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3:30 PM ET, March 13, 2023

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 Top News: 
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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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix wins six Oscars, including the Best International Feature Film for All Quiet on the Western Front and the Best Animated Feature Film for Pinocchio
Jane Merrick / The i Paper:
After days of talks, the BBC reaches a deal with Gary Lineker, letting him return to presenting Match of the Day, and will 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 disruption to the BBC's sports programming and says it is difficult to balance commitments to impartiality and freedom of expression  —  This blog is now closed.  You can read our latest story on the BBC row below:  —  Key events  —  Afternoon summary
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
Washington Post:
Documents: Fox VP Raj Shah, a former top aide to President Trump, privately derided 2020 stolen election claims but pushed back on those disputing the claims  —  Documents show Fox Vice President Raj Shah privately derided the White House's narrative of a stolen election.
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.
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 …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
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.
Discussion: Variety, @benkesslen and @nkulw
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
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 on hold at the moment  —  CoinDesk, a leading crypto news and events company and a core component of the Digital Currency Group (DCG) empire …
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.
Discussion: @larakate and @sarahrosen
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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Darren Major / CBC News:
Appearing before a Canadian Parliament committee, Google executives defend the company blocking news content for some users in a test expected to end next week
 
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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
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
Julie Lasky / New York Times:
A look at Apartment Life, a monthly young urban American magazine founded in 1969 that had 800K readers, soon to be revived as a special interest publication
Elizabeth Djinis / Poynter:
Special interest magazines, of which Dotdash Meredith and a360media control nearly 60%, grew 8% YoY in 2020 and 20% YoY in 2021 as the magazine market struggled
 Earlier Picks: 
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Group Black submitted a ~$400M bid to acquire Vice Media, which has received other bids and hopes to wrap up the bidding process in the next few days
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