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4:20 PM ET, March 1, 2023

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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Court documents detail Fox News executives, Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, and others struggling to navigate post-election lies by Donald Trump and his associates  —  Executives and top hosts found themselves in a bind after Donald Trump began pushing unfounded claims about election fraud, court filings show.
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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
In a letter, YouTube head Neal Mohan outlines his key priorities and teases upcoming features, such as new generative AI tools for creators and Shorts additions  —  Neal Mohan, the new head of YouTube, outlined his key priorities and teased some upcoming features for the media platform …
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
After former UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock gave Isabel Oakeshott over 100K WhatsApp messages to write his memoir, she leaked them to The Daily Telegraph  —  Ex-minister's judgment questioned for trusting journalist who has long made clear her disdain for his lockdown policies
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Disney announces an executive reshuffle, including giving FX chief John Landgraf oversight of National Geographic and Onyx Collective  —  Landgraf will take oversight of National Geographic as well as Onyx Collective, the production unit devoted to projects from communities of color and underrepresented groups.
Sarah Krouse / Wall Street Journal:
Netflix announces its first live stage production, “Stranger Things: The First Shadow”, premiering in London's West End later in 2023  —  Stage play based on Duffer brothers' series is a first for the streaming service  —  Netflix Inc.'s NFLX -0.28%decrease …
Luke Winkie / Nieman Lab:
Gaming journalism faces an uncertain future amid layoffs at several outlets, budget cuts, competition from YouTube and Twitch, AdSense optimization, and more  —  By every conceivable metric, the video game business is booming.  Industry-wide revenue forecasts are scheduled to eclipse half …
Lori Rozsa / Washington Post:
DeSantis appoints political supporters to a board controlling Disney's special tax district in Florida and suggests they can influence Disney's “woke” content  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis completed the state takeover of a taxing district controlled by Disney for more than half …
Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Journalists at Australia's ABC will walk off the job for 40 minutes on March 7 over a pay dispute, impacting coverage of a Reserve Bank announcement  —  Strike over latest pay offer from management timed to make it difficult to cover Reserve Bank's scheduled board meeting and cash rate announcement
 
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US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says Tucker Carlson has “exclusive” first dibs on January 6 security footage but vows to give the “entire country” access later
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Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
CEO Jesse Dorogusker says Tidal will end its direct artist payouts program, which paid $500K since its 2021 launch, and use more funds to back emerging artists
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Substack says its newsletters have 20M+ monthly active subscribers and 2M+ paid subscriptions, up from 1M in November 2021, as Big Tech rivals shut down
 

 
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Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge:
US judge sentences Binance founder Changpeng Zhao to four months in prison

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Amazon Q1: revenue up 13% YoY to $143.3B, net income of $10.4B, vs. $3.2B YoY, operating income of $15.3B, vs. $4.8B YoY, subscription revenue up 11% to $10.7B

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The US DOJ says it has charged Roger Ver, a well-known figure from the early days of Bitcoin, with filing false tax returns and more to evade paying nearly $50M

 
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