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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
An interview with UK Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer about the indie movie tax credit, challenges faced by freelance workforce, Ofcom's probes into GB News, more — EXCLUSIVE: UK Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer has said the 40% indie film tax relief will bring balance to a movie sector …
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@deadline
Kim Kleman / Poynter:
Report for America's head says it is ending support of hedge fund-owned newsrooms to “prioritize partners that will be springboards for the next generation” — Our program must focus on areas where it has the most impact, RFA executive director Kim Kleman writes
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The Seattle Times, Sam Kille on LinkedIn, @mainemonitor, @sahogan, @report4america and The Rural Blog
Reuters Institute:
Analysis: only 24% of 174 top editors across 240 major news outlets in 12 markets across five continents were women, ranging from 43% in the US to 0% in Japan — In this Reuters Institute factsheet we analyse the gender breakdown of top editors in a strategic sample of 240 major online …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Reach, Women in Journalism, and RSF propose a four-point plan for the UK police to help improve the safety of women journalists against rising online violence — Four-point safety plan proposed for women journalists in the UK. — More than 100 journalists and media industry leaders …
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
The New York Times has filed at least three DMCA takedown requests over Wordle clones hosted on GitHub, citing ownership over the Wordle name and gameplay style — Join the newsletter to get the latest updates. — Success — Great! Check your inbox and click the link. — Error
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NME, @daveleebbg@threads.net, @bayo_gbakinro, @mina_776_, @jaydenc, @christopherbairauthor …, @tiffany.c.li@threads.net, @pimanrules, @datadrivenmd@threads.net, @bayo_gbakinro, Engadget, @ohmysignal0509@threads.net, @ashtonpittman.ms@threads.net, @jason_koebler, @jason_koebler, @marcslove@threads.net, @saltrif@threads.net, @xor@tech.intersects.art, @MrBehemo@mastodon … and The Verge
Addie Morfoot / Variety:
How Netflix's stand-up specials, COVID-19, as well as YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and podcasts have transformed the comedy business, broadening comedians' reach — Netflix, COVID and social media have been game changers for the comedy business, with the pandemic accelerating shifts already underway across the media landscape.
Nieman Lab:
Q&A with former BuzzFeed News' royal correspondent Ellie Hall on Kate Middleton's “disappearance” coverage, royal press offices rarely going on the record, more — “I cannot emphasize enough how out of character it is that a royal press team went on the record in response to what is essentially gossip.”
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@laurahazardowen, @davidmackau, Melissa Ryan on LinkedIn, @abughazalehkat, @katienotopoulos and @ellievhall
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Jeff Zucker says Andrew Neil is “quite the hypocrite”, alleging he became a critic of RedBird's Telegraph bid after being refused the job of Telegraph chair — Jeff Zucker did not hold back today in taking on some of Britain's biggest media stalwarts as RedBird IMI pushes …
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Mediaite, Telegraph, @thenewsagents, @pressgazette and @psythor
Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
An interview with Pivot Fund CEO Tracie Powell on the organization's work and approach, its US Midwest expansion, news landscape analysis, Press Forward, more — “If we really want to serve communities that are increasingly tuning us out, increasingly unsubscribing, increasingly looking the other way …
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@joycefdn and @niemanlab@mastodon.social
Charlotte Alter / TIME:
A profile of WSJ's Evan Gershkovich, with interviews with his family, friends, and US officials, as negotiations to free him from Russia have not made progress — Growing up in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and '70s, Mikhail Gershkovich and Ella Milman learned to be careful.
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@rebeccaballhaus, Fox News, @maxseddon, @natalieandrews, @jsibo, @jaketapper, @charlottealter and Talking Biz News
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The Mirror follows The Guardian and apologizes to Dan Wootton for reporting on a police investigation against him; source: the Mirror made a five-figure payment — Mirror says it was wrong to report on police investigation against Dan Wootton. — The Daily Mirror has followed The Guardian …
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Mediaite, The Mirror and Guido Fawkes
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
X unveils Articles, a feature for writing and sharing long-form content in a basic text-editing interface, for verified organizations and Premium+ subscribers — Long-winded VCs on X now have a new way to be exhausting on main. — Journalists, creators and long-winded VCs on X now have a new way to be exhausting on main.
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