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Reto Gregori / Bloomberg:
Bloomberg News suspends newsgathering in Russia and EIC John Micklethwait says the new law “seems designed to turn any independent reporter into a criminal” — Bloomberg News will temporarily suspend the work of its journalists inside Russia after President Vladimir Putin signed legislation …
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The BBC says it must “temporarily suspend” operations in Russia because the country's new law “appears to criminalize the process of independent journalism” — BBC statement on reporting from within Russia. Reacting to new legislation passed by the Russian authorities, BBC Director-General Tim Davie says: https://twitter.com/...
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Chavi Mehta / Reuters:
CNN says it will stop broadcasting in Russia, after criminal code changes make the spread of “fake” information an offense punishable with fines or jail terms — CNN will stop broadcasting in Russia, the news channel said on Friday after the introduction of a new law …
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Reuters:
Novaya Gazeta says it will remove material on Russia's military actions in Ukraine from its website to avoid criminal prosecution of its journalists and readers — Russia's Novaya Gazeta newspaper, whose editor Dmitry Muratov was a co-winner of last year's Nobel Peace Prize …
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Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
How The Washington Post, ABC, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and NPR are managing their journalists and logistical challenges in Ukraine and Russia
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CBC/Radio-Canada:
CBC/Radio-Canada suspends reporting in Russia while it gets clarity on the new law that “appears to criminalize independent reporting” about Russia and Ukraine
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Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
TikTok plans to start labeling videos from some state-controlled media outlets “over the coming days”, expediting its policy due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine — It's part of a broader state media policy — TikTok has announced that it'll start putting labels on videos from …
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Kali Hays / Insider:
Meta pauses all Facebook ads targeting people in Russia and stops letting marketers in Russia run ads globally, after Roskomnadzor blocked Facebook in Russia — - Facebook made yet another move against Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine. — The company is halting all ads in the country …
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Mark Scott / Politico:
Telegram says it is blocking Kremlin-backed media outlets in the EU, including all RT channels, starting for users who signed in with an EU-based phone number
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Associated Press:
Pulitzer Prize winner Walter R. Mears, who covered presidential campaigns for The Associated Press for 45 years, dies at 87 — WASHINGTON (AP) — Walter R. Mears, who for 45 years fluidly and speedily wrote the news about presidential campaigns for The Associated Press and won a Pulitzer Prize doing it, has died.
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CNBC:
Disney announces a Disney+ ad-supported tier, launching in the US this year and internationally in 2023, as part of its push for 230M-260M subscribers by 2024 — - Disney announced a new ad-supported tier for its Disney+ streaming service on Friday. — In this photo illustration …
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Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
The Verge co-founder and Executive Editor Dieter Bohn is leaving the media industry after 20 years to join Google's Platforms & Ecosystems team — I'm moving on from media — Ten years after we founded it, The Verge continues to be the best place to discover the import and impact …
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Sources: YouTube is offering grants of $50K to individual podcasters and $200K-$300K to podcast networks to create video versions of their shows or other videos — YouTube is reaching out to podcasters and podcast networks, offering “grants” of up to $300,000 to entice them to create video versions …
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Robby Soave / Reason:
YouTube suspends The Hill's channel over clips of Trump because its election misinformation policy doesn't distinguish between reporting and misinformation — On December 9, 2020, YouTube announced it would take down videos that alleged widespread fraudulent voting in the 2020 presidential election.
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Corey Hutchins / Nieman Lab:
News app NewsBreak, which has relied on aggregation and contributors, tries hiring local staffers and an editor to publish original local news in Denver — NewsBreak, which calls itself “the nation's leading local news app,” has been trying something new in Denver.
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@jeongpark52, @niemanlab, Inside the News in Colorado and American Press Institute
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