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4:00 PM ET, February 15, 2023

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Abbey White / The Hollywood Reporter:
Over 100 New York Times contributors and others call on the paper to stop “bias, fringe theories, and dangerous inaccuracies” in its coverage of trans people  —  Hannah Gadsby, Joey Soloway, Margaret Cho, Jameela Jamil, Lena Dunham, Jonathan Van Ness and Jazz Jennings were also among …
The Guardian:
France's BFMTV suspended presenter Rachid M'Barki last month and launched an internal investigation into news packages linked to an Israeli disinformation unit  —  Rachid M'Barki, one of channel's longest-serving hosts, suspended during inquiry into news packages linked to ‘Team Jorge’
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Kristin Dolan, the wife of AMC Chairman James Dolan who runs a data analytics company, emerges as a candidate to become AMC network's CEO  —  Cable-TV company known for hits like ‘The Walking Dead’ has discussed potential deals with Roku, Sony and others; transition to streaming has been rocky
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Today's mainstream media is much better than the old media oligopolies, but Bari Weiss, Fox News, and others are exaggerating the issues to sell their own wares  —  More competition means it's better than ever, but you hear more about the flaws  —  Fresh episode of Bad Takes is out today …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Twitter updates policies to allow cannabis ads targeting US states where cannabis is legal, promoting brands or providing information, not offering direct sales  —  Twitter on Wednesday updated its advertising policies to allow cannabis ads to run on its service in states where cannabis is legal, in accordance with federal guidelines.
Discussion: Twitter for Business
MPR News:
Star Tribune names Steve Grove, a former Google executive and Minnesota's commissioner of employment and economic development, as its publisher and CEO  —  The Star Tribune has tapped Minnesota's commissioner of employment and economic development to take the paper's top job.
Discussion: Star Tribune and MediaPost
Ava Benny-Morrison / Bloomberg:
After news orgs sought names of SBF's bail guarantors, a judge unseals records: Stanford Law emeritus dean Larry Kramer and Stanford scientist Andreas Paepcke  —  Two people who co-signed Sam Bankman-Fried's $250 million bail package have been have been publicly identified as a former dean …
Brendan Coffey / Sportico:
Sinclair Broadcast's Diamond Sports Group skipped a $140M debt payment due on Wednesday, formally starting a 30-day grace period to resolve the debt  —  Regional sports network operator Diamond Sports Holdings has skipped a $140 million debt payment due Wednesday, formally starting a 30 …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Vermont-based Superplastic, which creates “synthetic” influencers and characters, raised $20M led by Amazon's Alexa Fund and plans to work with Amazon Studios  —  Janky and Guggimon, ‘synthetic’ celebrities conceived in a studio and big on social platforms like TikTok and Instagram …
Paul Kirby / BBC:
A Russian court jails journalist Maria Ponomarenko for six years over posting on social media about Russia's bombing of Ukraine's Mariupol in March 2022  —  Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko has been jailed for six years for posting on social media about a deadly attack by Russian warplanes on a theatre in Ukraine.
 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York appeals court rejects Fox News' bid to dismiss a Smartmatic defamation lawsuit over 2020 election lies and reinstates the case against Jeanine Pirro
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Gigi Sohn, Biden's nominee for the last of five FCC seats, faced a third Senate Commerce Committee confirmation hearing amid telecom, media, and GOP opposition
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
An analysis of 12 news outlets' US job postings finds that average pay ranges at some are four times larger than at others; pay ranges widen with experience
Wall Street Journal:
Source: Vice Media secures $30M+ in debt financing from Fortress; sources: Vice owes millions to vendors and advisers, some of whom have hired debt collectors
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
The Dallas Morning News plans to reassign the five staff at Al Día on March 1, leaving its Spanish-language outlet to publish just translations and wire stories
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Producers of Rust plan a documentary about the completion of the movie, set to resume filming this spring, and cinematographer Halyna Hutchins' life and work