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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
On NBC's Meet the Press, veteran anchor Chuck Todd criticized NBC News' decision to hire former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel, saying she “has credibility issues” — The extraordinary comments on “Meet the Press” revealed tensions in NBC's news divisions over Ronna McDaniel …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
The US corporate media, led by NBC, quietly rebuilds its ties to Donald Trump, as the reality sinks in that they may soon be dealing with a Trump administration — The News — For weeks before NBC News journalists exploded into open revolt Sunday over the network's hire of a top Donald Trump supporter …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: MSNBC President Rashida Jones tells employees that the network has no plans to have former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel on the channel — Cable network head seeks to address employee and talent backlash over appointment of Ronna McDaniel as an NBC News contributor
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Nelson Peltz backs Bob Iger, saying his proxy fight is with Disney's board for botching “its most important job, CEO succession, by installing Bob Chapek” — With just over a week before Disney's annual shareholder meeting on April 3, Peltz's Trian Group …
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A US judge dismisses X's lawsuit against CCDH, saying the lawsuit had been brought as a means toward “punishing the defendants for their speech” — A U.S. judge on Monday dismiss X Corp's lawsuit against a nonprofit group that has criticized a rise in hate speech …
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Jon Porter / The Verge:
Spotify adds online courses from BBC Maestro, Skillshare, Thinkific, and PlayVirtuoso, covering music, business, creativity, and health, as a UK-only experiment — Spotify's UK users are getting access to a fourth category of content to sit alongside its existing library of songs, podcasts and audiobooks: online courses.
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
ESPN begins integrating links to video feeds from regional sports networks into its main app and website, starting with NESN, which carries Boston sports teams — As the viewing landscape continues to get more complex, ESPN is aiming to streamline things for sports fans by integrating links …
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Axios:
The US has splintered into 12 news bubbles based on ideology, wealth, jobs, age, and location, making gauging public opinion and finding common agreement hard — - The Musk-eteers: This is a fast-growing, mostly male group who feed off Twitter, podcasts (especially “All-In” and Joe Rogan) …
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The Verge:
A look at the Financial Times' Claude-powered AI chatbot Ask FT, which is trained on FT's articles and available to some subscribers in the FT Professional tier — The Financial Times has a new generative AI chatbot called Ask FT that can answer questions its subscribers ask.
Reuters:
Al Jazeera says Egypt has freed the last two Al Jazeera journalists who were in detention in the country, following a thaw in Egypt's relations with Qatar — Egypt has freed the last two Al Jazeera journalists who remained in detention in the North African country following a thaw in relations with Qatar …
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Anna Nemtsova / The Daily Beast:
Some Ukrainian journalists say the country's intel agencies are using KGB-style tactics on those who investigate government corruption and criticize Zelensky — THIN SKIN — Hired attackers, intimidation, and “kompromat” spy cameras set up by Ukraine's intel agencies are among the tactics …
Committee to Protect Journalists:
A Belarus court sentences prominent journalist Ihar Karnei, a writer for RFE/RL, to three years in prison on charges of participating in an extremist group — The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the sentencing on Friday of Belarusian journalist Ihar Karnei to three years in prison …
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