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Oliver Darcy / Status:
40 news organizations signed a letter delivered to the White House this week, asking the White House to lift its AP ban immediately in support of press freedom — News outlets across the political spectrum have united behind the AP, signing a WHCA-backed letter urging the White House …
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Austin American-Statesman:
Gannett signs a deal to sell the Austin American-Statesman and related publications to Hearst Corporation; the sale is expected to close by March 31 — American-Statesman staffAustin American-Statesman — Gannett Co. has signed an asset purchase agreement with Hearst Corp. to divest …
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
ABC: 50%+ of 164 audited UK magazines saw their print circulation decline by 10%+ in 2024; 13 increased their print circulation, with Homes & Gardens up 8% — More than half of the magazines audited by ABC saw their print circulation decline by 10% or more in 2024, the latest data show.
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Press Gazette, ABC and The Media Leader
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Filing: CBS plans to seek financial information from Trump, Truth Social, TMTG, and more if Trump's $20B lawsuit against CBS goes to a discovery phase — The network's attorneys outlined their likely requests in a filing in Texas federal court on Tuesday. They also said they would seek …
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The Root, Mediaite, Poynter, The Washington Free Beacon, People and TVNewsCheck
Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: top X executives hinted to Interpublic and other ad firms that not spending on X could lead to legal woes, due to X's lawsuit against some advertisers — Interpublic recently signed an advertising agreement with the platform; other agencies are also in negotiations
Matt Tamanini / The Streamable:
FanDuel Sports, the renamed regional sports network that succeeded Bally Sports, is now available on Amazon Prime Video, offering channels for $19.99/month — After well over a year, the in-market sports streaming service is finally available through Amazon's streaming hub.
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Business Wire, Barrett Media, Awful Announcing, Bloomberg, The TV Answer Man!, Cord Cutters News and KSTP-TV
Deadline:
The BBC added a clarification to its documentary Gaza: How To Survive a Warzone and apologized, after failing to declare the narrator was a Hamas leader's son — The BBC “had not been informed of this information” by the independent producers behind the doc, the corporation added …
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One America News Network, The Guardian and New York Post
PEN America:
The DOD's schools for children in US military families are flagging some books, including Vance's Hillbilly Elegy, for “compliance review” after Trump's EOs — Oscar winner Julianne Moore's Freckleface Strawberry, a picture book about a redhead who learns to live with her freckles …
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Apple says Severance has become the most-viewed series on Apple TV+ globally, surpassing Ted Lasso; the series also helped bump subscription signups in January — According to the streamer, Severance has broken Apple TV+ records, launching as the platform's #1 series in history based on number …
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Dexerto, Inverse, 9to5Mac, Comic Book, BGR, Forbes, Screen Rant and Just Jared
Washington Post:
Email: the US State Department orders the cancellation of news subscriptions globally, in particular the Economist, NYT, Politico, Bloomberg, AP, and Reuters — Embassies and consulates were told to terminate subscriptions to the New York Times, the Associated Press and others.
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The Guardian, @cwatson290.bsky.social, @cmonstah.bsky.social, The Indian Express, Adpulp, TVNewsCheck, @davekeating, @ajdellinger.com, @attorneynora.bsky.social, @jesseltaylor.bsky.social, @kirstenscrimshaw.bsky.social, @jessicaesquire.bsky.social, @markjkings.bsky.social, @agronox.bsky.social, @jordanonrecord.bsky.social, @carlcecere.bsky.social, @sharonawrites.bsky.social, @bradheath.bsky.social, @mediaevan.bsky.social, @dannygroner.bsky.social, New York Post, @ginsengity.bsky.social, @jonathanmaus.bsky.social, @laurenleharper.bsky.social, @taraogrady.bsky.social and @Nonilex@masto.ai
Tom Wheeler / Brookings:
FCC Chair Brendan Carr should clarify the vague “public interest standard”, as his politicization of FCC's processes against CBS goes against legal precedent — The Order prohibits any “federal department, agency, entity, officer, employee, or agent” from acting …
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Status, The Hill, Mediaite, TVNewsCheck, The Hill, Truth on the Market and The Wrap
Lawrence Bonk / Engadget:
Twitch rolls out changes to its violation enforcement system: minor infractions expire after 90 days and serious ones, like hateful conduct, in one or two years — Depending on severity, this will take 90 days to two years. — Twitch has rolled out a number of changes to its violation enforcement system.
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The Guardian:
Italy's national journalist union launches legal action after Giorgia Meloni's government refused to answer questions about allegedly using spyware on critics — Union submits criminal complaint to prosecutors as ministers refuse to answer questions about alleged hacks
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Engadget, @vaspanagiotopoulos.com, @fabiochiusi.bsky.social, Bloomberg and European Federation …
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