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12:30 PM ET, March 31, 2022

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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
CBS News' co-president Neeraj Khemlani told morning news staff the network needed to hire more Republicans; sources: Mulvaney's hire caused an internal backlash  —  CBS News's decision to hire former Trump administration official Mick Mulvaney as a paid on-air contributor is drawing backlash within …
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Hundreds of local news outlets repeated negative stories about TikTok amid Meta's smear campaign against the app; local TV stations were the primary culprits  —  Facebook hired a large consulting firm to undermine its competitor TikTok, The Washington Post's Taylor Lorenz and Drew Harwell reported in an eye-popping scoop on Wednesday.
Lauren Forristal / The Streamable:
Hulu's deal with Epix ended last week; the 2015 agreement let Hulu access any movies from Paramount, MGM, Lionsgate, and several other studios  —  One of the biggest contributors to Hulu's film library is no longer part of the service.  —  The Streamable has confirmed that Hulu's deal …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Daily Wire claims it will invest “a minimum of $100M” over three years in kids entertainment, seeking to challenge Disney  —  The Daily Wire is planning a significant push into kids entertainment, with what it says will be “a minimum of $100 million” investment over the next three years.
William James / Reuters:
The UK sanctions TV-Novosti, owner of RT, and Rossiya Segodnya, owner of Sputnik, as well as RT's managing director, Spuntnik's EIC, and others  —  Britain on Thursday announced sanctions on 14 more Russian entities and people, including on state media organisations behind RT and Sputnik …
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple now lets “reader” apps link to websites for creating or managing user accounts, after the company gives access to an External Link Account Entitlement  —  Apple today informed developers of “reader” apps that they are able to sign up for access to an “External Link Account Entitlement” …
Layla A. Jones / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
A look at the legacy of the Eyewitness and Action News local news formats, which originated in Philly and reinforced stereotypes about communities of color  —  A MORE PERFECT UNION is a special project from The Philadelphia Inquirer examining the roots of systemic racism through institutions founded in Philadelphia.
NBC News:
Dodgers pitcher files defamation suit against The Athletic and reporter Molly Knight, alleging they intentionally omitted info about an assault allegation  —  Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer filed a defamation lawsuit against The Athletic and a reporter, alleging that they misled readers …
Discussion: The Hill and Associated Press
Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost:
Like HBO Max previously, CNN+, which launched on Tuesday, is unavailable on Roku, as well as Android TV and Google TV devices  —  Like WarnerMedia's HBO Max before it, its new CNN+ streaming service debuted without app support on Roku, the largest streaming platform.
Discussion: The Streamable
Andrew Kersley / Press Gazette:
Michael Grade tells MPs that he will “leave his opinions at the door” as head of Ofcom after previously accusing Ofcom staff of being “woke warriors”  —  The newly announced Ofcom chair has vowed to “leave his opinions at the door” after sharing “strong” views on …
 
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IndyPolitics.org editor and publisher Abdul-Hakim Shabazz drops his lawsuit against Indiana AG Todd Rokita after Rokita lets him attend future press conferences
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Tony Silber / MediaPost:
Bonsai, the Toronto-based e-commerce platform used by BuzzFeed, Vox Media, Refinery29, and others, raises a $21M Series A led by Framework Venture Partners
James Cridland / Podnews:
A leaked YouTube presentation for podcast publishers shows the company is working on a podcasts homepage with RSS feed ingestion, audio ads, analytics, and more
Wayne Friedman / MediaPost:
Nielsen: Fox News' daily viewers grew 22% YoY to 1.6M in Q1 2022, the only cable news network to gain viewers in the quarter; MSNBC fell 48% and CNN fell 52%
Discussion: TVNewser