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Niamh Lynch / Sky News:
The BBC says Gary Lineker will step back as presenter but a source says the BBC has taken him off air because he refuses to apologize for his Twitter comments  —  Sky News reporter @niamhielynch  —  Gary Lineker is stepping back from his duties as Match of the Day presenter, the BBC has said in a statement.
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Helena Horton / The Guardian:
Sources: BBC will not air an episode on the loss of nature from David Attenborough's British wildlife series for fear of right-wing anger; BBC denies the claim  —  Exclusive: Decision to make episode about natural destruction available only on iPlayer angers programme-makers
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
A look at Jimmy Finkelstein's The Messenger, planning to launch in May 2023 with $50M and 175+ reporters covering politics, business, entertainment, and sports  —  The company, which will begin operating in May, plans to have around 550 journalists covering entertainment, politics and sports within a year.
Wall Street Journal:
A look at upcoming changes for failing RSNs; sources: MLB envisions a hybrid national and local programming venture with TV and streaming on its own platform  —  Once thriving, the regional-sports TV industry is suffering as cable bundles unravel  —  Two of the largest regional sports broadcasters …
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Reuters:
CEO Bob Iger says Disney is looking to reduce the content the company produces for its own platforms and may resume making films and TV shows for its rivals  —  Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) Chief Executive Bob Iger Thursday said the studio may resume making films and television shows for its rivals …
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Sources: Group Black wants to acquire Paramount's BET and VH1, backed by private equity firm CVC Capital Partners; Tyler Perry and Byron Allen are also looking  —  Black Entertainment Television made the first Black billionaire in the United States.  Will a Black executive buy it back?
Jack Queen / Reuters:
A New York federal jury convicts former Fox executive Hernan Lopez of bribing soccer officials for broadcasting rights and acquits ex-Fox exec Carlos Martinez  —  A Brooklyn federal jury on Thursday convicted a former 21st Century Fox executive and acquitted another after a trial …
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Between Q3 2018 and Q3 2022, Sunday circulation figures at Gannett's largest local newspapers fell 66.8% versus a 26.5% average across comparable metro dailies  —  Gannett, America's largest newspaper chain, should wake up each morning thankful for the existence of No. 2 Alden Global Capital.
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
The UK's CMA closes its antitrust collusion probe into Google and Meta's alleged Jedi Blue deal on online ads, after a similar decision by its EU counterparts  —  The U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) won't be pursuing an anti-competition collusion case against Google and Facebook's parent Meta …
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
Report: Meta pauses US Reels Play bonuses; launched in December 2021, the program promised Facebook and Instagram creators up to $35K/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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Jem Aswad / Variety:
RIAA: the US recorded music industry reached a record $15.9B in 2022 revenue; average subscriptions grew 10% to 92M; vinyl grew 17% YoY to $1.2B, outselling CDs
Washington Post:
A look at the vast distance between Tucker Carlson's texts and his on-air Fox News rhetoric about Donald Trump in 2020 and 2021, based on Dominion lawsuit docs
Kiran Stacey / The Guardian:
Sources: Boris Johnson again nominates DMG Media EIC Paul Dacre for a peerage, despite a previous rejection by the House of Lords appointments commission
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
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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
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
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
 

 
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Richard Spencer / The Times:
DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng has become a superstar in China with tourism around his origin story, as DeepSeek proves an unexpected boon for President Xi

Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk:
21Shares plans to liquidate two actively managed bitcoin and ether futures ETFs, following $1.66B in outflows from US-listed spot bitcoin ETFs this month

Steven Levy / Wired:
Meta's effort to neutralize Sarah Wynn-Williams' book, filled with gossipy anecdotes, feels less about defending its reputation than a need to punish a defector

 
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