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Chris Quinn / Plain Dealer:
The Cleveland Plain Dealer says it will no longer carry the Dilbert comic strip after its creator Scott Adams went on a racist rant on his online video show — 7,932 — Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip, went on a racist rant this week on his Coffee with Scott Adams online video show …
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Anumita Kaur / Washington Post:
WaPo, CNN, Politico, ABC, Axios, Gannett, and others demand the release of January 6 footage that the House speaker provided exclusively to Tucker Carlson — Scores of news organizations — including The Washington Post — on Friday demanded congressional leaders release a trove …
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John Ourand / Sports Business Journal:
Sources: WBD seeks to shed regional sports networks, telling teams they need to take rights back from AT&T SportsNet by March 31 or channels face bankruptcy — Warner Bros. Discovery has told teams that it plans to exit the regional sports network business entirely within the next several weeks.
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Memo: Vice Media Group CEO Nancy Dubuc says she is leaving the company after five years; sources say she was at the end of her contract and decided to move on — EXCLUSIVE: Nancy Dubuc is leaving Vice Media Group where she was CEO for the past five years. She just announced her decision …
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Derek Willis / ProPublica:
Politwoops, a ProPublica project that tracked and archived politicians' deleted tweets since 2012, is shutting down as the required Twitter tools no longer work — Whether officials were deleting an embarrassing post or just correcting a typo, Politwoops tracked them all.
Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
A major outage has taken down Dish Network's websites, apps, and customer support systems; remote employees have been cut off from accessing their work systems — Since Thursday morning, Dish Network has been experiencing a major outage that's taken down the company's main websites, apps …
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Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
A profile of Camille Padilla Dalmau, who co-founded 9 Millones, a publishing and crowdfunding platform for journalists investigating untold Puerto Rico stories — When Camille Padilla Dalmau decided to study journalism in the United States, it was with the intention of later returning home to Puerto Rico.
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Clare Malone / New Yorker:
A profile of Media Matters for America researcher Kat Abughazaleh, who is building a TikTok following by needling Tucker Carlson and other Fox News hosts — According to Kat Abughazaleh, a researcher at Media Matters for America, “You don't know Fox News until you are watching it for a job.”
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Sahil Patel / The Information:
Source: Apple hired TV and digital video advertising executive Lauren Fry to build a video ad business for Apple TV+, which doesn't have an ad-supported tier — Apple has hired Lauren Fry, a TV and digital video advertising executive, to help build a video advertising business …
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
CEO Roger Lynch says Condé Nast missed its 2022 revenue target by less than 1%, e-commerce grew close to 20%, and subscriptions were “slightly below” target — The chief at Condé Nast, which only occasionally discusses its financial results, said ad revenue grew year over year …
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Glenn Peoples / Billboard:
TikTok's test in Australia that limits some users' access to licensed music is to study what is trending, how users access its service, and more, per a source — The short-form video app known for breaking viral hits is using music in a different way Down Under. — What's TikTok without music?
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
The Trace, a nonprofit outlet covering gun violence, launches Chicago and Philadelphia bureaus with a community-focused engagement reporter for every writer — The nonprofit newsroom The Trace is experimenting with a new approach to its award-winning coverage of gun violence in the United States.
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