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12:45 PM ET, March 14, 2023

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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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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Reach plans to make “significant changes” to its editorial operations; the National Union of Journalists says the cuts will impact 192 editorial jobs  —  Reach editorial staff have been told “tough decisions” need to be made because of current headwinds.
Politico:
The Gary Lineker saga has exposed weakness at the heart of BBC, making its leadership look indecisive and raising questions about its impartiality  —  Gary Lineker 1, BBC 0.  —  That was the consensus in Westminster on Monday as the U.K.'s national broadcaster was forced into an apology …
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Ofcom head Melanie Dawes blames the Gary Lineker debacle on the “ambiguity” of the BBC's social media rules, which were meant to offer flexibility but failed  —  “Ambiguity” around social media guidelines was to blame for the BBC Gary Lineker scandal, according to Ofcom boss Melanie Dawes …
Discussion: The Guardian
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
Janko Roettgers / The Verge:
A look at the shift to the ATSC 3.0 TV broadcast standard, still not available in many major markets since its 2017 launch, as free streaming TV channels surge  —  Antenna television is back.  In recent years, millions of cord-cutters have rediscovered antennas as a reliable …
Adam Morgan McCarthy / The Block:
Meta plans to wind down its work on NFTs “for now” to focus on other ways of supporting creators and will continue working on Meta Pay  —  - Meta is ditching its NFT efforts, for now, according to executive Stephane Kasriel.  —  Meta is ditching its pursuit of NFTs as the company looks …
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Daily Mail and General Trust names its former CFO Tim Collier as its new CEO, effective immediately, replacing interim CEO and DMGT owner Lord Rothermere  —  Tim Collier was chief financial officer at DMGT between 2017 and 2021.  —  Daily Mail and General Trust has appointed …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An interview with Manchester Evening News editor Sarah Lester about her “high ambitions” for the 155-year-old regional newspaper, “clickbait” claims, and more  —  Manchester Evening News editor Sarah Lester has “high ambitions” for the 155-year-old regional newspaper brand …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube launches early multiview access on YouTube TV, letting US viewers watch up to four, pre-selected different streams simultaneously, initially for sports  —  YouTube TV is today announcing a new feature that may help the live TV service attract more subscribers — and particularly those who like to watch live sports.
Discussion: CNET, Deadline, Engadget, The Verge and @abeaujon
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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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
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
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A Utah jury finds that Dish Network must pay $469M for infringing two streaming video filtering patents held by parental-control tech maker ClearPlay
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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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Eugen Rochko / Mastodon Blog:
Mastodon forms a new US non-profit, to receive tax-deductible US donations and in-kind support, with Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and others on its board

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Some founders say TikTok ban won't impact creator economy startups much, as they have diversified across multiple platforms after Trump tried banning it in 2020

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Google and Apple use passkeys to capture users by locking credentials into their platforms and have made the UX of passkeys worse than that of password managers

 
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