Washington Post ordered to reinstate columnist fired over Charlie Kirk comments
Tue Aug 25 4:43 am
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah, whose job has been reinstated nearly a year after she was fired over her comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.
Warner Brothers threatens legal action over educated guesses of 'Lanterns' upcoming plot details
Sun Aug 23 8:02 am
Correct online guesses about plot details of the HBO series "Lanterns" moved Warner Brothers to threaten legal action.
After high-profile firings by the Pentagon, is Stars & Stripes still independent?
Sat Aug 22 5:30 pm
NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with Lara Korte, former reporter for Stars and Stripes, following her controversial firing from the publication, along with its publisher and editor-in-chief.
FCC head Brendan Carr says Disney free speech lawsuit is 'without merit'
Wed Aug 19 4:43 am
ABC and its corporate parent, The Walt Disney Co., filed a lawsuit against the FCC Tuesday, accusing the agency of violating its First Amendment rights.
FCC's lone Democrat says Disney 'has found its courage' in lawsuit against agency
Wed Aug 19 4:42 am
The Walt Disney Company is suing the FCC, alleging a violation of First Amendment rights by challenges to its ABC broadcast licenses. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez.
ABC and Disney sue FCC, alleging First Amendment violations
Tue Aug 18 3:51 pm
The ABC network has sued the Federal Communications Commission, alleging that the Trump administration is violating its First Amendment rights by challenging ABC broadcast licenses and investigating the network's talk show The View.
Substack's new AI-detection feature has divided its community
Wed Aug 12 6:02 pm
Newsletter platform Substack recently unveiled a new feature that allows users to scan posts of 100 words or more to find out what percentage was AI — and it's polarized the community.
FCC scraps cap on TV ownership. Critics worry it gives corporations too much power
Fri Aug 07 4:41 am
Federal regulators voted to lift a cap meant to preserve competition among local TV stations. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says the move will help local news survive. Not everyone agrees.
Paramount's chairman says lawsuit opposing Warner Bros. merger is political
Wed Aug 05 4:43 am
An antitrust lawsuit has put Paramount's bid for larger rival Warner Brothers Discovery in jeopardy. Paramount's chairman says the problem is really about politics -- and whether he's fit to own CNN.
Rage-giving, innovation and cuts: How public media has survived without federal funds
Sun Jul 26 6:00 am
A year after President Trump signed a law ending six decades of federal funding of public media, it's a time of reinvention, innovation and clear anxiety at public tv and radio stations nationwide.