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9:55 AM 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.
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  —  CBS News has hired Mick Mulvaney, who served as acting chief of staff during Donald Trump's presidency, as a contributor.
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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 …
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.
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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.
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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
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: China is planning expanded restrictions on its huge live-streaming industry, including capping daily tipping and tighter content censorship  —  Regulators are planning rules limiting virtual tipping of live-streaming hosts and time spent by young people on the apps
Thom Geier / The Wrap:
Black News Channel, which shut down March 25, files for bankruptcy; Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan was principal investor, with a reported $50M commitment  —  Black News Channel — which shut down operations on Friday, just two years after making a splashy debut — has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Florida.
Discussion: @khal and @jeffjarvis
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  —  But the largest audience of the night was tuned in earlier, during Troy Kotsur's win for best supporting actor.
 
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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
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
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Brian Morrissey / The Rebooting:
Skift, which cut a third of its staff and saw revenue fall 40% in the pandemic, rebuilt its workforce, found a new client base, and is more profitable than ever
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Daniel Kaplan / The Athletic:
Sources: the NFL is working on a subscription streaming service, tentatively called NFL+, that would include games, radio, podcasts, and team content
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
Condé Nast employees form a union, covering 500+ editorial and video production workers across 11 publications, and ask the company for voluntary recognition
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