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2:55 PM ET, March 6, 2023

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Peter Baker / New York Times:
A 2020 Zoom recording shows Fox News anchors and executives, including CEO Suzanne Scott, discussing how to blunt audience anger after calling Arizona for Biden  —  “If we hadn't called Arizona,” said Suzanne Scott, the network's chief executive, according to a recording reviewed by The New York Times …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Legal experts say Fox News finds itself in real jeopardy in the Dominion lawsuit as the amount and weight of evidence surpasses other major defamation cases  —  Outside legal observers say the Fox News Channel finds itself in real legal jeopardy in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit brought …
New York Times:
A review of 26 conservative TV news networks, radio shows, podcasts, and sites: only four covered Fox News' private messages revealed in the Dominion lawsuit
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global explores sale of a majority stake of BET Media Group, which caters primarily to Black audiences and includes the channels BET and VH1  —  Potential sale of part of parent of BET and VH1 would help Paramount shore up resources for streaming
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Medium opens up its Mastodon instance as a perk of its $5/month or $50/year membership, and forecasts a community in the “six digits” later this year  —  Publishing platform Medium is opening up its debut Mastodon instance, me.dm, to its members, the company announced today.
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Dan Charnas / Slate:
Music sampling should be legalized with an expanded compulsory US license law, as the legal concept of music authorship remains rooted in the pre-digital past  —  Hip-hop is 50 years old, but the genius idea at its core remains unprotected.  Here's how we can change that.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An interview with Metro EIC Deborah Arthurs, as the free UK newspaper launches a design and editorial refresh to give it one editorial voice in print and online  —  A design and editorial “refresh” of Metro in print and online aims to give the brand “one clear editorial voice” …
Discussion: @hayley_barlow
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Memo: SiriusXM cuts 475 jobs, or 8% of its workforce, as part of a wide-ranging restructuring, with CEO Jennifer Witz citing economic uncertainty  —  In a wide-ranging restructuring, SiriusXM is eliminating 475 jobs — or about 8% of its headcount — with CEO Jennifer Witz citing economic uncertainty …
Elizabeth Paton / New York Times:
A profile of Vogue China EIC Margaret Zhang, the Sydney-born 29-year-old spotlighting emerging talent over celebrities and aiming to reach the Chinese diaspora  —  Margaret Zhang, an Australian-born influencer, got the top role at Vogue China in 2021, making her the youngest Vogue editor ever.
Discussion: @lizziepaton
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nexstar, which bought The Hill for $130M in 2021, will launch an afternoon panel show on NewsNation called The Hill on April 24, hosted by anchor Leland Vittert  —  Leland Vittert will anchor the show, which will run at 5 p.m. on the Nexstar-owned cable news channel.
Discussion: The Wrap, The Hill and TVNewsCheck
 
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Alexander Lee / Digiday:
Washington Post launches its first in-house game, a daily news quiz called On the Record, as it hopes to attract new subscribers with a taste for gamification
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Swiss VPN provider Proton sets up dedicated servers to allow free access to Deutsche Welle in Russia, Turkey, and Iran, where the German broadcaster is blocked
Steven Melendez / Fast Company:
Rebel Girls, which publishes podcasts and books focused on girls, raised an $8M Series A led by Penguin Random House and plans to expand to TV and more
Discussion: Publishers Weekly
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Rowena Mason / The Guardian:
UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman plans to amend the Public Order Bill to protect coverage of protests after a reporter and photographers were arrested in 2022
Priscilla DeGregory / New York Post:
Court filing: writer and filmmaker Stephen Elliott settles his defamation lawsuit that he filed against Shitty Media Men list creator Moira Donegan in 2019