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Coda wins three Oscars, including Best Picture, giving Apple its first Oscars and making Apple TV+ the first streamer to win the awards' highest honor — Apple made history by nabbing Hollywood's most coveted honor, as “CODA” won the Oscar for best picture at Sunday's Academy Awards.
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The New York Times wins its first Oscar for The Queen of Basketball, which won the Academy Award in the Documentary Short Subject category — The Op-Doc “The Queen of Basketball” won in the Documentary Short Subject category at the 2022 Academy Awards. — The Op-Doc “The Queen of Basketball” …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Interview with Chris Wallace on why he left Fox News and his plans to expand beyond politics in his new show on CNN+, which debuts on Tuesday — As he starts a new streaming show at CNN, the longtime TV anchor reflects on his decision to leave Fox News after 18 years. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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New York Times:
Ukraine's Zelensky was interviewed by Russian journalists; Moscow ordered the story quashed, but Meduza and others based outside Russia have since published it — It was a remarkable moment in the war in Europe: President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine gave a 90-minute-long Zoom interview …
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Katherine Rosman / New York Times:
A profile of Penske Media CEO Jay Penske, who has become “the Rupert Murdoch of entertainment publications” as the owner of Variety, THR, Deadline, and more — A quiet Hollywood power broker with a famous name goes on a buying spree that has given him Rolling Stone, South by Southwest and a private island.
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Morning Brew co-founder says its daily newsletter has 4M subscribers and the company generated about $50M in revenue during 2021, up from $20M in 2020 — - Morning Brew's primary newsletter has surpassed 4 million subscribers after hitting 3 million just eight months ago.
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@sherman4949, @austin_rief, @joshsternberg and @austin_rief
Justin Carter / Gizmodo:
Crunchyroll says next week it will end its ad-supported simulcast of new anime episodes for free users, after its acquisition by Sony's Funimation last August — Starting with next week's slate of spring anime, you'll have to fork over cash. — Alerts — For anime fans …
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Raksha Kumar / Reuters Institute for the Study …:
Q&A with Malaysiakini co-founder and CEO Premesh Chandran, who stepped down in February, on independent media in Malaysia, replicating its business model, more — “Technology and advertising have to be a primary element,” says the Malaysian outlet's founder in his first interview after stepping down
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
The FT launches FT Edit, a £0.99 per month smartphone edition offering eight curated articles at 8am on weekdays and select weekend content — The Financial Times has launched FT Edit, a streamlined app it hopes will attract an audience beyond its traditional, professional readers.
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App Store, @janinegibson, @janinegibson, @malcolmmoore, @malcolmmoore, @malcolmmoore, @malcolmmoore, @jburnmurdoch, @twlldun and @sebastianepayne
North.Realities / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
How Russia's independent regional press covers the war's effects even as a new law and state pressure make it impossible to accurately report on the war itself — Funerals are being held for soldiers. Shopping malls have more and more vacant storefronts. Prices are rising, and goods are disappearing from store shelves.
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@rferl and @rferlpress
Trone Dowd / VICE:
Republicans in several states have introduced and passed bills that could ultimately punish people for recording or publishing images or video of the police — Republicans in several states have introduced legislation—and in some cases, passed it—that could ultimately punish people for recording the police.
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@sesmith, @vice, @jamescomins, @blackamazon, @facoalition and @vicenews
Molly Olmstead / Slate:
Q&A with Daniel Silliman, an editor at Christianity Today, “the flagship magazine of American evangelicalism”, on reporting on sexual harassment at the magazine — On March 15, the magazine Christianity Today published a report that shocked the evangelical Christian world.
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@spj_tweets, @jesseholcomb, @liamsadams, @publicroad, @danielsilliman and @mightymildly
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