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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.
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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 — 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 …
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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?
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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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Sarah Stonbely / Center for Cooperative Media:
Study of collaborations between newsrooms and civil society organizations examines frequent topics, including corruption and climate, ethical concerns, more — New research analyzes 155 journalism-civil society collaborations — By now the idea of collaborative journalism has become widely known and …
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Axios:
Lee Enterprises quietly laid off at least eight employees, including top editors, across five newsrooms in the past two months, following Alden's takeover bid — Lee Enterprises has been quietly laying off top editors and other staff across its local papers.
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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.
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
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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.
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@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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