Mediagazer: Facebook recently promoted Fidji Simo, an exec who worked on its video and advertising business and is close with publishers, to oversee the entire Facebook app (Sahil Patel/Digiday)

6:50 PM ET, March 18, 2019

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:

Former DNC Chair Donna Brazile, who left CNN over leaks to Clinton campaign, has joined Fox News as a contributor — Donna Brazile, the former chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, will join Fox News as a contributor, the cable-news network announced Monday.

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Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times:

Warner Bros. Chief Executive Kevin Tsujihara steps down following allegations that he had an affair with a young actress and tried to get her cast in movies — Warner Bros. Chief Executive Kevin Tsujihara will step down after allegations that he had an affair with a young actress and tried …

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Peter Kafka / Recode:

With the departure of Kevin Tsujihara, all of the men in who were in top positions at Time Warner when AT&T purchased it have left or are leaving the company — Warner Bros boss Kevin Tsujihara is out after a casting-couch scandal. He's the last man in a top position at Time Warner to leave the company.

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Associated Press:

Facebook is struggling with Today In, its feature curating local news, because 40% of Americans live in places that do not have enough local news coverage — About 1,800 newspapers have closed in the US in the last 15 years, partly as a result of internet-based companies like Facebook

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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:

UK digital minister Margot James has raised concerns about the regulation of online live streaming in the aftermath of the New Zealand shootings — Margot James says footage of Christchurch attack highlights issues around regulation — The digital minister, Margot James …

Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Facebook recently promoted Fidji Simo, an exec who worked on its video and advertising business and is close with publishers, to oversee the entire Facebook app

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Bhanu Pratap / Reuters:
Facebook says it has removed 1.5M videos of the Christchurch attack in the first 24 hours; over 1.2M of those videos were blocked at upload

John Koblin / New York Times:

An overview of Apple's big spending plan to challenge streaming incumbents like Netflix, ahead of its March 25 “It's show time” event — Apple is coming to Hollywood. — Delete that. — Hollywood is going to Apple. — On March 25, a delegation of producers …

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Washington Post:

Inside YouTube's efforts to shut down uploads, coming as quickly as 1 per second, of the Christchurch shooting as uploaders managed to evade its detection tools — SAN FRANCISCO — As a grisly video recorded by the alleged perpetrator of Friday's bloody massacres at two New Zealand mosques played …

Adam Sternbergh / Vulture:

How podcasts have become audio portals into unexpected worlds, with an estimated 660K shows in production, offering ~28M individual episodes for 62M listeners — When you first heard about podcasts, do you remember how excited you weren't? Do you recall the first person who said …

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

In a major jump to digital from traditional pay-TV, UFC signs a deal with ESPN that will see its pay-per-view events available exclusively on ESPN+ for 7 years — - Jordan Peele Talks About ‘Us’ Soundtrack and Music in Film in Spotify's First-Ever Movie Takeover (EXCLUSIVE)

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable and The Wrap

Alex Sherman / CNBC:

HBO's president of global distribution Bernadette Aulestia is resigning, according to internal memo, a month after CEO Richard Pleper departed — HBO's president of global distribution, Bernadette Aulestia, has announced her resignation, according to an internal memo obtained by CNBC.

Discussion: Variety, The Wrap and @sherman4949

Variety:

Sources: Netflix and the Cannes Film Festival continue to quietly negotiate but the streaming service will not have a film in or out of competition this year — Although Netflix and the Cannes Film Festival continue quietly to negotiate a potential settlement to their differences …

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