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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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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The BBC's Match of the Day aired without presenters or pundits on March 11 after Gary Lineker's suspension; his co-hosts refused to show up in solidarity
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
CNN wins its first Oscar for Navalny, in the documentary feature film category, about Russian dissident Alexei Navalny and commissioned by CNN Films and HBO Max — CNN has scored its first Oscars win: “Navalny,” the harrowing film following Russian dissident and former presidential candidate Alexei Navalny …
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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.
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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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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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Q&A with Fox News journalist Benjamin Hall on his memoir, surviving a missile attack in Ukraine, efforts to leave the country, and remembering killed colleagues — The Fox News journalist spoke to THR about his new memoir, ‘Saved,’ which recounts the attack and the dramatic effort to leave the country.
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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 — After three of the worst years on record in the movie business, there was an almost palpable sense of relief in Hollywood …
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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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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 …
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 — WordPress.com sites now have an easier way to integrate with the Fediverse, including Mastodon.
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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Marie Woolf / Globe and Mail:
Meta plans to block Canadians' ability to view or share written and broadcast news on Facebook and Instagram if the country passes its proposed Online News Act — Tech giant Meta has decided to block Canadians' ability to view or share news content on Facebook and Instagram …
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