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Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
Early Nielsen data: Oscars had 15.4M viewers, the second-lowest ever but up 56% from the record-low 9.85M in 2021; Will Smith's slap didn't increase viewership — Even with a marked rebound in viewership, the 2022 Oscars was the second-least-watched year for the awards show.
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A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
Q&A with CNN+ programming head Rebecca Kutler about its official launch at 7am ET Tuesday, its approach to breaking news, and how it's different from CNN — After months of programming announcements and chatter in media circles, roughly $100 million in development and a team of 500 staffers …
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
A profile of right-wing video service Rumble, which had $6.5M revenue in the first nine months of 2021 and is providing Trump's Truth Social with tech support — The company, supported by Donald Trump, Peter Thiel and other prominent conservatives, wants to help build a “new internet” independent from Silicon Valley's titans.
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Financial Times:
A look at the rise of South Korea's webtoons, comic strips that are designed to be read on a smartphone, as they take off in the US, Southeast Asia, and Japan — Digital comics are the country's latest cultural export after the international success of boy band BTS and Squid Game
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Apple's CODA win at the Oscars and Ted Lasso's success shows TV+'s quality over quantity approach is paying off; Apple paid $25M for CODA distribution rights — Launched in 2019, Apple TV+ produces far less content than its biggest streaming rivals — Apple Inc.'s boutique-store approach to streaming is paying off with tastemakers.
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Washington Post:
Tara Parker-Pope joins The Washington Post as editor of a new Wellness Department, after nearly 15 years as health columnist and founding editor of NYT's Well — Announcement from Executive Editor Sally Buzbee, Managing Editors Cameron Barr and Steven Ginsberg and Managing Editor of Diversity and Inclusion Krissah Thompson:
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Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC:
Spotify rolls out a content advisory for podcasts and content that mention COVID-19, two months after promising the feature amid controversy over Rogan podcasts — - Spotify is rolling out a Covid content advisory tab on podcasts and other content that mentions the coronavirus.
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Wall Street Journal:
How western news organizations, like CNN, Fox News, AP, and Reuters, are coordinating in Ukraine, including on travel routes, evacuation plans, and more — Journalists are coordinating on an array of challenges, including travel routes, evacuation plans and supply access
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Memphis Commercial Appeal:
Manuel Duran, a Memphis Spanish-language reporter, wins political asylum case after his arrest while covering a 2018 protest led to the threat of deportation — Manuel Duran, the Memphis Spanish-language reporter whose arrest at a 2018 immigration protest led to more than 465 days behind bars …
Bloomberg:
Bloomberg LP suspends operations in Russia and Belarus, cutting off access to products like the terminal and data feed — Bloomberg LP, the parent of Bloomberg News, suspended its operations in Russia and Belarus following President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Chris Wallace's complaints to Fox News management about Tucker Carlson's January 6 “documentary” show he had decided Fox was becoming irredeemable as a news org — When Chris Wallace resigned from Fox News last December, media observers correctly diagnosed the move's real meaning …
Wilson Chapman / Variety:
Internal memo: Andrew Gumpert, the COO of Paramount Pictures, will expand his duties to additionally serve as the COO of Nickelodeon Studios — Andrew Gumpert, the chief operating officer of Paramount Pictures, will expand his duties to additionally serve as the COO of Nickelodeon Studios.
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