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10:05 PM ET, March 8, 2020

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Megan Graham / CNBC:
SXSW, which was scheduled for March 13-22, has been canceled due to concerns over the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak  —  - SXSW was canceled after a string of high-profile cancellations including Twitter, Facebook and TikTok.  — The conference had been scheduled to take place between March 13 and 22.
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
HuffPost EIC Lydia Polgreen is stepping down and joining Gimlet Media as head of content “later this spring”  —  MOVING ON  —  HuffPost Editor in Chief Lydia Polgreen is leaving the news outlet to join podcasting company Gimlet Media as the head of content, The Daily Beast has confirmed.
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Twitter applied its “manipulated media” label for the first time to an edited video of Joe Biden, tweeted by a White House official and retweeted by Trump  —  It's the first time the social network has enforced a new policy to fight doctored videos and photos
Patricia Nilsson / Financial Times:
Study: only 38 among 162 large media outlets across 10 countries including UK, US, and Japan have a female EIC; in S. Africa, 47% of the top editors are women  —  At 168 largest media outlets across 10 countries only 38 had a female editor  —  Less than a quarter of top news outlets …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
To head off an Election Day debacle, reporters should ramp up scrutiny of issues like broken voting equipment, lack of polling places, unfair voter registration  —  If Election Day 2020 turns into a full-blown disaster, no one can say there weren't plenty of warning signs.
Patrick Strudwick / BuzzFeed:
In a letter to Guardian EIC, 338 staff members protest the paper's “transphobic content” after a recent column and air concerns over resignations of trans staff  —  “The pattern of publishing transphobic content has interfered with our work and cemented our reputation …
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Political reporters shouldn't cover the coronavirus story because it's a science issue with right and wrong claims, not a two-sided battle over the narrative  —  One of the many ways the public is ill-served by the White House chokehold on information about the coronavirus crisis is that it gives …
Makena Kelly / The Verge:
Senators introduce the Kids Internet Design and Safety Act to target sponsored content and unboxing videos aimed at children under age 16 on online platforms  —  The KIDS Act could dramatically affect kids' channels  —  From toy unboxings to gaming videos, kids spend a lot of time watching YouTube videos.
Sharareh Drury / Hollywood Reporter:
Hachette drops Woody Allen's memoir following a staff walkout on Thursday, says it will return all rights to the author  —  “At HBG we take our relationships with authors very seriously, and do not cancel books lightly," the publishing company said in a statement.
Tim Peterson / Digiday:
News media publishers are using their streaming services, which have more flexible schedules than linear TV, to keep audiences up-to-date with COVID-19 coverage  —  As coronavirus has spread around the world, news media companies have turned to their digital video outlets …
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
Kantar: in the quarter up to October 2019, Netflix led with 23% of new VOD subscriptions and Hulu had 20%; 56% of new VOD subs were for second or third services  —  Netflix secured 23% of new video on demand subscriptions in the three months up to October, 2019, closely followed by Hulu …
Discussion: @ballmatthew
Julia Alexander / The Verge:
Quibi will offer a free 90-day trial for users who sign up before it launches on April 6 with 50 shows and movies; Quibi will cost $4.99 with ads, $7.99 without  —  Longer than what Disney Plus current offers  —  Quibi is finally almost here, and in an effort to entice people …
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Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost:
Quibi partners with Canadian telecom Bell, which will promote the streamer and produce a daily news program and sports update
Discussion: Canadian Press
 
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Alex Emmons / The Intercept:
Sen. Wyden and Rep. Khanna introduce bill narrowing the scope of the Espionage Act so journalists can't be prosecuted for soliciting and publishing information
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Sources: Meredith is shutting down a studio behind an upcoming Apple+ show, laying off 10 staff; it will no longer produce or license shows to outside clients
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Washington Post:
Study: 86K+ Facebook pages ran at least one political ad that was not properly disclosed, and ~20K ads had been purchased by “likely inauthentic communities”
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Thrillist President Ocean MacAdams, who joined the company in 2017, is leaving; Chief Content Officer Meghan Kirsch will head the company
Discussion: MediaPost and Adweek
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Twitter expands its rules around hateful conduct to include language that dehumanizes people on the basis of their age, disability, or disease