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9:30 PM ET, March 18, 2022

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Lexi Lonas / The Hill:
NYT editorial board says Americans on the left and right are responsible for rising anxiety over free speech, drawing criticism for “both-sidesism” or hypocrisy  —  The New York Times editorial board in an op-ed Friday announced a project in the upcoming months where they will identify threats …
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Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
Experts say banning Telegram, a popular destination for unfiltered news to an estimated 40M+ users in Russia, is technically difficult and may prompt a backlash  —  The social media and chat app has become an increasingly popular destination for unfiltered news, pro-Kremlin propaganda and everything in between
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Reuters:
Brazil's Supreme Court orders regulator Anatel to suspend Telegram in 24 hours, saying it repeatedly refused to adhere to judicial orders or the country's laws  —  Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Friday ordered the suspension of messaging app Telegram …
Jim Waterson / Guardian:
Ofcom revokes RT's broadcast license in the UK, citing new Russian laws that criminalized journalistic output, and says it conducted 29 investigations into RT  —  British media regulator says it does not consider RT ‘to be fit and proper to hold a UK licence’
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Amazon finalizes its $8.5B acquisition of MGM, two days after the deal received clearance from the EU's antitrust regulator
Leah Nylen / Politico:
Sources: the FTC will not challenge Amazon's MGM Studios acquisition as Lina Khan decided not to call for a vote, anticipating opposition from GOP commissioners
Kathryn VanArendonk / Vulture:
Q&A with Baby-sitters Club's creator on Netflix canceling the show, the opacity of Netflix metrics, how global appeal influences cancelations, and more  —  “I don't know what they wanted that they didn't get.”  Rachel Shukert is talking about her series The Baby-Sitters Club …
Stephen Montemayor / Star Tribune:
Minneapolis serves subpoenas on three local journalists in a police brutality lawsuit over 2020 protests, seeking materials gathered during their coverage  —  Materials sought as part of suit filed by photojournalist blinded by police.  —  TEXT SIZE  —  MORE
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
AAM: US magazine circulation on Apple News+ rose 150% YoY on average in H2 2021; People, the most popular, had 213K users opening an edition on average, up 220%  —  America's largest magazines saw their Apple News+ ‘circulations’ increase by an average 150% year-on-year in the second half of 2021 …
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Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
Dow Jones, FT, The Economist, and WaPo have lifted their paywalls in Russia and Ukraine, where readership, albeit small, has grown significantly  —  Some news organizations are lifting their paywalls and creating new channels to make information on the war in Ukraine freely available to readers there and in Russia.
 
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
In Felicia Sonmez' discrimination suit against The Washington Post, lawyers for the outlet invoke an anti-SLAPP law as they seek dismissal of the case
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Western media including the BBC, Deutsche Welle, NYT, and WaPo are using Tor, Telegram, and shortwave radio as they try to pierce Russia's propaganda bubble
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Pjotr Sauer / The Guardian:
Food blogger Veronika Belotserkovskaya, who lives in France, is one of the first three Russians charged under the country's fake news law for anti-war posts
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Gannett moves the printing of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and 10 other Wisconsin dailies 220 miles to Illinois' Peoria Journal Star, cutting 180 jobs