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The Texas Observer, founded in 1954, is shutting down and laying off its 17 staff, including 13 journalists; employees' last day is scheduled for March 31 — The 68-year-old progressive publication, which published Ronnie Dugger, Molly Ivins and Kaye Northcott, hit financial troubles …

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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:

Demands from films' talent and marketing drive Apple and Amazon's embrace of theaters, where Apple plans to debut top movies at least a month ahead of Apple TV+ — Did you watch the World Baseball Classic? Did you know it happened? The event, billed as the World Cup of baseball, is a huge hit beyond US shores.

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Andrew Webster / The Verge:

Apple plans to release Martin Scorsese's next movie Killers of the Flower Moon in theaters in partnership with Paramount Pictures before it debuts on Apple TV+ — Apple is the latest streamer to discover that theaters are actually kind of useful. Following a Bloomberg report last week …

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Sarah Fitzpatrick / NBC News:

Former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg files new claims about Fox lawyers' coercive coaching, staff's bias and unprofessional behavior, and Fox's retaliation — Abby Grossberg sued Fox last week, alleging she was coerced into giving misleading testimony about the network's election fraud coverage.

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox News fires Tucker Carlson producer Abby Grossberg after she alleged in court filings of being coerced into giving misleading testimony in the Dominion case

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Alex Sherman / CNBC:

Memo: Disney plans to start layoffs this week, the first of three rounds before the summer that will amount to 7,000 roles, as part of $5.5B in cost cutting — - Disney will begin informing employees this week that they're being laid off. — This will be the first of three rounds of cuts that will amount to 7,000 job losses.

Samriddhi Sakunia / Rest of World:

After India's legal orders this week, Twitter blocked the tweets of 122 users, including reporters and politicians, from Indian users; it used to push back more — Last year, before Elon Musk took over as CEO, Twitter pushed back against such requests from the government. — • NEW DELHI, INDIA

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

Time EIC Edward Felsenthal steps down, to be succeeded by Sam Jacobs as interim EIC; Felsenthal will become executive chairman and contributing editor on June 1 — Edward Felsenthal will become executive chairman and contributing editor at Time in June. — Time editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal …

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Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:

Sources: CNN is finalizing a deal for Gayle King to host a weekly prime-time show; in March, CNN may hit its lowest monthly rating in decades for ages 25 to 54 — Basketball commentator Charles Barkley also in mix as potential host — CNN is finalizing a deal for “CBS Mornings” …

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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:

Hollywood and music industry insiders, actors, and others say a TikTok ban could seriously hurt their businesses and are scrambling to create contingency plans — The entertainment industry has become so reliant on TikTok that banning the app could hurt business, industry insiders say

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Garett Sloane / Ad Age:

Snap names longtime Microsoft ad leader Rob Wilk as its president of Americas, as Snap restructures its ad team and rebuilds its ad platform after Apple's ATT — Rob Wilk named president of Americas following high-profile departures last year — Snapchat named Microsoft's longtime ad leader Rob Wilk …

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Sara Fischer / Axios:

Sources: Grid News' website shuts down as owner The Messenger evaluates what to do with Grid's products and interviews Grid's staff for roles at The Messenger — The website for Grid News, the D.C.-based digital news startup that sold last week to Jimmy Finkelstein's new media startup The Messenger …

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Fiona Sturges / Financial Times:

Audio content agency This Is Distorted launches Synthetic Stories, a podcast created in 24 hours using AI, including for the plot, music, artwork, and narration — Synthetic Stories is an intriguing new podcast series created entirely by AI — In the first instalment of Synthetic Stories …

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