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European Federation of Journalists:
A Swiss journalist, a UK Sky News team, and two Danish journalists have been attacked by Russian forces in Ukraine in three separate incidents since February 26 — Within just a few days, a UK Sky News crew, as well as a Swiss independent journalist, were attacked by Russian forces in Ukraine.
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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 …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon launches Amp, an app that lets people host live “radio shows”, take calls, and play tracks licensed to Amazon Music; the app is not yet widely available — Amazon's Clubhouse competitor has arrived. The retail giant on Tuesday launched a new mobile app called Amp …
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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.
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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 …
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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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Reggie Ugwu / New York Times:
How podcast companies like Leon Neyfakh's Prologue Projects are funding their shows, such as by licensing to Hollywood and selling exclusive distribution rights — Independent companies like Prologue Projects, Campside Media and Rococo Punch try different strategies in a market roiled by Silicon Valley and Hollywood.
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@rmc031, @sgcarney, @leah_sottile, @jodyavirgan, @rebel19, @leoncrawl, @leoncrawl, @johnperotti, @sorayashock, @wambamash and Podcast Movement
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.
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Kelsey Ables / Washington Post:
Some international news outlets circumvent Russia's censorship by pointing readers to VPNs, the encrypted Tor browser, and in the BBC's case, shortwave radio — In the wake of Russia's crackdown on news coverage and the imposition of a new law criminalizing reporting that accurately characterizes …
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@w7voa, @rferl, @munkschool, Reason, Poynter, @rferlpress, Mediaite and The Full Belmonte
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
NYT says it is temporarily removing its journalists from Russia in the wake of the law that effectively renders independent reporting in the country illegal — Other news organizations, like the BBC and Bloomberg, have suspended their operations in Russia in response to a new law that effectively criminalizes independent reporting.
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@dylanbyers, @cliffordlevy, Deadline and The Wrap
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 …
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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