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Four financial journalists accused of being fake AI-generated puppets that shill crypto in Forbes, HuffPost, and more (LINK) — 13 May 2026
Gaza documentary dropped by the BBC wins BAFTA — (LINK) — ground.news: 14 media reports — 10 May 2026 (LINK)
Niger suspends 9 French media outlets, including AFP and RFI, over 'national security', citing content "likely to seriously endanger public order, national unity, social cohesion, and the stability of the institutions of the Republic" — (LINK) — ground.news: 23 media reports — 8 May 2026 (LINK)
Salvadoran news outlet El Faro says its assets frozen in retaliation for reporting on President Bukele — (LINK) — ground.news: 16 media reports — 7 May 2026 (LINK)
CNN founder Ted Turner, a pioneer of cable TV news, dies at 87: founded the United Nations Foundation — 6 May 2026 (LINK)
— On June 1, 1980, CNN — the first 24-hour news channel — went live and has been on the air ever since. Just over a month before his 80th birthday in 2018, Turner revealed that he had Lewy body dementia, a progressive brain disorder. In early 2025, Turner was hospitalized with a mild case of pneumonia before recovering at a rehabilitation facility. Turner is survived by his five children, 14 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Burkina Faso junta secretly detained journalist, missing for nearly two years, and others, advocacy group says — (LINK) — ground.news: 13 media reports — 6 May 2026 (LINK)
World Radio Switzerland finds a new owner — 6 May 2026 (LINK)
US: Film Academy Board bans AI content at 99th Oscars, forcing human-only wins — 1 May 2026 (LINK)
— Some industry analysts speculate the stance may also be a reaction to the completion of a performance by Val Kilmer, who died in 2025, using AI technology.
Warner Bros Discovery shareholders approve sale to Paramount Skydance but cast an advisory vote against executive compensation plans tied to the deal. — 23 April 2026 (LINK)
— Al Jazeera: HBO Max, valuable titles like Harry Potter and even CNN could soon find themselves under the same roof with CBS, Top Gun and the Paramount+ streaming service. Attention now turns to regulatory authorities, with both Washington and London expected to examine the merger's impact on competition. Paramount triumphed over Netflix in a months-long bidding war. The merger has faced considerable opposition from actors, filmmakers and theatre groups that have raised concerns about the loss of a major studio and its impact on the creative community, theatre owners and moviegoers.
Judge tosses Kash Patel's defamation suit against former MSNBC contributor Frank Figliuzzi — 22 April 2026 (LINK)
— "Yeah, well, reportedly, he's been visible at nightclubs far more than he has been on the seventh floor of the Hoover building," Figliuzzi said on "Morning Joe" show last year. Figliuzzi's lawyers argued that "this comment was a sarcastic, hyperbolic remark that receives protection from defamation liability." "A person of reasonable intelligence and learning would not have taken his statement literally," the judge said.
Network tied to Russian intelligence, 'The Company', infiltrated Argentine media to target Argentina's Javier Milei in 2024: international media consortium report — (LINK) ground.news: 56 media reports — 3 April 2026 (LINK)
Using AI safely as a journalist: Stand-alone AI tools — 1 April 2026 (LINK)
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