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8:50 AM ET, March 7, 2022

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
RFE/RL suspends its operations in Russia after local tax authorities started bankruptcy proceedings against its bureau on March 4, and police added pressure  —  WASHINGTON - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has suspended its operations in Russia after local tax authorities initiated …
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Washington Post:
In response to Russia's new media law, independent outlets are closing and journalists are fleeing the country: “They decided to destroy the industry entirely”  —  Ivan Kolpakov, editor in chief of Meduza, one of Russia's most popular independent media outlets …
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 …
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
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
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
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
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Karen Attiah / Washington Post:
The Atlantic's article on Saudi's MBS shows what's wrong with access journalism and profiling brutal men, including repeating his absurd denials over Khashoggi  —  In 2018, as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman embarked on a cross-country, getting-to-know-you tour of the United States …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Fox News hosts Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham have pushed pro-Putin messages during the Ukraine invasion, some clips of which have been shown on Russian TV  —  The former presidential adviser and Russia expert Fiona Hill made headlines last week when she stated bluntly in a Politico interview …
Gizmodo Media Group Union:
Gizmodo Media Group Union announces a deal with G/O Media that raises salary minimums, severance, and parental leave, maintains health care coverage, and more  —  After four days of picketing in the first open-ended strike by a digital media shop, G/O Media management has acknowledged the strength and demands of our members.
Brent Lang / Variety:
Netflix says it is suspending its service in Russia, which operates through a joint venture with the country's National Media Group and has 1M+ subscribers  —  Netflix has suspended its service in Russia to protest the country's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Bloomberg:
TikTok suspends livestreaming and new content uploads in Russia in response to the country's new law that would impose prison terms for spreading “fake news”  —  TikTok says it's suspending livestreaming in Russia amid the country's new “fake news” law that's aimed at silencing dissent …
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
A study finds that participants who were told a reporter identified as a “storyteller” were more likely to say that the news story and the reporter were biased  —  A survey in the U.S. found the public associates “storytellers” with liars and making things up.
 
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Eduardo Suárez / Reuters Institute for the Study …:
Q&A with Reuters EIC Alessandra Galloni, on keeping journalists safe, committing to impartial news, and delaying subscriptions for its direct-to-consumer site
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”
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
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
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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
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
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
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