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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
The judge overseeing the Dominion-Fox defamation trial delays its start by one day, until April 18, fueling speculation that the two sides may sign a settlement  —  Rupert Murdoch can breathe easy for at least one more day.  —  The judge overseeing the much-scrutinized defamation trial brought …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
AMC Networks plans to roll out a less expensive, ad-supported tier of AMC+ by October 2023; AMC+ currently costs $8.99 per month  —  Season 2 of the Rhea Seehorn digital series 'Cooper's Bar' will expand to half hour and debut on IFC, as company expands slate of branded originals.
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Netflix's second ever livestream hit technical issues, leading to a 75+ minute delay and the company taping the Love is Blind reunion episode for later viewing  —  Netflix had some serious issues with the livestream of its “Love is Blind” reunion episode.  We always knew the livestream would be messy …
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Twitter rolls out more “Government-funded Media” labels on the accounts of international news outlets, including Australia's ABC, Canada's CBC, and Sweden's SVT  —  Twitter is rolling out more “government-funded media” labels on the accounts of international news outlets.
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
By loading up HBO Max with Discovery content and renaming its flagship streaming service as Max to protect the HBO brand, WBD is hedging its bets on streaming  —  - Warner Bros. Discovery has renamed its flagship streaming service Max, eliminating HBO from the name.
Mark Savage / BBC:
Heart On My Sleeve, a song created using AI trained on the voices of Drake and The Weeknd without the artists' permission, goes viral on social media  —  A song that uses Artificial Intelligence to clone the voices of Drake and The Weeknd has gone viral on social media.
Gabriel Arana / The Nation:
The Texas Observer's EIC reflects on the grassroots movement that saved the magazine and says the best “model” for progressive media is the labor movement  —  Progressive media is not a “business.”  It's a labor movement.  —  I first learned how to be a radical …
Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal:
The Media Rating Council votes to restore Nielsen's national TV ratings accreditation, suspended in 2021, after Nielsen fixed issues, like undercounting viewers  —  The TV ratings giant's seal of approval had been suspended by the Media Rating Council since 2021
Sylvia Varnham O'Regan / The Information:
Sources: after its first-ever drop in ad sales, Meta ditched its brash tone with advertisers and is offering sweeteners, like up to a 25% discount for Reels ads  —  After suffering its first-ever drop in ad sales, Meta Platforms has abandoned its once-brash tone with advertisers in favor of a more flexible approach to winning business.
Harry McCracken / Technologizer:
A eulogy for the era of computer magazines in the US, as Maximum PC and MacLife, both of which started in 1996, abandon print after their April 2023 issues  —  The April issues of Maximum PC and MacLife are currently on sale at a newsstand near you—assuming there is a newsstand near you.
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Muck Rack survey of 2,226 journalists globally: 78% say Twitter is the most valuable social media platform to them but ~50% considered leaving in the past year  —  Nearly all journalists are on Twitter - but half are thinking about leaving.  —  Twitter's most devoted users, journalists …
 
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David Robb / Deadline:
WGA members vote to authorize the WGA West Board and the WGA East Council to call a strike if a “fair” deal for a film and TV contract isn't reached by May 1
Chris Hastings / Daily Mail:
Source: the BBC asked all its senior TV and radio presenters to consider voluntary redundancy, as the company tries to cut costs by restructuring its news unit
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Feven Merid / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with journalist Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on launching Hammer and Hope, a digital magazine to connect organizers and activists after the George Floyd protests
Sara Fischer / Axios:
At a journalism conference in Austin, The New York Times Executive Editor Joe Kahn said the outlet plans to keep tweeting and defended its transgender coverage
New York Times:
Over the past year, pro-Russian content has increasingly surfaced on outlets and social media in Africa, presenting a distorted version of the war in Ukraine
David Satin / The Streamable:
Report: MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred wants a single streaming service for in-market games, but faces hurdles including getting approval from all 30 team owners
 

 
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Gleb Bryanski / Reuters:
Russia's finance minister says Russian companies have begun using bitcoin and other digital currencies in international payments to counter Western sanctions

Qwen:
Alibaba's Qwen unveils QvQ-72B-Preview, an experimental research model focused on “enhancing visual reasoning capabilities”, built upon Qwen2-VL-72B

Bloomberg:
Taiwan's FTC blocks Uber's $950M acquisition of Delivery Hero's Foodpanda, arguing it would decrease competition as their combined market share would be 90%+
 
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