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4:00 PM ET, April 10, 2022

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Variety:
A look at AT&T's disastrous merger with WarnerMedia, an attempt to compete with big tech companies that cost tens of billions of dollars and thousands of jobs  —  The company had finally closed its $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner, after a protracted fight with the Department of Justice …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Discovery takes control of HBO, CNN, and Warner Bros., forming Warner Bros. Discovery led by CEO David Zaslav and set to begin publicly trading on Monday  —  New York (CNN Business)Discovery's merger with WarnerMedia took effect on Friday afternoon, creating a streaming media giant led by CEO David Zaslav.
Choire Sicha / New York Magazine:
The New York Times' policy is right: Twitter offers feedback on journalists' value but can instill self-censorship and is where anecdotes are mistaken for data  —  Today, New York Times honcho Dean Baquet ordered a company-wide “reset” in how his staff should think about Twitter.
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet on the details behind the company's Twitter policy, as he encourages staffers to tweet less and report more
PEN America:
US public schools banned 1,145 book titles between July 1, 2021, and March 31, 2022; 98% of the bans departed from guidelines meant to protect students' rights  —  Book bans in public schools have recurred throughout American history, and have long been an issue of concern to PEN America …
The New York Times Company:
The New York Times adds two reporters to its media desk: Ben Mullin, from The Wall Street Journal, and Jeremy Peters, from The New York Times' politics section  —  Ben Mullin and Jeremy Peters are joining the media desk.  Read more in this note from Ellen Pollock, Pui-Wing Tam, Rich Barbieri and Joe Plambeck.
CNN:
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences bars Will Smith from attending the Oscars for 10 years, due to his slapping of comedian Chris Rock on stage  —  Will Smith will not be allowed to attend the Academy Awards for the next 10 years, as a result of his slapping comedian Chris Rock …
Washington Post:
Lachlan Murdoch, once seen as an ambivalent heir who kept his politics quiet, parroted Fox News' prime time opinion hosts during a March 29 speech in Sydney  —  Lachlan Murdoch's first major media moment was also his first public humiliation.  —  It was 2005, and the oldest son of Rupert Murdoch …
Pranshu Verma / Washington Post:
A look at an international group of 1,300 librarians, historians, teachers, and children using open-source tools and Slack to back up Ukraine's digital archives  —  In early March, two weeks into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Carrie Pirmann stumbled upon a website dedicated to Ivan Mazepa …
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
With Russian state news channels blocked in Europe and restricted globally, Kremlin propaganda is being routed through Chinese officials and state media outlets  —  Russian propaganda about the war in Ukraine cratered last month after Russian state news channels were blocked in Europe and restricted globally.
 
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Lynette Rice / Deadline:
Dancing with the Stars will debut exclusively on Disney+ this fall in the US and Canada after 16 years on ABC, becoming the first live series on the service
Don Seiffert / Boston Business Journal:
Filing: Gannett CEO Mike Reed earned $7.74M in 2021, consisting of a $900K salary, a $767K bonus, and stock valued at $6M+; the median employee earns $48,419
 Earlier Picks: 
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
A look at the creation of USA Today's short, free graphic novel, “An eviction crisis for Black women”, accompanying a 4,000-word subscriber-only investigation
The New York Times Company:
Lydia Polgreen returns to The New York Times as an opinion columnist from Spotify podcast studio Gimlet, where she has been managing director