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4:55 PM ET, March 27, 2023

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The Texas Tribune:
Texas Observer, founded in 1954, is shutting down and will lay off its 17-person 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 …
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 …
Sarah Fitzpatrick / NBC News:
Ex-Fox News producer Abby Grossberg files new claims about coercive coaching by Fox lawyers, bias and unprofessional behavior by staff, and retaliation by Fox  —  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
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Memo: Disney will start layoffs this week, the first of three rounds of cuts that will amount to 7,000 lost jobs, as part of plans to cut $5.5B in costs  —  - 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.
Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: CNN finalizes a deal for Gayle King to host a weekly prime-time show; in March, CNN will hit its lowest monthly rating in decades among adults 25 to 54  —  Basketball commentator Charles Barkley also in mix as potential host  —  CNN is finalizing a deal for “CBS Mornings” …
Garett Sloane / Ad Age:
Snap names longtime Microsoft ad leader Rob Wilk to the position of president of Americas, as it rebuilds its ad platform after Apple's ATT change  —  Rob Wilk named president of Americas following high-profile departures last year  —  Snapchat named Microsoft's longtime ad leader Rob Wilk …
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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Alex Kingsbury / New York Times:
Q&A with Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg on the US' classified material system, why there are so few whistleblowers, and nuclear and climate fears  —  Daniel Ellsberg, famous for leaking the Pentagon Papers and his activism against nuclear weapons, announced recently that he has been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
 
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Max Tani / Semafor:
A document from 2016/2017: the Daily Caller News Foundation offered the opportunity to “propose topics for coverage” and news beats in exchange for donations
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
After a backlash, the UK's College of Policing withdraws its proposals that would have granted the police the option of not naming people charged with offences
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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
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Filing: Vince McMahon reimburses the WWE ~$17.4M for the company's costs of investigating misconduct claims against him and agrees to pay related future costs
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Constant Méheut / New York Times:
A profile of Marina Ovsyannikova, the Russian journalist who was once a cog in Russia's propaganda machine but protested the war in Ukraine on live state-run TV
CT Jones / Rolling Stone:
A look at the impact on TV writers when streaming services cancel their shows and erase entire projects, some after filming was done, treated as tax write-offs
Sarah Larson / New Yorker:
A profile of Audie Cornish, the host of CNN podcast The Assignment, on her roots, her career as a journalist, NPR's culture, why she left the outlet, and more
Tony Paul / The Detroit News:
Former Detroit News columnist Jerry Green, the only reporter to have covered each of the first 56 Super Bowls, from 1967 to 2022, died on March 23 at age 94
Gary Price / LJ Infodocket:
A US federal judge rules in favor of four publishers in their copyright infringement case against the Internet Archive and its Controlled Digital Lending system