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☆ How the news media is quietly preparing for a hostile second Trump administration
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Brian Stelter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“You can just tell by the nominees for cabinet positions and agency heads that this will be an administration of retribution,” Baron added. Trump’s impending return to power was a theme of the conversations at the Committee to Protect Journalists gala. Attendees discussed the need to report without fear or favor, to be open-minded but clear-eyed about what actions the Trump administration might take, and to avoid fearmongering but to consider a range of possibilities. Here are some of the specific concerns that have arisen among members of the media:In the second Trump term, legal threats and frivolous lawsuits could pile up, costing newsrooms money and time. The Trump administration could reinstate the Justice Department’s past practice of pursuing reporters’ records in leak investigations.

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☆ Tracking Hurricane Milton’s Storm Surge Risk Across Florida
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( William B. Davis | Judson Jones | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Tracking Hurricane Milton’s Storm Surge Risk Across FloridaAs Hurricane Milton approaches landfall in Florida this week, the National Hurricane Center is releasing a series of data sets to help warn the public of the risks. Storm surge is one of the deadliest aspects of a strong hurricane as it approaches land. Depending on exactly where Milton makes landfall, storm surge will broadly fluctuate. The Florida Keys are forecast to experience strong winds and storm surge mostly below six feet. Wherever Milton makes landfall, storm surge will come ashore, especially just ahead and south of the storm’s center, similar again to what occurred during Ian.

Persons: Milton, Hurricane Helene, Milton ., Hurricane Ian, Robert Weisberg, —, Weisberg, Ian, ” Organizations: Hurricane, National Hurricane, University of South Locations: Florida, Milton, Tampa, Fort Myers, Naples, Tampa Bay ., Tampa Bay, University of South Florida, Clearwater

☆ The latest updates on Lyle and Erik Menendezs' murder case that the Netflix shows about them miss out
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Netflix has released a true crime drama and a documentary about the Menendez brothers' high-profile '90s trial. AdvertisementNetflix has released both a true crime drama and a documentary about brothers Erik Menendez and Lyle Menendez, who killed their parents in 1989. Lyle Menendez and Erik Menendez's attorneys believe new evidence could prove their father abused themErik Menendez, and Cooper Koch in "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story." The creators of "Monsters" and "The Menendez Brothers" didn't want to get involved in the caseRyan Murphy onstage at a "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story" event in New York. AdvertisementHe added that the series was "the best thing that has happened to the Menendez brothers in 30 years" because it rekindled public interest in their case.

Persons: Menendez, —, Erik Menendez, Lyle Menendez, José Menendez, Kitty Menendez, Lyle, Erik Menendez's, Cooper Koch, Judge Stanley M, Weisberg, Robert Rand, Andy Cano, NddiqeIBRw, Rob Rand, Roy Roselló, Menudo, Ryan Murphy, Roy Rochlin, Ross Dinerstein, Rebecca Evans, they've, Evans, We're, George Gascón, Gascón, Laurie L, Levenson Organizations: Netflix, Service, Menudo, Rob Rand Wants Justice, Menendez, Hollywood, Variety, Attorney, Loyola Law School Locations: New York, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles

☆ The Affair That Split New York High Society
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Liesl Schillinger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

STRONG PASSIONS: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York, by Barbara WeisbergThe touch of a hand from two centuries ago can spark powerful emotions in the present. In Jane Austen’s novel, their chemistry leads to marriage and the elevation of the heroine’s fortunes. But in New York in 1860, a real-life brush of hands “ignited a fiery and forbidden passion” between members of two prominent families. Their romance wrecked a marriage, destroyed the woman’s reputation and resulted in a lurid divorce trial whose salacious details filled pages of the nation’s newspapers. In “Strong Passions,” her riveting reconstruction of a scandal that “rocked genteel society,” Barbara Weisberg reassembles the story with the clear determination to treat both sides equally, and without leering.

