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Greg Evans / Deadline:
Media critic Eric Boehlert, who wrote for Press Run, Media Matters for America, Salon, Rolling Stone, and Billboard, dies in a bike accident at 57 — Eric Boehlert, a media critic devoted to calling out right-wing misinformation through his writing at Media Matters for America, Salon …
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Alex Pareene / The AP (Alex Pareene) Newsletter:
A parody criticizing Substack's VP of comms after she said Twitter staff worried about Elon Musk “pushing for less regulated speech” should not move to Substack — Free speech means I'm allowed to do this — Hello, welcome. I'm a “VP” ("vice president") of “Comms” ("communications") at the newsletter company.
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Kevin Marks:
Twitter quietly changed how deleted tweet embeds work, showing blank embeds on websites; Twitter says it is “to better respect” when users delete their tweets — With all the fuss about Twitter's promised edit button, and how they might design it, we're missing a disturbing development …
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J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nine top WarnerMedia executives, including HBO Max chief Andy Forssell, will exit the company, ahead of the merger with Discovery, expected to close on Friday — HBO Max chief Andy Forssell and chief revenue officer Tony Goncalves follow the exits of Jason Kilar and Ann Sarnoff.
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
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
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Peter Kafka / Vox:
How The New York Times tries to find new kinds of subscribers as its audience ages, led by CEO Meredith Kopit Levien, and how that effort threatens local papers — The paper of record's subscriber base isn't getting any younger. Maybe a $600 million deal will help. — The New York Times is a marvel of journalism.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
First Look Media, parent company of The Intercept, is laying off 20 people, according to a note to staff from CEO Michael Bloom and a source — First Look Media, the parent company to The Intercept, is laying off 20 people, according to a note to staff obtained by Axios and a source familiar with the situation.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Nielsen: as of February 2022, the US had over 817K unique program titles across traditional TV and streaming services, up 26% from December 2019 — Feeling swamped by the deluge of TV and streaming choices available at the touch of a button? You're not alone.
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Variety:
In the last year, at least sixteen women of color have left the BBC's news and D&I departments, due to factors including a glass ceiling and racism — At least 15 women of color have left the BBC in the last year saying they are “exhausted” from fighting a system that …
Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal:
Edo, an ad measurement service for TV and streaming co-founded by actor Edward Norton, raises $80M from Shamrock Capital at a $200M+ pre-money valuation — Company, co-founded by actor Edward Norton, wants to compete with Nielsen by helping advertisers see whether consumers take action after seeing a commercial
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Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Twitter begins “drastically” reducing the reach of Russian government accounts and will remove tweets from government-affiliated accounts with prisoners of war — It'll ‘ask government or state-affiliated media accounts’ to take down pictures featuring prisoners of war
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
ESPN releases its first NFTs, ranging from $100 to $500 and featuring Tom Brady, in partnership with NFT startup Autograph, which was co-founded by Brady — ESPN has clambered aboard the NFT bandwagon: The sports giant is going into business with Tom Brady, angling to sell fans on the idea …
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Amazon will increase its Music Unlimited plan on Prime from $7.99/month to $8.99/month and its Single Device plan from $3.99/month to $4.99/month on May 5 — Amazon is increasing the price of its Unlimited Music subscription for Prime members, the company announced on its website.
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