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ABC’s Negotiations With Local TV Stations Concerning, Says FCC Commissioner

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Brendan Carr, a commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has raised concerns about the impact of TV network ABC’s ongoing broadcast agreement negotiations with local TV stations. The concerns come at ...

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Chinese-Owned NewsBreak App Raises National Security Concerns Over 50 Million American Users

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The most popular news app in America has a secret: it’s not as American as it appears. According to Reuters, NewsBreak, which bills itself as a local news platform serving more than ...

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Christmas Movies 2024: Hollywood’s Dark Turn Leaves Families Searching for Holiday Cheer

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Not that long ago, Christmas Day theater offerings meant family-oriented storylines that everyone could enjoy. As CNN notes, “going to the movie theater either on Christmas or in the days surrounding it, ...

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K-Love owner EMF Expands with Spanish-Language Acquisition

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Educational Media Foundation (EMF), a media powerhouse with over $1.1 billion in assets, is set to acquire Radio Nueva Vida, a Spanish-language Christian radio network, from the Association for Community Education (ACE). ...

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ABC News to apologize and pay $16 Million in defamation suit settlement with Donald Trump

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Donald Trump has often complained about fake news from the mainstream media, and now ABC will apologize and pay him a whopping $15 million settlement in a defamation suit brought by Trump ...

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Southern Poverty Law Center Under Fire for ‘Doxing’ Satirical Christian Writers

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The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a nonprofit known for tracking hate groups, is facing backlash for exposing the identities of writers for the satirical Christian websites The Babylon Bee and Not ...

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Jewish leaders react to Huckabee nomination with praise, hope

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Reactions from Israel are positive on the nomination of Mike Huckabee as the next U.S. ambassador to Israel. “Mike has been a great public servant, governor and leader in faith for many ...

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Christian publisher uses comic books to teach true story of America’s founding

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Comic books can be an effective way to teach children the true story of the nation’s founding, according to the CEO of a Christian-owned publishing company. Kingstone Studios, best known among Christians ...

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Pastor, priest and rabbi agree that religion, civility are in decline

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It’s not only evangelical Christians who are noticing a decline in religion in the United States. Jewish, Catholic and Protestant leaders agreed on the disturbing trend during a recent event at the ...

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Pastor calls on Christians  to put down smartphones and have digital fast

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As important as it is for Christians to fast physically, many also may need a digital fast, said Darren Whitehead, Ph.D., senior pastor of Church of the City in Nashville.  His new ...

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Jeff Bezos calls on his paper to add more conservative voices

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The “Washington Post” lost thousands of Democrat subscribers when owner Jeff Bezos decided to pull the editorial board’s endorsement of Kamala Harris for president and decided instead to not make an endorsement. ...

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Musk suspends Iranian Ayatollah’s Hebrew account

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Social media platform X on Sunday suspended an official account of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, one day after it was created. The suspension of the @Khamenei_Heb account came shortly after it ...

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Special showing of Oct. 7 documentary Sunday night

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The haunting interview-based documentary Screams Before Silence about the Oct. 7 Hamas attack will be shown Sunday evening, Oct. 6 in Overland Park. Produced by Sheryl Sandberg, former CEO of Facebook, it ...

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New Pray.com podcast series will share Old Testament lessons for Christian, Jewish listeners

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Yael Eckstein, president and CEO of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, will host The Chosen People, a new podcast created in partnership with Pray.com. The devotional series brings to life the ...

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Chuck Swindoll to preach final sermon in October

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Popular pastor, author and broadcaster Chuck Swindoll will preach his final sermon a as pastor of Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, Texas, next month. “This decision was not made lightly,” he said.  ...

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Chick-fil-A to launch streaming service

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Chik-fil-A is joining the crowded streaming service industry according to reports. “Deadline” reports that the popular restaurant chain has been working with major players in the entertainment industry to create, license and acquire family friendly ...

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PBS’s Judy Woodruff apologizes for repeating unverified story

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Long-time PBS host Judy Woodruff has apologized for spreading unverified reports about Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu. According to the Associated Press, Woodruff had cited a story from Axios and Reuters claiming that Trump encouraged Israeli Prime ...

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Avoiding ‘Doomscrolling’ and how we’re changing to help

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There’s a lot of bad news in the world. It’s easy to scroll through your phone and rarely find a positive story on your social media feeds. It’s leading to something called ...

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Did the media report Kamala Harris as Indian-American?

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In a viral clip today, Vice President Kamala Harris appears four years ago with actress Mindy Kaling. It the cooking segment, Harris acknowledges that she is Indian. See the video below. But, ...

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Chiefs Harrison Butker criticizes Olympics opening ceremony

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The Olympics has given contradictory statements if a scene in the opening ceremonies of the games was a depiction of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper.”  The burlesque performance was an “interpretation of ...

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Data mining company Gloo acquires publications from Christianity Today

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Gloo, a technology company that helps churches, ministries and events mine personal data on members and visitors, has acquired two sister news sites from Christianity Today: Church Law & Tax and ChurchSalary. ...

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Daystar network drops Robert Morris after abuse allegations

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The Christian network Daystar has dropped Pastor Robert Morris of Gateway Church from its programming following allegations that he sexually abused her in the 1980s starting when she was 12 years old. ...

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Supreme Court strikes blow to religious webcasting

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The National Religious Broadcasters Association has lost its challenge to a rate system that it says forces religious webcasters to pay more to promote religious messages than it does for secular entities. ...

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K-LOVE leadership changes, lawsuits threaten $1 billion empire

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Educational Media Foundation (EMF), which operates K-LOVE and Air1, the largest radio network ministries in the contemporary Christian music world, has undergone significant leadership changes and turnover in the last 18 months. ...

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Is K-LOVE imploding? Lawsuits and leadership turmoil at $1 billion network

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Educational Media Foundation (EMF), which operates K-LOVE and Air1, the largest radio network ministries in the contemporary Christian music world, has undergone significant leadership changes and turnover in the last 18 months. ...

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