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8:10 PM ET, March 14, 2023

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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 …
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 …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube launches early multiview access for YouTube TV, letting US viewers watch up to four, pre-selected streams simultaneously, initially for sports content  —  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.
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 out of 420 editorial jobs  —  Reach editorial staff have been told “tough decisions” need to be made because of current headwinds.
Politico:
The Gary Lineker saga exposed weakness at the heart of the BBC, leaving Tim Davie looking indecisive and raising questions about its leadership's impartiality  —  Gary Lineker 1, BBC 0.  —  That was the consensus in Westminster on Monday as the U.K.'s national broadcaster was forced …
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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
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
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 …
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 …
Discussion: @frazaffarano and @velile_mnyandu
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 …
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Daily Mail and General Trust names its former CFO, Tim Collier, as its new CEO, effective immediately, replacing interim CEO Lord Rothermere, DMGT's chairman  —  Tim Collier was chief financial officer at DMGT between 2017 and 2021.  —  Daily Mail and General Trust has appointed …
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.
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
A look at Smartmatic's $2.7B defamation lawsuit that has the potential to create further turbulence for Fox by pursuing Fox News, Maria Bartiromo, and Lou Dobbs  —  New York court greenlights $2.7bn suit against news channel by election company Smartmatic over 2020 presidential election lies
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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
 
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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
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: the 95th Oscars averaged 18.76M viewers in the US, up 13% over the 2022 ceremony and the largest audience for any awards show since the 2020 Oscars
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The Bookseller:
Filing: Filippo Bernardini, arrested in January 2022 for allegedly stealing 1,000+ unpublished manuscripts, says he wanted to read books before they hit stores
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
A Utah jury finds that Dish Network must pay $469M for infringing two streaming video filtering patents held by parental-control tech maker ClearPlay