Nexstar Media will launch multicast network Rewind TV on September 1, offering nearly 50 million TV households (roughly 40% of the U.S.) a menu of 1980s and 1990s sitcoms. Shows in the initial lineup include The Drew Carey Show, Murphy Brown, Growing Pains, Wings, Sabrina, The Teenage Witch, Who’s the Boss and Family Ties. The new network is meant to […]

EXCLUSIVE: Jon Meacham, the Pultizer Prize-winning historian, is expanding his relationship with Cadence13 with the launch of his own podcast studio. Meacham has launched Shining City Audio to produce a slate of audio documentaries and series centered around history with the originals arm of the Audacy-owned company. It comes on the back of Meacham’s shows, including It Was Said and […]

The family of Andrew Brown Jr. was scheduled to view bodycam footage Monday of the Black man’s fatal shooting by sheriff’s deputies in North Carolina, family lawyers said. The family and its representatives plan on viewing the video at the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office before holding a news conference, lawyers Ben Crump, Harry Daniels and Bakari Sellers said in a statement. Brown, a father of seven, […]

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Students may soon be surprised to learn that artificial intelligence is increasingly being used to grade, answer questions and even teach at colleges across the country. The newest can evaluate and score applicants’ personality traits and perceived motivation, and colleges increasingly are using these tools to make admissions and financial aid decisions — though not without some controversy. (Photo: Erin Bormett […]

Amid oxygen shortage and a faltering health system in the country, India is seeing over 300,000 cases daily. As the situation in India continues to make headlines globally and the oxygen crisis escalates, more and more individuals, start-ups, and venture capitalists are offering help in different ways to people and families. Early on Sunday, US-based venture capitalist Vinod Khosla tweeted: […]

Australia's main association representing pension fund investors said it was tightening its climate change policy and may recommend voting against directors of companies which are not moving fast enough to meet Paris goals. The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' (ASCI) is also urging companies to adopt shareholder resolutions known as "Say on Climate." Those resolutions typically call for annual disclosure […]

Failure to provide transgender prisoners with a safe environment or adequate medical care constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment, the U.S. Justice Department said last week. In a statement of interest filed in the case of Ashley Diamond, a Black transgender woman who sued the Georgia Department of Corrections in November, the Justice Department said it’s not taking a position […]