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Michael Savage / The Guardian:
BBC correspondent Mark Lowen was arrested in Turkey on Wednesday and deported from the country today after reporting on anti-government protests — Mark Lowen considered ‘threat to public order’ after reports on nationwide anti-government demonstrations — The BBC correspondent Mark Lowen …
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Turkey releases seven journalists it detained while covering mass anti-government protests, including Agence France-Presse journalist Yasin Akgul — A Turkish court on Thursday freed Agence France-Presse journalist Yasin Akgul, detained this week while covering mass protests over the jailing …
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John Nichols / The Nation:
Robert McChesney, a co-founder of media advocacy nonprofit Free Press and a globally respected media scholar and author, died from cancer at 72 — The academic and activist inspired generations of people to challenge corporate power and support a media reform movement that lives on. — Bluesky
Danielle Kaye / New York Times:
VOA Director Michael Abramowitz sues Kari Lake, Victor Morales, and USAGM, alleging dismantling VOA violates federal law and separation of powers — The lawsuit by the director and journalists is the latest legal challenge to the administration's bid to dismantle the government-funded broadcaster.
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Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Kari Lake withdraws the cancellation of RFE/RL's funding and argues RFE/RL's lawsuit is “moot” after a court granted the outlet a temporary restraining order — U.S. Agency for Global Media senior adviser Kari Lake withdrew the Trump administration's cancellation …
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
The widow of Pierre Zakrzewski, the Fox News cameraman who was killed while working in Ukraine in 2022, filed a £9M suit against Fox in the UK earlier in March — Michelle Ross-Stanton, the wife of Fox News video journalist Pierre Zakrzewski, is seeking more than $11 million in compensation.
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Scott Roxborough / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD's Max announces two new packages in France, bundling Max Basic with content from outlets Le Monde and Télérama, for €15 and €7, respectively — The partnership between France's leading national newspaper, its primary cultural magazine, and Max is the first time a global streamer …
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Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
After OpenAI released ChatGPT's new image generator, social media has been flooded with AI memes in the style of Studio Ghibli, highlighting copyright concerns — It's only been a day since ChatGPT's new AI image generator went live, and social media feeds are already flooded with AI-generated memes …
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Meta adds a Friends tab on Facebook that will show content just from users' friends, with no recommended posts, as it brings back “OG” Facebook experiences — A new Friends Tab will feature posts from a user's friends and relatives, which was the original mission of the app.
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Former Endeavor executive chairman Patrick Whitesell takes a minority stake in Peyton Manning's Omaha Productions, via Whitesell's new Silver Lake-backed firm — The WME mogul is investing in Omaha through his new Silver Lake-backed venture, joining Peter Chernin's North Road as a minority investor in the company.
John Koblin / New York Times:
CBS cancels late-night show After Midnight; the 2025-2026 season will be the first time in 30 years that CBS won't have original programming in the 12:30 slot — The show's host, Taylor Tomlinson, said she wanted to go back to doing stand-up comedy full time. — It's another blow to late-night television.
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Sources: the BBC drops plans to sell ads on some of its podcasts when streamed on third-party platforms like Spotify in the UK, following industry backlash — U-turn highlights challenges facing corporation in moving away from licence fee model — The BBC has dropped plans to sell adverts …
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Nick Robins-Early / The Guardian:
NPR and PBS heads testified in a heated DOGE subcommittee hearing amid a GOP effort to defund public media; Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for total CPB defunding — Heads of both NPR and PBS testify amid renewed Republican effort to defund US public media — The heads of National Public Radio …
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Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene accuses PBS and NPR of “brainwashing children” and making them transgender ahead of a DOGE subcommittee hearing with their CEOs
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