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Jury takes fraud case against Elizabeth Holmes's ex-partner

The fate of hard-nosed technology executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani is now in the hands of a jury that will weigh criminal charges alleging he joined disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, his former partner, in an elaborate fraud that jarred Silicon Valley.

Judge rejects Fox Corp. attempt to toss Dominion lawsuit - The Washington Post

Case may go forward, meaning that accountability for Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch may be in the offing.

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Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall to divorce after six years

The Fox media mogul and Jagger's supermodel ex seemed to come from different worlds, but their marriage sparked little tabloid drama.

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Judge says Fox News's parent company must face Dominion's defamation lawsuit because of Rupert Murdoch's alleged role in pushing election lies

Dominion argued that Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch "believed Fox News would benefit if it endorsed former President Trump's election fraud narrative."

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In the Murdoch family succession battle, Fox News and democracy hang in the balance

The new CNN+ docuseries The Murdochs looks inside the Fox media empire and the family's behind-the-scenes in-fighting. Journalist Jim Rutenberg says the real-life drama rivals HBO's Succession.

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Trump gets a bold Shakespearean twist in new play 'The 47th'

A play that offers an audaciously Shakespearean take on recent and future U.S. politics is running at London's Old Vic theater.

Lachlan Murdoch, once the ambivalent Fox heir, expresses his views

The News Corp. co-chair and Rupert Murdoch son left no mystery about his conservative politics in a fiery speech.

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Opinion : Biden disdains Fox News — but still wants to reach its audience

Some of these folks, the Biden administration has concluded, are persuadable.

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The unique, damaging role Fox News plays in American media

The right-wing network has a captive audience, a defined sphere of influence and a tangible effect on its viewers.

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Opening day: CNN+ streaming service ready for launch Tuesday

After millions of dollars in spending and hundreds of new hires, CNN is ready to launch its CNN+ streaming service on Tuesday.

James Murdoch, Uday Shankar launch media firm with $1.5 billion QIA investment

Rupert Murdoch's younger son takes another step toward becoming a media mogul in his own right, joining a venture with Uday Shankar to invest in Indian media properties.

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Fox News host Shannon Bream has new book out in March

The author of the bestselling “The Women of the Bible Speak” has a followup book coming out this spring.

In Chicago, a public radio station comes to the rescue of the Sun-Times newspaper

WBEZ is set to acquire the Chicago Sun-Times and bring it under non-profit ownership -- in what could prove a model for the industry.

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Former New York Post digital editor sues Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.

Michelle Gotthelf's lawsuit contains allegations that Murdoch's longtime lieutenant, Col Allan, allegedly propositioned her for sex and instructed her to 'get rid of' a story about a rape allegation against former President Trump.

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Verdict in fraud case of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes offers lessons for investors

Theranos isn’t the only bad apple out there. Here’s how you can protect yourself and your portfolio from corporate fraud.

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Will Elizabeth Holmes' conviction sober up Silicon Valley?

The fraud conviction of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes could do more than just send a once-celebrated billionaire to prison for years.

Elizabeth Holmes jury says it’s deadlocked on 3 of 11 criminal charges

Elizabeth Holmes has been convicted of duping investors into believing her startup Theranos had developed a revolutionary medical device that could detect a multitude of diseases and conditions from a few drops of blood.

Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes guilty of fraud and conspiracy

Elizabeth Holmes has been convicted of duping investors into believing her startup Theranos had developed a revolutionary medical device that could detect a multitude of diseases and conditions from a few drops of blood.

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What’s next for Ghislaine Maxwell after guilty verdict?

With a guilty verdict in the sex-trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, here’s a look at what the once high-flying Jeffrey Epstein confidante was accused of and what’s next for her.

Maxwell verdict bodes ill for Prince Andrew's civil case

Prince Andrew wasn’t on trial in the Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking case but her conviction is bad news for the man who is ninth in line to the British throne.

