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Mashable:
TikTok's infinite scroll and lack of live links raise the risk of viral misleading info; news outlets using the app should establish editorial standards early — On TikTok, screenshots and a lack of context reign supreme. — It's not an uncommon occurrence these days for a friend to tell …
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Washington Post, @cnyari and The Hill
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Rupert Murdoch is exploring recombining Fox Corp and News Corp, after splitting them up in 2013, and the companies are evaluating financial terms — Move would bring assets such as Fox News and The Wall Street Journal back under one roof, nearly a decade after they split
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Rupert Murdoch's plan to recombine News Corp and Fox Corp would boost its balance sheet for acquisitions and expand Lachlan Murdoch's responsibilities — Fox and News Corp are considering a proposal that they reunite though hurdles to a deal remain
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New York Times, Bloomberg, @jbflint and @jbflint
Shanti Das / The Guardian:
Qatar's government imposes strict restrictions on broadcasters covering the FIFA World Cup, including banning filming at migrant workers' accommodation sites — Conditions restrict where international broadcasters, including BBC and ITV, are permitted to film
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Comcast's Spectacor division is shutting down its video game-centric network G4 TV, just a year after its relaunch — EXCLUSIVE: Comcast's Spectacor division is pulling the plug on video game-centric network G4 TV, whose early incarnation in the 2000s remains a cultural touchstone for many millennials, just a year after its relaunch.
Issac J. Bailey / Nieman Reports:
“Objectivity” is a vague, unevenly applied term; transparency, accuracy, and fairness in journalism matter more, as old terms like “values voters” lose meaning — How Herschel Walker's Senate campaign and Nina Totenberg's memoir helped me clarify my thinking about journalistic ethics
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Simon Owens / Simon Owens's Media Newsletter:
A look at Spotify's podcast exclusivity strategy, which led to 75% audience drops for some Gimlet shows and caused others, like the Obamas, not to renew deals — The open podcast ecosystem isn't dead yet. — Welcome! I'm Simon Owens and this is my media newsletter.
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@aulia, @tvgrimreaper, @carnage4life, @davidiadeleke, @judithflanders and The Podcast Critic Newsletter
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Meta plans to end support for Instant Articles, a source says in mid-April 2023, giving news publishers six months to readjust their Facebook strategies — Meta is ending support for Instant Articles, a proprietary mobile format it debuted in 2015 to quickly load news articles on the Facebook app, Axios has learned.
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Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak:
MUSO: visits to pirate sites from January to August 2022 grew 21.9% YoY to 141.7B; 46.6% of traffic went to TV content, 27.8% to publishing, and 12.4% to film — Despite the growing availability of legal options, online piracy remains rampant. Every day pirate sites and services are used by millions of people worldwide.
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
The NFL's Sunday Ticket broadcast rights have yet to be awarded, as Apple wants to partner with sports leagues rather than act as a standard rental conduit — - The NFL still hasn't picked a winner in its Sunday Ticket negotiations. — Apple's discussions for the package are complicated …
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Suranjana Tewari / BBC:
Former and current Al Jazeera staff allege that their complaints of harassment and bullying by journalist Kamahl Santamaria and others went largely unaddressed — Kamahl Santamaria, a veteran television journalist, was just 32 days into his job at New Zealand's top broadcaster TVNZ when he resigned.
Raphael Satter / Reuters:
In a lawsuit, former WSJ reporter Jay Solomon accuses law firm Dechert LLP of working with hackers from India to sabotage his career; Dechert disputes the claim — A former Wall Street Journal reporter is accusing a major U.S. law firm of having used mercenary hackers to oust him from his job and ruin his reputation.
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@joeycoleman, @razhael and United States District Court, District of Columbia
Bloomberg:
Turkey passes a “disinformation” law ahead of its 2023 elections, mandating one to three years in jail for sharing online content deemed as “false information” — Turkey criminalized the spread of what authorities describe as false information on digital platforms …