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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 …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News says cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski was killed on Monday in Ukraine during the incident that also left correspondent Benjamin Hall hospitalized — “Pierre was killed in Horenka, outside of Kyiv,” as a result of incoming fire, the network's CEO announced in a memo.
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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 — “We have a minimal level of details right now,” Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott wrote to staff Monday, adding that Hall had been hospitalized.
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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 — She rushed into the Channel One Studio with a sign proclaiming, “Don't believe propaganda. They're lying to you."
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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's top 10 lists, the average hit fades after two weeks or less, and Asian hits overlap the least 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.”
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 …
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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 — Some legal experts say it is time to draw a sharp line between protected speech and harmful disinformation.
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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 — In early 2021, the Wall Street Journal ran a story titled: “Business Insider Did Nothing When the Pandemic Hit. It Worked."
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Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
TikTok becomes an official partner of the Cannes Film Festival, which will give users exclusive content and launch #TikTokShortFilm, a global in-app competition — While it banned selfies on the red carpet several years ago, Cannes is looking to draw global eyeballs and will provide TikTok users …
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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.
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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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