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Mark Scott / Politico:
YouTube plans to block Russia-backed RT and Sputnik in the European Union and the UK, following similar bans by Meta and TikTok, citing the invasion of Ukraine — Google's YouTube said Tuesday that it would block Kremlin-backed media outlets RT and Sputnik from Europe following similar bans by Facebook and TikTok.
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
DirecTV drops RT “effective immediately”, accelerating this year's contract expiration timeline; DirecTV and Dish are the only major US TV providers carrying RT — New York (CNN Business)DirecTV is cutting ties with RT, the Russia-backed television network infamous for promoting Vladimir Putin's agenda.
J. Clara Chan / Hollywood Reporter:
Snap halts ads in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine, pledges $15M to relief orgs in Ukraine, and is helping relocate 300+ Ukrainian staff of its AR platform Looksery — Three hundred Snap employees are from Ukraine, according to a message shared on Tuesday.
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Dawn Chmielewski / Reuters:
Disney, Warner Bros., and Sony Pictures Entertainment say they are pausing theatrical releases in Russia; Disney says it is working with NGOs to provide aid — Hollywood studios Disney, Warner Bros., and Sony Pictures Entertainment said they would pause theatrical releases of upcoming films …
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Amanda Yeo / Mashable:
Reddit quarantines r/Russia and r/RussiaPolitics over “a high volume of information not supported by credible sources” and bans a mod for acting in bad faith — A moderator has also been removed. — Reddit has quarantined subreddit r/Russia due to misinformation …
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Roku says it will no longer offer RT News among its channels globally, after earlier pulling the Russian state-controlled TV network from its service in Europe
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Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple pauses all product sales in Russia, removes RT News and Sputnik News from the App Store outside Russia, and disables Apple Maps' live traffic in Ukraine
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TikTok confirms it has shut down access to Russian sites RT and Sputnik in Europe following requests from individual governments and the European Union
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Netflix won't add any Russian channels in the country “given the current situation” despite a regulation requiring it to add 20 federal channels from March 1
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:
Twitter starts labeling tweets that link to Russian state-backed media outlets and plans to label other countries' state media outlets “in the coming weeks”
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Thom Geier / The Wrap:
Roughly 100 writers and content producers at six G/O Media sites went on strike after Gizmodo Media Group Union's contract expired at midnight — Roughly 100 writers and content producers at Jezebel, Gizmodo and other G/O Media websites went on strike Tuesday after the Gizmodo Media Group Union's contract expired at midnight.
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Jonathan Tannenwald / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Turner Sports wins English-language TV rights for US Soccer starting in 2023 and HBO Max will be the primary outlet; sources: the deal is worth ~$25M per year — The U.S. Soccer Federation's next English-language TV rights deal has been won by Turner Sports, the two entities announced Tuesday …
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Q&A with Nobel Peace Prize winner and Novaya Gazeta EIC Dmitry Muratov on pressure from the Russian government, planning for a “very difficult period”, and more — “We continue to call war war,” Dmitry Muratov, the editor of Novaya Gazeta, said. “We are waiting for the consequences.”
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Meta demotes content linking to Russian state media outlets on Facebook globally, will do the same on Instagram, and plans to label the content on both apps — Links to Russian state media are being demoted in Facebook and Instagram — Meta has stopped recommending content by Russian state media …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sony merges anime streaming services Funimation and Crunchyroll into a single subscription, starts phasing out the Funimation brand, and promises no price hike — Sony is effectively merging its two anime streaming services, announcing that Crunchyroll subscribers will have access to library …
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
A profile of Bolts, a nonprofit digital magazine launched in early February to focus on criminal justice and voting rights at the local level in the US — “Issues that seem really intractable at the national level often aren't at the local level. That's why we think there's a lot of opportunity for coverage there."
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Alex Ritman / Hollywood Reporter:
US film and TV studio A24 poaches two BBC executives, Rose Garnett, director of BBC Film, and Piers Wenger, director of BBC Drama, for newly created roles — Rose Garnett and Piers Wenger will join A24 in newly-created London-based roles that will see them oversee its growing international film and TV slate.
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