflect demographics, it’s bad business. A...
Carlson, Times tussle over online harassment of journalist
NEW YORK — Tucker Carlson's belittling of a reporter for The New York Times this week for publicly discussing how she had been harassed...
Texas AG says probe to continue despite Twitter lawsuit
DALLAS — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Wednesday that a lawsuit by Twitter won't deter his office from investigating the content moderation practices...
Parent company of Dallas Morning News seeks name change
DALLAS — The parent company of The Dallas Morning News announced Tuesday that it wants to change its name from A.H. Belo Corporation, citing...
World viewership of royals’ interview nearly 50 million
NEW YORK — Worldwide viewership of Oprah Winfrey's interview with British royals Prince Harry and Meghan is up to nearly 50 million people —...
Investment exec prods companies on gender and racial equity
WASHINGTON — Pension and social investment funds have been stepping up efforts to influence public companies’ conduct by getting their proposals onto annual shareholder...
GOP pushes bills to allow social media ‘censorship’ lawsuits
Republican state lawmakers are pushing for social media giants to face costly lawsuits for policing content on their websites, taking aim at a federal...
Review: Elk hunters become the hunted in novel ‘Dark Sky’
“Dark Sky,” by C.J. Box (Putnam)
Steve Price, the billionaire left...
AT&T spinning off DirecTV after losing millions of customers
AT&T is spinning off its DirecTV into a new company for a fraction of the $48.5 billion it paid for the satellite TV service...
