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1:35 PM ET, March 15, 2022

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CNN:
Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra Kuvshynova were killed in the incident that injured Fox correspondent Benjamin Hall  —  New York (CNN Business)Two journalists were killed while reporting in Ukraine on Monday, including Pierre Zakrzewski, a longtime Fox News photojournalist.
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott says the network's correspondent Benjamin Hall has been injured and hospitalized while reporting outside Kyiv
Danika Fears / The Daily Beast:
Marina Ovsyannikova, editor of Russian state TV network Channel One, interrupted its evening broadcast with an anti-war sign and was subsequently arrested  —  She rushed into the Channel One Studio with a sign proclaiming, “Don't believe propaganda.  They're lying to you."
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Daily Mail:
Marina Ovsyannikova was handed a ~$280 fine for her protest after being held in an undisclosed location without legal counsel for 12 hours  —  Heroic protestor Marina Ovsyannikova who yesterday interrupted Russia's most-watched news show live on air to protest the invasion of Ukraine is pictured in court
Discussion: @maxseddon and TheBlaze
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 …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
MPA: streaming made up 72% of the $99.7B global streaming and theatrical movie market in 2021, up from 46% in 2019; streaming subscriptions hit 1.3B, up 14% YoY  —  A sharp uptick in paid online video subscriptions and original content production for streaming platforms has helped …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Some First Amendment experts hope some libel suits against right-wing outlets will succeed, showing the value of “actual malice” or “reckless disregard” rules  —  Some legal experts say it is time to draw a sharp line between protected speech and harmful disinformation.
Hollywood Reporter:
Filing: Discovery CEO David Zaslav's 2021 compensation package topped $246M, driven by stock options, vs $37.7M in 2020, making him one of the highest paid CEOs  —  The company disclosed latest annual compensation details for its top executives, with the calculation for Zaslav getting …
Rachel Leingang / Arizona Agenda:
Six months in to their year of Substack funding, the two founders of politics outlet Arizona Agenda say growth has plateaued and they were naïve about marketing  —  But just barely.  Here's our second installment about our adventures as a very small local journalism outlet.
Kim Mackrael / Wall Street Journal:
EU approves Amazon's $6.5B MGM acquisition, says the deal won't reduce competition as the companies don't overlap in content and MGM content is not a must-have  —  Regulators conclude deal wouldn't significantly harm competition in Europe  —  European Union antitrust officials gave …
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Bob Bakish says Paramount is suspending operations in Russia, suspending Paramount Global content, theatrical releases, S&S sales, and all new licensing deals  —  Paramount president and CEO Bob Bakish has revealed further steps to pause operations in Russia following its invasion …
Discussion: The Wrap and Deadline
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
A fundraising campaign organized by journalism groups for Ukrainian media raised $4M in a little over two weeks, including $1.5M for the Kyiv Independent  —  Money is pouring in for the Ukrainian journalists covering the invasion of their homeland.  A fundraising campaign organized …
Discussion: Journalism.co.uk
 
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Interview with CNN correspondent Matthew Chance on reporting live from Kyiv and leaving the battlefield: “You start making mistakes when you get tired”
Tarpley Hitt / Gawker:
Sources: Insider's global managing editor told its departing staff to stop sending goodbye emails as many high-ranking employees left over the past few months
Los Angeles Times:
Los Angeles Times names Sara Yasin as a managing editor, beginning April 18; Yasin is currently managing editor of BuzzFeed News
Bloomberg:
Analysis: TV shows make up ~75% of Netflix's top 10 lists, the average hit fades after two weeks or less, and Asian hits overlap the least with other markets
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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
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
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
Al Jazeera:
Analysis: Meta let Jio Platforms subsidiary New Emerging World of Journalism run ads with misinfo promoting Modi's BJP but took down opposition's surrogate ads
Rest of World:
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