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2:10 PM ET, April 14, 2022

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Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Quartz CEO Zach Seward says the outlet is dropping its paywall after three years, focusing on “the right kind of subscription”; Quartz has ~25K subscribers  —  Co-founder Zach Seward says site will focus on ‘right kind of subscription’ as it tries to build traffic and influence
Axios:
Fox News says it didn't authorize the verified account on Truth Social; unverified accounts for TMZ and others have been on Truth Social for months but are bots  —  Just days after a verified account for Fox News appeared on former President Trump's social media app, Truth Social …
The Washington Post Guild:
The Washington Post Guild releases a report on diversity and retention at the company, saying WaPo operates systems that create and perpetuate inequalities  —  We began this project nearly two years ago, as our world, nation and workplace were wrestling with the questions that have come to define our recent history.
Bobby Ghosh / Bloomberg:
Q&A with Saad Mohseni, founder and CEO of Moby Group, owner of Afghanistan's TOLO TV, on hosting debates between Taliban factions, rise in female staff, more  —  This is one of a series of interviews by Bloomberg Opinion columnists on how to solve the world's most pressing policy challenges.
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Texas Tribune plans to hire reporters outside of big Texas cities, including its first Report for America fellow, seeking to broaden perspective on state policy  —  Texas, as you might have heard, is quite big.  Even a semi-recent transplant, the Texas Tribune's editor-in-chief Sewell Chan …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Source: CNN+ passed 100K subscribers in its first week; the most popular shows so far are Chris Wallace's daily interview show and 5 Things with Kate Bolduan  —  Under pressure from new owner Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. to justify its costs, CNN's streaming service eclipsed 100,000 subscribers …
Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica:
Wikipedia editors vote 232 to 94 to request the Wikimedia Foundation stop accepting crypto donations; the foundation is not legally bound by the proposal  —  Critics argue the bitcoin and ethereum networks consume too much energy.  —  More than 200 long-time Wikipedia editors have requested …
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
A look at Archivero, launched by two Mexican journalists last month to unearth old stories by requesting historic public records and having them declassified  —  On May 15, 1992, Rosalino Sánchez Félix, better known as Chalino Sánchez, was performing his first sold-out show in Culiacan, Sinaloa.
 
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Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Memo: News Corp Australasia's executive editor says there is “no one News Corp view” about the upcoming election and editors can choose which party to endorse
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Amazon will rebrand IMDb TV as Freevee starting April 27 and plans to grow its slate of originals by 70% in 2022
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
A look at the slew of challenges facing Substack, including a writer exodus, content moderation, subscription fatigue, and rivals like Ghost
Gabriella Paiella / GQ:
Q&A with Adrian Chiles, who has built a following for his pleasant takes in The Guardian, on his fandom, getting column ideas from “sheer desperation”, and more
 Earlier Picks: 
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The BBC names Chris Mason its political editor, replacing Laura Kuenssberg; Mason will take up the job at the end of May
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
The Recount, a three-year-old news startup founded by John Battelle and John Heilemann, launches a three-hour, daily live news show on Twitch
J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Spotify's head of studios and video Courtney Holt will move to an “advisory role” in May; the company will divide his duties across multiple executives