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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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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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Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap:
Inside Entertainment Weekly a year after it fired its top editor 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 …
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Catherine Porter / New York Times:
Profile of Jodie Ginsberg, a veteran British journalist and freedom-of-expression advocate, who will become the CPJ's new president in April — Jodie Ginsberg, a veteran British journalist and advocate, will become the president of the Committee to Protect Journalists at a time when attacks on the press are at an all-time high.
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?
Associated Press:
Turkish court acquits German journalist Mesale Tolu after years on trial for terror-related charges; Turkey had previously barred her from leaving the country — ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish court has acquitted German journalist Mesale Tolu after years on trial for terror-related charges.
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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Manori Ravindran / Variety:
Dazn appoints Shay Segev as sole CEO; Dazn co-founder James Rushton, who served as co-CEO, will continue overseeing growth in local markets, rights, and content — 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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Agence France-Presse:
AFP says it will press charges after its staff were attacked while covering an anti-vax protest in Paris, the second such attack against AFP — AFP is to press charges after one of its staff was attacked in Paris on Saturday during a rally against the introduction of a vaccine pass.
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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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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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