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12:15 PM ET, March 30, 2022

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Washington Post:
Meta paid a GOP consulting firm to run a campaign against TikTok in the US, including placing op-eds and letters to the editor in regional news outlets  —  Facebook parent company Meta is paying one of the biggest Republican consulting firms in the country to orchestrate a nationwide campaign seeking to turn the public against TikTok.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify expands Blend, which lets two friends merge their tastes in a playlist, to up to 10 users and selected artists, including BTS and Charli XCX  —  Spotify's popular playlist creation tool, Blend, is getting its biggest update since its offiical launch last year.
Discussion: CNET, Engadget and Spotify
Christopher Ingraham / The Why Axis:
CBS News presenting Mick Mulvaney as an impartial news analyst without disclosing his serious conflicts of interest is the latest example of its GOP bias  —  Why is trust in the media so low?  We may never know.  —  This morning a CBS News contributor went on air to discuss a wealth tax proposal …
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
CBS News hires Mick Mulvaney, who served as Donald Trump's acting chief of staff from January 2019 to March 2020, as a contributor to provide political analysis
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Rachel Sanders / The Nation:
A eulogy for the young, VC-funded, vital newsroom at BuzzFeed News some 10 years ago, and a reflection on the newsroom's disenchantment with BuzzFeed's IPO  —  Much of the News staff has been written off as dead weight on the payroll.  What, after all, is a Pulitzer worth on a balance sheet?
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
BBC sets a goal of 25% of its staff coming from low socio-economic backgrounds by 2027 and says it will need to find £285M in annual savings by 2027/28  —  U.K. broadcaster BBC has revealed ambitions of a more representative workforce as part of its Annual Plan that was published on Wednesday.
Discussion: @paulxharris and Deadline
Nick Vivarelli / Variety:
Italy extends the 90-day window between theatrical release and streaming to all films, expanding from only Italian films with government subsidies  —  The announcement was made by Italian Culture Minister Dario Franceschini during a Rome confab on the state of the country's film industry held …
Joseph Cox / VICE:
Scammers are advertising access to Facebook's Media Partner Portal, used by media and PR agencies to resolve issues, to allegedly get users verified  —  Alleged “ghost agencies” advertise their privileged access to the “Facebook Media Partner Portal” for sale to scammers.  —  Joseph Cox
Kim Masters / The Hollywood Reporter:
Sources detail Disney employees' unease about Bob Chapek's leadership, after his handling of Florida's “Don't Say Gay” bill; Chapek's contract ends in 11 months  —  Amid a staff revolt over his handling of Florida's “Don't Say Gay” bill, insiders speculate how long he might last on the job: “There's a lack of awareness.”
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India stopped Washington Post columnist Rana Ayyub from attending journalism events abroad, claiming she laundered the COVID-19 relief money she crowdfunded  —  In February, media reports had claimed that the Enforcement Directorate had attached Ayyub's bank deposits in connection with a money-laundering case.
Erron Kelly / VentureBeat:
Anzu, which offers in-game ad services, raises $20M led by NBCUniversal and HTC, bringing its total funding to $37M  —  It's been a bit of a banger month for Anzu.io, the world's most advanced in-game advertising platform.  The very end of February had Anzu announcing a content focused partnership with NBCUniversal.
Discussion: Axios and Insider, more at Techmeme »
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: China is planning expanded restrictions on its huge live-streaming industry, including capping daily tipping and tighter content censorship
Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic:
A look at the wildly inconsistent content made by RT America, Russia's effort to reach viewers in the US, after years of archives were banned by YouTube
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
Nielsen: the Oscars had 16.6M viewers, the second lowest ever but up 58% from the record-low of 10.4M in 2021; Will Smith's slap increased the audience by 555K
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Eli Blumenthal / CNET:
Apple will start live streaming its first MLB games on April 8, saying the matchups in the first 12 weeks will be available “for free, only on Apple TV Plus”
Tim Baysinger / Axios:
Report: the NFL has held talks with Hollywood companies about a partnership with NFL Films to launch a sports studio
Discussion: Barrett Media
Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal:
Nielsen agrees to be acquired by a group of private equity firms, led by Brookfield and Elliott, in a deal valuing it at $16B, or $28 per share, including debt
A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
Q&A with programming head Rebecca Kutler about CNN+'s launch on March 29, its approach to breaking news, and how it will attempt to not cannibalize CNN