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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Sources: Axel Springer board member Martin Varsavsky criticizing Politico's Gaza coverage did not sit well with many of its journalists, who he called “woke” — An Axel Springer board member attacked POLITICO and its “woke” reporters, igniting internal backlash and spotlighting …
Kylie Robison / The Verge:
Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy says the Disney+ show's scripts will not be released as planned, due to fears that they could be used as AI training data — Tony Gilroy doesn't want his work to become training data. … Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy told Collider he has killed plans to publish …
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Collider, @ednewtonrex, @sarahsyd8, @camandfilm, @ben_eales and Variety, more at Techmeme »
Steven J. Horowitz / Variety:
US prosecutors charge former Eminem employee Joseph Strange with allegedly stealing and selling unreleased Eminem music that leaked online in January 2025 — A man has been charged with stealing and selling unreleased Eminem music that leaked to the web earlier this year.
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
The NYT says it will start tracking public opinion surveys to build “on the work of the politics website 538”, providing the data in the same format as 538 — When ABC shut down FiveThirtyEight early this month, the site's publicly available polling databases …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Ziff Davis' Everyday Health acquires women-focused newsletter company theSkimm, whose co-CEOs will stay on with no plans to lay off any of its 75 staffers — Ziff Davis, one of the largest publicly-traded digital media companies, has acquired TheSkimm, executives told Axios.
Financial Times:
Sources detail how Jeff Bezos making peace with Trump has stunned WaPo's newsroom, which has seen at least a dozen seasoned journalists leave for competitors — In the past year, the Amazon founder has executed a sharp public reversal in his relationship with the president that has surprised even longtime associates
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Source: The Washington Post shut down its FAST channel earlier in March, after originally launching it on Amazon's free streaming platform Freevee in May 2023 — The Washington Post has thrown in the towel on its streaming television aspirations. — The newspaper shut down its free …
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Reuters:
Sources: Axel Springer is considering a sale of its affiliate marketing unit Awin, which could be worth ~$436M — German media group Axel Springer is considering a sale of its affiliate marketing unit Awin, according to three people familiar with the matter, following the planned break-up its owners agreed last year.
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
K.W. Lee, a pioneering Asian American journalist whose reporting led to the release of a Korean immigrant on death row in California, died on March 8 at age 96 — His reporting sought to humanize and unite Asian Americans. It also led to the release of a Korean immigrant on death row.
Camille Bromley / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Rest of World Senior Reporter Viola Zhou on covering China's tech industry and Chinese entrepreneurs' reluctance to talk with international media — The Trump administration thinks of Chinese tech as a dangerous rival to Silicon Valley. How do Chinese companies see it?
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Bloomberg and @chameauleon.bsky.social
Scott Roxborough / The Hollywood Reporter:
RTL Group reports FY 2024 streaming revenue up 42% YoY to €403M, subscribers in Germany, Hungary, and France up 21% to 6.8M, and expects profitability by 2026 — RTL's streaming subscribers in Germany, Hungary and France jumped 21 percent to 6.8 million last year, the company announced …
Discussion:
Variety, Luxembourg Times, C21Media, RTL Group and Reuters
Leena Tailor / The Hollywood Reporter:
How Bluey became a brand worth an estimated $2B, spawning immersive experiences, books, podcasts, toys, albums, themed hotel rooms, and more — The brand has spawned immersive experiences, books, podcasts, toys, albums, clothing, homeware, themed hotel rooms, Facebook groups and a mobile game …
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