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10:20 AM ET, March 28, 2024

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New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal  —  Why are television news networks so enamored with paid Beltway analysts?  —  Trying to juice ratings in an election year …
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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
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The UK's Reach plans to move 300 of its 2,000 journalists into central traffic-driving content hub to reduce the number of journalists writing similar stories  —  The proposed hub will end duplication as multiple journalists at different Reach websites currently write about the same trending topics.
Discussion: HoldtheFrontPage
New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher  —  The investor Josh Kushner and his wife, Karlie Kloss, have struck a deal with Barry Diller's media company to revive it as a regular print title.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
After more than nine years, London's Met Police apologize and settle with three journalists who were stopped from covering a Black Lives Matter protest in 2014  —  The Metropolitan Police has settled with three journalists detained and stopped from covering a Black Lives Matter protest in London in 2014.
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
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  —  The Oscar-winning director is the latest Hollywood name to sign up for the Fox News streaming platform, joining Kevin Costner, Rob Lowe and Dan Aykroyd.
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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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
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
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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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