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Dietrich Knauth / Reuters:
Diamond Sports, which operates the Bally Sports channels, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas, listing both assets and liabilities between $1B and $10B — Diamond Sports Group, which provides local television broadcasts for nearly half of NBA, NHL and MLB games, filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection …
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The Verge:
Sources: Spotify HiFi as a premium tier was ready to launch over a year ago, but Apple's decision to offer lossless audio at no extra charge spoiled its plans — Even though Spotify HiFi still hasn't launched after being announced more than two years ago, some kind of lossless experience …
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The Guardian:
Internal messages: BBC editors asked journalists to appease government concerns such as by avoiding the word “lockdown”; BBC calls the messages “out of context” — Exclusive: leaked emails and WhatsApp messages reveal reporters also told to be more critical of Labour
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Daniel De / The Hill:
Study: Congress' seven most partisan members got over four times more media coverage than their seven most bipartisan colleagues from October to December 2022 — The most partisan member of Congress, Marjorie Taylor Greene, generated nearly 10 times as much press coverage in the 2022 election cycle …
Gretel Kahn / Reuters Institute:
A look at the digital outlets in Venezuela that have survived despite legislation and internet blockages; between 2013 and 2022, 60+ legacy outlets have closed — As legacy news outlets close due to government pressure, independent news sites keep reporting despite legislation and internet blockages
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Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
A profile of independent studio A24, the first studio to win the top six Oscars awards at once, which takes chances on younger filmmakers with original ideas — The independent studio behind “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “The Whale” became the first to sweep the acting awards …
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Colin Mann / Advanced Television:
Aluma Insights: 50%+ of US subscribers to the top 16 SVODs view Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ as essential and Epix Now, Apple TV+, and Peacock as least essential — New research from Aluma Insights finds two-thirds of US Netflix buyers view the service as indispensable to meeting household video needs.
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Jason Kottke / kottke.org:
Kottke.org turns 25: the weblog with around 40K posts was started by Jason Kottke when he was 24 and has been his full-time job supporting his family since 2005 — I realize how it sounds, but I'm going to say it anyway because it's the truth. When I first clapped eyes on the World Wide Web, I fell in love.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Mythical, a studio built on YouTube by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal, launches a 24-hour free channel on Roku, showing Good Mythical Morning and more — Rhett & Link are taking shows produced by their Mythical entertainment company — including the hugely popular “Good Mythical Morning” …
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Daniel Frankel / Next TV:
DirecTV sues Nexstar, Mission Broadcasting, and White Knight Broadcasting, alleging they conspired to raise DirecTV's retransmission fees in some local markets — Mission and White Knight stations, which are largely managed by Nexstar, have been blacked out on DirecTV platforms since October
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Francesco Zaffarano / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Bellingcat Senior Investigator and Trainer Giancarlo Fiorella, who runs the outlet's Discord server, on its sudden growth, benefits, purpose, and more — Giancarlo Fiorella is senior investigator and trainer at Bellingcat, an investigative journalism site based in Amsterdam …
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@frazaffarano and @velile_mnyandu
RFE / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
A Russian court declares RFE/RL bankrupt, after it refused to pay $14M+ for noncompliance with a “foreign agents” law; RFE/RL calls the law political censorship — A Moscow court has declared the bankruptcy of RFE/RL's operations in Russia following the company's refusal …
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