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11:20 AM ET, March 11, 2023

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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The BBC's Match of the Day will air without presenters or pundits on March 11 after Gary Lineker's suspension; his co-hosts refused to show up in solidarity  —  BBC commentators also refusing to appear after corporation takes its highest-paid presenter off air over impartiality concerns
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Niamh Lynch / Sky News:
The BBC says Gary Lineker will step back as a presenter, but a source says the BBC took him off the air because he won't apologize for his UK immigration tweets  —  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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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Filing: Roku held $487M, or ~26% of its $1.9B in cash and equivalents, at SVB, “largely uninsured”, and says the $1.4B left “will be sufficient” for 12+ months  —  About one-fourth of Roku's cash and equivalents — nearly half a billion dollars …
Helena Horton / The Guardian:
Sources: the BBC won't air an episode on the loss of nature from David Attenborough's UK wildlife series for fear of rightwing anger; the BBC denies the claim  —  Exclusive: Decision to make episode about natural destruction available only on iPlayer angers programme-makers
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?
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
A look at Jimmy Finkelstein's The Messenger, debuting in May 2023 with $50M in funding 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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Kevin Loker / American Press Institute:
Survey: Black Americans ages 16 to 40 get news daily from social media at higher rates than their white peers and are more likely to pay for or donate to news  —  How should news organizations appeal to Millennial and Gen Z news audiences and keep them coming back?
Discussion: New York Post
Darren Major / CBC News:
Google executives defend the company's actions in front of a Canadian Parliament committee after Google blocked news content in a test that will end next week  —  Google says it will stop blocking users' access to news on its site next week  —  Executives from Google Canada …
 
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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
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
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
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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
Brent Lang / Variety:
Anonymous Content CEO Dawn Olmstead and COO Heather McCauley both resign abruptly; source: Olmstead wasn't pushed out, but decided to leave for her own reasons
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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Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica:
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