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Deadline has made a pair of staff moves as it continues its editorial expansion. London-based reporter Diana Lodderhose is returning to the site’s fold as International Features Editor, while Alexandra Del Rosario, currently Associate Editor, Nights & Weekends, has shifted to TV Reporter. “We are thrilled to have…

She’s been Connie Conehead, the youngest spawn of Beldar and Prymaat. Or perhaps you remember her as Christie Christina, the cohost of E. Buzz Miller’s public access cable show. Maybe you recall the stints as a TV news reporter on Chevy Chase’s version of SNL’s “Weekend Update” segments. However you remember Lara…

It’s the Super Sunday of Royal Family interviews, as the world will tune-in tonight to watch the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, aka Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, spill the tea with Oprah Winfrey. The major interview has a lot at stake beyond gossip. Palace observers worry that it will stir anti-Monarchist sentiments at…

Pepe Le Pew, the cartoon French skunk whose amorous attentions have chased generations of females, has been targeted by the New York Times. Columnist Charles M. Blow claims in a tweet today that the Looney Tunes character “added to rape culture.” “RW blogs are mad bc I said Pepe Le Pew added to rape culture. Let's…

Michael Stanley, who parlayed rocker stardom in the ’70s and ’80s into successful stints in radio and television in his later years, died Friday of lung cancer at his home. He was 72 and his death was confirmed by his manager. Stanley’s rock career was solid in Ohio and the Midwest, but never quite broke through…

CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell landed an interview with Charlotte Bennett, the former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo who is one of three women who have accused him of sexual misconduct. In the interview, Bennett dismissed Cuomo’s apology, which he made at a press appearance  Wednesday. She told O’Donnell…

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts says the will-they-won't-they Tokyo Summer Olympic Games "are getting past the point of 'if'." "It's about exactly how it gets done," live spectators, etc… "I am very hopeful. In my conversations with leadership. There is an excitement. This is a perfect moment for the world to come…

The media covering the upcoming trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin’s role in the death of George Floyd will have some new competition from messengers hired by the Minneapolis government. A team of social media influencers will be enlisted by the Minneapolis City Council to send "approved messages" during…

CNN correspondent Jim Acosta, who built a reputation as a bulldog at White House Press briefings during the Trump administration, got a taste of his own medicine Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Fla. A conservative journalist confronted Acosta over the network’s coverage of New…

Facebook unveiled commercial agreements with three Australian publishers Friday capping a tense week that saw passage, the day before, of a law recasting how Facebook and Google must approach the use of news content. The next news battleground may be Europe where copyright directives adopted by the bloc are meant to…

There was plenty of partisan sniping of double standards and whataboutism at today's House subcommittee hearing on disinformation. As Democrats fume over the role of right-wing media disinformation in the Capitol siege, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) reminded of the 2017 attack on a Republican softball practice, in which…

Facebook said will invest $1 billion in the global news industry over the next three years but came out swinging Wednesday over its news blackout of Australia, which it reversed yesterday after Aussie lawmakers agreed to modify a proposed law. In a blog post entitled The Real Story of What Happened With News on…