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Emily Baker-White / Forbes:
Sources: the FBI and DOJ are investigating events that led to TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, using the app to surveil several US journalists — Months before the U.S. government demanded ByteDance divest from TikTok, the Department Of Justice's Criminal Division subpoenaed the app's Chinese parent company, according to a source.
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Wall Street Journal, @ericjhonsa, @gabewildau, @ebakerwhite, @badams, @iblametom, Bloomberg, Quartz, Gizmodo, @alexrkonrad, NPR, Observer and The Hill, more at Techmeme »
Charlotte Klein / @charlottetklein:
Axios fires Tampa Bay-based reporter Ben Montgomery after he replied to an email about a Governor DeSantis event, “This is propaganda, not a press release.” — News: Axios fired @gangrey on Monday over this email https://twitter.com/...
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Brian Morrissey / The Rebooting:
Digital media companies are moving from ad-driven scale models into something smaller, and publishers with flexible models and low costs will benefit — The year of efficiency heralds a longer chill for publishing — I've been thinking lately about how we are between eras in lots of areas.
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@jbenton, @simonowens@newsie.social, Variety and Digiday
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Afternoon show ratings on Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN are higher than for their prime-time shows, as big stars move on, core audiences turn to streaming, and more — The biggest draw on Fox News is no longer Tucker Carlson or Sean Hannity; it's “The Five.” And daytime shows on CNN and MSNBC are outranking evening programming.
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@kellycnbc and @brianstelter
Variety:
A survey of 338 US Fox News viewers: 21% trust the channel less due to testimony and texts related to the Dominion lawsuit but only 9% say they now watch less — More than a fifth of Fox News Channel viewers are less trusting of the cable network in the wake of publicly disclosed text messages …
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
The US Copyright Office says protection for AI-assisted artistic works will depend on whether AI's contributions reflect the author's “own mental conception” — The U.S. Copyright Office issued new guidance on Wednesday to clarify when artistic works created with the help of artificial intelligence are copyright eligible.
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Billboard, Plagiarism Today, Music Ally and The Information, more at Techmeme »
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
YouTube raises YouTube TV's price by $8 to $72.99/month, citing a rise in “content costs”, effective for new users on March 16 and existing users on April 18 — YouTube has announced that it's raising the price of its YouTube TV subscription to $72.99 per month.
Barbara Kandek / Wikimedia Foundation:
Q&A with Jareen Imam of Women Do News, which aims to close Wikipedia's gender gap, on telling women's stories, inspiration to work for the nonprofit, and more — This is Open the Knowledge: Stories, a blog series highlighting Wikimedia movement volunteers and groups that are working …
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@mollystarkdean
Roger Vincent / Los Angeles Times:
Fox Corp submits plans for a $1.5B expansion of the Fox Studio Lot, including the addition of nine soundstages, for a total of 24, as streaming drives demand — The historic Fox Studio Lot, one of Hollywood's most celebrated movie factories, is set to get a $1.5-billion upgrade that would change …
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The Wrap, Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:
Twitch CEO Emmett Shear plans to step down after 16 years at the company, replaced by president Dan Clancy; Shear is one of the original founders of Justin.tv — After serving as its chief executive for more than a decade, Twitch CEO Emmett Shear will take a step back at the company.
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Variety, IGN, New York Times, The Information, @chilledchaos and @rhymestyle, more at Techmeme »
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Elliot Resnick, ex-editor of an Orthodox Jewish newspaper in New York City, faces two felonies and two misdemeanors for actions on January 6 at the US Capitol — The former editor of an Orthodox Jewish newspaper in New York City — identified two years ago as a member of the Jan. 6 mob by POLITICO …
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FBI, @egavactip and @kyledcheney
BBC:
NUJ expected 1,000 BBC journalists to join the 24-hour strike that ended Thursday at 11am GMT; some radio stations used syndicated shows, others stand-in hosts — The BBC's regional TV bulletins and local radio and online output in England are being disrupted by a 24-hour strike on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Deadline, @rosiehuz, @sannyr1985, @dsmithradio, @robgurneyonair, The Sun, @looknorthbbc, Inside Radio and Press Gazette
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