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WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar is leaving on April 8; sources: Warner Discovery CEO David Zaslav and some Discovery executives plan to take over within a week — Executive leaves as Discovery prepares to take over company; CEO shook up entertainment industry during his stint
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Sources: WarnerMedia Studios and Networks Group CEO Ann Sarnoff will leave the company as soon as this week as WarnerMedia completes its merger with Discovery — LOS ANGELES — Ann Sarnoff, the chief executive of the WarnerMedia Studios and Networks Group, will leave the company …
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Study: the number of statehouse reporters is up 11% since 2014 to 1,761, of which 20% work for nonprofits, up from 6% in 2014, and 48% cover capitols full time — As newspapers employ fewer statehouse reporters, nonprofits are filling much of the void — As newspapers employ fewer …
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iHeartMedia purchases the rights to roughly a dozen NFTs to create the Non-Fun Podcast Network based around characters and voices from prominent NFT collections — iHeartMedia, the holding company of iHeartRadio, is pouring several hundred thousand dollars into purchasing the rights to roughly …
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Jami Floyd, the director of New York Public Radio's Race & Justice Unit and the author of 45 WNYC and Gothamist articles retracted for plagiarism, resigns — WNYC staffer Jami Floyd authored 45 articles that were removed from wnyc.org and Gothamist websites last week …
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LinkedIn plans to add 80 news roles in Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia, an expansion that will bring its total number of editors to nearly 200 — Linkedin is tripling the number of editors it employs in the UK as part of wider growth that will see it employ nearly 200 journalists worldwide.
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Substack says users can now produce paid, subscription-based podcasts on its platform and that three Patreon-hit podcasts moved over; Substack takes a 10% cut — And everyone wants something from Daniel Ek — This story is part of a group of stories called — Happy Tuesday, everyone.
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Canada's government introduces legislation that would force major online platforms run by Google and Meta to negotiate deals with publishers, like in Australia — Bill demands that companies like Google and Facebook pay news businesses to use their content


DailyMailTV, a daily syndicated TV news magazine that Stage 29 Productions launched in 2017 with top stories from DailyMail.com, will end its run this summer — It's official: DailyMailTV, the syndicated show from Stage 29 Productions and syndicated by CBS Media Ventures, is wrapping up this summer.
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Q&A with Nobel Peace Prize recipient Maria Ressa on the impact of technology on information ecosystems, funding independent media in the Global South, and more — Journalists are under attack around the world. Last year, the number of journalists who were jailed for their work hit …
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Apple confirms it has been piloting a feature, launching “very soon”, that lets developers like Disney+ automatically charge users for subscription price hikes — Apple may be changing how iOS subscriptions operate when price increases are involved.
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Twitter requires removing tweets posted by government or state-affiliated media accounts that contain media of prisoners of war from the Russia-Ukraine conflict — It'll ‘ask government or state-affiliated media accounts’ to take down pictures featuring prisoners of war
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