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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
UK Culture Secretary confirms the BBC TV license fee will be frozen at £159 for two years, but says the funding model will be reviewed before December 2027 — U.K. Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has confirmed that the U.K. TV license fee, which is the primary source of income for the BBC …
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
FX Research: a record 559 scripted original TV series were released in 2021, up 13% YoY, likely due to 2020 shows being delayed by COVID-19 production shutdowns — Peak TV is back. After a dip in 2020 — the first decline since FX began tallying the number of scripted series every year …
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@poniewozik, The Wrap, nexttv.com, Hollywood Reporter and Deadline
Marie Le Conte / VICE:
A look at Politics For All, a UK news Twitter account started by a teenager in August 2019 and that amassed nearly half a million followers before it was banned — Teen admins, shady ads and an origin story that begins with Alex from Glasto - how exactly did PFA get so big, only to disappear so dramatically?
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The Guardian, @viceuk, @alzandaqa, @alzandaqa, @mediavoicespod, @eddierobson, @benallenwf, @hendopolis, @respectisvital, @jemstone and @misszing
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap:
Inside Entertainment Weekly a year after its top editor was fired amid misconduct allegations, as a staffer in an internal email says the outlet is now a “joke” — Entertainment Weekly, which fired its top editor a year ago amid complaints about his racist and sexist comments …
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
DirecTV plans to drop One America News Network after its current agreement expires, which a source says is in early April; DirecTV is OANN's largest distributor — DirecTV, one of the largest U.S. pay-TV providers, plans to drop One America News Network, dealing a major blow …
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
A look at the rise of sports breaking news journalists using Twitter, like NFL reporter Adam Schefter, and NBA reporters Shams Charania and Adrian Wojnarowski — - NBA reporters Shams Charania and Adrian Wojnarowski are in high demand because of their ferocity with scoops and their huge Twitter followings.
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@mattrosoff, @sopandeb, @ischafer, @sherman4949 and @sherman4949
Hannah Ellis-Petersen / The Guardian:
A group of Indian pro-government journalists shut down the Kashmir Press Club, after storming the club with the assistance from armed police — Authorities close organisation after pro-government journalists and police storm its premises — The future of press freedom in Indian-administered Kashmir …
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Committee to Protect … and Al Jazeera
Manori Ravindran / Variety:
DAZN appoints Shay Segev as sole CEO; James Rushton, DAZN co-founder who was serving as co-CEO, will continue with his existing responsibilities — DAZN Group has rejigged its leadership structure, appointing Shay Segev as its sole CEO. — Segev joined the sports streamer in June 2021.
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WORLD SCREEN and Deadline
Dan Primack / Axios:
Marc Benioff says Time projects 30% revenue growth to $200M+ in 2022; EIC says about one-quarter of the revenue will come from a two-year-old studio unit — When Salesforce.com founder Marc Benioff and his wife Lynne bought Time magazine from Meredith Corp. in 2018, it read to many as a vanity purchase.
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@hkanji, @mikemongo, @stevesi and @benioff
HuffPost:
Use of “officer-involved” and “police-involved” phrases fell in US newspaper stories after George Floyd's murder in May 2020 but started rising again in 2021 — Following the murder of George Floyd, The Associated Press issued guidance that reporters should not describe instances …
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@notrivia, @notrivia, @notrivia, @notrivia, @steffdaz, @adjoro, @ethanbrown72 and @jamesstout
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Patrick Soon-Shiong outlines the future of the LA Times, aiming to print while “economically possible” and to reach 1M digital subscribers by the end of 2022 — Next month marks four years since Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong agreed a $500m deal to buy his local newspaper, the Los Angeles Times.
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@davidclinchnews, @jackshafer, @margotroosevelt, @charlottetobitt and @wturvill
Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times:
Seven The A.V. Club staffers in Chicago face a deadline in deciding on a move to LA; WGA, East reps say G/O Media made the offer as a ploy to replace them — Katie Rife, a senior writer for entertainment site the A.V. Club, was working past midnight on a review last week when her friend sent her a text.
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@gwenemarie, @saloni_g, @onionincunion, @scott_tobias and @marahe
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