Jury in Elizabeth Holmes trial hears replay of her boasts

Jurors in the fraud trial of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes returned to the courtroom Thursday to listen to a replay of audio recordings that captured her brash promises about a vaunted blood-testing technology the propelled her meteoric rise and scandalous downfall.

Jurors starts weighing evidence in Elizabeth Holmes' case

The jurors now responsible for assessing 11 charges of fraud and conspiracy against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes are scheduled to begin their first full day of deliberations on Monday.

Elizabeth Holmes' fraud case heads to the jury

The jury that will weigh 11 charges of fraud and conspiracy against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes finally got the case late Friday after a three-month trial that captivated Silicon Valley.

Murdoch family associate nominated to be Australia’s competition watchdog

The appointment comes at a time when the Murdoch family's influential media holdings have attracted increased scrutiny in Australia.

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Fox News mogul Rupert Murdoch and wife buy Koch family's $200 million Montana ranch

Rupert Murdoch, the conservative media mogul, is now a cattle rancher, after purchasing a massive Montana property from the Koch family.

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Sienna Miller settles phone hacking claim against tabloid

Actor Sienna Miller has accepted “substantial” damages from the publisher of a British tabloid newspaper that she accuses of hacking her phone and leaking news of her pregnancy

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Sienna Miller settles phone hacking claim against tabloid

Actor Sienna Miller has accepted “substantial” damages from the publisher of a British tabloid newspaper that she accuses of hacking her phone and leaking news of her pregnancy.

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What Elizabeth Holmes had to say at her trial: 5 takeaways

Once-lionized entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes wrapped up seven days of testimony Wednesday in her criminal fraud trial, defending her actions as CEO of the startup Theranos.

Elizabeth Holmes admits she went to Rupert Murdoch to try and kill WSJ Theranos story

Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes admitted in court that she tried to get News Corp's Rupert Murdoch to kill a Wall Street Journal story.

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Who is the real Ghislaine Maxwell: Epstein enabler or pawn?

Ghislaine Maxwell spent the first half of her life with her father, a rags-to-riches billionaire who looted his companies' pension funds.

Elizabeth Holmes takes the stand in her criminal fraud trial

Fallen Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes, accused of bamboozling investors and patients about her startup Theranos and its medical device that she said would reshape health care, unexpectedly took the witness stand Friday in her trial for criminal fraud.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Called Liz Cheney A ‘Karen’ And You Know What Happened Next

Twitter users marked “the death of irony” in the GOP following the Georgia Republican’s self-owning post.

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Jury gets chance to hear Elizabeth Holmes' bold promises

A jury weighing the fate of fallen Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes has had its first chance to listen to recordings of her boasting to investors about purported breakthroughs in blood-testing technology.

Fox News launching its own mobile-friendly weather service

Fox News Media is entering another rough-and-tumble world — the weather.

Theranos boasted of 'highest levels of accuracy' in mailings to Rupert Murdoch and other investors

Daniel Edlin, a former Theranos project manager, testified in Elizabeth Holmes' trial about presentations made to investors including Rupert Murdoch.

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Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott says 'I sleep well at night' and 'ignore the noise' despite lawsuits and criticism over the network spreading pandemic misinformation

Scott told The Hollywood Reporter that she follows the advice of Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch: "We have a lot to do, ignore the noise."

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Theranos CEO wooed investors while lab director saw trouble

Fallen Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes convinced media mogul Rupert Murdoch and other billionaires to invest in her biotechnology startup despite warnings its unconventional blood tests were dangerously unreliable.

Former US defense secretary testifies in Holmes fraud trial

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis testified Wednesday in the trial of fallen tech star Elizabeth Holmes, saying the entrepreneur misled him into believing she was on the verge of rolling out a blood-testing breakthrough that he hoped would help save lives of troops in battle.

Piers Morgan to launch new TV show in deal with News Corp

British presenter Piers Morgan will join News Corp and Fox News Media and host a TV show that will air in the U.S., Britain and Australia.

The lessons for investors from the trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes

Theranos wasn’t the only potential bad actor out there. Here’s how you can protect yourself and your portfolio from corporate fraud.

