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4:10 AM ET, April 10, 2023

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Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Twitter labels the @BBC account “Government Funded Media,” but not @BBCNews and other news-related accounts; the BBC asks Twitter to change the inaccurate label  —  UPDATE: The BBC has said it is speaking to Twitter in an effort to change the “government funded media” tag on its official account.
Matt Taibbi / Racket News:
Matt Taibbi plans to use Substack Notes instead of Twitter after learning Twitter is blocking Substack links because the company is upset about Substack Notes  —  Earlier this afternoon, I learned Substack links were being blocked on Twitter.  Since being able to share my articles …
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The Verge:
Substack's founders criticize Twitter, saying the abrupt change is a reminder of why writers need a platform “that protects the free press and free speech”  —  / Substack's founders say this serves as a reminder of why writers need a platform that 'puts them in charge …
Matt Novak / Forbes:
Elon Musk claims Substack links “were never blocked” and Substack tried to “download a massive portion of the Twitter database to bootstrap their Twitter clone”  —  Elon Musk broke his silence about the Twitter CEO's conflict with the online publishing site Substack …
The Verge:
Twitter starts marking Substack links with a warning stating the link “has been identified by Twitter or our partners as being potentially spammy or unsafe”
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Deadline:
Four Congress members urge the DOJ to investigate the Warner Bros. Discovery merger, which led to a “hollowing out”, less content for consumers, and layoffs  —  Four Democratic lawmakers want the Justice Department to investigate Warner Bros Discovery, claiming that the merged company …
Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
A profile of Wall Street Journal EIC Emma Tucker, the former Sunday Times editor, on navigating internal Murdoch politics and the fight to free Evan Gershkovich  —  Emma Tucker got her first inkling that something bad might be happening on the afternoon of March 29.
The Guardian:
Russian media: the Federal Security Service formally charged Evan Gershkovich with carrying out espionage for the US and the WSJ reporter denied all accusations  —  Wall Street Journal reporter denies charges, while US Senate leaders issue bipartisan call for his release
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Evan Gershkovich's arrest signals Putin may see diminishing utility in accommodating foreign journalists; many reporters work remotely with occasional visits
James Titcomb / Telegraph:
Tests show Elon Musk's Twitter removed limits on Kremlin-linked accounts, including Putin's, with some showing in For You feeds, reversing an April 2022 policy  —  Elon Musk's social media site lifts restrictions on Kremlin-linked tweets  —  Twitter has removed restrictions on Kremlin-linked accounts …
Patrick Maynard / Poynter:
The US DOJ says the agency has no plans to drop charges against Julian Assange, after some compare the arrested WikiLeaks founder to the WSJ's Evan Gershkovich  —  Long before Russia cracked down on critical speech, advocates say, the US government worked to change the rules by which whistleblowers must play
 
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Iris Deng / South China Morning Post:
Tencent and ByteDance's Douyin sign a deal authorizing Douyin to distribute Tencent's video content, after years of copyright disputes between the two companies
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Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
Amazon releases the $130M film Air on 3,500 US screens this week, as part of a plan to increase theatrical releases to satisfy moviegoers, stars, and filmmakers
Julia Kollewe / The Guardian:
Filing: News Group set aside £46.8M for claimants' legal fees for the phone-hacking scandal in the year ending July 3, 2022 and ~£81.5M for future legal costs
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Timep / The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy:
Two journalists for independent outlets in Lebanon have been sued for defamation by state agencies after publishing articles critical of the government