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12:00 PM ET, May 26, 2022

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BBC Media Centre:
BBC details its budget cuts: laying off up to 1,000 people over the next few years, merging BBC News with BBC World, making CBBC and BBC 4 online-only, and more  —  The plan focuses on creating a modern, digital-led and streamlined organisation that drives the most value from the licence fee and delivers more for audiences
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Reuters:
The UK launches a review of the BBC focused on impartiality and staff diversity and asks it to aim for 25% of its staff to be from low socioeconomic backgrounds  —  The British government asked the BBC to aim for one in four of its staff to be from low socio-economic backgrounds as it launched …
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
How a 2019 joint investigation by the San Antonio Express-News and the Houston Chronicle led to the disclosure of sex abuse by Southern Baptist church leaders  —  A 2019 investigation by the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News prompted this week's massive disclosure about church leaders implicated in sex abuse cases.
Sports Business Journal:
Sources: the NFL plans to launch its own streaming service, NFL Plus, in July 2022; the centerpiece will be live games on phones and tablets for ~$5 per month  —  Today in Unpacks: SBJ's Ben Fischer with the latest from the NFL owners meetings in Atlanta.  — PGA Championship finale lower than Phil's win in 2021
Teresa Carr / Undark Magazine:
The Online News Association's 3M Truth in Science Award raises ethical questions as 3M, the sponsor, has a history of lying about its scientific findings  —  Does the ONA's “3M Truth in Science Award” imply that journalists and chemical companies are interested in telling the same story?
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news outlet that covers education at the local level, raises $3.1M to permanently launch Votebeat, a newsroom for covering voting locally  —  Chalkbeat, the nonprofit news outlet that covers education at the local level, has raised $3.1 million to permanently launch …
Douglas Martin / New York Times:
Capital Cities Communications CEO Thomas S. Murphy, who bought ABC for $3.5B in 1985 and sold the combined company to Disney for $19B in 1995, dies at 96  —  As the head of Capital Cities Communications, he engineered the acquisition of the TV giant.  He later sold the company to Disney, at a huge profit.
Reuters:
Russia's foreign ministry says it told YouTube that every time it blocks a weekly briefing the country will expel an American journalist or outlet  —  Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday that reporters from Western countries will be expelled from Russia if YouTube (GOOGL.O) blocks access to its spokeswoman's briefings.
Discussion: Reuters
 
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Hipgnosis acquires Justin Timberlake's song catalog for an undisclosed sum
FinSMEs:
Austin-based Kerv Interactive, which helps companies create shoppable and immersive experiences within video, raises $12M, bringing its total funding to $30M
Discussion: Axios
Seb Joseph / Digiday:
An interview with Bloomberg News senior executive editor David Merritt on expanding in the UK and other markets where the outlet has a strong editorial base
Discussion: Talking Biz News
Zahra Joya / The Guardian:
Male TV presenters in Afghanistan are wearing face masks on screen in solidarity with female staff after the Taliban ordered women anchors to cover their faces
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Audrey Mcavoy / Associated Press:
Hawaii governor signs legislation providing press protections to students publishing school-sponsored media at the University of Hawaii and public high schools
CNN:
An investigation finds new evidence suggesting that Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot dead by Israeli forces in an attack targeting reporters
Shilpa Jamkhandikar / Reuters:
Sources say Netflix is chasing content deals in South Indian languages, frustrated by its lack of success in India, where analysts estimate it has 5M-6M users
Discussion: The Signal and @shilpajay