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Elizabeth Holmes' trial to dissect downfall of a tech star

Elizabeth Holmes once seemed destined to fulfill her dream of becoming Silicon Valley's next superstar.

Fallen tech star Elizabeth Holmes prepares to go on trial

Jury selection in the fraud trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes began Tuesday, casting a spotlight on the fallen Silicon Valley star now facing felony charges alleging she duped elite financial backers, customers and patients into believing that her startup was about to revolutionize medicine.

Rupert Murdoch's NY Post Reportedly Demands Workers Mask Up As It Slams Mask Mandates

It's the latest case of COVID-19 hypocrisy at Murdoch's right-wing News Corp.

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Singer Keating accepts damages in tabloid phone hacking case

Irish singer Ronan Keating has accepted “substantial damages” from a British tabloid newspaper publisher over phone hacking.

Conservative media offers mixed messages on COVID-19 vaccine

Skepticism about the COVID-19 vaccination is a common theme in media appealing to conservatives, despite assurances from doctors and scientists that the vaccine is safe and effective.

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Rupert Murdoch ‘hates Trump’ but loves the money he brings Fox News, Michael Wolff says

‘People in the Murdoch family don’t speak to each other, partly over the issue ... of Fox News and Donald Trump,’ author tells CNN

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Rupert Murdoch-funded Fox Corp. PAC contributes to Democrat Joe Manchin's campaign

The Fox News parent company's PAC donated money to moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin's reelection campaign, a new filing shows.

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Despite Outbreaks Among Unvaccinated, Fox News Hosts Smear Shots

Back in December, before the queen of England and the president-elect of the United States had their turns, media mogul Rupert Murdoch received a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Afterward, he urged everyone else to get it, too. Since then, a different message has been a repeated refrain on the prime-time shows hosted by Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham on Murdoch’s Fox News Channel — a message at odds with the recommendations of health experts, even as the virus’s delta variant and other mutations

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"Poison for America": Former Fox exec slams network for promoting "false" Trump claims

Fox proprietor Rupert Murdoch "owes himself a better legacy than a news channel that no reasonable person would believe," former Fox executive Preston Padden wrote in an op-ed for the Daily Beast, published Monday.Why it matters: Padden was president of network distribution at the Fox Broadcasting Company for seven years and helped in the launch of Fox News, which he described in the article as "poison for America."Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.What h

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James Murdoch spent $100 million to help fund political causes during 2020 election cycle

James Murdoch, one of Fox News mogul Rupert Murdoch's sons, spent at least $100 million to help fund political causes during the 2020 election cycle.

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ProPublica: Many of the uber-rich pay next to no income tax

The richest 25 Americans pay less in tax — 15.8% of adjusted gross income — than many ordinary workers do, once you include taxes for Social Security and Medicare, the nonprofit investigative journalism organization ProPublica found.

Max Mosley, racing boss who took on UK tabloids, dies at 81

Max Mosley, a former Formula One boss who campaigned to change British media laws, has died at the age of 81.

Fox stands behind Tucker Carlson after ADL urges his firing

Fox Corp. is standing behind Tucker Carlson after the Anti-Defamation League called for the company to fire the opinion host for defending the white-supremacist “great replacement” theory.

Facebook signs pay deals with 3 Australian news publishers

(AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)CANBERRA – Facebook announced on Friday preliminary agreements with three Australian publishers, a day after the Parliament passed a law that would make the digital giants pay for news. Facebook said letters of intent had been signed with independent news organizations Private Media, Schwartz Media and Solstice Media. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the new Australian law was critical to the deals that Australian media businesses were negotiating with the two gateways to the internet. News Corp. Australia executive chairman Michael Miller said last week that his company had pay negotiations with Facebook. I think the door is still open,” Miller told a Senate inquiry into Australian media diversity.

