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9:45 PM ET, March 13, 2023

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Jane Merrick / The i Paper:
The BBC reaches a deal to let Gary Lineker return to presenting Match of the Day and tweet about politics; the BBC plans to review its social media guidelines  —  EXCLUSIVEThe climbdown by the corporation follows an extraordinary wave of protests by the presenter's colleagues
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Jamie Grierson / The Guardian:
Tim Davie apologizes for the BBC's sports programming disruption and says its commitments to impartiality and freedom of expression are difficult to balance  —  This blog is now closed.  You can read our latest story on the BBC row below:  —  Key events  —  Afternoon summary
Todd Spangler / Variety:
CNN wins its first Oscar, for Navalny, commissioned by CNN Films and HBO Max about Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, in the documentary feature film category  —  CNN has scored its first Oscars win: “Navalny,” the harrowing film following Russian dissident and former presidential candidate Alexei Navalny …
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Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: the 95th Oscars averaged 18.7M viewers in the US, up 12.5% over the 2022 ceremony and the largest audience for any awards show since the 2020 Oscars
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix wins six Oscars, including Best International Feature Film for All Quiet on the Western Front and Best Animated Feature Film, its first, for Pinocchio
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Fox News media reporter Howard Kurtz calls the Dominion lawsuit a “major test of the First Amendment”, weeks after claiming Fox would not let him cover the case  —  Fox News media reporter Howard Kurtz said Sunday that the defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems …
New York Times:
Sources: G/O Media sold Lifehacker, the online how-to guide for tech, cooking, and more, to Mashable owner Ziff Davis, and an announcement is expected this week  —  In the highly competitive world of digital publishing, so-called service journalism publications like Lifehacker are valuable properties.
Adam Morgan McCarthy / The Block:
Meta says it is winding down its work on NFTs “for now” to focus on other ways of supporting creators, people, and businesses  —  - Meta is ditching its NFT efforts, for now, according to executive Stephane Kasriel.  —  Meta is ditching its pursuit of NFTs as the company looks to prioritize …
Washington Post:
Documents: Fox VP Raj Shah, a former senior aide to President Trump, privately derided 2020 stolen election claims but also pushed back on those disputing them  —  Documents show Fox Vice President Raj Shah privately derided the White House's narrative of a stolen election.
Jon Rice / Blockworks:
Sources: Digital Currency Group's CoinDesk has been an acquisition target for Binance Capital Management in recent weeks, but the talks are currently on hold  —  CoinDesk, a leading crypto news and events company and a core component of the Digital Currency Group (DCG) empire …
Discussion: @cz_binance and CoinDesk
Kylie MacLellan / Reuters:
The UK awards the BBC a one-off £20M payment to protect all 42 of the World Service's language services over the next two years and to counter disinformation  —  Britain said on Monday it had awarded a one-off payment of 20 million pounds ($24.13 million) to the BBC World Service as part …
Discussion: RXTV info and GOV.UK
Ronan Shields / Digiday:
Sources: Netflix is reviewing its ad strategy, including building its own tech, when its two-year advertising pact with Microsoft ends  —  Netflix announced its Microsoft partnership in July as part of a pact that was expected to generate billions in advertising revenue for the online streaming service.
Discussion: @martyswant and @economyapp
Ben Kesslen / New York Post:
Playboy plans to relaunch as an OnlyFans-like digital-first outlet later in 2023, with Playboy “bunnies” rebranded as creators, who post content for subscribers  —  Playboy is relaunching its iconic magazine as a digital-first publication — as the racy lifestyle brand takes on OnlyFans, The Post has learned.
 
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The Bookseller:
Filing: Filippo Bernardini, arrested in 2022 for allegedly stealing 1,000+ unpublished manuscripts, says he just wanted to read books before they hit stores
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
A Utah jury finds that Dish Network must pay $469M for infringing two streaming video filtering patents held by parental-control tech maker ClearPlay
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
WordPress.com owner Automattic acquires the WordPress plugin ActivityPub and hires its developer, to help blogs integrate with the Fediverse, including Mastodon
Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Filing: Comcast plans to change its segment reporting as of Q1 2023 to include Sky-branded entertainment TV channels in its connectivity and platform markets
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Financial Times:
Hollywood studios, most facing investor pressure to halt streaming losses by 2024, return to theatrical releases after the success of Top Gun and Avatar sequels
Fortesa Latifi / Teen Vogue:
A YouTuber who went viral as a toddler says she resents her family for monetizing her childhood, as some influencer parents take their children off social media