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9:35 PM ET, March 3, 2024

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Bloomberg:
Meta plans to deprecate the Facebook News tab in the US and Australia in early April 2024 and stop signing deals for traditional news content in those countries  —  Meta Platforms Inc. is winding down its news feature in the US and Australia, part of a broader shift away from the category for the social media giant.
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Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
A look at Joe Biden's media diet, which includes MSNBC's Morning Joe, CNN, Fox News, the Financial Times, the Apple News app, and the rare book for leisure  —  After conversations with his grandchildren, fellow churchgoers and Delaware neighbors, the president brings their worries to the Oval Office
Reece Rogers / Wired:
As music from Universal Music Group artists disappears from TikTok, creators turn to royalty-free, almost-contextless sound clips  —  More Universal Music songs are disappearing from TikTok as the two companies fail to reach new agreements.  Sound clips are ready for their big break.
Scott Nover / Slate:
Semafor media reporter Maxwell Tani talks about cord-cutting, the importance of niches for digital media, threats from AI, and how it feels to break bad news  —  Maxwell Tani is known for his work on an obituary beat of sorts.  A media reporter at Semafor, he always seems to be the first person …
@tdsnewsguild:
[Thread] The Desert Sun NewsGuild says it has reached an agreement for its first contract with Gannett, and its strike is now set to end on March 3  —  BREAKING: The Desert Sun NewsGuild has reached an agreement for its first contract!!! We're thrilled to have a deal with immediate, life-changing raises for many of our members, annual raises for every member, and crucial workplace protections. More details to come, but first:...
David Bauder / Associated Press:
A look at the decline of cable TV networks like USA Network, Discovery Channel, and MTV; MTV's 2023 average prime-time audience was 256K, down from 807K in 2014  —  The list of memorable characters and personalities who entered popular culture through cable television is long: Honey Boo Boo.
The Intercept:
At a Feb. 13 all-hands in London, CNN staff pressed EIC Mark Thompson and others about Israel-Gaza coverage; Christiane Amanpour criticized “double standards”  —  CNN employees, including the renowned international news anchor Christiane Amanpour, confronted network executives …
Reuters:
A US judge says Google must face advertisers' antitrust lawsuit, but dismisses some claims, including those focused on ad-buying tools used by large advertisers  —  Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google must face advertisers' proposed class action lawsuit claiming that it monopolizes the ad exchange market, a U.S. judge ruled on Friday.
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Meta plans to make its Threads API, currently being tested by partners like Techmeme, Sprinklr, and Hootsuite, broadly available to developers by June 2024  —  Meta-owned social network Threads said today that it will make its API broadly available to developers by June.
 
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
BBC Studios buys British broadcaster ITV's 50% stake in streamer BritBox International for £255M, as ITV focuses on its ad-funded streaming service ITVX
Associated Press:
A US district judge holds Catherine Herridge in civil contempt for refusing to divulge her source for Fox News stories about a scientist investigated by the FBI