Analysis: Hong Kong’s free press is being ‘gutted.’ Here’s what the world loses
A third organization — the five-year-old Citizen News — announced last week that it would shut down, too. But unlike...
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Facebook’s Former Elections Boss Now Questions Social Media’s Impact on Politics
Katie Harbath joined Facebook FB -0.20% more than a decade ago as the first Republican employee in the company’s Washington,...
New Lawsuit Seeks to Hold Facebook Liable in Shooting Death of Federal Security Guard
A lawsuit filed Wednesday seeks to hold Facebook’s FB 2.89% parent company liable in the 2020 killing of a federal...
AT&T Shed Media Assets in 2021. This Year It Wants to Add Investors.
AT&T Inc. T 0.83% faces a busy year as it tries to complete a divorce with its entertainment business, ease...
Candle Media Buys Stake in Media Company Co-Founded by Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith
Candle Media, a firm led by two former Walt Disney Co. executives, has agreed to buy a stake in Will...
Google and Tech Rivals Tap Cash Reserves to Realize Cloud Ambitions
Google and its rivals are wielding a new weapon in the battle for cloud-computing market share: big-dollar investments in companies...
Facebook’s Pushback: Stem the Leaks, Spin the Politics, Don’t Say Sorry
The day after former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen went public in October, the company’s team in Washington started...
KKR and BMG Buy Into ZZ Top’s Music
KKR & Co. Inc. and BMG are betting on ZZ Top. The investment firm and music company have acquired all...
U.S. Sets 55-Mile-a-Gallon Fuel-Efficiency Standard for 2026 Models
WASHINGTON—The Biden administration on Monday raised fuel-efficiency standards for passenger cars and light duty trucks, saying the new standards will...
Science reporters say new Covid-19 surge is a ‘collective issue’
People in major cities waited in long lines for Covid tests over the weekend... but millions also queued up to...
At Twitter and Salesforce, Bret Taylor Steps Into the Limelight
Bret Taylor has been involved with some of the tech industry’s most notable innovations—from Google Maps to Facebook ’s “like”...
YouTube TV Loses Disney Channels Including ESPN in Standoff
YouTube TV subscribers lost access to channels including ESPN and FX after YouTube’s agreement to carry programming from Walt Disney...
Netflix Slashes India Prices in Battle with Amazon, Disney
Netflix Inc. NFLX 1.18% is slashing its prices in India, a key market for global growth where it trails cheaper...
Chris Wallace to Depart Fox News, Join CNN+ Streaming Service
Chris Wallace, longtime host of “Fox News Sunday,” is leaving the cable channel to join rival CNN as an anchor...
Tech Giants Microsoft, Amazon and Others Warn of Widespread Software Flaw
Cybersecurity officials at major tech companies are scrambling to patch a serious flaw in a widely used piece of internet...
Instacart President Carolyn Everson to Depart After About Four Months at Food-Delivery Firm
Instacart Inc. said its president, Carolyn Everson, will leave the food-delivery company at the end of this year, about four...
Australian lawmakers blast Murdoch’s ‘troubling media monopoly’ in new report
But the committee stopped short of calling on News Corp to dilute or otherwise cede any of its Australian interests,...
Roku Shares Rise on Deal That Restores YouTube TV App
Roku shares more than doubled in 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic kept people home and led to increased use of...
CNN President Jeff Zucker Protected Chris Cuomo. Then Came a U-Turn.
CNN President Jeff Zucker stood by Chris Cuomo last spring after revelations that the star anchor had helped his brother,...
Spotify Removes Some Comedians’ Work From Streaming Service
Spotify Technology SA has removed the work of hundreds of comedians, including John Mulaney, Jim Gaffigan and Kevin Hart, amid...