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Unfriended no more: Facebook to lift Australia news ban

Facebook said on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, it lift its ban on Australians sharing news after a deal was struck on legislation that would make digital giants pay for journalism. Google also had threatened to remove its search functions from Australia because of the proposed law, but that threat has faded. Ad“There is no doubt that Australia has been a proxy battle for the world,” Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said. The legislation was designed to curb the outsized bargaining power of Facebook and Google in their negotiations with Australian news providers. “We’re restoring news on Facebook in Australia in the coming days.

Facebook makes a power move in Australia - and may regret it

"No company should have this much influence over access to journalism.”Facebook's move means people in Australia can no longer post links to news stories on Facebook. Outside Australia, meanwhile, no one can post links to Aussie news sources such as the Sydney Morning Herald. Facebook’s news blackout swept up many of these, including humanitarian organizations like Foodbank Australia and Doctors without Borders in Australia, who found their pages temporarily disabled. Analytics firm Chartbeat said the Facebook ban resulted in a 24% drop in overall traffic to Australian publishers by late Friday morning local time compared to 48 hours earlier. Facebook would have been better off if it had given Australians a choice to opt out of news, he suggested.

Australian leader urges Facebook to lift its news blockade

The blockade was a response to the passage of a bill by the House of Representatives on Wednesday night that would make Facebook and Google pay Australian media companies fair compensation for the journalism that the platforms link to. Google has responded by quickly working out licensing content deals with major Australian media companies under its own News Showcase model. Major Australian media organization Seven West Media also reached a deal earlier in the week. Frydenberg maintains that Facebook had been having constructive negotiations with Australian media on pay deals immediately before the surprise blockade. I think the door is still open,” Miller told a Senate inquiry into Australian media diversity.

EXPLAINER: What's up between Google, Facebook and Australia?

Now, Australia is joining France and other governments in pushing Google, Facebook and other internet giants to pay. Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc., has announced agreements to pay publishers in Australia while Facebook said Thursday it has blocked users in the country from viewing or sharing news. Facing a proposed law to compel internet companies to pay news organizations, Google has announced deals with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and Seven West Media. AdFrance is the first government to enforce the rules, but the decision suggests Google, Facebook and other companies will face similar requirements in other parts of the 27-nation trade bloc. Developments in Australia and Europe suggest the financial balance between multibillion-dollar internet companies and news organizations might be shifting.

Even without listening, US lives in Limbaugh’s media world

Limbaugh, the talk radio host who became the voice of American conservatism, has died. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)NEW YORK – You didn't have to like or even listen to Rush Limbaugh to be affected by what he did. Bumper stickers proclaimed, “Rush is Right.”“There is no talk radio as we know it without Rush Limbaugh. As Limbaugh's political strength became evident, many Republican politicians felt they couldn't cross him, or run the risk of alienating his millions of listeners, Hemmer said. “Many of these listeners didn't care if Rush Limbaugh crossed the line (of propriety),” she said.

Australian media law raises questions about 'pay for clicks'

It's a question dividing proponents and critics of the proposed Australian law: does it effectively make Google and Facebook “pay for clicks” and might it be the beginning of the end of free access? The battle is being watched closely in the European Union, where officials and lawmakers are drafting sweeping new digital regulations. Google contends the law does require it to pay for clicks. Google has reacted to the threat of compulsory arbitration by stepping up negotiations on licensing content agreements with Australian media companies through its own News Showcase model. Google has reached pay deals with more than 450 publications globally since it launched News Showcase in October.

In surprise move, Facebook blocks news access in Australia

“In response to Australian government legislation, Facebook restricts the posting of news links and all posts from news Pages in Australia. “Facebook’s actions were unnecessary, they were heavy-handed and they will damage its reputation here in Australia,” Frydenberg said. Major Australian media organization Seven West Media reached a deal earlier in the week. who have had their Facebook pages blocked, that’s a public safety issue,” Fletcher said. Some non-Australian outlets also appeared affected, with posts disappearing from Facebook pages belonging to Britain's Daily Telegraph and Sky News.

