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12:40 PM ET, March 4, 2020

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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed News:
Twitter will begin testing Fleets, letting users make posts that disappear after a short period of time, in Brazil, finally using a Stories-like format  —  On Wednesday, Twitter will begin testing a feature, called “Fleets,” that will allow you to post photos, videos, and text that disappear after a short period of time.
R.T. Watson / Wall Street Journal:
Quibi says it has closed a second round of financing worth $750M that includes about $400M raised at the end of 2019, bringing its total raised to $1.75B  —  Closing $750 million financing round brings total raised to $1.75 billion  —  Short-form video streamer Quibi said it has closed …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish says the company is preparing to sell its publishing unit, Simon & Schuster, as it is “not a core asset”  —  ViacomCBS is preparing to sell its publishing unit, Simon & Schuster, as the company re-evaluates all its assets in a fast-changing business landscape.
Reed Richardson / Mediaite:
The White House banned audio and video recording of a COVID-19 media briefing with Mike Pence on Tuesday, stoking criticism  —  Five days after the Trump administration promised to be “aggressively transparent” about its response to the coronavirus outbreak, the White House ignited backlash …
Tim Peterson / Digiday:
Sources: Roku has talked with media and entertainment companies about producing original shows for its ad-supported Roku Channel  —  This article is part of the Digiday Video Briefing, which features must-reads, confessionals and key market stats.  To receive the Digiday Video Briefing, please subscribe.
Discussion: The Streamable and @sizpatel
Washington Post:
Sources: Chris Matthews planned to retire after the 2020 election but was forced out of MSNBC following weeks of embarrassments  —  On Monday night, Chris Matthews gathered with the crew of his long-running MSNBC show “Hardball,” his family and the network's president, Phil Griffin …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Chris Matthews abruptly announces his retirement amid his MSNBC talk show Hardball, after a string of recent controversies
Mary McNamara / Los Angeles Times:
NYT's Ben Smith breathlessly praises his new employer in his first column, with self-congratulatory hyperbole, describing a problem without offering a solution  —  The New York Times just debuted its new media critic, Ben Smith, with the headline “Why the Success of the Times May Be Bad News for Journalism” …
New York Times:
Ronan Farrow says he won't work with Catch and Kill publisher Hachette Book Group again, after its division announced plans to publish Woody Allen's memoir  —  The author of “Catch and Kill,” which was published by a division of Hachette Book Group, said he wouldn't work with the company again …
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Sources: American Media cut many digital jobs at its celebrity titles on Friday, with nearly all of Radar Online's digital staffers laid off  —  The popular entertainment and gossip website Radar Online was decimated by cutbacks within the parent company's digital operations that have left …
Discussion: @whatthebit
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Jury rules that PBS host Tavis Smiley violated the morals clause of his contract by having affairs with subordinates; PBS will be awarded at least $1.5M  —  A jury on Wednesday found that former PBS host Tavis Smiley violated the morals clause of his contract by having affairs with multiple subordinates.
 
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Jane Martinson / Tortoise Media:
A deep look at the feud between Telegraph Media Groups's Barclay brothers, as their companies' recent struggles shine a spotlight on the reclusive press barons
Kathryn VanArendonk / Vulture:
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Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Pornhub releases its first non-porn film, Shakedown, a documentary on Los Angeles' lesbian strip clubs, available free before it goes to the Criterion Channel
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Aaron Rupar / Vox:
CrowdTangle: stories on Facebook from right-wing sources about Hillary Clinton's emails fill three of the top 10 and five of the top 20 slots in past 24 hours
Theodore Schleifer / Vox:
Salesforce co-founder Marc Benioff says he is no longer making political endorsements or contributions to candidates since he bought Time Magazine in late 2018
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
The Trump campaign sues The Washington Post for defamation, citing two opinion posts about the campaign and Russia; the suit follows a similar suit against NYT
Jess Barnes / Cord Cutters News:
Hulu + Live TV is now available on PlayStation 4
Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
The Australian Associated Press to close on June 26 after 85 years in operation, with ~180 jobs lost, as major shareholders Nine and News Corp find it unviable
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap:
Former Esquire editor Tyler Cabot launches The Chronicles of Now, a startup that uses fictional pieces to explain news from a fresh perspective
Discussion: Nieman Reports