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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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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Filing: Diamond Sports owes $1.8B to US Bank, $77.2M to Dolan Broadcast, $40.1M to DirecTV, $30.8M to Arizona Diamondbacks, $15M to Intelsat, and more
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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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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.
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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
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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.
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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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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.
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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
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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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The Desk, Voice of America and scussion
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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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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