westfaironline.com May 01, 2023
Lights! Camera! Connecticut? New alliance seeks to bring more productions to the Nutmeg State BY PHIL HALL Phall@westfairinc.com
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here was bad news and good news laced through the April 19 inaugural meeting of the Connecticut Film and TV Alliance. The bad news was a fatal vehicular accident on I-84 that shut down the highway in both directions, thus delaying many attendees from reaching the meeting’s location at Southington Cadillac Ranch event hall.
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Business takeaway from the Dominion/Fox $787.5M settlement BY PETER KATZ Pkatz@westfairinc.com
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he settlement in which Fox News agreed to pay $787.5 million to Dominion Voting Systems to end Dominion’s defamation
lawsuit underscores just how serious matters of defamation, which include libel and slander, can be. Other recent high-profile defamation cases include: a $2.7 billion case against Fox News filed by Smartmatic, a voting technology company; a suit by journalist
Jean Carroll against Donald Trump; and lawsuits against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for statements he made about the Sandy Hook school shootings that result-
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New alliance—
Jeffrey
Buss Photo by Bob Rozycki