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Matthew Yglesias / Bloomberg:
Researchers paid regular Fox News viewers to watch CNN for a month and found that they changed their minds on political and cultural issues, and Fox News itself — The establishment of Fox News in the late 1990s forever changed both media and politics in America, transforming the formerly staid world …
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Associated Press:
Research: RT en Espanol is the third most shared site on Twitter for Spanish-language info about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as RT thrives in Latin America — Washington (AP) — Though Russia is the country that invaded its neighbor Ukraine, the Kremlin's version relentlessly warns social …
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@alirogin, @abcpolitics and @nickknudsenus
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
DirecTV to drop OANN and AWE, a high-end lifestyle channel also owned by Herring Networks, after April 4 — DirecTV plans to drop One America News Network on Tuesday, ignoring pressure to reverse course from the conservative cable outlet and its supporters.
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TVNewser, @anthony and @oliverdarcy
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Some journalists say a company started by the Salt Lake Tribune owner to investigate Utah's COVID-19 testing contracts compromises the newsroom's independence — The original version of the story stated that Paul Huntsman started Jittai in 2020, based on information he provided The Post.
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@jeremymbarr and @tstevensmedia
Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Roku and Amazon extend their distribution agreement, letting users continue accessing Prime Video and IMDb TV apps on their Roku devices; Roku stock is up 5%+ — The new multi-year agreement means the Amazon Prime Video app will remain in Roku's Channel Store.
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TechCrunch, Variety, Next TV, Engadget, The Verge, The Streamable and Cord Cutters News
Corrie Driebusch / Wall Street Journal:
Hong Kong-listed media company Hypebeast to list on the Nasdaq via a SPAC merger at a $530M valuation, after $13.3M in PIPE funding from Tom Brady and others — Tom Brady, Naomi Osaka, Tony Hawk and Jonah Hill are among the deal's investors — Hypebeast Ltd. is bringing its stock …
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Axios, PR Newswire, @maybebullish and @kerrymflynn
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Reports: UK government decided to put up Channel 4 for sale from spring 2023 for around £1B with a goal of selling it by the UK general election in May 2024 — The proposed privatization of U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 could become a reality by the spring of 2023 as the government has decided to go ahead with the process.
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@scottygb, Financial Times, The Sun, Telegraph, @jimwaterson, @lewis_goodall, @jake_kanter and Guido Fawkes
Alik Sardarian / openDemocracy:
Some Western journalists in Ukraine do not listen to locals' warnings, don't bother to provide protection for fixers, and go into dangerous places needlessly — As international media try to cover the horror of Russia's attack on Ukraine, they are failing the people who are helping them do it: Ukrainian journalists and producers
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@shaunwalker7, @peterkgeoghegan, @ian_fraser, @opendemocracy, @ian_fraser, @drzarni, @olgatokariuk, @rochowanski, @opendemocracy and @te_rowley
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
BBC quietly readvertises its political editor job, to replace Laura Kuenssberg; sources say BBC executives were unhappy with the original all-female shortlist — Bosses said to have been unhappy with choice of candidates after all-female shortlist was produced
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@life_disrupted, @lauraph222, @coppetainpu, @jimwaterson, @hkesvani, @thiralalbhusal and @thepatrickt
The Guardian:
The UK government appoints Sir Ian Cheshire as the chair of Channel 4, leading to accusations of cronyism — Jon Snow and other leading broadcasters express concern over appointment and call for C4's public service remit to be protected — Ministers have been accused of another case …
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@owswills, @maggiebmedia, Variety, @campbellclaret, Broadband TV News, @lucympowell and Daily Mail
Brent Lang / Variety:
Will Smith resigns from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and says he will accept any additional consequences the academy's board deems appropriate — Will Smith, facing possible expulsion or suspension after he assaulted Chris Rock during last Sunday's Oscars telecast …
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Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
How Quebec's CN2i co-op, made up of six regional daily newspapers, is structured and the headwinds it has faced since launching in March 2020 — In 2019, six regional daily newspapers in Quebec, Canada were saved from closure after their parent company, Groupe Capitales Médias, announced it was filing for bankruptcy.
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@jsource and @ifjglobal