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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
A UK judge rules against businessman Arron Banks' libel case over a Ted Talk from Guardian journalist Carole Cadwalladr, who used a public interest defense — Journalist Carole Cadwalladr has won her libel battle against Brexit donor Arron Banks. — Brexit donor Banks sued Cadwalladr …
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Tory Shepherd / The Guardian:
The Sydney Morning Herald removed a column on Australian actor Rebel Wilson that forced her to come out; author Andrew Hornery apologized for reporting mistakes — SMH columnist admits mistakes after complaining about being gazumped on story about Wilson's new girlfriend Ramona Agruma
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Pew Research Center:
Journalist survey: 67% say social media has a negative impact on journalism, 82% think they should keep their views out of reporting, 55% oppose bothsiderism — 77% would choose their career all over again, though 57% are highly concerned about future restrictions on press freedom
Patrick Brzeski / Hollywood Reporter:
Viacom18, a joint venture between Reliance, Paramount, and Bodhi Tree, won Indian Premier League cricket streaming rights from 2023 to 2027 for $2.6B — Acquiring the rights to the most popular sport in the world's second-most populous nation positions the company for a big subscriber gain in the streaming business.
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Jessica Toonkel / The Information:
Sources: Netflix executives have met with Comcast and Roku to discuss handling either ad sales or the technical infrastructure for Netflix's ad-supported tier — To jump into advertising, Netflix is getting a little help from its rivals. — Executives from the streaming giant in recent weeks …
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The Streamable and @richlightshed
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: Alphabet offered to let rival ad intermediaries place YouTube ads, hoping to end an EU antitrust probe and avert a fine of up to 10% of global turnover — Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O) has offered to let rival ad intermediaries place advertisements on YouTube to address …
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Digiday, Tubefilter, CNET, Gizmodo, The Indian Express and MediaPost
Jason Koebler / VICE:
The Texas DPS seeks to block Motherboard's request for the public release of Uvalde shooting bodycam footage, claiming it may expose police response weaknesses — The Texas Department of Public Safety asked the state's Attorney General to prevent the public release of body camera footage …
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@josephfcox, American Press Institute, @ericuman, @bobbrigham, @mmasnick, @lorenzofb, @armystrang, @dhinkel, @timmarchman, @scorpiosoul9, @jason_koebler and Jezebel
Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
The Washington Post and Imagine Entertainment sign a partnership to create scripted and non-scripted film and TV based on WaPo's archive and current reporting — EXCLUSIVE: The Washington Post and Imagine Entertainment have entered into a strategic partnership to create scripted …
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Netflix, which has released 23 mobile games since November 2021, says it plans to double the number of games on its service by the end of 2022 — Since launching its mobile games offering to members seven months ago, Netflix has released a total of 23 titles.
Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
Sources: NY Post EIC Keith Poole removed longtime Page Six editor Emily Smith from her role, following an HR probe over bullying and abusive behavior claims — In this week's edition of Confider, we reveal how the New York Post's top gossip columnist was quietly removed from her post …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Fox News covered the second day of the January 6 hearings live, starting at 10am ET on Monday, after not airing the first day during its primetime opinion shows — New York (CNN Business)The next hearing by the House's Jan. 6 committee will not be in prime time, but it will be widely televised and streamed.
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
ITV acquires a 79.5% stake in natural history TV program producer Plimsoll Productions for £103.5M in cash, valuing Plimsoll at £131M — “Through Plimsoll Productions, as a studio, we can continue to capitalize on the growing demand for natural history and factual programming," CEO Carolyn McCall said.
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
UK court orders the BBC to pay Labour Councillor Liza Begum £30K in libel damages for airing a picture of her while discussing criminal allegation against an MP — Labour Councillor Liza Begum has won £30,000 libel damages from the BBC after the “racist” misidentification …
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