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No Other Land co-director Yuval Abraham says co-director Hamdan Ballal has been freed after being beaten by Israeli settlers and arrested by soldiers — Hamdan Ballal, one of the Palestinian co-directors of Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, has been freed after being detained and beaten …
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
PBS CEO Paula Kerger and NPR CEO Katherine Maher are set to testify to Congress on March 26 at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's “Anti-American Airwaves” hearing — Top executives from the public media networks are bracing for a hearing on Wednesday organized by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Megyn Kelly plans to launch podcast network MK Media, starting with shows hosted by Mark Halperin, columnist Maureen Callahan, and commentator Link Lauren — The first three creators to join the MK Media network will be journalist Mark Halperin, culture columnist Maureen Callahan and influencer Link Lauren.
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
3D tech company Infinite Reality acquires Napster for $207M; Infinite's CEO says that the file-sharing phenomenon will be used for marketing in the metaverse — A quarter century ago, Napster was notorious on the internet for allowing people to swap songs for free, long before the music industry …
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Separate Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have killed two media workers: Hossam Shabat, a journalist who worked for Al Jazeera Mubasher, and Mohammad Mansour — Mohammad Mansour, who worked for Palestine Today, has also been killed in a separate Israeli attack.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Daily Mail crosses 250K digital subscribers, including more than 163K Mail+ subscribers, and appoints Celia Duncan as its first global women's editor — The Mail has crossed the quarter-of-a-million digital subscribers mark after expanding its Mail+ partial paywall into America.
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Ian Youngs / BBC:
Barb: Netflix's Adolescence becomes the first streaming show to top the UK's weekly TV ratings, with the first episode drawing 6.45M viewers in its debut week — Netflix drama Adolescence has become the first streaming show to top the UK's weekly TV ratings, beating BBC shows like The Apprentice …
Reuters:
India's Finance Minister says the country will scrap a 6% tax on digital advertisements, easing costs for US tech giants, as a way of soothing US trade concerns — India will scrap a tax of 6% on digital advertisements online, the finance minister said on Tuesday, easing costs for U.S. tech giants …
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: YouTube made up 11.6% of all US TV use, the most of among media providers; viewers over age 50, accounted for 36% of time spent watching YouTube on TV — The service supplants Disney atop the Nielsen list for the second time. — YouTube commanded more TV time than any other media provider …
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Alex Konrad / Upstarts Media:
Alex Konrad, who worked for 12 years at Forbes covering startups and broader tech stories, launches Upstarts Media on Substack, about the startup ecosystem — Welcome to Upstarts Media, a new tech media brand founded by me - Alex Konrad. — The (Up)Start
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Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers names Gregory Hessinger as president, succeeding Carol Lombardini, who is stepping into an advisory role — The longtime labor and employment lawyer has worked on both sides of the bargaining table, having headed up labor relations …
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New York Times:
Chris LaCivita, an ex-Trump campaign manager, files a defamation lawsuit against The Daily Beast over an October 2024 article on how much the campaign paid him — The lawsuit accuses the news site of knowingly publishing false information about how much Chris LaCivita, a Trump campaign manager, was paid by the campaign.
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