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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+ later this year; 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 …
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.
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Twitter rolls out more “Government-funded Media” labels on the accounts of international news outlets, including ABC Australia and Canada's CBC  —  Twitter is rolling out more “government-funded media” labels on the accounts of international news outlets.
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 …
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  —  The New York Times does not plan to stop using Twitter, its top editor said Saturday, despite the fact that Elon Musk …
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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 new film and TV contract isn't reached by May 1  —  WGA members have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike.  The vote, which was approved by 97% of the eligible voting members …
 
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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
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
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
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
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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
P R Sanjai / Bloomberg:
Indian streaming service JioCinema plans to add 100+ films and TV shows and charge for content; an IPL cricket match on April 12 drew 22M viewers on JioCinema
Al Jazeera:
El Salvador's El Faro moves most of its operations, but not its newsroom, to Costa Rica and registers as a non-profit, after attacks from Bukele's government
Washington Post:
Rural Llano County officials in Texas voted against closing libraries and banning books, after feeling pressure from national media exposing censorship efforts