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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
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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
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
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Reddit hires Sarah Rosen as senior director of content partnerships; Rosen left Twitter as head of North America content partnerships after Elon Musk's takeover — Sarah Rosen, who left Twitter last year shortly after Elon Musk's takeover over the social network, has joined Reddit as senior director of content partnerships.
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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 …
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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 …
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.
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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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