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Nicola Agius / Search Engine Land:
Google says it blocked or removed 5.5B ads and 12.7M advertiser accounts for violating its policies in 2023, up from 5.2B and 6.7M respectively in 2022  —  The number of advertisers who were blocked or removed due to policy violations nearly doubled compared to the previous year.  —  Chat with SearchBot
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
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
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The Wrap:
Sources: ex-Vice chief Shane Smith is trying to raise money to buy Vice Media back from Fortress, which led a' group that bought Vice out of bankruptcy in 2023  —  When Vice cofounder Shane Smith disappeared from public view five years ago, it seemed about time.
Li Yuan / New York Times:
A profile of Wang Xiaoshuai, who decided to defy China's censors by screening his latest film, Above the Dust, in Berlin, despite orders to withdraw it  —  “I always strive for creative freedom,” Wang Xiaoshuai said.  “But it's become impossible because of the circumstances.”
Discussion: @liyuan6
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.
Alexander Martin / The Record:
The Big Issue, which pays UK homeless people to be newspaper street vendors, confirms a cyber incident, after being listed on the Qilin ransomware gang's site  —  The Big Issue, a street newspaper in the United Kingdom famed for providing homeless people with a legitimate income by paying …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
S&P Global cuts Paramount Global's debt rating to junk status, citing the “deterioration of the linear television ecosystem” and higher DTC streaming costs  —  Analyst says more buyers likely to emerge for media company's assets with ratings cut
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.
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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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Martin Scorsese will headline a documentary series about Christian saints for Fox Nation, as it aspires to become a kind of Netflix for conservative audiences
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
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney adds Hulu to Disney+, after beta testing the integration since December 2023; Disney+ subscribers who don't pay for Hulu can still search for Hulu shows
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Lauren Sherman / @lapresmidi:
Source: i-D magazine, which Karlie Kloss acquired in late 2023, lays off ~10 staff in London, or most of its editorial employees; two editors will remain
Media Matters for America:
An analysis of ~65 NYT articles on US anti-trans legislation from the year to February 15, 2024: 66% did not quote a trans person, and 18% had misinformation
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Reuters:
Albania bans TikTok for a year from January 2025, part of a broader plan to make schools safer following the killing of a 14-year-old near a school in November

Bloomberg:
Preqin data: Southeast Asia's AI startups raised just $1.7B across 122 deals so far in 2024, out of ~$20B across 1,845 deals for the whole Asia-Pacific region
 
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