Published on January 14, 2021
amazon, Censorship, legal
Imprisoned for writing about Covid; Those who participate in riots are not journalists; Forbes op-ed tells companies not to hire those who used to work for Trump; and PBS lawyer fired after several inflammatory videos surface
Published on January 7, 2021
legal, libel
NYT accused of publishing communist China propaganda; US newsrooms continue to bleed journalists; Court fight over media access to cour cases; Twitter sued by computer repair shop owner; Woman find herself the object of elaborate fictional narrative/video posted online; and Court says libelous statements can’t be hidden from public
Published on January 1, 2021
Kindle Lending Library is Kaput; Cheerleader’s “F*** School” Protected by 1st Amendment; Biden’s Laptop Not “Hacked”; and Star Trek/Seuss Parody Shot Down
Published on December 23, 2020
amazon, copyrights, legal
Bad media moments of 2020, Best media corrections of 2020, Amazon continues to steamroll rivals and partners; NYT tricked; WA Post to add 150 jobs in 2021; Is it news…or propaganda?; and Covid bill contains piracy provision
Published on December 17, 2020
amazon, copyrights, legal
Russian Media are FINALLY Going After Putin; Book Sales are Resilient in a Pandemic; Record Number of Journalists Imprisoned in 2020; Publisher Admits He Has “Little Ground” for a Lawsuit
Published on December 10, 2020
More Media Layoffs! (or, what happens when “the news” becomes “opinions”); Net Neutrality shake-up; Stevie Nicks sell rights for $100M!; Dispute over translation rights to new Nobel Laureate; BookExpo – will it survive or not?
Published on November 25, 2020
amazon, author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, legal, writing scams
Amazon censors another book…and then changes its mind; Big 5 publishers become 4 as Penguin buys Simon & Schuster; More censorship by Amazon; Can AI distinguish between conspiracy throery and truth?; Amazon gives new workers bonuses and old workers turkey vouchsters; The Los Angeles Times and Tribune Publishing pay $3M settlement after paying white males more than other journalists; Hilton Head magazine company ordered to pay to printer
Published on November 19, 2020
copyrights, legal, libel
Didn’t Watch the Movie – Waiting on the Book!; Will Simon and Schuster be Bought?; New Demand for Storytelling Podcasts; Did a News Article Drive Cryptocurrency Value Down??
Published on November 12, 2020
legal, libel, social media
Facebook Loses Court Case; Parler Signups Surge After Election; Is this Judge racist???
Published on November 5, 2020
legal, libel
MORE: Internet platforms throttling free speech; When medical journals publish false data; Co-founder of publication quits after being censored; Anti-Semitism has no place in the news industry…or ANYWHERE; How to respond to negative online posts; and Johnny Depp may have destroyed his entire career by filing a libel lawsuit.