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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts confirms the authenticity of the leaked draft Politico published and orders an investigation into the source of the leak — - Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts confirmed the authenticity of a leaked draft opinion from the court …
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Tom Jones / Poynter:
Publishing a draft SCOTUS opinion on Roe v. Wade is unprecedented in the court's modern history; Politico's EIC: it is “plainly news of great public interest” — A draft Supreme Court opinion has never been disclosed publicly. Media observers were quick to question whether Politico should have run with it.
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Politico's scoop based on a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion serves the US public by showing the court's decision-making process and its plans for Roe v. Wade — Last night at 8:32 p.m., POLITICO reporters Josh Gerstein and Alexander Ward punctured the court's reputation as a leak-proof vessel …
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Reporters Without Borders:
Reporters Without Borders publishes the 2022 edition of the World Press Freedom Index; the press freedom situation is “very bad” in a record 28 countries — Organisation: — RSF_en — The 20th World Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Paramount reports Q1 revenue down 1% YoY to $7.3B, net earnings down 52% to $433M, streaming revenue up 82% to $1.1B, and theatrical revenue down 27% to $624M — Paramount Global said first-quarter profit fell as the company's investments in content and declines in its traditional business offset gains it made in streaming.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Roku and private equity firm Apollo Global Management teamed up to bid for a stake as large as 20% in Lionsgate's pay TV and streaming service Starz — Lions Gate Entertainment said in November it would explore a sale or spin-off of Starz, the network behind ‘Outlander’ and ‘Power’
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Max Tani / Politico:
Sources: ABC News' Jonathan Karl has tested positive for COVID-19, two days after sitting next to Kim Kardashian and shaking hands with Joe Biden at the WHCD — ABC News' Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl has tested positive for Covid-19, people familiar with the matter confirm …
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Axios:
Lee Enterprises quietly laid off ~61 employees across 10 newsrooms since its March 10 shareholders meeting; source: 400+ roles are expected to be cut in 2022 — Lee Enterprises has been quietly laying off dozens of employees across its local papers and at the corporate level as it continues …
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
70% of UK households that wanted to pay less or nothing for the BBC changed their minds after joining a study where they went nine days without any BBC content — After just nine days of living without any BBC services, 70% of the households hostile to paying the full license fee had changed their minds.
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@petergreste and @sarahscire
Lauren Sherman / Business of Fashion:
Sources: Vogue charged $1M for two six-second spots on its Met Gala livestream and other amplification; in 2021, the stream generated 16.5M views in two weeks — What began as a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute has also become a major revenue opportunity for publisher Condé Nast.
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@lapresmidi and Variety
Cullen Browder / WRAL-TV:
The ACEJMC, which evaluates journalism programs, downgrades the accreditation of UNC's journalism school, after controversy over a Nikole Hannah-Jones job offer — CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The agency responsible for evaluation of university journalism and mass communication programs voted …
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@miamoodyramirez, @caseyhrawson, @arkansasblog and @smalljones
Ariel Shapiro / The Verge:
Anchor co-founder and Spotify's podcasting tech chief Michael Mignano resigned last week, the third high-profile exit from Spotify's podcast division in a month — The head of Spotify's podcasting tech stack is out — Michael Mignano, co-founder of Anchor and Spotify's podcasting tech chief …
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