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2:50 PM ET, March 10, 2019

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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:

To get an idea of Netflix viewing figures, the BBC ran a survey according to which 7M Britons had watched The Crown in 17 months — Tony Hall said BBC's Luther and Bodyguard reached bigger audience with smaller budgets — The BBC director general, Tony Hall, has mocked the size …

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John F. Harris / Politico:

Despite frequent attacks on media, Trump arguably has the most frequent, informal, and sustained personal interactions with reporters and commentators since JFK — Why is the mainstream media so agitated about President Donald Trump's close relationship with Fox News host Sean Hannity?

Discussion: @jnicholsonindc, Orlando Sentinel and Media Matters for America

Louisa Lim / New York Times:

Australia's defamation laws privilege the right to reputation over freedom of expression and lead to self-censorship in the media, especially regarding China — A court ruling in favor of a billionaire businessman against The Sydney Morning Herald illustrates the sorry state of the country's defamation laws.

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Avi Asher-Schapiro / Committee to Protect Journalists:

Trump administration has so far prosecuted six leakers vs. ten during Obama's 8 years; journalists worry about surveillance, say sources are less forthcoming — When President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, William Barr, was asked at his confirmation hearing in January whether …

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Hearst to relaunch Clevver, a YouTube channels network, in a few weeks, having opened a multimedia production studio in Santa Monica and rehired Clevver's staff — - Critical Role Team, After Record-Breaking Fan Crowdfunding Response, Vows to Make ‘The Best Goddamn Cartoon Anyone Has Ever Seen’

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Sources: Amazon teams up with the NY Yankees, Sinclair Broadcasting, and others in a bid to buy the YES sports network from majority owner 21st Century Fox — Amazon is coming to New York — to grab a piece of the Yankees sports network. — Jeff Bezos' tech giant has teamed …

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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
An overview of Amazon's media strategies, which include partnering with channels, expanding sports rights, and connecting content to products it sells

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Arunabh Saikia / Scroll.in:

The editor and the publisher of Shillong Times, NE India's oldest English-language daily newspaper, held guilty of contempt after running story on judges' perks — The editor and publisher have been ordered to pay a fine of Rs two lakh each within a week, else they will be imprisoned for six months and the paper banned.

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Memo: in 2018, BuzzFeed generated $100M+ from business lines that didn't exist in 2017; Facebook video platform revenue grew from $500K in Q1 to $3M in Q4 2018 — - BuzzFeed CEO Says Company Is Generating Over $200 Million Annually From Businesses That Didn't Exist Two Years Ago

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Julia Alexander / The Verge:

After YouTube recategorized “Brie Larson”, star of Captain Marvel, as news in search, its algorithm surfaced videos from news publishers, pushing down trolls — How a simple ‘news’ tag can change everything — If you searched “Brie Larson” on YouTube a couple of days ago …

Discussion: @natasharomanoff, @dtunkelang, @moorehn, @kevinroose, @owillis, The A.V. Club, Comic Book, Business Insider and The A.V. Club

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman share content plans for Quibi, their streaming service launching in April 2020, including a show on Evan Spiegel and Snapchat — Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman today announced a slate of new series and projects heading to their forthcoming video streaming service, Quibi.

Discussion: Engadget, @thr, Hollywood Reporter, Adweek, Fast Company and The Wrap

New York Times:

White House Communications Director Bill Shine has resigned to serve as senior adviser on Trump's re-election campaign — Bill Shine, the former Fox News executive who joined the White House staff last summer to manage President Trump's communications operation, has resigned and will move …

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