Last week, Guto Harri, an anchor on GB News, in the United Kingdom, addressed a pressing news story: the racist abuse that Black English players faced following the final of the European soccer championships, which England lost, and the broader debate around the players’ practice of taking a knee before games. Some fans have booed the anti-racist gesture, and many more Brits see it as evidence of an insidious liberal agenda: Boris Johnson, the prime minister, initially refused to condemn the booing; one lawmaker from Johnson’s Conservative Party boycotted England’s games altogether. Harri—who, in a past life, was an adviser to Johnson when he was mayor of London—had himself previously questioned the gesture, but he said on GB News that his perspective had changed. “I may have underestimated how close to the surface the racism still was,” he said. “I actually now get it—so much so that I think we should all take the knee. In fact, why not take the knee now?” With that, he got up off a couch, and kneeled on the studio floor. “It’s a gesture,” he said, “but it’s an important gesture.” On its face, this was a surprising thing to witness on GB News. Ahead of its launch, last month, the network promised to broadcast serious journalism from around the country, but also to prioritize protecting free speech against the dual threats of “cancel culture” and “wokeness”—so much so that the network was quickly dubbed “the British Fox News.” (This was never really accurate, but more on... Continue reading at 'Columbia Journalism Review'
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2021-07-20 12:38:46 UTC ]
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Last week, Guto Harri, an anchor on GB News, in the United Kingdom, addressed a pressing news story: the racist abuse that Black English players faced following the final of the European soccer championships, which England lost, and the broader debate around the players’ practice of taking a... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2021-07-20 12:38:46 UTC ]
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Fox News has created Fox News Books and signed a three-book deal with HarperCollins, whose Broadside Books will oversee the imprint. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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CNN’s Brian Stelter contends that Fox aids Trump in manipulating the truth and the public. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-25 15:43:28 UTC ]
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Director Peter Barnes says board has not talked about attack on Fox News and News Corp’s climate coverageThe lead independent director of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, Peter Barnes, says the media group’s board has yet to discuss James Murdoch’s attack on the company over its stance on the climate... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-01-15 07:29:48 UTC ]
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A bipartisan group of political publishers including Daily Caller, Mediaite, Raw Story, Alternet, Law&Crime, and the Washington Free Beacon have launched Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-06-21 15:26:03 UTC ]
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President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Fox & Friends Weekend co-host Pete Hegseth is his pick to run the Department of Defense. As a result of this nomination, Hegseth will depart his Fox News role immediately. "Pete Hegseth has been an exceptional host... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2024-11-13 17:52:24 UTC ]
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The gamble paid off for Vice President Kamala Harris. The Democratic presidential candidate's contentious Wednesday evening interview on Fox News returned nice dividends from a ratings perspective. According to final numbers from Nielsen Media Research, 7.8 million total... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2024-10-17 22:55:45 UTC ]
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Sinclair's NewsON and Mindgrub have announced a collaboration to launch an Apple Vision Pro app for NewsON. This is Sinclair's first foray into spatial computing specifically for local news delivery, blending digital content with physical surroundings. Using Apple's... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2024-10-03 13:10:09 UTC ]
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In prime time, MSNBC scored a rare Nielsen victory. Earlier, when the news broke, Fox News attracted the biggest live audience. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2024-05-31 22:17:51 UTC ]
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Lachlan Murdoch, Murdoch’s eldest son, now seems to be his successor after seven-decade run as controversial media mogulRupert Murdoch stepping down – live updatesRupert Murdoch is stepping down as chair of Fox and News Corp – ending a seven-decade run as one of the world’s most transformative... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-09-21 13:45:06 UTC ]
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Fox is joining the wrap party. Today, Fox became the third major publisher to announce it's closed upfront talks. The company follows Paramount, which closed talks this morning, and NBCUniversal, which wrapped negotiations last week. According to Fox sources, Fox Sports, driven by NFL, MLB,... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2023-07-27 15:00:00 UTC ]
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Revamped Sarah Ferguson documentary to air on Four Corners after initial version sparked complaints. Plus: the Australian’s own goalFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastHours before Lachlan Murdoch... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-04-21 04:27:06 UTC ]
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Publisher’s defence in case brought by News Corp co-chairman relies in part upon Dominion’s US suit against media giantFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLachlan Murdoch allowed Fox News hosts to... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-04-12 07:32:45 UTC ]
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Media mogul’s admission in Dominion Systems election case that he let cable network broadcast falsehoods stuns observersIn his 71 years as a media executive, Rupert Murdoch has proved himself to be a grand master in the arts of survival. He has weathered bruising battles with British trade... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-02-28 21:09:35 UTC ]
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News Corp, one of his companies, said Rupert Murdoch had determined that a merger was “not optimal for shareholders of News Corp and Fox at this time.” Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-01-25 00:02:52 UTC ]
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Deal would seal legacy with favoured heirs, but markets question whether companies should merge in the first placeThis week’s 200th anniversary soiree for the Sunday Times gathered some of the biggest names in media at the headquarters of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-10-21 14:56:58 UTC ]
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Merger would combine Fox News and TMZ with newspaper and online news operations, almost a decade after they splitThe two parts of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire are discussing a merger nearly a decade after they split.The merger would combine Murdoch’s Fox News and TMZ assets with News Corp’s... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-10-15 01:01:11 UTC ]
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Social news publisher The News Movement launched in the U.S. Wednesday, following a 10-month period where the startup honed its editorial strategy and accrued more than 80,000 followers across the major social media platforms. The publisher has attracted early attention thanks to both the... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2022-10-12 11:30:00 UTC ]
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The HarperCollins imprint has four straight bestsellers, thanks in large part to the cable news channel's promotional pop. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-04-13 15:00:58 UTC ]
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Two books by Fox News personalities—one by Rachel Campos-Duffy and Sean Duffy and another by Shannon Bream—cracked the top five on our Religion Nonfiction Bestsellers list for December. Mitch Albom tops in Religion FIction with his latest novel, ‘The Stranger in the Lifeboat.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
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