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6:50 AM ET, March 8, 2022

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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 Jamal Khashoggi denials  —  In 2018, as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman embarked on a cross-country, getting-to-know-you tour of the United States …
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Axios is spending $30M on expansion in 2022 through Axios Local, which had ~$5M in 2021 revenue and has 700K subscribers; HQ, which had $3M+ in revenue; and Pro  —  The news organization that prides itself on short-format writing has big plans to expand in local news, paid newsletters and even the emails sent by your bosses.
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 …
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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
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
Lisa Abend / TIME:
The Kyiv Independent EIC Olga Rudenko and other Ukrainian journalists describe covering Russia's invasion, making mistakes, embracing activism, and more  —  Simply doing the job exposes journalists to grave danger.  Cameraman Yehvenii Sakun was killed in a March 1 missile attack on a Kyiv television tower.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Fox News hosts Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham pushed pro-Putin messages during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, some clips of which aired on Russian state TV  —  The former presidential adviser and Russia expert Fiona Hill made headlines last week when she stated bluntly in a Politico interview …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Twitter promotes TJ Adeshola, the head of US sports partnerships, to head of global content partnerships  —  Twitter is elevating two veteran content execs to new roles: TJ Adeshola has been tapped as head of global content partnerships for the social network, and Sarah Rosen will oversee U.S. content partnerships.
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.
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 …
Brent Lang / Variety:
Netflix says it is suspending its service in Russia, which operates through an agreement with the country's National Media Group and has roughly 1M subscribers  —  Netflix has suspended its service in Russia to protest the country's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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.
Josef Adalian / Vulture:
Q&A with NBCUniversal's Peacock president Kelly Campbell on the service's “record-breaking” February, the Olympics, original films, long-term business, and more  —  It has been a bumpy two years for Peacock, the NBCUniversal-owned streaming service that first poked its head …
 
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Josef Adalian / Vulture:
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple begins rolling out Apple TV+ to Comcast's US video platforms and offers three months free to customers who sign up via their Xfinity device by April 25
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