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Washington Post:
A look at the vast distance between Tucker Carlson's private messages and his on-air Fox News rhetoric about Trump in 2020 and 2021, based on Dominion suit docs — Tucker Carlson is the most-watched cable news host in the country. He is a primary source of pro-Trump political punditry …
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@senwhitehouse, @ajdelgado13, @markjacob16, @ninaburleigh, Mother Jones, @mateagold, HuffPost and National Review
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The Daily Beast:
Interviews with Fox News insiders detail their fears that the Dominion lawsuit filings further sully the reputation of the network's “straight news” journalists
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@timkarr, The Daily Beast, @fark, @justinbaragona, Journalism.co.uk, The Hill, @brentsirota, @karlbode, @mattgertz, @dcherring, Mediaite, @simonwdc, @davidcorndc, Media Matters for America, HuffPost, Deadline, CNN and BizPac Review
Michael M. Grynbaum / @grynbaum:
[Thread] At a conference, Fox Corp CEO Lachlan Murdoch defends Fox News amid Dominion's lawsuit, saying the network reports the news “without fear or favor”
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Adweek, @oliverdarcy, SFGATE, @davidgura, @bristei, The Wrap, @oliverdarcy, @bristei, @bristei, @bristei, @oliverdarcy, Variety and Insider
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Court filings of Fox News emails show how Rupert Murdoch shapes his news organizations' coverage, often in a terse tone and conveying wishes with a light touch
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NBC News, al.com, @katie_robertson, PolitiFact, @nytimes, Law & Crime, Semafor and The Guardian
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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Variety, Vanity Fair, @jayrosen_nyu, New York Times, Washington Post, IndieWire, @froomkin, @jayrosen_nyu, @kegill, Vanity Fair, @brianstelter, New York Times, @mthaslett, CNN, Deadline, @tribelaw, Media Matters for America, Next TV, @markfollman, @oliverdarcy, @theplumlinegs, Washington Post, @postopinions, @charlesadler, @tripgabriel, @nickconfessore, @markjacob16, @ralstonreports, @davidoatkins, @mattsheffield, @mattsheffield, The Hollywood Reporter, @ronfilipkowski, Politico, @kimmasters, @brianstelter, @jackshafer, @theplumlinegs, The Hill and Australian Financial Review
Associated Press:
Docs: Rupert Murdoch urged Fox News executives to get hosts to dump on US Senate candidate Don Blankenship in 2018 and pump up US Senator Lindsey Graham in 2020
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Talking Biz News, New York Times, Media Matters for America, @gtconway3dg, Super-Probably Relevant …, Reuters, ABC News and Insider
The Hill:
Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger, two “Twitter Files” journalists, testify at a US House subcommittee hearing on how Twitter and US agencies interact — House Democrats and Republicans sparred over how Twitter handles government requests for Twitter to review posts Thursday …
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@atrupar, @mtaibbi, Washington Post, Fox News, Fox News, New York Post, Public, @atrupar, @elonmusk, @fimoculous, @ggreenwald, @ggreenwald, @atrupar, Euphoric Recall, @ggreenwald, Mediaite, @atrupar, @mtaibbi, National Review, New York Post, Reclaim The Net, @elonmusk, @hamishmckenzie, @shellenbergermd, BizPac Review and Breitbart
Jack Queen / Reuters:
A NY federal jury finds ex-Fox exec and Wondery founder Hernan Lopez guilty of bribing soccer officials for broadcasting rights, and acquits another ex-Fox exec — A Brooklyn federal jury on Thursday convicted a former 21st Century Fox executive and acquitted another after a trial …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Reddit plans to shut down its Clubhouse-style live audio tool Reddit Talk on March 21, saying adding audio needs “significant work”; Talk launched in April 2021 — After Clubhouse's rise to fame, every platform rushed to build a clone. But in the last year or so …
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Engadget, The Verge, Social Media Today, @kerrymflynn and @mediaevan, more at Techmeme »
NPR:
NPR names Michel Martin as the fourth host of Morning Edition, which has 11.4M listeners on 840+ stations, joining Steve Inskeep, Leila Fadel, and A Martínez — March 9, 2023; Washington, D.C. — NPR announced today Michel Martin has been selected as the fourth host of Morning Edition …
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The 19th, @isalara, @nprextra, @lindaholmes, @asmamk, Current, @spj_tweets, @alexanderrusso, @errinhaines, @nprinskeep, @davidsirota, @nprinskeep, @stphnfwlr, @leilafadel, @ayesharascoe, Inside Radio and Barrett News Media
Brian Morrissey / The Rebooting:
A look at the end of Recode, born from the pioneering All Things D brand; its lean model relied on talented writers with expertise, like today's newsletters — It had the right formula — Thanks so much for reading. This week I wrote about the demise of Recode, a publishing brand I've long admired …
Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
Comcast's president says the company would consider alternative bids for its Hulu stake but they would have to be better than its longstanding Disney option — Comcast President Mike Cavanagh said the media giant would of course consider alternative proposals for its stake in Hulu …
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer:
Internal email: Morning Brew lays off 40 employees, blaming the “volatile advertising market” and following November 2022 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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Axios, @taylorlorenz, The Wrap, @bmorrissey, Observer and @heidilegg
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: the new version of HBO Max, to be unveiled in April 2023, will add titles from WBD's library of unscripted lifestyle shows, without raising the price — Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. will add thousands of titles to its flagship streaming service HBO Max — pulling from its library …
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The Wrap, The Streamable and @richlightshed
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Memo: Politico Executive Editor Dafna Linzer plans to step down on March 31, 2023, after confronting a reporter for quitting; Linzer started on April 25, 2022 — Politico announced her hire as executive editor just under a year ago. — Politico executive editor Dafna Linzer will leave …
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Washington Post, @lachcartwright, @charlottetklein, @dafnalinzer, New York Times, @wolfe321, @dylanbyers, @froomkin, The Wrap and The Daily Beast
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
Report: Meta pauses Reels Play bonuses in the US; launched in 2021, the program promised Facebook and Instagram creators up to $35K a month based on view counts — Meta seems to be phasing out one of the key initiatives that helped Reels creators on Facebook and Instagram get paid.
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The Verge, Social Media Today, @mattnavarra, @drachnik, Insider, Screen Rant and Thurrott
Sabrina Siddiqui / Wall Street Journal:
A reporter reflects on the logistics of her Kyiv trip with President Biden as a pool reporter and a mother who needed to pump breast milk for her nine-month-old — A working mom opens her reporter's notebook from a historic trip to a war zone that carries special meaning, and logistics
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@aikarobredo, @weijia, @marcreporting, @herbieziskend46, @vmsalama, @deenashakir, @davidshepardson, @lahavharkov, @kevinmaddendc, @mmbilal, @sabrinasiddiqui and Poynter
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