Facebook’s peace deal with Rupert Murdoch spooks the media world
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Thomson lauded Google boss Sundar Pichai for his “thoughtful commitment to journalism” following an agreement with News Corp last month.
Praise was also saved for Mark Zuckerberg on Monday when Thomson credited the Facebook chief for “helping fashion the future of journalism” through a pay deal in Australia.
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As Fox News struggles at home, Murdoch brings its playbook to the UK
16 Feb, 2021 08:50 PM
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The Fox News headquarters in New York. Photo / Celeste Sloman, The New York Times
New York Times
By: Mark Landler
His venture and another upstart by a rival group of investors will challenge the BBC and Britain s efforts to guard against political bias in television news. Beset by declining ratings, upheaval in its on-air ranks and a multibillion-dollar defamation suit related to its election coverage, Fox News is staggering out of the Trump era blamed by many for seeding the poisonous political culture that brought a violent mob into the halls of the US Capitol.
As Fox News Struggles at Home, Murdoch Brings Its Playbook to the U.K.
His venture and another upstart by a rival group of investors will challenge the BBC and Britain’s efforts to guard against political bias in television news.
The Fox News headquarters in New York.Credit.Celeste Sloman for The New York Times
Published Feb. 16, 2021Updated March 18, 2021
LONDON Beset by declining ratings, upheaval in its on-air ranks and a multibillion-dollar defamation suit related to its election coverage, Fox News is staggering out of the Trump era blamed by many for seeding the poisonous political culture that brought a violent mob into the halls of the United States Capitol.