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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
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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
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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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