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9:20 AM ET, March 24, 2022

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google Play debuts a pilot to let select partners, starting with Spotify, offer a third-party billing option globally; Google's commission cut was not disclosed  —  Amid increasing global regulations over app stores and their commission structures, Google today announced the launch …
The Insider:
Oksana Baulina, a journalist for Latvia-based The Insider who once worked for Russia's Anti-Corruption Foundation, was killed after a rocket strike in Kyiv  —  23 март а 2022  —  Oksana Baulina, a journalist for The Insider, died under fire in Kyiv.
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
BuzzFeed News is offering voluntary buyouts to 36 of its ~100 journalists, and its EIC says the outlet won't be able to do as many long-term investigations  —  When BuzzFeed decided in 2012 to branch out from the cat videos, viral listicles and “OMG!” headlines that had put it on the map …
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
BuzzFeed News EIC Mark Schoofs says he and two other top editors are leaving, as BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti announces job cuts affecting ~1.7% of company staff
Paresh Dave / Reuters:
Google says it will bar ads from appearing next to websites, apps and YouTube channels that exploit, dismiss or condone the Russia-Ukraine war  —  Alphabet-owned (GOOGL.O) Google will not help websites, apps and YouTube channels sell ads alongside content that it deems exploits …
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Melissa Cooke / Politico:
Politico names Dafna Linzer as executive editor, starting in Washington on April 25; Linzer was most recently managing editor for politics at NBC News and MSNBC  —  Announcement from Editor-in-Chief Matt Kaminski:  —  I'm delighted to share some exciting news today: Dafna Linzer will be joining POLITICO as Executive Editor.
Eduardo Suárez / Reuters Institute for the Study …:
Q&A with Clara Jiménez Cruz, the CEO of Spanish fact-checking org Maldita.es, on creating UkraineFacts.org, a website updated by journalists from 70 countries  —  Ukrainefacts.org has gathered hundreds of fact-checks on the invasion.  Clara Jiménez Cruz explains how the project works and why it matters
Jay Peters / The Verge:
YouTube makes nearly 4,000 TV episodes available for free with ads in the US and plans to add up to 100 shows and movies each week  —  The platform already offers free movies with ads  —  YouTube is the latest company to offer free shows TV with ads.  The video giant says you'll now be able …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Disney says it has sold out all 60 of its commercial slots around the Oscars, spanning 14 categories; sources: ABC has sought $1.7M to $2.2M for a 30-second ad  —  No matter how many awards categories get screen time at this year's Oscars telecast, one thing will be certain: There will be advertising around them.
Camille Gijs / Politico:
Reuters plans to remove Russia-backed wire service TASS from its B2B marketplace Reuters Connect, following criticism from Reuters staff over TASS' content  —  Reuters will remove all the content of the Russian state news agency TASS from its business-to-business service Reuters Connect, it said Wednesday in an internal email to staff.
 
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Winston Cho / Hollywood Reporter:
WGA West and a coalition of unions, which includes the Teamsters, ask the FTC to block Amazon's MGM acquisition because Amazon will likely shut down MGM's Epix
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Instagram rolls out chronological Following and Favorites feeds to all iOS and Android users globally, neither of which can be set as the default
K.J. Yossman / Variety:
The BBC World Service files an “urgent appeal” to the UN against Iran over daily online violence attacks toward female journalists working at BBC News Persian
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism:
Internews Europe names Meera Selva, currently the deputy director at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, as its CEO, starting in June
Joel Simon / Columbia Journalism Review:
How group messaging apps like WhatsApp and Signal plus tracking devices have changed how newsrooms manage their reporting teams covering the war in Ukraine
A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
NBC News Digital names BuzzFeed News deputy EIC Tom Namako as executive editor, starting on April 25, replacing David Firestone, who is retiring after 40+ years