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Time Magazine confirms that Brent Renaud was on an assignment in Ukraine for a Time Studios project focused on the global refugee crisis when he was killed — From TIME Editor in Chief and CEO Edward Felsenthal and President and COO of TIME and TIME Studios Ian Orefice:
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Stefan Becket / CBS News:
American journalist Brent Renaud was killed and another journalist was wounded by Russian forces in the town of Irpin outside the Ukraine capital on Sunday — Washington — An American journalist was killed and another journalist was wounded by Russian forces in the town of Irpin outside …
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
Leaked Kremlin memo to state-friendly media outlets says “it is essential” to feature Tucker Carlson in their coverage of the Ukraine war “as much as possible” — On March 3, as Russian military forces bombed Ukrainian cities as part of Vladimir Putin's illegal invasion …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: a consortium of PE firms, including Elliott Management, is in advanced talks to buy TV-ratings company Nielsen for about $15B including debt — Deal could value Nielsen at around $15 billion including debt — A consortium of private-equity firms including Elliott Management Corp …
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The Hollywood Reporter:
Discovery's CFO says HBO Max and Discovery+ will be bundled early in the Discovery and WarnerMedia merger and will eventually be combined into one service — The streamers will be bundled early on as part of the merged media giant, before both services become a single direct-to-consumer platform.
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Bloomberg:
Analysis: TV shows make up 75% of Netflix viewing, the average hit disappears after two weeks or less, and Asian hits have the least overlap with other markets — Nobody in Hollywood knows for sure what works on Netflix. — The company releases statistics like “26 million people watched this show in the first 28 days.”
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Los Angeles Times:
Los Angeles Times names Sara Yasin as a managing editor, beginning April 18; Yasin is currently managing editor of BuzzFeed News — Sara Yasin has been named a managing editor for the Los Angeles Times. Yasin will oversee the daily news operation as part of The Times leadership team beginning April 18.
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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
MPA: consumer spending for theatrical and home entertainment reached $99.7B in 2021, close to pre-pandemic levels, mostly thanks to growth in streaming services — Consumer spending in the global entertainment market — consisting of theatrical box office and home entertainment …
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
Interviews with former employees of RT America, some of whom say they were given free rein and blame the “US government war machine” for its shutdown — Until RT America ended abruptly, life as a journalist there was “actually so normal.” — For eight years …
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Jane Croft / Financial Times:
Kazakh mining giant ENRC drops its libel suit against FT and journalist Tom Burgis, after a UK judge dismissed a separate claim against HarperCollins and Burgis — Kazakh mining group drop libel claim against newspaper and its reporter over book on ‘dirty money’
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Keith Stuart / The Guardian:
Nostalgia for magazines of the 1980s and 1990s and the rise of independent printing companies are fueling the return of video game magazines in print — Print media were once the lifeblood of the gaming community, and now a new generation of lovingly assembled periodicals are bringing the scene back to life
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Rest of World:
Behind the rise of Kuaishou's short-form video app Kwai in Brazil, where it has amassed 45M+ monthly active users by appealing to people with blue collar jobs — Kuaishou is chasing novela creators and working-class users in Latin America to keep up with the competition.
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