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Reuters:
Interview with Marina Ovsyannikova, who says she is extremely concerned for her safety but has no plans to leave Russia — A Russian woman who burst into a state TV studio to denounce the Ukraine war during a live news bulletin told Reuters on Wednesday she was worried for her safety and hoped …
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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
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Chris Bengel / CBSSports.com:
Spotify signs a sponsorship deal with FC Barcelona, including rebranding the soccer club's stadium to Spotify Camp Nou, reportedly worth $310M over four years — FC Barcelona have agreed to a sponsorship deal with Spotify to have the audio streaming platform become the club's main partner.
Jolie Lash / The Wrap:
Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott says Benjamin Hall, the correspondent who was seriously injured in Ukraine, is safe and out of the country — FOX News Media CEO Suzanne Scott has told employees that reporter Benjamin Hall, who was seriously injured when the vehicle he was traveling in was struck …
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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
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Detroit's Outlier Media, a text message-based news service, is combining with Detour Detroit, a newsletter startup aimed at millennials — Two women-led journalism organizations in Detroit — Outlier Media and Detour Detroit — are combining under the Outlier umbrella, the companies announced Tuesday.
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Chris Cuomo files a $125M arbitration claim against Turner and CNN, saying his journalistic integrity was “unjustifiably smeared” by the network — EXCLUSIVE: After months of legal anticipation following his December 2021 firing by Jeff Zucker, Chris Cuomo has just launched …
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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.
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New York Times:
As Russia's new censorship law criminalizes accurate war reporting, CNN and other outlets are scrambling to find ways to cover Russia from outside its borders — Western news outlets are engaging in a tense debate over balancing an urgent need to bear witness with journalists' ability to report freely under strict new laws there.
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@andreasharsono, @tiffkhsu, @oliverdarcy and @cliffordlevy
Valeriya Safronova / New York Times:
Since the invasion of Ukraine, many creative professionals in Russia have fled or are struggling to find work amid western sanctions and crackdowns on speech — Creative professionals have been cut off from Western clients and from the products and services they use to make, market and get paid for their work.
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
Q&A with The Financial Times chief commercial officer Jon Slade about its paywall that turns 20 years old in June, plans to retain its 1M subscribers, and more — To have a successful subscription business, a publisher needs to prioritize readers over advertisers, especially …
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@jason_kint
Zhou Xin / South China Morning Post:
The South China Morning Post spins off Artifact Labs to turn content from its 118-year-old archives into NFTs, to be led by Gary Liu after SCMP finds a new CEO — The South China Morning Post will spin off an independent venture to turn historical art, photographs and content …
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@journodannyaero and @jgriffiths
Kerry Flynn / Axios:
New Delhi-based Amagi, which provides ad software for broadcast and streaming TV, raises $95M led by Accel at a $1B+ valuation, bringing total funding to $245M — Amagi has raised $95 million in new funding, valuing the media tech company at more than $1 billion, CEO and co-founder Baskar Subramanian tells Axios.
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Nick Vivarelli / Variety:
Mediaset, the Italian broadcaster that rebranded as MediaForEurope last year, and offers to buy Spain's leading private free-TV player Mediaset Espana for €780M — The expected move comes after Milan-based Mediaset last year moved its legal headquarters to the Netherlands …
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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix brings back Servant of the People, the satirical series featuring Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky that it streamed from 2017-2021, in the US — The satirical series, which originally streamed on Netflix from 2017-2021, has returned to the service in the U.S.
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