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Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:
Analysis shows how the Russian media uses Fox News content to bolster Russia's claims about Ukraine, from blaming NATO to pushing conspiracy theories on biolabs — The conservative network has appeared hundreds of times in Russian media. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Tarpley Hitt / Gawker:
Food site The Counter claims a lack of “sufficient future funding to keep publishing”, but filings show $5M+ of assets in 2021 and $1.8M+ of expenses in 2020 — On Thursday, Kate Cox, the editor-in-chief of the food site The Counter, published a piece called “The Hardest Story To Write.”
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Kate Cox / The Counter:
The Counter, a nonprofit newsroom that investigated the forces shaping how and what Americans eat, will cease publication on May 20 after nearly seven years
The Counter, a nonprofit newsroom that investigated the forces shaping how and what Americans eat, will cease publication on May 20 after nearly seven years
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Ken Doctor reflects on the first 18 months of local digital outlet Lookout Santa Cruz, which has 13 employees and a revenue mix of 60% ads and 40% membership — We called it the 3 a.m. Club. — We converged in Denver in mid-October last year, between Covid scares.
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Chicago Tribune:
Chicago Reader's editorial union says co-owner Len Goodman has blocked its sale to become a nonprofit and asked to appoint more board members to retain control — Len Goodman, honor your word and free the Reader. — In February, the Tribune published an op-ed in which Invisible Institute …
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Michael Warren / CNN:
The Republican National Committee votes unanimously to withdraw from participating in the Commission on Presidential Debates and says the commission is “biased” — The Republican National Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to withdraw from its participation in the Commission …
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Tom Hals / Reuters:
The New York Times sues an anti-immigration author for the cost to defend itself against his 2020 defamation lawsuit, a first under NY's expanded anti-SLAPP law — The New York Times sued an anti-immigration author for the cost of defending itself against defamation in the first lawsuit …
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Al-Monitor:
Prominent Algerian newspaper Liberte shuts down after three decades, citing its “economic situation”; Liberte is owned by the country's richest man, worth $3.8B — Prominent Algerian newspaper Liberte printed its last issue on Thursday, three decades after it was established …
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Analysis: news publishers raised nearly $12M from selling NFTs since March 2021; Time Magazine earned the most with $10M+ and The New York Times made $560K — News publishers analysed by Press Gazette have sold nearly $12m (£9m) worth of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) since March 2021.
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Matei Rosca / Politico:
Two journalists in Romania say they faced threats and intimidation for publishing articles critical of the prime minister and a top military academy professor — Two prominent Romanian journalists say they've faced threats and intimidation for publishing stories critical of powerful public figures …
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@mateirosca and Reporters Without Borders
The Guardian:
Russia charges a Siberian journalist for an article critical of Russia's war in Ukraine and sentences four student journalists to two years' “corrective labor” — Criminal case opened against website editor who alleged that 11 riot police had refused deployment to Ukraine
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The Moscow Times:
Roskomnadzor blocks The Moscow Times' Russian-language site for publishing a “false report” on riot police officers refusing to fight in Ukraine — Russia blocked The Moscow Times' Russian-language service on Friday after it published what authorities call a false report …
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Diane Haithman / The Wrap:
HFPA interim CEO Todd Boehly confirms plans to add 200 non-member voters and make HFPA a private company that shares profits with member freelance journalists — Hollywood Foreign Press Association Interim CEO Todd Boehly on Thursday confirmed his intention to institute radical changes …
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