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10:20 AM ET, March 15, 2023

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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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Michael J. Socolow / The Conversation:
While Americans across the political spectrum have a growing disdain for journalism, media criticism remains an essential component of a vibrant democracy  —  Everyone seems to hate what they call “the media.”  —  Attacking journalism - even accurate and verified reporting - provides a quick lift for politicians.
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
BuzzFeed News EIC Karolina Waclawiak says the outlet plans to publish more stories to boost profits, focus on viral topics, and pursue long-form investigations  —  ‘What we can control is how many stories we publish each day,’ BuzzFeed News editor in chief tells newsroom
Discussion: @mzhemingway
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Quora launches a $19.99/month tier for its chatbot app Poe, giving users access to bots powered by GPT-4 and Anthropic's Claude+ on iOS or Apple Silicon Macs  —  Yesterday, OpenAI unveiled its new GPT-4 model and competitor Anthropic unveiled its own ChatGPT competitor Claude.
Discussion: Axios, more at Techmeme »
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.
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
The UK government increases the film and TV expenditure credit from 25% to as much as 34%, with the qualifying threshold for high-end TV shows held at £1M  —  The British government has provided a boost for the UK film and TV industry by announcing that it is increasing tax breaks and maintaining the qualifying threshold.
The Guardian:
Internal chats: BBC editors asked reporters to appease UK government concerns, including avoiding saying “lockdown”; BBC says the messages are “out of context”  —  Exclusive: leaked emails and WhatsApp messages reveal reporters also told to be more critical of Labour
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
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.
Discussion: MediaPost
 
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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
Discussion: @rhettmc
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
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
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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
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Ofcom CEO Melanie Dawes blames the Gary Lineker debacle on “ambiguity” around the BBC's social media rules, designed for a degree of flexibility not achieved
Discussion: The Guardian and El País
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
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