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Joshua Benton

Joshua Benton

Founder & Senior Writer at Nieman Journalism Lab

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NBC and CBS cuts hit race and culture verticals
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The biggest antitrust case against Big Tech in decades turned out t...

The biggest antitrust case against Big Tech in decades turned out to be kind of a flop
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It's only the latest instance of the state's centuries-long effort to make life difficult for "outside influences."
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