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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 election fraud 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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Tim Rogers / D Magazine:
The Dallas Morning News fired a reporter for violating its social media policy after she called the mayor “bruh” on Twitter; her union filed a NLRB complaint — Meghan Mangrum moved to Dallas to cover education. — Meghan Mangrum moved to Dallas last summer to cover education …
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
ITV reports 2022 revenue up 7% YoY to £4.3B, external revenue up 8% YoY to £3.7B, ITV Studios revenue up 19% YoY to £2B, and digital revenue up 18% YoY to £411M — U.K. commercial broadcaster ITV's annual results for 2022 were revealed Thursday and the picture is robust.
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ITV, Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter
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Peter White / Deadline:
Vice Media Global President of News & Entertainment Jesse Angelo leaves to launch Checker Media, which will focus on news, documentaries, and non-fiction — EXCLUSIVE: Jesse Angelo is the latest top executive to leave Vice Media as he starts his own production company.
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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 …
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Roku and Jellysmack launch free ad-supported channels featuring 17 YouTube and TikTok creators: Hello Inspo for lifestyle content and Mysteria for true crime — Roku struck a deal with creator company Jellysmack to launch new content featuring 17 popular YouTube and TikTok creators like Brad Mondo …
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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
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Former UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock gave journalist Isabel Oakeshott 100K+ WhatsApp messages to write his memoir, but 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
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Reuters Institute:
Q&A with Emmanuel Yegon, co-founder of the outlet Mobile Journalism Africa, on training young reporters, mobile journalism's potential and challenges, and more — Emmanuel Yegon is a journalist, a mobile journalism trainer, and the co-founder of Mobile Journalism Africa (MoJo Africa) …
Peter Zimonjic / CBC News:
Canada's parliament summons four Google execs to appear on March 6 after the company blocked news content over the Online News Act; not all execs must appear — Google's actions amount to censorship and show disrespect to Canadians, says NDP MP Julian — A parliamentary committee …
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The Guardian and Canadian Press
Josh Dickey / The Wrap:
Ozy Media suspends operations due to “operational and legal challenges” following the arrest and indictment of its CEO Carlos Watson on federal fraud charges — Ozy Media on Wednesday said it was suspending operations, days after founder Carlos Watson was indicted on federal fraud charges.
Max Fisher / @max_fisher:
[Thread] Max Fisher, writer of The New York Times' column The Interpreter, says he's leaving partly due to management's bitter fight with the newsroom's union — After seven great years at the NY Times, I resigned last week to pursue an exciting new project, to be announced soon. But I wanted to share a bit about why I left what had been my dream job since my days at the student paper.
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