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9:50 AM ET, February 28, 2023

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New York Times:
Court docs: in a January 2023 deposition, Rupert Murdoch said that several Fox News hosts endorsed the lie that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump  —  Rupert Murdoch, the conservative media mogul, spoke under oath last month in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox by Dominion Voting Systems.
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Washington Post:
Fox News host Howard Kurtz, who anchors a weekly show on the media industry, told viewers on Sunday that the network won't let him cover the Dominion lawsuit  —  Howard Kurtz told his ‘MediaBuzz’ viewers he ‘strongly’ disagrees with the network's decision  —  Fox News host Howard Kurtz …
Insider:
Fox News lawsuit filing: Dominion alleges that Rupert Murdoch gave Jared Kushner confidential info about Joe Biden's political ads and debate strategy in 2020
Gabby Miller / Columbia Journalism Review:
An analysis of Meta's Journalism Project initiatives: $29.4M invested in 564 organizations through 17 grant programs since 2018, 43% received just $5K, and more  —  b  —  “People want more local news, and local newsrooms are looking for more support,” Campbell Brown wrote in 2019 when Meta …
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
James Pomfret / Reuters:
Two Reuters reporters were impersonated on Telegram, Instagram, and other sites to gain details about activists' protests against China's COVID-19 controls  —  Two Reuters journalists had their identities faked by an unknown person or people who then used sham social media accounts to engage …
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Nexstar reports 2022 revenue up 12.1% YoY to $5.21B, Q4 net revenue up 19.3% YoY to $1.49B, and political ad revenue of $265.9M, up 1,306.9% due to the midterms  —  Nexstar reported its fourth-quarter 2022 earnings Tuesday, revealing its core ad sales fell 3.3% from Oct. 1-Dec. 31 …
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
BBC employees in England who are members of the National Union of Journalists vote in favor of a strike, which would be the first major BBC strike since 2010  —  Members of the National Union of Journalists have said the walkout could also affect coverage of the May coronation of King Charles III.
Discussion: The Guardian and Deadline
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Inside The New York Times as staff clash over its trans coverage; a source says leaders mulled serious punitive measures for signees of the contributors' letter  —  Top editors, Pulitzer-winning reporters, contributors, and the paper's union have been embroiled in a back-and-forth over journalistic independence and “activism.”
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
A look at CNN's plans for its 9pm primetime slot, including a mix of one-on-one interviews with newsmakers, town halls with government officials, and scoops  —  CNN hopes it's finally hit upon a way to solve a long-vexing puzzle: What should it be airing at 9 p.m.?
Bojan Pancevski / Wall Street Journal:
Axel Springer plans to restructure its German operations, including shuttering print editions, which could affect ~300 jobs, as the publisher focuses on the US  —  The media conglomerate aims to eliminate print editions in the medium term  —  BERLIN—The German owner of Politico …
Discussion: Reuters
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Vice Media Group names CFO Bruce Dixon and chief strategy officer Hozefa Lokhandwala as co-CEOs, effective immediately, days after CEO Nancy Dubuc leaves  —  Lokhandwala (above right) has been chief strategy officer at Brooklyn-based Vice Media since October 2018, and Dixon (above left) …
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Politico Europe has nearly doubled its London bureau since December 2022 to around 32 journalists and aims to have over 50 journalists in the next 18 months  —  The bullish growth contrasts with widespread cuts hitting news publishers in both the UK and US.
Discussion: Media Voices and @bron_maher
John Leland / New York Times:
A look at the vicious fight between local newspapers The Village Sun, WestView News, The Villager, and The Village View in New York City's Greenwich Village  —  A crusty publisher.  A “guerilla” litigator.  An ambitious caregiver.  Has the news of Greenwich Village ever been more fun?
 
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Minnie Chan / South China Morning Post:
Taiwan proposes stiffer penalties for “dissemination of fake news and misinformation” and requiring the media to cooperate with the military in investigations
Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:
ABC: in H2 2022, UK local daily newspaper sales fell by 19% YoY on average and non-dailies fell 13%; Reach titles like Manchester Evening News were hit hardest
Discussion: HoldtheFrontPage
Financial Times:
Some marketers worry that Meta's AI-based Advantage+ ad tool, added after Apple's ATT to automatically generate multiple ads, forces them to relinquish control
Ana Vanessa Herrero / Washington Post:
A look at El Bus TV, El Cafecito, and other Venezuelan outlets evading censorship by presenting the news to people from balconies, in buses, and in coffee shops
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Patrick Frater / Variety:
Hong Kong-based streamer Viu, available in 16 markets in Asia and the Middle East, reports MAUs up 13% YoY to 66.4M in 2022 and subscribers up 45% YoY to 12.2M
Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Elon Musk tweets that the US media is “racist against whites & Asians”, in reply to a tweet that is sympathetic to Scott Adams' rant against Black people