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9:10 AM ET, March 22, 2022

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Mstyslav Chernov / Associated Press:
An AP journalist recounts the 20 harrowing days of covering Mariupol under Russian attack; the last two journalists in Mariupol, both from the AP, have now left  —  MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — The Russians were hunting us down.  They had a list of names, including ours, and they were closing in.
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Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
How two Ukrainian AP journalists documented the war's devastation while managing sporadic contact with editors and dealing with Russian government smears
The Information:
Memo: three of BuzzFeed News' top editors, including EIC Mark Schoofs, are resigning as the division seeks voluntary buyouts to avoid layoffs  —  Three of BuzzFeed News top editors, including the publication's editor-in-chief Mark Schoofs, resigned as the company prepares to make more cuts to the news division.
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Will Feuer / Dow Jones Newswires:
BuzzFeed reports $40.4M in Q4 net income, up from $32.2M the year before, and revenue of $145.7M, up 18% YoY, driven by 33% YoY growth in content revenue  —  Digital-media publisher BuzzFeed Inc. said its revenue and profit rose in the three months ended Dec. 31.
Max Tani / Politico:
Sources: Reuters staff are frustrated by Reuters' partnership with Tass, a Russian wire service that's published unverified information about the war in Ukraine  —  Employees at one of the most well-known news wire services are privately fuming over their company's ongoing partnership …
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
CEO Bob Chapek tells staff that Disney made a mistake by not publicly opposing Florida's “Don't Say Gay” bill; Disney considers more LGBT-aware content for kids  —  Executive promises ‘lasting change’ after employee backlash over Disney's handling of Florida bill
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
A look at the fallout between Bob Chapek and Bob Iger as Disney restructures for a world where streaming dominates and legacy distribution models fade away
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Media-measurement giant Nielsen says it has turned down a bid by a private equity consortium, after reports of a potential acquisition caused its stock to soar  —  Nielsen Holdings PLC has turned down a bid by a private-equity consortium to buy the media-measurement giant …
Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal:
Adtech company TripleLift plans to acquire Zurich-based 1plusX, which helps publishers and advertisers reach audiences using first-party data, for around $150M  —  Switzerland-based business helps companies use first-party data, which they have collected themselves—an increasingly important strategy amid tightening privacy regulations
Shubham Sharma / VentureBeat:
Applied XL, founded by two computational journalists to provide real-time data, raises a $3.5M seed led by Hearst Ventures, with STAT and others participating  —  New York-headquartered Applied XL, a startup that focuses on building algorithms to help enterprises with real-time data tracking …
Max Seddon / @maxseddon:
Russia's Channel One responds to Marina Ovsyannikova's on-air protest by calling her a British spy who “betrayed [her] country and all of us ... for a bonus”  —  Channel One has finally responded to Marina Ovsyannikova's on-air protest. Kirill Kleimyonov, head of the news division, accuses her of being a British spy. He said she has “betrayed [her] country and all of us ... coldly, duplicitously, for a bonus.” https://twitter.com/...
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Sasha Urban / Variety:   A look at the Academy's Screening Room, which streams contender films for 9,573 Oscar voters globally; members from 82 countries sent in ballots this year
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Apple drops the option to buy and rent content in the Apple TV app for Android TV and Google TV; sources: until recently Apple was exempt from Google's IAP cut  —  Rasmus Larsen, writing for FlatpanelsHD: … I can confirm via, as they say, sources familiar with the matter …
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Apple announces expanded creator tools for Podcasts Connect, including follower counts and the ability to upload mp3 files as subscriber-only audio  —  Apple Podcasts is rolling out new features to incentivize podcasters to offer paid subscriptions to listeners on the app.
 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK judge rules journalist Chris Mullin doesn't have to turn over his notes to the police; his investigation helped overturn convictions in 1974 IRA bombings
Yuvraj Malik / Reuters:
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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
The BBC says it had a weekly non-UK news audience of 456M in 2021, up 18M from 2020, and its global audience is set to hit 500M in 2022, its 100th anniversary
Ruby Cramer / Politico:
A profile of Ukraine-based Black US journalist Terrell Starr, who has gained thousands of Twitter followers by giving highly personal accounts of the war
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Finding philanthropic support for media in small, poorer communities is a problem without an easy answer but such news deserts shouldn't be ignored
 

 
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Shashwat Chauhan / Reuters:
The US CFTC announces that spot crypto asset contracts will begin trading for the first time on CFTC-registered futures exchanges
 
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