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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
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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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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
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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
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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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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Over 40 former and current BuzzFeed staff file an arbitration claim saying they were illegally shortchanged in its IPO and seek damages estimated at over $4.6M — The group is asking for compensatory damages estimated at more than $4.6 million. — More than 40 former and current employees …
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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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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Gina Chua is named executive editor of Justin Smith and Ben Smith's media startup; Chua has been executive editor at Reuters since April — Ms. Chua has been the executive editor of Reuters and in charge of its editorial operations. — Gina Chua, a top editor at Reuters …
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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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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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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 …
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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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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