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4:15 AM ET, April 2, 2020

Top News:

WHCA board votes to remove One America News from the rotation for WH briefing room seats for violating social distancing rules, citing public safety — President Trump has made contentious exchanges with reporters a feature of his daily coronavirus briefings, often using personal invective …

Discussion: Washington Post, @chrismegerian, @jonlemire, @paulareidcbs, @chrismegerian, @evanvucci, HuffPost, @elistokols, @elistokols, @celestekatznyc, Mediaite, @w7voa, @farhip, CNN, Politico, @farhip, @weijia, @jycefisher, @brianstelter, @farhip, @isaacdovere and New York Post

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

WaPo, NYT, CNBC, and others have stopped sending reporters to Trump's daily COVID-19 briefings, concerned about health risks and the lack of new information — There have been a lot more empty seats at President Trump's daily press briefings — but no, news organizations aren't boycotting …

Discussion: @maggienyt, @aberman333, @jayrosen_nyu, @amy_siskind, Politico and @markberman

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN and MSNBC refused to air the full Trump briefing Tuesday as it became a confounding mishmash of misinformation, scientific advice, and chest-beating bravado

Discussion: @zekejmiller, @oliverdarcy and Breitbart

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:

Apple now lets some video streaming apps, like Amazon Prime Video, use their own payment methods for in-app purchases on Apple devices, avoiding Apple's 30% cut — Apple Inc. has relaxed a controversial policy that took a 30% cut of payments when video apps on its platform sold TV shows and movies.

Discussion: The Streamable, CNBC, The Verge, CNET, Variety, @markgurman, @backlon, @brianb, @whatthebit, @nickstatt, @markgurman, @markgurman, @jlantunez, @pierce, The Mac Observer, @bzamayo, The Mac Observer, TechCrunch, @jeffjohnroberts and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »

The Information:

Sources: YouTube is planning to release Shorts, a rival to TikTok inside YouTube's main app, by the end of the year — YouTube is planning to release a rival to TikTok, the hugely popular video-sharing app, by the end of the year, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Discussion: @glenngabe, The Verge, @hshaban, @dylanbyers, Business Insider, TechCrunch, @joshconstine, @artistrightsnow, @aaravmeanspeace, @ohmygodexposeu, @jessicalessin, @dylanbyers, The Wrap, CNET and NBC News, more at Techmeme »

Los Angeles Times:

After a seven-year stalemate, the LA Dodgers' TV home, SportsNet LA, will now air on AT&T platforms including DirecTV, AT&T TV, U-Verse TV, and AT&T Now — If there's a baseball season in 2020, many more Dodgers fans across the region will finally be able to watch their team from home.

Discussion: corporate.charter.com, @williamdevry1, @latimes, @itsmikehill, @philwillon, @nicosgonzalez, @supjanicehahn, NBC Los Angeles, Multichannel News and Fox News

Cynthia Littleton / Variety:

Former Hulu chief Jason Kilar is named CEO of WarnerMedia, giving him oversight of Warner Bros., HBO, the Turner cable assets, and HBO Max — Former Hulu chief Jason Kilar has been named CEO of WarnerMedia. — Kilar succeeds John Stankey, who was upped earlier this year to AT&T president and chief operating officer.

Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:

Boston.com, the free news site owned by The Boston Globe, launches Boston Helps, connecting people in need during the pandemic with those able to help — “We love our city and these are our neighbors. It's a difficult time and if we can make a difference, we will."