Persons: Barbara Weisberg, “, ”, Jane Austen’s, ” Barbara Weisberg Locations: Old New York, New York

☆ Hunter Biden expected to receive indictment related to gun charges his attorneys hoped to resolve in now scorched-earth plea deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Associated Press | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Federal prosecutors expect to hand Hunter Biden a new indictment before September 29. The indictment will be related to gun charges Biden's attorneys hoped to resolve in July. He has also been under investigation by federal prosecutors for his business dealings. Defense attorney Abbe Lowell said Hunter Biden has kept to the terms of the deal, including regular visits by the probation office. The White House Counsel's office referred questions to Hunter Biden's personal attorneys.

Persons: Hunter Biden, Biden, Joe Biden's, Hunter, Delaware David Weiss, Hunter Biden's, Abbe Lowell, Maryellen Noreika, Kevin McCarthy, Department's, Noreika, Donald Trump, should've, Robert Weisberg, General Merrick Garland, Weiss, Farnoush Amiri Organizations: Service, —, U.S, Attorney, Prosecutors, District, Justice, Republicans, Fox News, Treasury Department, Hunter, Stanford Law School, Supreme, News Locations: Wall, Silicon, WASHINGTON, Delaware, Louisiana

☆ Newsletter publisher TheSkimm has laid off 13%, its second layoff this year as cuts ripple across media
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Newsletter publisher TheSkimm laid off 13%, or about 22 people. It's the second layoff this year for the once-buzzy millennial media outlet. Layoffs hit newsletter publisher TheSkimm for the second time this year as it continues to face a punishing advertising market. The cuts came amid a tough economic environment in which a wide range of media, entertainment, and tech companies have laid off staff. The company faced tough times in the pandemic when advertisers were spending less and reassessing which media outlets were truly essential, and TheSkimm's lighthearted tone felt out of step with the times.

☆ Rent control policies are gaining support nationwide. Here's why economists still think it's a bad idea.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Juhohn Lee | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

In response, support for rent control policies has gained traction. But this isn't the first time such policies have had widespread support. After the massive economic disruption caused by World War II, the federal government imposed rent control on roughly 80% of rental housing between 1941 and 1964. Economists argue that rent control would deter developers from building more homes, which would only worsen the housing supply crisis in the United States. Watch the video to find out why so many economists are against the idea of widespread rent control.

Newsletter publisher and digital media company TheSkimm laid off nearly 10% of staffers in January. Bustle Digital Group, The Washington Post, and Buzzfeed are among other media companies that cut workers in recent months. TheSkimm, the popular newsletter publisher and digital media company, laid off nearly 10% of its workforce — or about 17 staffers — in mid-January, according to a source familiar with the matter. TheSkimm is far from the only media company that has enacted wide-ranging personnel cuts in recent months. Entertainment media companies have also been heavily impacted, with AMC, NBCUniversal, Paramount Global, Roku, and Spotify paring back headcount.

☆ 'Sextortion' attacks on the rich and famous are on the rise. Here's how their lawyers discreetly fight back.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-25 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Celebrities, sports stars, CEOs have never been more at risk of 'sextortion' attacks, lawyers say. "I'm going to blow up you and your business," the screen read. "If you can't get me money," she texted the terrified CEO, according to records reviewed by Insider, "I'm going to fuck up your whole company." East Coast, West CoastHigh-end sextortions like the case of that Manhattan CEO, one of Saland and Weisberg's recent clients, are spawning a growing legal practice. It's different in ManhattanIn contrast, Manhattan sextortion clients tend to hail not from the A-list, but from the city's vast pool of the anonymously wealthy.

☆ Eli Lilly sued for age discrimination by U.S. agency EEOC
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterFILE PHOTO: An Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical manufacturing plant is pictured at 50 ImClone Drive in Branchburg, New Jersey, March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File PhotoSept 26 (Reuters) - Eli Lilly and Co was sued on Monday by the U.S. According to the EEOC, Fry suggested that the lack of millennials was a problem, and the Indianapolis-based company would target 40% "Early Career" hiring. The lawsuit filed in Indianapolis federal court accused Lilly of violating the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act. The case is EEOC v Lilly USA LLC, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, No.

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