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Sports

The state of sports journalism

5:38pm September 23, 2023

The disappearance of the New York Times sports section is only the latest change in how news outlets are covering sports. NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Richard Deitsch, a media reporter at The Athletic.

National

Rupert Murdoch, media magnate and Fox News founder, steps down

4:57pm September 21, 2023

by David Folkenflik

Fox founder Rupert Murdoch steps down from the global media empire he built over seven decades.

Rupert Murdoch, 92, is stepping down as chair of his global media empire, which includes Fox News and The Wall Street Journal.

Fox founder Rupert Murdoch steps down from global media empire

12:54pm September 21, 2023

by David Folkenflik

Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as chair of his media empire, which includes Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Post. He is handing the reins to his son Lachlan.

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Rupert Murdoch announces he will step down as Fox and News Corp chairman

10:58am September 21, 2023

The 92-year-old media magnate built an unmatched global media empire over seven decades from a single newspaper he inherited in his native Australia. Murdoch says he plans to retire in November.

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British media report rape and emotional abuse allegations against Russell Brand

2:52pm September 16, 2023

by Chloe Veltman

The British entertainer denies the allegations, put forward in a join investigation by the the U.K.'s Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4.

Hollywood relies on China to stay afloat. What does that mean for movies?

1:35pm September 15, 2023

by Terry Gross

Red Carpet author Erich Schwartzel says that film studios increasingly need Chinese audiences to break even — which can result in self-censorship. Originally broadcast Feb. 21, 2022.

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Evan Gershkovich stands inside a defendants' cage before a June hearing in Moscow.

Jews around the world send Rosh Hashana wishes to detained reporter Evan Gershkovich

10:39am September 15, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

The Wall Street Journal reporter has been held in Russia since March. Thousands have written him letters for the Jewish new year, as the campaign for his release hones in on next week's U.N. meeting.

Infowars founder Alex Jones appears in court to testify during the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., on Sept. 22, 2022.

National

Alex Jones' expenses topped $93,000 in July. Sandy Hook families have yet to be paid

3:17pm September 14, 2023

by The Associated Press

Alex Jones' personal spending is frustrating families who are trying to collect on the $1.5 billion in judgments against him for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting a hoax.

A motorcyclist rides past a mural of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, left, and revolutionary hero CÃ©sar Augusto Sandino during general elections in Managua, Nov. 7, 2021. Ortega won a fourth consecutive term against a field of little-known candidates while those who could have given him a real challenge sat in jail.

World News

I returned to Nicaragua, where I was born, and found a country steeped in fear

11:01am September 14, 2023

by Eyder Peralta

NPR's Eyder Peralta recently visited Nicaragua for the first time in a decade, gaining rare access to a nation that is hostile to journalists and known as the Western Hemisphere's newest dictatorship.

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Music & Culture

The country's largest newspaper chain is also hiring a Beyoncé reporter

6:42am September 14, 2023

As Gannett searches for a Taylor Swift reporter, it did not want to stir up a bee's nest — or in this case the Beyhive. Gannett is also hiring a Beyoncé a reporter.

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