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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Justin Smith says his startup with Ben Smith will hire English-language-educated journalists globally and will launch in the US and at least one other market — The former Bloomberg Media C.E.O. offered new details on the venture he is starting with the journalist Ben Smith.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix will launch an “add an extra member” test in Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru to let primary account holders pay a fee for users outside their households — Netflix will soon launch a test letting primary account holders pay an additional fee for users outside their households …
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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
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.
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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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
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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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Interview with Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg, on the future of open-source WordPress, Tumblr and moderation, Atavist magazine, and more — Matt Mullenweg is the CEO of Automattic, the company that owns WordPress.com, which he co-founded, and Tumblr, the irrepressible social network it acquired …
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Kyle Orland / Ars Technica:
The website of Wordle Archive, which let users play previous Wordle puzzles, says it has been taken down at the request of The New York Times — Move could signal a more aggressive stance on certain Wordle clones. — Wordle Archive—a website that let users play through hundreds …
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Fabiola Sánchez / Associated Press:
Armando Linares becomes the eighth journalist murdered in Mexico this year, in a wave of killings making Mexico the most dangerous place in the world for press — MEXICO CITY (AP) — Another journalist was shot to death in Mexico on Tuesday, the eighth murdered so far this year …
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Tegan Wendland / Columbia Journalism Review:
Collaborative news outlets lack a flexible tool that helps them edit and share stories for free, often relying on time-consuming work in Word or Google Docs — In October, I joined the Mississippi River Ag & Water Desk, a collaborative reporting project based at the University of Missouri and focused on the Mississippi River Basin.
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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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TechCrunch:
Sources: Russian search engine Yandex nears a sale of its media unit, including Yandex News and personal recommendations site Yandex Zen, possibly to VK — Sources say the company is seeking a media exit as top exec hit with sanctions over propaganda charge
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