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Max Tani / Semafor:
Some NBC News staff raise concerns that the hiring and firing of Ronna McDaniel will damage relationships with GOP sources, making breaking news more difficult — The News — NBC News's dramatic hiring and firing of a former RNC chairwoman this week threatens to undo years of repositioning itself …
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David Zurawik / CNN:
NBCU News Group executives made the only decision they could have when reversing Ronna McDaniel's hire, following the on-air revolt by MSNBC's biggest stars — Editor's Note: David Zurawik is a professor of practice in media studies at Goucher College. For three decades, he was a media critic at the Baltimore Sun.
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Axios:
Memo: NBCU News Group Chair Cesar Conde tells staff NBC dropped Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor and apologizes for hiring the former RNC chair — NBC has dropped Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor, NBCU News Group Chair Cesar Conde confirmed in a memo to staff following backlash from some of the network's journalists.
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Bill Maher launches The Club Random Studios, a podcast network with a focus on “freedom of expression”, and hires ex-ESPN anchor Sage Steele as its first host — “I am looking for people who are not talking point people,” the HBO host tells THR of his new podcast venture.
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Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
RIAA: US recorded music industry revenues grew 8% YoY to $17.1B in 2023, with paid subscription revenues up 11% to $10.1B and paid subscriptions up 6% to 96.8M — The US recorded music industry generated $17.1 billion in 2023. — That's according to the Recording Industry Association of America …
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Hannah Wiley / Los Angeles Times:
Two journalists who were attacked by Minnesota police as they covered the 2020 George Floyd protests for the LA Times settle a lawsuit with the state for $1.2M — Two journalists who were cornered and attacked by the Minnesota State Patrol as they covered protests over George Floyd's murder …
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Bloomberg:
The Ron DeSantis-appointed board of Disney World's district settles a state lawsuit with Disney, which agrees to revoke changes that limited the board's power — A board appointed by Ron DeSantis to oversee the municipal authority that governs Walt Disney Co. in Florida has voted to settle a state lawsuit against the company.
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Ananya Bhattacharya / Rest of World:
A look at Disney+ Hotstar's and JioCinema's strategy to beat Netflix and Prime Video in India, including by focusing on sports content and affordable pricing — Mukesh Ambani's Reliance and The Walt Disney Company have joined forces creating a hard-to-beat streaming entity in the country.
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
A US judge lets a defamation lawsuit proceed against Netflix, filed by a former friend of con artist Anna Sorokin over the miniseries Inventing Anna — A former friend of con artist Anna Sorokin was allowed on Tuesday to proceed with a defamation lawsuit against Netflix over the Shonda Rhimes miniseries, “Inventing Anna.”
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Clothilde Goujard / Politico:
Amazon loses an EU legal bid to delay complying with DSA rules on making its online ad library publicly available, after a judge rejected Amazon's request — Tech giant said it is “disappointed with this decision.” — Amazon lost a legal bid to delay obeying part of the European Union's new content moderation law.
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Alexandra Topping / The Guardian:
BBC DG Tim Davie says the BBC's budget cuts since 2010 have been “shortsighted” and risked undermining its future, and announces a further £200M of budget cuts — Tim Davie says 14 years of reductions have put its future at risk, as he announces £200m of cuts
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A.J. Perez / Front Office Sports:
Sources and a lawsuit by ex-Arena Group CEO Ross Levinsohn detail The Arena Group's chaotic handling of Sports Illustrated and a messy transfer to Minute Media — - Sources say 5-Hour Energy tycoon Manoj Bhargava threatened to destroy the archives in a meeting with the new publishers of ‘SI.’
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