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The Daily Beast:
Interviews with Fox News insiders detail fears over the Dominion lawsuit further sullying the “straight news” operation, largely kept in the dark on the filings — “It's just a really bad time to be working here,” one news producer told The Daily Beast in the wake …
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Court filings of Fox News emails detail Rupert Murdoch shaping coverage at his news organizations, often in a terse tone and conveying wishes with a light touch — Court filings give a peek into how Rupert Murdoch shapes coverage at his news organizations.
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Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
Court documents: in a deposition, Lachlan Murdoch said that Tucker Carlson's insinuation that immigrants make the US poorer and dirtier “is absolutely wrong”
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Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Memo: Politico's executive editor, Dafna Linzer, is stepping down at the end of March, after just one year in the job — Politico announced her hire as executive editor just under a year ago. — Politico executive editor Dafna Linzer will leave the publication this month …
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Sara Fischer / @sarafischer:
Internal email: Morning Brew is laying off 40 employees, following November layoffs that affected 14% of staff — NEW: @MorningBrew, the digital news outlets targeting millennials, is laying off 40 staffers, according to an internal note to staff. — This is the second round of layoffs since November, when they laid off 14% of staff https://twitter.com/...
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
BBC soccer presenter Gary Lineker stands by his tweets comparing UK immigration policy language to Nazi Germany's and says he does not fear a suspension — Match of the Day presenter says he doesn't fear suspension by BBC for comparing language used to that of 1930s Germany
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple unveils a standalone classical music iPhone app with 5M+ tracks, available for pre-order now as part of Apple Music subscriptions and launching March 28 — Apple is launching a new music streaming service focused on classical music. Based on its 2021 acquisition …
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
GB News reports a £30.7M pre-tax loss in the year to May 2022, weighed down by high-profile appointments, and £3.6M in revenue, including £550K+ from digital — Hiring costs for presenters such as Nigel Farage and Jacob Rees-Mogg balloon while advertisers stay wary of right-leaning channel
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS Sports plans to launch Golazo Network, a 24-hour free soccer streaming channel with analysis, highlights, broadcasts, and a morning program, on April 11 — With big U.S. media companies scrambling for soccer rights, Paramount Global wants to kick things up a notch.
Jem Aswad / Variety:
SoundCloud names Eliah Seton as its new CEO, effective immediately; Seton succeeds Michael Weissman, who joined the company in 2017 and had been CEO since 2021 — SoundCloud has named Eliah Seton chief executive officer, effective immediately. He succeeds Michael Weissman …
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Billboard and Music Business Worldwide
The Hollywood Reporter:
Penske Media plans an April launch for The Hollywood Reporter Roma, THR's first European edition, in partnership with Italian publisher Brainstore Media — Launching in Italy in April, ‘THR Roma’ will mark the entertainment media brand's first European edition.
Richard Schittly / Le Monde:
European broadcaster Euronews announces layoffs affecting 198 of its 478 employees, the sale of its French HQ, and plans to open a central newsroom in Brussels — For the journalists, it's ‘the end of a model’ and for their union, ‘an almost total dismantling.’ — “It's a terrible day.
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Nieman Lab:
Interviews with 37 US-based reporters, editors, and others show that newsrooms' social media policies have hard-to-follow rules that raise their personal risk — Social media platforms present a conundrum for journalists. — On the one hand, journalists rely on social media for so many helpful aspects of their jobs.
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David Pierce / The Verge:
Spotify redesigns its app's core homescreen with album and playlist covers and a TikTok-like vertical scroll of playlists, video podcasts, and more — Spotify is redesigning the core homescreen of its app, trying to make it easier for users to find new stuff to listen to — and watch.
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