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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 — If it were not for two Associated Press journalists in the besieged city of Mariupol, the world might not have learned what has been happening …
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
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Wall Street Journal:
Chapek's initial neutrality toward Florida's “Don't Say Gay” bill worsened staff and fan resentment towards him amid theme park cost cuts and a falling stock
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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 …
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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
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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 …
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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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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 …
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Carolyn Giardina / Hollywood Reporter:
IATSE urges the Academy to reconsider its decision not to present eight Oscars live, calling the change “detrimental” to the Oscars' “fundamental purpose” — “If the winners walk away with the same trophy, then the winners deserve the same recognition,” …
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Around 30 independent Australian news sites instigate a 24-hour “news freeze” for Tuesday as part of a #WaitingOnZuck campaign asking Meta to make news deals — Independent Australian news sites are instigating a “news freeze” on Tuesday to protest big tech's failures to pay for their content.
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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 — The BBC is on track to reach a weekly non-UK news audience of 500m this year, according to an executive tasked with North American growth.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
DirecTV, which plans to drop OANN, starts offering Fox Nation as a “premium add-on” for its subscribers; Fox Weather will debut on DirecTV Stream on March 29 — Satellite-distributor DirecTV, which weeks ago unveiled plans to drop conservative outlet OAN, still wants to offer viewers right-leaning content.
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