Discussion: @htameez, @niemanlab, @mikeorren, @linda_pizzuti and @kimfox

Kaya Yurieff / CNN:

Doctors are banding together on Twitter and TikTok to settle on frameworks of verifiable sources and information to share with the public — New York (CNN Business)Ali Raja spends his nine-hour shifts in the emergency room at Massachusetts General Hospital treating gunshot wounds …

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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:

City AM furloughs most of staff, suspends the digital replica of its newspaper, will keep publishing on CityAM.com; staffers that remain will get 80% of salary — A majority of City AM staff will be put on furlough (paid leave) and the digital edition suspended in the latest measures …

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
UK newspaper publishers call on advertisers to rethink the addition of coronavirus-related words to ad blacklists, as they face a digital revenue loss of £50M

Discussion: @pressgazette, @rasmus_kleis, @iron_emu, @drjm_fernandez, @jimwaterson, @jimallthetime, @jdaykin, @colgo, @gitagovinda and @healthuntodeath

The Independent:
The London Evening Standard furloughs some employees, cuts pay over £37.5K by 20% for all others, and suspends ES Magazine as advertising “slowed dramatically”

Discussion: Press Gazette, @markdistef and @jimwaterson

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
JPI Media to put 350 employees on furlough with those remaining at work getting a temporary pay cut of up to 15% for three months from April to June

Discussion: @markdistef, @jimwaterson and @jimwaterson

Emily Birnbaum / Protocol:

Democratic groups that run political ads say Google's ban on most COVID-19-related ads favors the sitting president; Google says it may reassess in a few months — “To not allow political candidates to mention or discuss COVID-19 is something that has the potential to dramatically bolster Trump's …

Discussion: Techdirt

Alex Sherman / CNBC:

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts says the company has set aside $500M for pay and benefits of employees whose jobs have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic — - Comcast CEO Brian Roberts announced he has set aside $500 million for employees whose jobs have been affected by the coronavirus.

Discussion: Deadline, @profgalloway, @carlquintanilla, @waustinkelly, @ballmatthew, @thedomino, @stevekopack, @anthonysmdoyle and The Hill

Jay Peters / The Verge:

Facebook and Fox News to host a virtual town hall Thursday on the pandemic using Facebook's Portal devices; Facebook is shipping a Portal Plus to each attendee — Facebook is shipping a Portal Plus to every attendee — Facebook and Fox News will be hosting a virtual town hall tomorrow …

Discussion: Business Wire and Fox News

Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:

Time and the Benioffs pledge no layoffs for 90 days and say it will continue growing with new hires and investment in consumer products and long-form video — Several publishers, including BuzzFeed, Group Nine Media and Vice, recently announced pay cuts and benefit reductions to their staffs.

Discussion: @niemanlab, @sampjacobs, @keithgrossman and @kerrymflynn

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Dean Sterling Jones / BuzzFeed News:
UK's Daily Telegraph continues to sell space to China in a section called People's Daily Online, an ad feature that fails to disclose info about its sponsor

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Yogita Khatri / The Block:
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UK's The Big Issue, usually sold on the street by the homeless, will be sold in stores for the first time while still giving 50% of profits to homeless vendors

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Vikas SN / The Economic Times:
Spotify renews global licensing partnership with Warner Music Group, bringing WMG's roster of popular artists to Spotify users in India for the first time

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Committee to Protect Journalists:
CPJ expresses concern over reports that Iran banned printing and distribution of newspapers; Yemen, Oman, Jordan, and Morocco have imposed similar bans

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Sara Fischer / Axios:
McClatchy says it will put its paywall back up around some coronavirus news to balance its duty to keep people informed with its need to increase subscriptions

Discussion: Poynter, @ylichterman, @dkiesow, @ryanchittum, @kvasinka, @ctrappe and @clancyreports

Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
COVID-19 has gravely accelerated the need for newsrooms to confront issues like need for talent, appropriate staff size, and cutting print days, among others

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Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN's Chris Cuomo has been diagnosed with COVID-19, but he says he is feeling well and will continue anchoring his show from his home

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Wall Street Journal:
Apple removes WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram from its App Store in China, after orders from the country's regulators citing national security concerns

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines

Ryan Browne / CNBC:
Telegram partners with Tether to let the messaging app's ~900M users send USDT to each other through The Open Network blockchain

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