Pressure mounts, rifts emerge at Fox News over election

FILE- People pass the News Corporation headquarters building and Fox News studios in New York on Aug. 1, 2017. Several Fox News Channel executives and on-air personalities were exposed last week to a person on a private plane who later tested positive for COVID-19. It has led to some restrictions at the network. Anchor Bret Baier said Monday that he's tested negative three times in the wake of the flight and will be doing his nightly news show from home this week. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Pressure mounts, rifts emerge at Fox News over election

FILE- People pass the News Corporation headquarters building and Fox News studios in New York on Aug. 1, 2017. Despite intense pressure from Trump's team, Fox's decision team has stood fast with its election night call of Arizona for Biden. Fox has Biden with 264 electoral votes, and if Fox calls either Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada or North Carolina for the Democrat, that would give him enough to win the presidency. Trump’s campaign has legal observers watching the vote count in Philadelphia and several key Pennsylvania counties. Bill Hemmer, who has been closely monitoring the vote count on Fox, told viewers that “we'll see” if that call needed to be adjusted.

Dodgers 1 win from title after 32 years and more than $3.6B

FILE - In this Oct. 20, 1988, file photo, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Orel Hershiser holds his World Series Most Valuable Player trophy following the Dodgers' decisive 5-2 win over the Oakland Athletics in Oakland, Ca. Since Hershiser struck out Oaklands Tony Phillips for the final out of the 1988 World Series, the Dodgers have played 5,014 regular-season games and 113 more in the postseason in pursuit of their next title. The rookie right-hander hopes to keep the World Series from reaching a Game 7 for the fourth time in five years. The Rays and Cash have impressed Roberts with their relentlessness, evidenced by their ninth-inning rally to win Game 4. Hershiser, the 1988 World Series MVP, says each time the postseason is lengthened it adds another level of uncertainty to the competition.

Environment activists blockade UK newspaper printing plants

Police and fire services at the scene, outside Broxbourne newsprinters as protesters continue to block the road, in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. Environmental activists have blockaded two British printing plants, disrupting the distribution of several national newspapers. Dozens of protesters locked themselves to vehicles and bamboo scaffolding to block the road outside the plants. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)LONDON Environmental activists have blockaded two British printing plants, disrupting the distribution of several national newspapers on Saturday. Dozens of protesters locked themselves to vehicles and bamboo scaffolding to block the road outside the plants.

Shepard Smith leaves Fox News Channel

Shepard Smith, whose newscast on Fox News Channel seemed increasingly an outlier on a network dominated by supporters of President Donald Trump , abruptly quit after signing off his final newscast on Friday. On Thursday, the president cited Smith and Fox analysts Andrew Napolitano and Donna Brazile in a tweet that said, "Fox News doesn't deliver for US anymore. While he often angered many of Fox's conservative viewers, Smith's work was most prominently cited by the network when it received criticism for being too partisan. On his afternoon newscast, Smith had frequently given tough reports debunking statements made by Trump and his supporters even the Fox News opinion hosts that rule the network's prime-time lineup. Smith, 55, said he is not retiring, although his agreement with Fox will forbid him from working elsewhere "at least in the near future."

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Heather Mills reaches settlement over phone hacking

(CNN) - Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers has agreed to pay Heather Mills and her sister a "substantial" settlement over claims stemming from a decade-old phone hacking scandal. In 2011, British tabloid News of the World apologized for hacking the voicemails of celebrities, royals, murder victims and other high-profile figures. Most phone hacking cases involved the tabloid, but other UK newspapers have also settled cases. In a court statement, the sisters said they had experienced strange activity with their telephones between 1998 and 2008. "The defendants accepts that such activity should never have taken place and, that it had no right to intrude into the private lives of Mrs. Heather Mills or Ms. Fiona Mills in this way."

News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch engaged to former supermodel Jerry Hall

News Corporation executive chairman Rupert Murdoch and former supermodel Jerry Hall have announced their engagement. CBSN's Don Dahler has more details of their proposals.

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