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New York Times:
Behind the work to get journalists, relatives, and others tied to NYT, WSJ, and WaPo out of Afghanistan, with aid from diplomatic contacts, military, and Qatar — The evacuation of those who worked for outlets like The New York Times and The Washington Post came after a global rescue effort stretching from the Pentagon to Qatar.
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Two female journalists at Radio Television Afghanistan say they've been barred from working and that there are no more female presenters or reporters at RTA — Afghan women journalists on Thursday asked the Taliban to respect their right to work. — Shabnam Khan Dawran, an anchor at RTA …
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Defense One, Press Gazette, Financial Times, Committee to Protect … and Breitbart
DW.COM:
Taliban have killed a family member of a DW journalist they were seeking and raided the homes of three other DW journalists
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Memo: DC-based The Hill has been sold to Nexstar Media Group for $130M — The Hill, a Beltway-based print publication that receives significant national traffic to its digital website, has sold to Nextstar for $130 million, Axios has learned. — Why it matters: The Hill's owner …
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Awful Announcing:
Disney and National Cable Television Cooperative, representing 700+ cable operators, renew their carriage deal; all NCTC operators will offer the ACC Network — August is when a lot of carriage deals tend to expire and either get renewed or not (ahead of the college football and NFL seasons) …
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ESPN Press Room U.S. and Light Reading
Pew Research Center:
Survey of 11,178 US adults: 48% say the government should restrict false info online, up from 39% in 2018; 59% think tech companies should, up from 56% in 2018 — Amid rising concerns over misinformation online - including surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, especially vaccines …
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@aginnt, @theabridgedzach, @gladstein, Reason, @micsolana, @kevinnbass, @nickgillespie, @pewjournalism, @johnrobb, @jenmercieca and American Press Institute
Associated Press:
AP's incoming CEO wrote to FL Gov. Ron DeSantis protesting tweets by his press secretary targeting an AP reporter, saying “bullying of journalists” is dangerous — NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press called on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to end “harassing behavior” …
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Vox Media hires BuzzFeed's former SVP of global brand licensing Eric Karp as its head of brand licensing, signaling its growing emphasis on commerce — Vox Media announced today that it has hired Eric Karp, formerly the svp of global brand licensing at BuzzFeed, as its new svp …
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@markstenberg3
Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:
Spotify announces it will spend up to $1B, or just under 2.5% of its current market cap, through early 2026 to repurchase its own shares — Y tho? — Music streaming service Spotify today said it will spend up to $1 billion between now and April 21, 2026 to repurchase its own shares.
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Spotify, @gah650, Music Business Worldwide and Music Business Worldwide
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Joe Galloway, decorated war correspondent for UPI and co-author of We Were Soldiers Once...and Young, dies at 79 — He chronicled the first major battle of the war in “We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young” and raised questions about the invasion of Iraq. — Joe Galloway, a war correspondent …
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@david_philipps, @nytpolitics and Associated Press
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
BBC inquiry dismisses News UK's complaint alleging that a BBC Two documentary implied Rupert Murdoch “posed a threat to liberal democracy” — Complaints unit backs makers of Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty, except over section on Tory ‘sleaze’ stories
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@jakubkrupa and @mediaguardian
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Interview with FuboTV CEO David Gandler, who says the company aims for 5M subscribers to its TV bundle by 2026 and it is considering original sports content — - FuboTV CEO David Gandler predicts about 50 million U.S. households will eventually subscribe to digitally delivered video networks.
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@sherman4949, The Desk, @sherman4949 and MediaPost
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