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4:35 PM ET, March 2, 2023

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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: ESPN in talks with sports leagues and media partners about offering a live sports guide with direct links, possibly in exchange for a subscription cut  —  - ESPN has talked with major sports leagues and media partners about launching a feature that would link users directly …
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Sources: CNET lays off around a dozen people, or ~10% of its staff, including several longtime employees, after revelations the outlet used AI to write articles  —  Just weeks after news broke that tech site CNET was quietly using artificial intelligence to produce articles …
Tim Rogers / D Magazine:
The Dallas Morning News fired reporter Meghan Mangrum for violating its social media policy by calling a mayor “bruh” on Twitter; her union objected to the NLRB  —  Meghan Mangrum moved to Dallas to cover education.  —  Meghan Mangrum moved to Dallas last summer to cover education …
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
A look at OptOut News, an app launched in March 2022 by journalists Alex Kotch and Walker Bragman to aggregate news “100% free from corporate media narratives”  —  After Alex Kotch got into the habit of scrolling Apple News every morning in 2020, he started to find the offering a little limited.
Discussion: @mariabustillos
Reuters:
African pay TV company MultiChoice signs a deal with Comcast to create a pan-Africa video streaming service built on MultiChoice's streaming service Showmax  —  Africa's biggest pay TV company, MultiChoice Group (MCGJ.J), said on Thursday it had entered into an agreement …
Discussion: WebWire, Deadline and Broadband TV News
Center for Public Integrity:
The Center for Public Integrity acquires The Accountability Project, which lets journalists search and organize 1.8B public records on campaign finance and more  —  The Center for Public Integrity will steward and grow a powerful tool that puts public records at the fingertips of journalists across …
Mike Janssen / Current:
An analysis of 461 CPB-funded stations' FY 2021 reports: nonfederal financial support peaked at nearly $2.2B, surpassing 2019's prepandemic total by $118M  —  To understand how the disruptions of COVID-19 affected public media's financial health, Public Media Company analyzed CPB's station revenue data …
Discussion: @eaxlr
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
Netflix dominates in subscriptions and ARPU, followed by Disney+/Hulu, and WBD's HBO Max/Discovery+; Amazon and Apple don't disclose Prime Video and TV+ numbers  —  Netflix continues to dominate but Disney, Paramount, Comcast and Warner Bros. Discovery all expect big DTC growth this year and next
Discussion: Wine Binge TV and Slate
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
In a memo, Daily Mail editor Ted Verity says DMGT is proposing layoffs at the print titles and bringing the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday “much closer together”  —  Mail Newspapers editor-in-chief Ted Verity said future growth would come from digital.
Discussion: The Guardian, Telegraph and Bloomberg
 
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Reuters Institute:
Q&A with Mobile Journalism Africa co-founder Emmanuel Yegon on training young reporters, mobile journalism's potential and challenges on the continent, and more
Peter Zimonjic / CBC News:
Canada's parliament summons four Google executives to appear on March 6 after the company blocked news content over the Online News Act; only one must appear
Discussion: The Guardian
Max Fisher / @max_fisher:
[Thread] Max Fisher, who writes The New York Times' The Interpreter column, says he's leaving partly due to management's bitter fight with the newsroom's union
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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
 

 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple Q2 revenue: iPhone down 10% YoY to $45.96B, Mac up 4% to $7.45B, iPad down 17% to $5.56B, and Wearables, Home, and Accessories down 10% to $7.91B

Sudz Niel Kar / MyHealthyApple:
The US FDA approves Apple Watch's AFib history feature for clinical studies, the first digital health tech qualified under the FDA's MDDT program

Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft outlines security principles and goals tied to executive compensation packages, following a scathing report from the US Cyber Safety Review Board
 
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