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Media Watch Briefs

Fox News pays out $50 million in harassment costs

Slate reports that according to regulatory paperwork filed on August 14, 21st Century Fox paid out about $50 million in the fiscal year that ended on June 30 to cover costs related to a slew of sexual-harassment and discrimination settlements at Fox News. The New York Times reports that $50 million is $5 million more than what the company said it had paid out as of the end of March. For more on this story see here.

Tripura CM censored

Thanks to the Hindu and TOI one knows what it was that the Tripura CM said that DD found unpalatable. Indian Express's long story taken from PTI does not give details, nor does the CM's speech figure in IE's inside page round up of CM's speeches. PTI is known for self censoring stories related to media. The IANS story taken by the Hindu gave more details.

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Free Speech Hub

Access to Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine Blocked in India

Jharkhand Bans Sahitya Akademi-Winning Author’s Book for ‘Negative’ Portrayal of Santhals

Don’t address students at prohibited campus areas: JNU to prof Prabhat Patnaik

Delhi court bars sale of book about Ramdev