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Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Sources: NYT managers launched a leak probe after The Intercept revealed internal debate over a yet-to-air episode of The Daily about Hamas and sexual violence — Management has questioned staffers, including Daily producers, after The Intercept revealed internal debate over a yet-to-air episode on Hamas weaponizing sexual violence.
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A controversial NYT report claiming Hamas weaponized sexual violence on Oct. 7 relied heavily on an ex-Israeli intelligence officer with no reporting experience — American Media Keep Citing Zaka — Though Its October 7 Atrocity Stories Are Discredited in Israel
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Washington Post's Taylor Lorenz is launching Power User, a weekly Vox Media video podcast on trends shaping the internet and tech landscape, on March 21 — - Earlier this month, Vox Media announced that acclaimed author and podcaster Brené Brown will be bringing her two award-winning shows …
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Talking Biz News, @sarafischer and @voxmedia
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Nexstar Media Group asks the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to review the FCC's decision to uphold a long-standing rule setting limits on TV station ownership — Nexstar Media Group has asked a federal court to review a recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision that limits …
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US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, Tim Hanlon on LinkedIn and Inside Radio
Alyssa Boyle / AdExchanger:
Vibe.co, a self-serve platform that lets SMBs buy video ads on streamers, raised a $22.5M Series A led by Singular, bringing its total funding to around $30M — Small and midsize businesses (SMBs) want to capitalize on the rise in streaming consumption but lack the budgets for upfront commitments.
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TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
Associated Press:
Russia detains Novaya Gazeta EIC Sergei Sokolov for allegedly discrediting Russian army; he became EIC in 2023 after Dmitry Muratov was named a “foreign agent” — The editor-in-chief of the renowned Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta was detained in Moscow on Thursday …
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Reuters, Fox News, Meduza.io, @novayagazeta_en, @novayagazeta_en and @billbrowder
Morgan Sung / Rest of World:
As Twitch shuts down in South Korea citing high costs due to new “sender pays” network rules, livestreamers struggle to use Korean rivals like AfreecaTV — The streaming giant attributed its departure to high network fees. — On February 27, Twitch officially shut down business in South Korea.
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@morgan_sung, @morgan_sung and @alex, more at Techmeme »
Anto Antony / Bloomberg:
Sources: Sony made multiple filings in India to pull out a pact to merge its India operations with Zee Entertainment — - Japanese firm has informed an Indian company court: sources — Puts an end to the 2021 pact while rivals bulk up in India … The Japanese entertainment firm …
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Reuters
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
How newspaper leaders tried and failed to see how tech would change the business of journalism, framed by the career of digital newspaper pioneer Roger Fidler — Roger Fidler tried his best, but the excellent business of journalism is gone for good. Can the idea of “news” survive in a digital world?
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Paramount CFO Naveen Chopra says the company expects to take about a $1B charge in Q1 due to ongoing programming shifts and previously announced layoffs — Paramount Global expects to take a $1 billion charge in the current quarter due to ongoing programming shifts and the layoffs it announced earlier this month.
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Variety, The Wrap, @sherman4949, Wall Street Journal, @sherman4949, @sherman4949, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and Media Play News
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Kim Bellware / Washington Post:
Staffers at the Marshall Project plan to form a union; the guild will be part of the NewsGuild of New York and represent about 50 staffers — Staffers at the criminal justice journalism nonprofit the Marshall Project announced Thursday that they are unionizing, a move that puts …
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NewsGuild of New York, @nyguild, The NewsGuild and MediaPost
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
Q&A with OnlyFans CEO Keily Blair on paying out $15B+ to creators since inception, negative perceptions of the site, hosting sports and other content, AI, more — The platform's boss is proud of its adult-content creators — and dismissive of banks that shun them
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@1br0wn, Keily Blair on LinkedIn and @1br0wn@eupolicy.social, more at Techmeme »
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
An analysis of educational backgrounds of 460 NYT newsroom staff members shows the Ivy League is over-represented; about 75% of staffers are not Ivy Leaguers — They're not a majority, based on a new look at education data, but they are wildly overrepresented.
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The Wrap, @chronotope, @chronotope, @jbenton, @jbenton, @jbenton, @genepark and @niemanlab@mastodon.social
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