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Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Twitter applied its “manipulated media” label for the first time, after a clipped video of Joe Biden was tweeted by a White House official, retweeted by Trump — It's the first time the social network has enforced a new policy to fight doctored videos and photos
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Source: Trump told aides he's afraid journalists will try to purposefully contract coronavirus to give it to him on Air Force One — Publicly, he sees it as yet another ("Fake News") media war; privately, he worries about virus-carrying journalists on Air Force One. But cancel his rallies?
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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
January filing shows that NBCUniversal sold its entire stake in Snap; NBCUniversal invested $500M in Snap in 2017 — Despite the previously unreported sale late last year, NBCU says it's committed to the Snap relationship, and is producing more programming than ever for the platform.
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
WaPo launches Drop Me The Link, a thrice-weekly politics newsletter with a single link to a story alongside context, aimed at younger or first-time voters — The Washington Post knows the news can feel like a bit much these days. — Even before the coronavirus broke out and the stock market went …
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders' claim that the mainstream media represents the affluents' interests has merit and is distinct from Trump's attempts to coerce and control — The senator's sweeping critique of coverage has more merit than we in the media like to admit. — When a BuzzFeed News colleague …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
A+E and AMC cancel live presentations scheduled for March as part of “upfront” ad-sales, following Fox News and Comcast's FreeWheel, due to COVID-19 concerns — A+E Networks said it would cancel the live presentation it had scheduled March 25 as part of the industry's annual …
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Hollywood Reporter:
Filing: Quibi asks CA court to end harassment from interactive media company Eko, which claims IP theft and says Quibi's “Turnstyle” feature infringes on its IP — Quibi says an interactive video sales company called Eko has “embarked on a campaign of threats and harassment.”
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
PGA Tour, which organizes the main men's golf tours in the US, signs a nine year deal with CBS, NBC, and ESPN; sources say the deal is worth $680M+, up 70% — The membership fees for TV's golf club just got a lot more expensive. — The PGA Tour, the organizer of the main professional men's golf tours …
Scott Nover / Adweek:
Reddit launches Trending Takeovers, a new ad product that lets brands buy 24 hours of placement on the site's Popular feed and within its search tab — Advertisers can get prime placement on the Popular feed and search tab — Key Insights: — The “front page of the internet” is about to get a little more corporate.
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Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Politico, WaPo, Daily Beast, and Mother Jones ask staff who covered CPAC to self-quarantine and work remotely, after an attendee tested positive for COVID-19 — The measures are being taken out of an abundance of caution. — Politico, the Washington Post, the Daily Beast …
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Zack Sharf / IndieWire:
John Oliver calls out Disney's Indian streaming service Hotstar for cutting anti-Disney jokes from his HBO talk show, following the Modi episode controversy — John Oliver spent a portion of his March 8 episode of “Last Week Tonight” slamming the Disney-owned streaming platform Hotstar …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
FuboTV adds NHL Network to its Extra and Sports Plus packages; over the next few weeks it will also add MLB Network to both packages — Internet streaming pay-TV provider FuboTV will now offer the networks of all four U.S. professional sports leagues with the addition of those for Major League Baseball and the NHL.
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