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6:05 AM ET, March 16, 2021

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News Corp:
News Corp says it has reached a three-year deal with Facebook to provide news to Facebook users in Australia through the Facebook News product  —  Expands News Corp-Facebook Connection, Which Began With Deal In US  —  New York, NY (March 15, 2021) - News Corp announced today that it has reached …
Archie Bland / The Guardian:
Sources say staff are “alarmed and dismayed” after Daily Telegraph editor emailed staff of plans to link elements of journalists' pay to articles' popularity  —  Guardian has seen email revealing plan, which is said to have dismayed staff who fear it will warp priorities
Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
CBS broadcast of Grammys drew 7.89M viewers, less than half the audience from 2020, joining Golden Globes and other shows in suffering steep declines this year  —  Like many other recent awards shows, Sunday's telecast was way down from 2020.  —  The Grammy Awards joined a host …
Jake Coyle / Associated Press:
Netflix leads 93rd Academy Awards with 10 nominations for Mank; for the first time, two women, Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell, were nominated for best director  —  NEW YORK (AP) — David Fincher's “Mank” has led nominations to the 93rd Academy Awards with 10 nods, and for the first time …
Carl Hiaasen / Miami Herald:
Veteran Miami Herald writer Carl Hiaasen retires after 45 years with a stark warning about the state of local journalism in the US  —  Let's get it over with.  This is my last column for the Miami Herald.  I didn't plan to write about that because there's actual news to be covered …
Scott Feinberg / Hollywood Reporter:
In response to a letter from PR firms, HFPA issued a statement promising to increase its membership to over 100, 13% of which will be Black, among other changes  —  “We should have done more, and sooner,” the statement acknowledges.  —  In response to a Monday letter from more than 100 PR firms demanding …
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Beatrice Verhoeven / The Wrap:
In a letter to HFPA, over 100 Hollywood PR firms say they will pull their clients from HFPA events or interviews pending the org's “explicit plans” for change
Jing Yang / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: China has asked Alibaba to curtail its expansive media holdings, as officials are concerned over its sway on public opinion  —  Under Jack Ma's rein, the company built a formidable portfolio of media assets  —  China's government has asked Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. to dispose of its media assets …
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Sources: Stewart Bainum weighs bidding for all of Tribune Publishing, after his deal to buy The Baltimore Sun from soon-to-be owner Alden hits obstacles  —  A Maryland hotel magnate who had a deal to buy The Baltimore Sun is now weighing a bid for all of Tribune's newspapers that could thwart a hedge fund's plan.
Rachel Lerman / Washington Post:
Despite progress in making social media accessible to deaf users, some creators say captioning can often be lackluster, leaving services inaccessible to many  —  Captioning on social media can be hit or miss, making the experience sometimes alienating for deaf users
Jason Jedlinski / WSJ Digital Experience & Strategy:
How WSJ's Project Boomerang, an effort to retain new readers and build habit, helped it attract a record audience during the pandemic  —  With a record audience during the pandemic, Project Boomerang focused on getting new and newly-engaged members coming back to The Wall Street Journal and making the most of their subscriptions.
 
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Profile of Chinese streaming service Bilibili, which has 54M DAUs and made 40% of its 2020 revenue from mobile games, despite being known as a video site
Marisa Sarnoff / Mediaite:
WaPo corrects a Jan. story quoting Trump asking a GA official to “find the fraud”, as he used the word “dishonesty” instead, after WSJ posted phone call's audio
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John Oliver dedicated an episode of Last Week Tonight to call out Tucker Carlson as “the most prominent vessel in America for white supremacist talking points”
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Bloomberg:
Canada's two largest cable providers, Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications, say they will merge in a ~$16B deal
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
ITV says it will remove images of Daily Mail headlines from Harry and Meghan interview, following a demand from Associated Newspapers; CBS refuses to comment
Ben Smith / New York Times:
As Piers Morgan weighs options for his next job, British TV execs like GB News' Andrew Neil see a big opportunity in producing more American-style cable clashes
 

 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Nvidia announces Blackwell, a new generation of AI chips available later in 2024, starting with the GB200 superchip, which pairs two B200 GPUs with a Grace CPU

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple and Google are in active talks to use Gemini to power some new iPhone features in 2024; Apple also held talks with OpenAI to use its models

Samuel Tolbert / