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Abbey White / The Hollywood Reporter:
Over 100 New York Times contributors and others call on the newspaper to stop “bias, fringe theories, and dangerous inaccuracies” in its trans people coverage — Hannah Gadsby, Joey Soloway, Margaret Cho, Jameela Jamil, Lena Dunham, Jonathan Van Ness and Jazz Jennings were also among …
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The Guardian:
France's BFMTV suspended presenter Rachid M'Barki in January and launched an internal probe into news packages linked to Israeli disinformation unit Team Jorge — Rachid M'Barki, one of channel's longest-serving hosts, suspended during inquiry into news packages linked to ‘Team Jorge’
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Tiyashi Datta / Reuters:
Roku reports Q4 revenue flat YoY at $867.1M, vs. $801.7M est., streaming hours up 23% YoY to 23.9B, and Q1 2023 revenue guidance above est.; ROKU jumps 10%+ — Roku Inc (ROKU.O) forecast first-quarter revenue above analysts' estimates on Wednesday, betting on its streaming devices and content platform to drive growth.
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The Streamable, The Wrap and Deadline, more at Techmeme »
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Kristin Dolan, the wife of AMC Networks Chairman James Dolan and who runs a data analytics company, emerges as a candidate to become AMC Networks' 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
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Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
More competition has made mainstream media better than ever; Bari Weiss, Fox News, and others are incentivized to exaggerate 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 …
Carlos Greer / Page Six:
Sources: CNN last week terminated Federico Quadrani, Jake Tapper's executive producer, over a relationship with a subordinate, amid a separate HR investigation — It's been one year since former CNN chief Jeff Zucker resigned over his relationship with top exec Allison Gollust …
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NewsNation:
Ohio's attorney general says charges against NewsNation reporter Evan Lambert have been dismissed; Lambert was arrested February 8 at a press conference — (NewsNation) — Charges against NewsNation reporter Evan Lambert have been dismissed, the Ohio attorney general said Wednesday.
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Ava Benny-Morrison / Bloomberg:
After outlets sought the names of SBF's bail guarantors, a judge reveals Stanford Law emeritus dean Larry Kramer and Stanford computer 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 …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Twitter updates its policies to allow cannabis ads targeting US states where cannabis is legal, promoting brands or providing info but 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.
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MPR News:
Star Tribune names Steve Grove, Minnesota's commissioner of employment and economic development and a former Google executive, 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.
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Newsmax is complaining on air and online about DirecTV dropping the channel; any new deal can affect the terms of Newsmax's pacts with other pay TV providers — Viewers who have tuned into the conservative news channel Newsmax in recent weeks may think they are watching a telethon.
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Brendan Coffey / Sportico:
Sinclair Broadcast's Diamond Sports Holdings skipped a $140M debt payment due on February 15, 2023, 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 …
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