Media

Google CEO Sundar Pichai talks about the new Google Assistant during a 2016 product event in San Francisco. The voice assistant is one of a number of Google products that will provide user data to the curation service that the company is launching Wednesd

With Entry Into Interest Curation, Google Goes Head-To-Head With Facebook

2:49pm July 19, 2017

by Aarti Shahani

In the feed, users will get a stream of news, photos and more based on their search histories and interests across Google products. The company promises a different, less friend-filtered experience.

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Conservative Media Express Outrage Over Republican Health Care Failure

9:21pm July 18, 2017

by Brian Mann

Conservative media are reacting to the failure of the GOP's latest health care plan with outrage and disappointment. The Republican bill was effectively blocked on Monday night when two more GOP senators came out in opposition to it.

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Actors join other creators of Netflix's Master of None in a panel discussion in June. The series is nominated for a best comedy Emmy.

Wall Street Thinks Netflix Is The Next Big Thing

7:30pm July 18, 2017

by Richard Gonzales

Market analysts see parallels with Tesla and Amazon as the company spends big to grow its business ahead of immediate profits.

Writers Launch #EbonyOwes Twitter Campaign In Demand For Back Pay

6:18pm July 17, 2017

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Ebony Magazine held a beloved place in black households for more than seven decades. But like a lot of magazines, it was feeling pinched between rising costs and falling subscriptions. Ebony was sold last year to a black private equity firm that was very slow to pay its writers what they were owed. Some responded with a scathing social media campaign, EbonyOwes.

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Actress Jodie Whittaker will be the first woman to play the role of the eccentric Time Lord. She's seen here last December.

Arts

Doctor Who Is A Woman: Jodie Whittaker Announced As 13th Time Lord In BBC Series

3:18pm July 16, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Actress Jodie Whittaker will succeed Peter Capaldi, becoming the first woman to play the role of the eccentric time-traveler.

Friday News Roundup - Domestic

5:10pm July 14, 2017

It's been a week with a high Russian character count.

Mike Francesa and Chris Russo of Mike And The Mad Dog, ESPN's new sports documentary about the rise of sports talk radio.

Sports

How 'Mike And The Mad Dog' Made Sports Radio History

11:09am July 13, 2017

by Linda Holmes

ESPN's newest documentary follows WFAN's sports talk duo, Mike Francesa and Chris Russo, over 20 years from their unlikely start to their sad parting of the ways.

Politics & Government

Why The Internet Fast Lane Has Bypassed Rural America

2:37pm July 12, 2017

Broadband access for more than 23 million rural Americans is lousy.

A new lawsuit accuses the White House of suppressing dissent by excluding Twitter users who criticize President Trump or his policies.

Lawsuit Says It's Unconstitutional For President Trump To Block Critics On Twitter

1:43pm July 12, 2017

by Bill Chappell

"The White House is transforming a public forum into an echo chamber," says an attorney at the Knight First Amendment Institute.

Trump's Criticism Of CNN Likely To Complicate Proposed Corporate Deal

6:30pm July 07, 2017

by David Folkenflik

President Trump's anger at CNN's coverage and its chief Jeff Zucker continues — even as the U.S. government reviews the proposed sale of CNN's parent company, Time Warner, to AT&T, which Trump has publicly opposed. NPR takes a look at how the president's views will affect the government's scrutiny of the proposed deal.

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