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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 …
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Christopher Ingraham / The Why Axis:
CBS News offering Mick Mulvaney as an impartial news analyst without disclosing his past or current conflicts of interest is the latest example of its GOP bias — This morning a CBS News contributor went on air to discuss a wealth tax proposal in Joe Biden's budget, which was released this week.
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Washington Post:
Meta paid a GOP consulting firm for a campaign to turn the US public against TikTok, 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 …
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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.
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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” …
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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 — - Exclusive: YouTube is planning tighter integration, monetisation and analytics for podcasts
Meduza.io:
A look at the journalism projects of Russian journalists who formerly worked for Dozhd and Ekho Moskvy, now publishing on Substack, Telegram, and YouTube — Following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian authorities have imposed military censorship in all but name, annihilating the entire domestic free press.
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Axios:
Lee Enterprises quietly laid off at least eight employees, many of them top editors, across five newsrooms in the past two months, after Alden's takeover bid — Lee Enterprises has been quietly laying off top editors and other staff across its local papers.
Steve Zurier / SC Media:
Network equipment maker Ubiquiti sues cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs for $425M, claiming he falsely accused the company of “covering up” a cyberattack — Ubiquiti on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against industry blogger Brian Krebs for $425 million in damages for allegedly falsely accusing …
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Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal:
Insider Intelligence: ad spending in Russia will hit $3.55B in 2022, down 49.7% from 2021, well below the previously expected 7.5% increase for the year — Research firm Insider Intelligence projects ad spending in Russia will total $3.55 billion in 2022 — Advertising spending in Russia …
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker:
IndyPolitics.org editor and publisher Abdul-Hakim Shabazz drops his lawsuit against Indiana AG Todd Rokita after Rokita lets him attend future press conferences — Abdul-Hakim Shabazz, editor and publisher of the online news site IndyPolitics.org, said he was singled out and barred …
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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 — Bonsai, the Toronto-based ecommerce platform used by BuzzFeed, Vox Media, Refinery 29 and others, announced today it has raised $21 million …
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