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2:40 PM ET, March 3, 2022

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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
A look at plans for CNN+, scheduled to launch at month's end despite the turmoil at CNN, for $2.99 per month initially; a bundle with HBO Max is planned  —  The show must go on, even in streaming video.  —  Employees at CNN are keeping that adage in mind as they prepare to launch a new direct …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Spotify closes its office in Russia “indefinitely”, removes all content from RT and Sputnik, and adds a guide offering users localized “trusted news” sources
K.J. Yossman / Variety:
ITV buys out BBC's share of BritBox UK ahead of the launch of its streaming service; BritBox International will remain a 50/50 joint venture between ITV and BBC  —  ITVX will integrate BritBox U.K. although the latter best-of-British offering will remain a “separate entity” within the app and require a paid subscription.
Discussion: The Streamable and Radio Times
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Voice of America:
Russia's media regulator warns VOA that it will block the outlet's Russian website unless it takes down Ukraine coverage; VOA's director says it won't comply  —  Today the Russian government warned the Voice of America of its intention to block the VOA Russian language service's news website …
Sharon Knolle / The Wrap:
Serena Williams calls out The New York Times for running a photo of her sister labeled “Serena Williams” in Wednesday's print edition  —  Tennis superstar Serena Williams urged The New York Times to “do better” after an article about her new $111 million Serena Ventures ran …
The Moscow Times:
Two days after being taken off the air for spurning Kremlin-approved terms, liberal radio station Ekho Moskvy has been dissolved by its board of directors  —  Russia's iconic liberal radio station Ekho Moskvy (Echo of Moscow) has been wound up after falling afoul of Russia's censorship of coverage of the war in Ukraine.
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CNN:
Journalists from TV Rain, also known as Dozhd, leave Russia after some employees received threats and the country set up a digital roadblock of the news network
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
An attempt to quantify RT's reach in UK, Germany, and France shows little traction outside social media; RT's Facebook engagement is large in Germany and France  —  Is RT's international audience real?  —  That's an important question, as regulators and distributors debate …
Kellen Browning / New York Times:
Twitch says it will ban “harmful misinformation superspreaders” that persistently share debunked misinfo, including about vaccines and election fraud  —  The new policy will target channels that persistently lie about vaccines and election fraud, as well as Russian state-run media.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Memo: Vox Media plans to lay off 3% of employees; most of those affected are in “revenue organization, core services, studios,” and at the space website Seeker  —  Vox Media told employees Thursday it plans to lay off 3% of employees following the completion of its merger with Group Nine Media …
Discussion: @katie_robertson and Bloomberg
Marina Adami / Global Investigative Journalism Network:
Q&A with Bellingcat's Christo Grozev on the outlet's current goal of documenting war crimes in Ukraine, the impact of digitization on wartime reporting, more  —  Editor's note: Christo Grozev is an investigative journalist and the executive director of GIJN member Bellingcat …
Discussion: @gijn
Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Analysis: Twitch has lost at least six executives alongside 60+ employees during 2022; sources say Twitch is losing touch with its core focus on streamers  —  Twitch, the popular site where people go to watch other people play video games, has lost at least six top employees since the beginning of the year …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Verizon unveils Plus Play to let customers discover, buy, and manage media, fitness, and lifestyle subscriptions, in partnership with Netflix and others  —  Verizon, having exited the original content business, is escalating its play as an aggregator of streaming services — including forming a new partnership with Netflix.
 
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Stephen Harrison / Slate:
How Russia's war with Ukraine is playing out on Wikipedia; Russian Wikipedia editors decided to call an invasion what it is, rejecting the Kremlin's narrative
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon plans to close 68 brick-and-mortar retail locations across the US and the UK, including all of its Amazon Books, 4-star, and Pop Up stores
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Kristen Kornbluth / The Charlotte Observer:
McClatchy voluntarily recognizes the Charlotte Observer News Guild less than a week after newsroom employees announced they were unionizing
Erik Crouch / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Yevhenii Sakun, a camera operator for Ukrainian TV station LIVE, and four other people were killed on Tuesday when Russian forces shelled a TV tower in Kyiv
J. Clara Chan / Hollywood Reporter:
BuzzFeed Studios and podcast company Acast strike a multiyear deal to collaborate on six shows; Acast will lead production, distribution, and monetization