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Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: the 96th Oscars averaged 19.5M viewers in the US, up 4% YoY, the biggest audience for any awards show since 2020, when the Oscars drew 23.64M viewers — The 96th Academy Awards draw 19.5 million viewers, the most for any awards show since 2020. — The 2024 Oscars were the most watched in four years.
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Steve Dent / Engadget:
Netflix won only one Oscar award, for Wes Anderson's short film, and Apple TV+ won zero, despite 32 combined nominations; Universal won big with Oppenheimer — The streamers combined for 32 nominations but Netflix won just a single award. — Despite combining for 32 nominations …
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Associated Press:
Mstyslav Chernov's 20 Days in Mariupol won the Oscar for best documentary, a first for AP and PBS' Frontline — Mstyslav Chernov's “20 Days in Mariupol,” a harrowing first-person account of the early days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, won the best documentary Oscar on Sunday night.
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
G/O Media sells Deadspin to European company Lineup, which won't keep the sports news outlet's staff; CEO Jim Spanfeller says G/O didn't actively shop Deadspin — The beleaguered media company has sold its key sports property off to a European publisher who will gut the website and replace its staff.
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Reuters:
Getty, Reuters, AP, the AFP, and other news outlets withdraw a photo issued by the UK's Princess of Wales, after analysis suggested the photo had been altered — Several leading news organisations have withdrawn a photograph issued by Kensington Palace of Kate, Britain's Princess of Wales …
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Financial Times:
Thomson Reuters CEO Steve Hasker says the group has $8B to spend on AI acquisitions and investments, to transform its businesses of supplying professional data — Media and data group will develop its own technology and scoop up targets with AI capabilities
BBC:
The BBC names Jonathan Aspinwall as the new executive editor of Newsnight; Aspinwall currently runs BBC News Podcasts — He will lead Newsnight as it evolves into a debate, discussion and interview-based programme. … Jonathan Aspinwall has been announced as the new Executive Editor of Newsnight.
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Alex Perry / Nieman Lab:
Pulitzer Prize administrator says five of this year's 45 finalists disclosed using AI in the process of researching, reporting, or telling their submissions — Two of journalism's most prestigious prizes — the Pulitzers and the Polk awards — on how they're thinking about entrants using generative AI.
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Cath Virginia / The Verge:
Q&A with Mona Chalabi about winning a Pulitzer for her in-depth reporting about Jeff Bezos' wealth, using data visualization to tell a story, and more — Finding the human stories behind the numbers. … A bloodied press jacket. A body shrouded in white.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An interview with Channel 4 News foreign correspondent Secunder Kermani on journalists' duty to go into Gaza, embedding with the IDF, impartiality, and more — The Channel 4 News foreign correspondent on the importance on reporting from Gaza, the safety risks, and impartiality.
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Mathew Scott / The Hollywood Reporter:
Alibaba Digital Media and Entertainment Group plans to inject $640M into Hong Kong's entertainment industry, across movies, TV dramas, events, and more — Movies, TV dramas, events and scholarships were announced as part of the Chinese giant's shift into support for the territory.
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John Gittelsohn / Bloomberg:
New sound stages and other venues are being built at a record pace and coming online just as Disney, Netflix, and other services reduce production to cut losses — - Finance giants spent billions meeting demand for sound stages — Strikes, post-Covid hangover upend surging film, TV output
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