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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Joe Rogan apologizes for his past use of the N-word after a compilation video of him using the slur went viral; 70 JRE episodes have been removed from Spotify — 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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J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter:
Daniel Ek says “silencing” Rogan is not the answer in a staff email and commits $100M to licensing, developing, and marketing content from marginalized groups — Over the weekend, videos resurfaced by the musician India.Arie showed the podcaster repeatedly using the n-word and making derogatory comments about Black people.
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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
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Wall Street Journal, No Filters with Caro West, Vanity Fair, Al Jazeera, @mmasnick, @pkafka, @robertcaruso and @faithfullybp
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
NBC Sports says 16M US viewers watched the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony across broadcast and streaming, down 43% from 2018 and an all-time low — NBC Sports says 16 million viewers tuned in to watch the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday …
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MediaPost, Axios, NBC Sports Pressbox, Awful Announcing, Pink's Bottom Line on Media …, Mediaite, Barrett Media, @nrarmour, @danwetzel, The Wrap and Insider
Josh Ye / South China Morning Post:
In a rare reversal, Tencent Video restores the original ending of Fight Club after censorship of the final scene sparked widespread backlash online in China — The restored ending adds back about 11 out of 12 minutes cut from the film, but some scenes featuring nudity are kept …
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CNN, Wall Street Journal, @anthony, @therealjoshye, The Guardian, @therealjoshye, Mashable, @mrsimoningram and @therealjoshye
Financial Times:
Private equity firms like Apollo, which recently bought a $760M stake in Legendary, are betting that streaming demand for scripted content will endure for years — Apollo and Blackstone are betting that fierce demand for hot scripts will continue for years
Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal:
Innovid, an adtech company for streaming TV, acquires measurement and attribution service TVSquared for approximately $160M in cash and stock — Innovid is acquiring the ad measurement and attribution platform as Nielsen's dominance of TV metrics wobbles, leaving the field in flux
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Variety, MediaPost, Deadline, Broadband TV News, @davemorgannyc and @digitalshields
Josh Kosman / New York Post:
Sources: The Chicago Cubs, which own Marquee Sports with Sinclair, are in talks with Sinclair to launch a streaming service, despite pushback from MLB — The Chicago Cubs are in talks with media giant Sinclair Broadcasting to launch a streaming service for customers without a cable …
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The Streamable, Barrett Media and The TV Answer Man!
Steven Zeitchik / Washington Post:
A look at the Sundance Film Festival's foray into the metaverse, which included screenings in VR movie theaters, Q&As with filmmakers' avatars, and parties — Sundance offered a metaverse version this year. Here's what it was like to attend it. — For all the talk about the movies …
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@erikstrobl and @aweiss
Parker Higgins / Freedom of the Press Foundation:
How new rules in Kansas and Iowa and a proposal in Utah restricting journalist access to legislature floors, a long-held tradition, create a dangerous precedent — In a growing number of state legislatures across the country, journalists are facing new rules and proposed legislation that breaks …
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@xor, @jesseapaul, @freedomofpress, @trevortimm, @freedomofpress and U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Catherine Yeo / Creative Contemplation:
The struggle to get Wikipedia bios approved for creators like TikTok star Bella Poarch shows how mainstream media coverage, or lack of it, affects Wikipedia — Notability, Necessity, Non-objectivity — ✍️ Welcome to Creative Contemplation! I'm Catherine, and this is my …
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@ashkan, @thisistrue, @kendallostrow, @taylorlorenz, @catherinehyeo, @catherinehyeo, @simonowens and @taylorlorenz
The Conversation:
Journalism academics question Google funding a News Corp Australia training academy, as the company can shape the curriculum for an industry it undermines — News Corp Australia and Google have announced the creation of the Digital News Academy in partnership with the Melbourne Business School at the University of Melbourne.
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@ketanj0 and @jayrosen_nyu
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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@dish, Awful Announcing and Next TV
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