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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
Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott says the network's correspondent Benjamin Hall has been injured and hospitalized while reporting outside Kyiv
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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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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
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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 …
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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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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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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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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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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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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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