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4:20 AM ET, March 28, 2025

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
AP photographer Evan Vucci and AP Chief White House Correspondent Zeke Miller testified Thursday about damage done by the White House ban on the wire service  —  Associated Press photographer Evan Vucci testified at a court hearing in the AP's lawsuit over being kicked out of the White House press pool.
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
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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Reuters:
Turkey releases seven journalists it detained while covering mass anti-government protests, including Agence France-Presse journalist Yasin Akgul
Matt Stevens / New York Times:
A report on California's creative economy finds entertainment jobs in 2024 were 25% below 2022; LA County's 2024 shooting days fell 42% compared to 2022  —  Many entertainment industry workers have been jobless for months, leading state officials to consider increasing subsidies to keep film and television production in California.
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Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
JioStar, the joint venture that merged Viacom18 and Star India, says its streaming service JioHotstar has passed 100M subscribers  —  JioHotstar, the Indian streamer, has passed 100 million subscribers.  —  The service launched in February following the merger of Reliance Industries' Viacom18 …
Discussion: Variety and WORLD SCREEN
Brian Welk / IndieWire:
Memo: Amazon MGM Studios head Jen Salke is stepping down to start a new production entity; the former NBC Entertainment president joined Amazon in 2018  —  No immediate successor will be been named, and film chief Courtenay Valenti and TV head Vernon Sanders will report directly to Prime Video chief Mike Hopkins.
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.
Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
Richard Carlson, a former Voice of America director, former CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and father of Tucker Carlson, has died at 84  —  REST IN PEACE  —  Dick Carlson first became a reporter in the 1960s and spent the majority of his life working as a journalist.
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Ex-Endeavor exec Patrick Whitesell's new company takes a stake in Peyton Manning's Omaha Productions; sources say it's a 10% stake sale, valuing Omaha at $750M+  —  Peyton Manning has a new business partner.  —  A new platform run by Patrick Whitesell, the former executive chairman of Endeavor …
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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
 
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After over 40 years, the Sundance Film Festival will leave Park City, Utah, for Boulder, Colorado, in 2027; Boulder offered $34M in tax incentives over 10 years
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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
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
 

 
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Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta is considering deep budget cuts to its metaverse efforts in 2026, potentially as high as 30% and most likely including layoffs as early as January

Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson will retire, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's former chief legal officer, will replace Adams

Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Two studies suggest AI chatbots can shift political views more effectively than TV campaign ads, especially by presenting many claims, regardless of accuracy
 
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