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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CNN+ is launching March 29 — People who are interested in CNN Plus finally have a date when they can add it to their streaming repertoire. The WarnerMedia-owned cable-news outlet intends to launch the subscription broadband service on March 29. — The detail — perhaps the last piece …
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Josef Adalian / Vulture:
Netflix CFO says “never say never” to ads as HBO Max and Disney+ start experimenting with them: the model of low-cost, ad-free streaming was never going to last — Lots of factors played a role in Netflix becoming the world's biggest TV platform within the space of a decade …
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Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, @tvmojoe and @r0bwatson
Financial Times:
EU and the UK open an antitrust probe into Google and Meta's Jedi Blue deal on online ads; EU is also probing whether Google acted without Meta's knowledge — Europe's competition chief Margrethe Vestager tells FT that ‘Jedi Blue’ deal represents ‘giant problem’ in industry
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Tim Marchman / VICE:
Newly released emails show Chris Cuomo's deep involvement in his brother's crisis-response operation, especially parts dealing with sexual harassment claims — Newly obtained emails show just how deep the former CNN personality's involvement in his brother Andrew's political operation was. — TM
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Ali Kucukgocmen / Reuters:
A Turkish court sentences journalist Sedef Kabas to more than two years in prison for tweeting a proverb that was allegedly insulting to Erdogan — A Turkish court on Friday sentenced journalist Sedef Kabas to more than two years in prison after ruling that she insulted the president …
Eduardo Suárez / Reuters Institute for the Study …:
Q&A with Meduza editor Alexey Kovalev on how the Russian-language outlet prepped for censorship, the loss of Russian donors, channels for reaching readers, more — “We are energised by the importance of our mission,” says investigations editor Alexey Kovalev, who'll keep reporting from abroad
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Bill Grueskin / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the Australia's news bargaining law one year in: money covers more jobs, including at ABC, but deals are murky and riches aren't spread equally — SYDNEY - More than a dozen years ago, the US Federal Trade Commission sponsored an ominously titled workshop, “How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?”
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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Sony, Warner Music, Universal Music, and Live Nation suspend operations in Russia — The three major record conglomerates and the touring giant Live Nation are suspending operations over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, while individual artists have canceled tour dates.
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Angela Fu / Poynter:
A study comparing abstracts from scientific papers with corresponding news articles finds that journalists tend to understate claims made by the authors — The study compared paper abstracts with corresponding news articles and found that journalists generally expressed more uncertainty in their writing.
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@dharmaadhikari, @caulfieldtim, @spj_tweets and @janebsinger
Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg:
Russia moves to ban Instagram and designate Meta as an “extremist organization”; source says WhatsApp won't be affected as it is a means of communication — Russian prosecutors have asked a court to ban Meta Platforms Inc.'s Facebook and Instagram as “extremist,” Interfax reported …
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Associated Press:
A freelance video journalist for The Associated Press has been held for 100 days in Ethiopia without being charged; AP and press advocates call for his release — NEW YORK (AP) — Amir Aman Kiyaro, a freelance journalist accredited to The Associated Press, marked 100 days in detention without charge …
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Tom Parker / Reclaim The Net:
DuckDuckGo, which has touted its “unbiased” search results for years, says it will down-rank sites “associated with Russian disinformation” — The founder of DuckDuckGo, a Google-alternative search engine that has touted its “unbiased” search results for years …
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