UK's Channel 4 gears up for $33M indie growth fund
UK-based media firm Channel 4 (C4) is getting ready to launch a $33 million (£20 million) growth fund that will be invested in various indie production companies in the country.
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Top BBC News Anchor Resigns on Medical Advice 9 Months After Scandal Involving Sexually Explicit Photos with Teenager
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NPR Suspends Senior Editor Uri Berliner After Exposing Network's Hunter Biden Scandal Cover-Up, Liberal Bias
Senior business editor Uri Berliner was suspended by NPR for publishing an essay in which he issued an open letter breaking ranks and alleging that the nonprofit radio network had permitted liberal bi..
Stuff, Newshub Reach Deal to Save TV News, Provide New-Look Bulletin
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US News Organizations Urge Donald Trump, Joe Biden to Commit to Presidential Debates Ahead of 2024 Elections
The letter, signed by twelve major media outlets, highlights how important general election debates have been in shaping American democracy for the last 50 years...
Google Starts Removing Links to California News Websites in Response to Journalism Preservation Act
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Veteran NPR Editor Unveils How Network Ignores Hunter Biden Laptop Issue To Avoid Boosting Support for Donald Trump
An NPR editor has admitted that the network neglected to cover the Hun...
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NBC Universal picks up minority stake in Canadian TV producer Lark
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KKR and Permira exit $1.7B stake in Germany's ProSiebenSat.1
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Yahoo Editor-in-Chief Jai Singh quits
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Vinod Khosla rebukes CBS's "60 Minutes" on cleantech segment
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