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11:20 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
Tarpley Hitt / Gawker:
Insider EIC Nicholas Carlson earns $600K per year plus an annual $600K bonus, last recorded in 2019, per a leaked salary document for all 640 editorial staffers  —  In late January, Insider's Global Editor-in-Chief Nicholas Carlson announced a new series on Twitter called “Salary Journeys.”
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Nearly 80 former and current BuzzFeed staff file arbitration claims saying they were illegally shortchanged in its IPO and seek damages estimated at over $8.7M  —  The group is asking for compensatory damages estimated at more than $4.6 million.  —  More than 40 former and current employees …
Charles Pulliam-Moore / The Verge:
Some Disney staffers plan a series of walkouts to protest what they see as Disney's insufficient support of LGBTQ+ employees after Florida's Don't Say Gay bill  —  The week of digital walkouts begins today  —  In the days since The Walt Disney Company first came under fire for giving money …
John Shiffman / Reuters:
Source: AT&T's Xandr will continue as OANN's sole ad vendor through 2024 despite DirecTV dropping the network next month as the two deals were separate  —  AT&T's financial relationship with One America News is deeper than previously known and will continue even after DirecTV drops …
Esther Kezia Thorpe / What's New in Publishing:
Local newsletter network 6AM City is now in 24 cities and has 1M subscribers; COO says a newsletter launch costs $250K-300K with a 75% profit margin by year 3  —  After expanding to an extra 16 cities last summer, 6-year-old hyper-local newsletter publisher 6AM City has seen exponential subscriber growth …
Discussion: 6AM City
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Several Patreon creators say Vimeo is asking them to pay for custom plans costing thousands of dollars a year, as Vimeo shifts focus to large corporate clients  —  Popular Patreon creators are being hit with unexpected Vimeo price hikes as Vimeo shifts corporate strategy
The Guardian:
A Russian court fines Marina Ovsyannikova ~$280 for her anti-war video statement before her on-air protest; she was held without legal counsel for 12 hours  —  Fine of about £215 is relatively light sentence for protest that shocked Russian TV viewers and earned plaudits from western leaders
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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
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 …
Jenny Nordberg / New York Times:
Libel law in Sweden helped stifle its #MeToo movement: one woman was convicted in 2019 for naming an alleged abuser and faces trial again for writing a memoir  —  AS FLIGHT SK946 rounded the southern tip of Greenland, with her husband and 2-year-old son quietly sleeping next to her, Cissi Wallin felt her resolve begin to harden.
Ethan Shanfeld / Variety:
FCC rule requiring broadcasters to disclose foreign government-sponsored programming goes into effect Tuesday  —  Starting Tuesday, broadcasters are required to disclose foreign government-sponsored programming.  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously adopted …
Discussion: insideradio.com
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 …
Financial Times:
Sources: two British publishers have removed references to Taiwan and other banned topics in books intended for western readers so they can be printed in China  —  References to Taiwan, Hong Kong and other subjects deemed sensitive by Beijing are excised  —  Two British publishers …
 
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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
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”
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