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7:00 PM ET, March 5, 2022

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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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Paul Farhi / @farhip:
A Washington Post reporter says the newspaper will remove bylines and datelines from stories produced by its journalists in Russia to ensure its staff's safety  —  Some internal news: In response to Putin's threats against reporters in Russia, the @washingtonpost will remove bylines and datelines from stories produced by our journalists in Russia. Goal is to ensure staff's safety. Been around a while. Never seen anything like this.
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 …
@bbcpress:
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/...
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
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
Reuters:
Russia blocks access to the BBC, Deutsche Welle, VOA, RFE/RL, and others over “deliberate and systematic circulation of materials containing false information”
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Q&A with Peter Pomerantsev, author of two books about Russian propaganda, on the West's coverage of Ukraine: “we're underestimating what Mr. Putin is up to”  —  “We're sort of framing this as a plucky country slaying a dictatorship,” says author Peter Pomerantsev.
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 …
Discussion: TikTok, Mashable and CNET
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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 …
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
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.
Nicholas Quah / Vulture:
Q&A with the creators of The Trojan Horse Affair, a podcast on “an Islamist conspiracy” in the UK, amid skepticism by the media, which denounced it as one-sided  —  The Trojan Horse Affair, the latest podcast from Serial Productions, debuted last month with formidable ambition.
Erik Neumann / Jefferson Public Radio:
All four reporters at the Klamath Falls Herald and News in Oregon resigned as the paper has struggled to recruit new staff due to low pay and a rural location  —  The Great Resignation has come to the Klamath Falls Herald and News.  All members of the four-person newsroom are leaving their jobs this week.
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 …
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
Jon Lafayette / Next TV:
NBCUniversal ends its deal with Disney's Hulu, which let Hulu stream shows like This is Us the day after they aired on NBC; Peacock will get the shows instead
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Denise Petski / Deadline:
MTV will premiere Becoming A Popstar, a reality TV competition showcasing eight artists originally discovered on TikTok, on March 24
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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