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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Joe Rogan apologizes for past use of N-word after a compilation video of him using the slur went viral; Spotify seems to have quietly removed ~70 JRE episodes — His apology came as listeners said that as many as 70 episodes of “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast had been quietly taken off Spotify …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Source: Spotify took down episodes of the Joe Rogan Experience at Rogan's request; all the removed episodes were recorded before he signed a deal with Spotify — Joe Rogan apologized Saturday for using a racial slur in past episodes of his popular podcast, many episodes of which have been removed from Spotify without explanation.
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Although Kara Swisher, LAT reporters, and others implicated Section 230, Spotify's right to publish Joe Rogan is, in fact, protected by the First Amendment — I really wasn't going to write anything about the latest Spotify/Joe Rogan/Neil Young thing. We've posted older case studies …
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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Audio: Daniel Ek says Spotify needs exclusives for leverage to land deals with Amazon, Google, and others, and that Spotify is a platform, not a publisher
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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
In an interview, David Zaslav denies that John Malone, a Discovery board member who was critical of Jeff Zucker's CNN leadership, pushed for Zucker's ouster — Speaking to CNBC Friday morning in separate interviews, John Stankey and David Zaslav push back on claims of John Malone's involvement.
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Tatiana Siegel / Rolling Stone:
Source: WarnerMedia's probe into Chris Cuomo advising his brother broadened to include ties between Jeff Zucker, Allison Gollust, and Andrew Cuomo
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Theo Wayt / New York Post:
Bloomberg apologizes for accidentally publishing the pre-written headline “Russia Invades Ukraine” on its site; the headline reportedly stayed up for 30 minutes — Bloomberg made a blunder. — The financial news site accidentally reported that Russia had invaded Ukraine Friday afternoon with a headline on its homepage.
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Wall Street Journal:
Filing: News Corp discovered a hack on January 20 that accessed emails and documents of some staff; an expert says the attack is likely linked to China — The attack, discovered on Jan. 20, affected publications including The Wall Street Journal, New York Post and the company's U.K. news operation
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Filing: Amazon spent $13B on TV, movie, and music content in 2021, up 18% YoY, a significant slowdown from 2020, when spending grew 41% — The ecommerce giant disclosed total video and music expense for 2021 in its annual SEC filing Friday. That total is compared with $11 billion the year prior, which was up roughly 40% versus 2019.
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Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Amazon breaks out advertising services revenue for the first time, reports $9.7B for Q4, up 32% YoY, $31.2B for FY 2021; subscription services grew 15% to $8.1B
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Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
After a carriage dispute lasting almost three months, Dish will again distribute Tegna's local TV affiliates in cities including Denver, Washington DC, and more — After a nearly four month carriage dispute, Dish customers are getting back their TEGNA locals.
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Christopher Lehmann-Haupt / New York Times:
Jason Epstein, a founding co-editor of The New York Review of Books who launched Anchor Books, which published classics as cheap paperbacks, dies at 93 — His literary and marketing instincts brought quality paperbacks to American readers and led to the creation of The New York Review of Books.
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Reuters:
Johnson & Johnson tried to get a US judge to block Reuters from publishing a story based on what it said were confidential documents about baby powder lawsuits — Johnson & Johnson tried to get a U.S. judge to block Reuters from publishing a story based on what it said were confidential company documents …
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Kimberly Chin / Wall Street Journal:
News Corp Q2: $235M profit on $2.72B revenue, up 13% YoY; Dow Jones' revenue hit $508M, up 14% YoY; News Corp news-media unit had $111M profit on $638M revenue — Publisher of The Wall Street Journal reports 13% increase in revenue as digital subscriptions grow
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Trevor Timm / Freedom of the Press Foundation:
The US DOJ said it would support legislation barring journalist surveillance but hasn't replied to Wyden's requests for help on bills embodying the protections — More than six months ago, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced sweeping changes to its “media guidelines” …
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Peter Guest / Rest of World:
Documents show how reputation laundering companies like Eliminalia use fake DMCA and legal notices to scare news outlets into taking down investigative stories — Reputation firms like Eliminalia use legal threats and copyright notices to have material taken down around the world.
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