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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
NBC News hires former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel as an on-air contributor for NBC and MSNBC; her NBC debut will be on the March 24 edition of Meet the Press — Her new role as a commentator on NBC and MSNBC programs comes shortly after she stepped down as the leader of the Republican National Committee.
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Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
The Daily Wire and right-wing commentator Candace Owens end their relationship after months of controversy over her antisemitic comments — The Daily Wire and controversial right-wing commentator Candace Owens parted ways on Friday, according to CEO Jeremy Boreing.
Reuters:
Source: Spain's High Court orders the suspension of Telegram after media companies complained it was allowing users to upload their content without permission — Spain's High Court has ordered the suspension of messaging app Telegram's services in the country after media companies complained …
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Luis Hernández Garrido on LinkedIn, more at Techmeme »
Richard J. Tofel / Second Rough Draft:
Why the Center for Public Integrity fell apart: high executive turnover, a flawed board of directors, narrow program funding, and strategic missteps — Reflections after talking with former leaders — Welcome to Second Rough Draft, a newsletter about journalism in our time, how it …
Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology:
Sources describe Google's generative AI tools for publishers, intended to be used for simple write-ups; Google is paying small publishers for feedback — Google wants to help journalists write stories with generative AI. Will it succeed? — ∙ Paid
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@kantrowitz, Journalism.co.uk, MacRumors and New York Times
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Joni Mitchell's music returns to Spotify after she removed it in 2022 in protest of what she called “lies” about vaccines on the platform, following Neil Young — Her music has quietly reappeared on the streaming service, two years after a departure over what she called “lies” about Covid-19 vaccines in podcasts.
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Katie Campione / Deadline:
SAG-AFTRA members ratify new three-year TV animation agreements, which include wage increases and AI protections for voice actors, with 95% voting in favor — SAG-AFTRA members today ratified the 2023 Television Animation Agreement and the 2023 Basic Cable Animation Agreement with the Alliance …
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Gizmodo, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, SAG-AFTRA and The Wrap
Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica:
Some users on Instagram and Threads complain that a new setting to limit political content, which Meta announced in February, is enabled by default — Instagram never directly told users it was limiting political content by default. — Instagram users have started complaining on X …
Christi Carras / Los Angeles Times:
The Long Beach Post lays off staffers following a switch to nonprofit ownership and amid employees' efforts to unionize; source: staff was cut from 17 to eight — The Long Beach Media Guild announced Friday that at least 60% of the bargaining unit received layoff notices shortly …
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@laistunion, @jasonruiz_lb, @lbmguild, @___abcdennis, @lbmguild, @lbmguild, @katjournaling and Press Telegram
Bloomberg:
Sources: OpenAI is meeting with Hollywood studios, media executives, and others to form partnerships to encourage filmmakers to integrate Sora into their work — - Startup pitching its new AI video generation tool, Sora — CEO Altman attended LA parties during Oscars weekend
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Deadline, SlashFilm, Quartz, Jackie Szymanski on LinkedIn, Tubefilter, The Hill, Lucas Shaw on LinkedIn and The Wrap
Antenna:
Seven weeks after the AFC Wild Card NFL game, 71% of the 3M people who subscribed to Peacock for the game remained subscribed — The first two months of 2024 brought some big moments for streaming and sports: in January, Peacock's exclusive broadcast of the NFL AFC Wild Card Game and Paramount+'s broadcast of Super Bowl LVIII.
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@davezatz, Awful Announcing, MediaPost, The Streamable, Sportico and Next TV
Jesusegun Alagbe / Rest of World:
Filmmakers, critics, and users detail why Prime Video failed in Africa; Amazon laid off staff and scaled back operations on the continent in January 2024 — Filmmakers, critics, and users blame the platform's struggle in Africa on poor user experience, a lack of local content, and mediocre publicity.
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