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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Boris Johnson says UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has asked Ofcom to review whether RT's news channel license should be suspended — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered a review of the Russian-backed RT news channel. — Addressing the House of Commons on Wednesday …
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
Netflix is testing Fast Laughs, a stream of short, curated comedy clips, on its TV app in select English-speaking countries — Fast Laughs is rolling out to ‘select English-speaking countries’ — Netflix is testing Fast Laughs, a stream of comedy clips hand-picked by Netflix, on its TV app.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Discovery and Omnicom will test TV measurement alternatives using Comscore and VideoAmp data; AT&T, State Farm, and others are participating — AT&T and State Farm are the latest big advertisers to experiment with new ways of figuring out just who is watching TV - and the commercials that support it.
Lily Kuo / Washington Post:
As China walks a tightrope over the Ukraine crisis, Beijing-linked Horizon News accidentally posted apparent coverage rules banning posts unfavorable to Russia — China did not explicitly endorse Moscow's latest moves toward Ukraine but still recognized on Tuesday what it called Russia's …
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Wayne Friedman / MediaPost:
Roku launches Advertising Watermark to help advertisers and publishers verify the authenticity of their video ads and defend against “device spoofing” — To reduce advertising fraud in the connected TV (CTV) and streaming businesses, Roku is starting up a new free technology …
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Kris Holt / Engadget:
LinkedIn launches LinkedIn Podcast Network as a pilot, with shows available on LinkedIn, Apple Podcasts, and other platforms — LinkedIn is delving deeper into the podcast world. It's debuting a podcast network that features in-house shows from the LinkedIn News team as well as programs from industry figures.
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Ash Parrish / The Verge:
Twitch launches the Ad Incentive Program to pay select streamers a guaranteed monthly minimum ad revenue based on amount of ads run per hour and hours streamed — The Ad Incentive Program will pay streamers a guaranteed minimum amount of ad revenue per month
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
Condé Nast's Vogue and GQ will make content exclusively for TikTok, including hashtag challenges and print inserts — Vogue and GQ will make content exclusively for TikTok, both for their own respective brand channels and in print, under a new deal Condé Nast signed with the social media platform.
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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
WSJ and Google Ad Manager study finds advertisers that used first-party data in campaigns were 37% more likely to run another campaign — The Wall Street Journal welcomes its cookieless future, and advertisers have taken notice. The publisher, in a case study conducted in partnership …
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The Nation:
The Nation names Bhaskar Sunkara, founder and publisher of Jacobin, as president — The founder and publisher of Jacobin to lead publishing and business development for America's leading source of progressive politics and culture. — Contact: Caitlin Graf, The Nation, press [at] thenation.com, 212-209-5400
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
GB News will join the BBC, Sky News, and ITN broadcast pool for political coverage from April; GB News currently receives footage later than other broadcasters — GB News is joining the BBC, Sky News and ITN's broadcast pool for political coverage ten months after its launch.
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Sam Kille / Report for America:
Permanent community news funds, formed by community foundations working with local news leaders, are a major new trend for supporting local news — READ THE ‘COMMUNITY NEWS FUND’ REPORT — Report for America today released a report that identified a major new trend - the creation of …
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