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12:20 PM ET, April 18, 2023

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NBC News:
Dominion-Fox defamation trial kicks off in Delaware Superior Court, more than two years after Dominion accused Fox of knowingly airing lies about the company  —  Ex-Fox News producer Abby Grossberg said she recently found more evidence relevant to Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit …
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Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Ex-Fox News producer Abby Grossberg says she recently found more evidence relevant to Dominion's lawsuit against Fox and plans to turn it over to the court  —  Abby Grossberg said in a new sworn statement that she recently found two more recordings on an old cellphone, which she alleges Fox News lawyers failed to search.
Ann M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal:
A Moscow court rejects an appeal by WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich and upholds his pretrial detention at the prison where he has been held since his March arrest  —  Journalist to remain in pretrial detention at Moscow's Lefortovo prison  —  A Moscow court upheld the detention …
Steve Scherer / Reuters:
Elon Musk says Twitter changed the label on Canada's CBC to “69% Government-funded Media” after the outlet said it's “less than 70% government-funded”  —  Public broadcaster Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's (CBC) Twitter account was on Monday labeled as …
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Reuters:
Sweden's Sveriges Radio will deactivate or delete its Twitter accounts, the first big European public broadcaster to do so; PBS and CBC quit Twitter last week  —  Swedish Radio announced on Tuesday it was quitting Twitter, the first major European public broadcaster to join three from North America …
Bailey Schulz / USA Today:
Gannett news division president and USA Today EIC Nicole Carroll is stepping down on May 1; Managing Editor Michael McCarter takes over as Interim EIC  —  USA TODAY Editor-in-Chief Nicole Carroll will step down on May 1 after leading the news organization for more than five years.
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
In 2022, 39% of new hires at Condé Nast US and 44% at NYT were POC, down 2% and 10% YoY, respectively, while 54% were white at Vice and 59% at Hearst  —  Publishers are slowly publicly releasing the latest reports on the diversity of their workforces.
Discussion: @karenkho
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Mansa, a free, ad-supported streaming service and content aggregator that offers Black cultural content, launches out of stealth with $8M in seed funding  —  Mansa, a free ad-supported streaming service and content aggregator that offers a curated selection of Black cultural content, launched out of stealth today.
Discussion: Axios, App Store and Cord Cutters News
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Deloitte: US consumers pay $48 per month on average for subscription video services; millennials spend $54 per month on average, more than any other generation  —  Deloitte's 17th annual Digital Media Trends report highlights challenges for subscription streamers
Discussion: Media Play News and VentureBeat
 
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Joseph Staten, Microsoft's former head of creative for Halo Infinite, is joining Netflix as Creative Director for a new AAA multiplatform game and original IP
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
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
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
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Spotify plans to drop its paywall and change its exclusivity rules for some of Gimlet's podcasts in the coming months; Spotify acquired Gimlet for $230M in 2019
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
Mark Savage / BBC:
Heart On My Sleeve, a song allegedly created using AI trained on the voices of Drake and The Weeknd without the artists' permission, goes viral on social media
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
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
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Reuters:
Albania bans TikTok for a year from January 2025, part of a broader plan to make schools safer following the killing of a 14-year-old near a school in November
 
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