By Joshua Tyler
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Recently, I’ve been using the X platform and this website to report on the current state of the online publishing industry.
Earlier this week, Valnet, the media company that owns websites such as Screen Rant, Game Rant, Movie Web, Collider, and CBR, issued a cease and desist letter in which it claims my journalism “disparage[s],” “tarnish[es] and damage[s] Valnet’s reputation,” “defame[s] Valnet’s credibility,” constitutes “harassment,” contains “abusive statements” and “intentionally and maliciously spew[s] false, frivolous and slanderous accusations about Valnet.”
Below are two of the X posts cited in Valnet’s cease & desist letter as “unlawful.”
Following is the full cease and desist letter sent to me by Miranda Ciavaglia, Valnet’s legal counsel, which includes more examples of the posts Valnet believes to be actionable.
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