Mediagazer: Court documents: India criticizes Elon Musk's X for wrongly labeling an official website, used to notify tech firms of harmful content, as a “censorship portal” (Reuters)

6:05 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.

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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

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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 …

Reuters:
Turkey releases seven journalists it detained while covering mass anti-government protests, including Agence France-Presse journalist Yasin Akgul

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Reuters:

Court documents: India criticizes Elon Musk's X for wrongly labeling an official website, used to notify tech firms of harmful content, as a “censorship portal” — India has criticised Elon Musk's X for wrongly labelling as a “censorship portal” an official website …

Naman Ramachandran / Variety:

FICCI-EY: India's media and entertainment sector revenue hit $29.4B in 2024, with digital media accounting for 32%, surpassing TV for the first time — India's media and entertainment sector hit INR2.5 trillion ($29.4 billion) in 2024, according to the annual Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)-EY report.

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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 …

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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.

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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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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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Financial Times:

Since the 2024 US election, Fox News has gained 125 new blue-chip advertisers, including Amazon and UBS, and its 8pm-11pm viewership in 2025 is up 50% YoY to 3M — Viewer numbers have soared in past year, prompting many companies to return to the Murdoch-owned channel

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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.

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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

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