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Sources: the NFL plans to launch its own streaming service, NFL Plus, in July — 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 — M&M's sponsoring Pocono NASCAR race as part of last year in the sport
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CNET, @benfischersbj, 9to5Mac, The Streamable, @2xaught7, @tsoh_investing, TechCrunch, @nfl_dovkleiman, @drewkerr and Awful Announcing
Thomas Seal / Bloomberg:
Daily Telegraph reports 740,000 subscribers, on track to hit 1M by the end of 2023, as 2021 revenue rose 4% YoY to £245M and profit rose 25% YoY to £33.3M — Telegraph Media Group Ltd Chief Executive Officer Nick Hugh is counting on Silicon Valley to pay the British newspaper for content …
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@simonowens, Telegraph, Press Gazette and The Financial Express
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Chalkbeat, a nonprofit that covers education at the local level, raises $3.1M to permanently launch Votebeat, a separate newsroom dedicated to voting coverage — Chalkbeat, the nonprofit news outlet that covers education at the local level, has raised $3.1 million to permanently launch …
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@adamambrogi, @dianneg, @blakehounshell, @jenafifield, @elizwgreen, @jeremyduda, @votebeatus, @simoncarless, @jessicahuseman and @elizwgreen
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.
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@dangillmor, @rlocker12, @jenny_deam, @vlbenning, The Week, New York Times, @robdownenchron, UPI, The Atlantic, The Rural Blog and Poynter
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google starts rolling out ads in YouTube Shorts globally and says advertisers will be able to make their video ads on Shorts more shoppable later in 2022 — Google is starting to gradually roll out ads in YouTube Shorts around the world, the company announced at its Marketing Live event this week.
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The Keyword, @barryonyango and MarTech, more at Techmeme »
Alex Mahadevan / Poynter:
A Q&A with Justin Peden, a 20-year-old Alabama college student who uses OSINT to document the war in Ukraine through his popular Twitter account, The Intel Crab — Justin Peden, a 20-year-old Alabama college student, runs one of the most-followed Twitter accounts documenting the war in Ukraine.
Andrew Kersley / Press Gazette:
An interview with Novaya Gazeta's UK correspondent Evgeniya Dillendorf on the Russian media, why BBC in Russia is “not as influential as it could be”, and more — Russian independent media failed to gain wider public trust in the country because it did not try …
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@pressgazette, @pressgazette and @pressgazette
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 — This story contains a disturbing image. — (CNN)Several shots ring out in quick succession, cutting through a clear, blue spring morning in Jenin, in the West Bank.
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@mazmhussain, @michaelh992, NPR, Forever Wars, Frank Owen's Criminal Minded, @msjulielenarz, Poynter, @rabiasquared, American Press Institute, @rdassaly, @evanhill, @tamanishajohn, @mustachetoilet, @mikeykaynyc, @raaleh, bookforum.com, @repdeanphillips, @nickkristof, @ryanlcooper, @mehdirhasan, @coolranchzaku, @heyadiana, @wideofthepost, @vv1lder, @ali_gharib, @dianneg, @im_pulse, @reider, @arash_tehran, @n_waters89, @israelwarroom, @sara_karnes, @politicalmiller, @ashleyfeinberg, @katie_polglase, The Great Awakening, Boing Boing, Proximities, Al Jazeera, The Times of Israel and Mediaite
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.
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@robertiger, @nytimesbusiness, @alexfarnworth, The Walt Disney Company, @kevg1412, @jbflint and @craignews3lv
FinSMEs:
Austin-based Kerv Interactive, which helps companies create shoppable and immersive experiences within video, raises $12M, bringing its total funding to $30M — Kerv Interactive, an Austin, Texas-based digital advertising platform, raised $12m in growth funding.
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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 — #FreeHerFace campaign gathers force as high-profile men rebel against crackdown on face coverings in Afghanistan
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Washington Post, The National, NPR, @bbcyaldahakim, @tcblume, @mashrafhaidari, @euamiri, @kavita_krishnan, Al Jazeera, Boing Boing, @ahadzuhal, @ajenglish, @amie_fr, @journalismfest, @heatherbarr1 and @zahrajoya
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Bucking skeptics, USA Today's publisher says USA Today's print edition is profitable and helps with its overall brand, such as through hotel distribution — I predicted in 2019 that USA Today's print edition would fold in two years. That hasn't happened. — I was wrong, wrong, wrong.
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Nieman Lab, @dicktofel, @dankennedy_nu, @poynter, @poynter and American Press Institute
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