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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: the Academy has spoken informally with Netflix and others to air the Oscars after its exclusive negotiating window with Disney ended without a new deal — The audience for the Oscars has declined more than 50% over the last decade. Will that lead to a break-up with its home of more than 50 years?
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New York Times:
Sources: VOA's parent opened probes into VOA journalists for reporting on criticism of Trump or for comments seen as critical; Steve Herman was placed on leave — The broadcaster placed a longtime journalist on leave amid growing concerns about its editorial independence.
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Ben Mankiewicz / CBS News:
Interviews with Ted Sarandos, Sony's Tom Rothman, and Nancy Meyers on how movies have changed in the era of streaming — Hollywood has been re-inventing itself for more 100 years. Change is part of the culture. But a pocket-sized “Sunset Boulevard”? That's not a close-up!
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Amazon is set to launch a dedicated linear channel in the Prime Video app in Germany and Austria, offering a selection of Amazon Originals, sports, and more — Prime members in Germany and Austria will be able to stream original TV shows and movies via the Prime linear channel, starting in April.
Luke Bouma / Cord Cutters News:
Sinclair tests AI-driven, live audio translations in Spanish of local newscasts in Baltimore, San Antonio, West Palm Beach, and Las Vegas on their YouTube feeds — Sinclair has made history as the first broadcaster to introduce real-time, AI-powered language translation for local newscasts …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Source: more than 75,000 Washington Post digital subscribers have cancelled their subscriptions following Jeff Bezos' overhaul of the paper's opinion section — More than 75,000 digital subscribers to The Washington Post have cancelled since its owner, billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos …
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Jack Nicas / New York Times:
Ahead of the Oscars, Brazil revels in national pride following nominations for best picture for I'm Still Here and best actress for Fernanda Torres — The best picture and best actress nominations for “I'm Still Here” have inspired national pride in a country whose culture has long been overlooked.
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Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:
After AP was banned, some WH correspondents floated the idea of boycotting covering Trump events in protest, but members of TV networks pushed back on the idea — When the White House handpicks reporters to cover the president, the American public suffers. — Kim Jong Un stared blankly as I spoke.
Maggie Harrison / Futurism:
Pinterest says it is building tools to label AI-generated or AI-altered content, amid an AI slop onslaught from SEO spammers that is making the site less useful — “Is this platform dead?” — Pinterest, the web's de facto mood board, has long been one of the best places for finding …
Sharon Knolle / The Wrap:
LAT's De Los assistant editor Paloma Esquivel resigns, saying its leadership failed to address longstanding HR complaints against managing editor Hector Becerra — In a message on the Times' internal Slack Friday, Paloma Esquivel says she hopes the newsroom becomes a place where journalists …
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CNN:
A TASS journalist gained access to Trump's meeting with Zelensky, even as AP and Reuters were barred; the White House says he was unauthorized and escorted out — A member of Russia's state-owned news agency gained access to the Oval Office on Friday to cover President Trump's sit …
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Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg:
Connected TV ad platform MNTN files for a US IPO; the company, which has actor Ryan Reynolds as chief creative officer, raised a $119M Series D in 2021 — MNTN Inc., a connected TV advertising platform that counts Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds as its chief creative officer …
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