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1:25 PM ET, March 23, 2022

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Camille Gijs / Politico:
Reuters removes Russian 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.
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism:
Internews Europe names Meera Selva, currently Deputy Director at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, as its CEO  —  Meera, who has been the Director of our Journalist Fellowship Programme since September 2017, will take up her new role in June
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  —  Instagram today is making a chronological feed available to all users, as earlier promised, alongside another new feed filtering option …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Crooked Media signs a multiyear agreement with SiriusXM for ad sales and distribution rights; Pod Save America and other podcasts will join the SiriusXM network  —  Crooked Media, the progressive media company that produces the top-ranked “Pod Save America” and other podcasts, signed a multiyear, multiplatform agreement with SiriusXM.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
YouTube is making nearly 4,000 TV episodes available for free with ads in the US, including Hell's Kitchen and Andromeda  —  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 …
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Sources: in Q2 2022, Spotify plans to rename its live social audio app from Greenroom to Spotify Live and integrate the content into its main app  —  Spotify Technology SA is renaming its live conversation product and integrating the content into its main streaming app to make the service …
Joel Simon / Columbia Journalism Review:
How group messaging tools like WhatsApp and Signal plus tracking technology have changed how newsrooms manage their reporting teams in Ukraine  —  Lindsey Hilsum, a correspondent for Britain's Channel 4 News, is one of the most experienced conflict reporters covering the Ukraine war.
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  —  Mark Schoofs, the site's editor in chief, is among the departures.  The company's chief executive said BuzzFeed News would need to …
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Will Feuer / Dow Jones Newswires:
BuzzFeed reports $40.4M in Q4 net income, up 25% YoY from $32.2M, and revenue of $145.7M, up 18% YoY, driven by 33% YoY growth in its content revenue segment
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: several large shareholders have urged BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti to shut down the site's news division, which has ~100 employees and loses ~$10M/year
Forbes:
Byron Allen's media group sues Nielsen, claiming it was knowingly dishonest about how unreliable its rating measurement service was for Allen's ESN networks  —  Three media companies - owned by media mogul Byron Allen - have filed a lawsuit against Nielsen over alleged fraudulent misrepresentation of ratings and fraud by concealment.
Discussion: @falsebinary and @forbes
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Disney says it has sold out all its ad inventory around the Oscars; sources: ABC has sought $1.7M to $2.2M for a 30-second spot  —  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.
Winston Cho / Hollywood Reporter:
WGA West and a coalition of unions, which includes the Teamsters, ask FTC to block Amazon's MGM acquisition, say Amazon will likely shut down MGM's Epix  —  The Strategic Organizing Center, a coalition of unions which includes the Teamsters and CWA, and WGA West sent a letter to the regulatory agency over the $8.45 billion buy.
Mariella Moon / Engadget:
Google will remove Movies & TV section from the Play Store in May; users will be able to buy or rent movies and TV shows only in the Google TV app  —  Google gave its TV app an overhaul last year, redesigning its interface and turning it into a hub for your streaming needs.
K.J. Yossman / Variety:
BBC World Service files an appeal to the UN against Iran over online violence towards women journalists working at BBC News Persian  —  The BBC World Service has filed an “urgent appeal” to the United Nations (UN) against Iran in light of the online violence towards female journalists working at BBC News Persian.
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Ken White / The Popehat Report:
The New York Times' Editorial Board essay on free speech was incoherent nonsense and its ill-defined criticisms of “cancel culture” will only inflame debate
Associated Press:
Small groups of Disney employees staged demonstrations across the US on Tuesday, protesting CEO Bob Chapek's slow response to Florida's “Don't Say Gay” bill
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
A look at the confusion, culture clash, and shifting goals in SiriusXM's Stitcher deal, as many shows and over 25% of Stitcher's staff left post-acquisition
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Project Veritas lawyers claim US government investigators subpoenaed emails of Veritas staffers from Microsoft and gagged Microsoft from divulging the orders
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Yuga Labs, the owner of three of the top NFT brands including Bored Ape Yacht Club, raises $450M at a $4B valuation led by a16z to build an NFT media empire
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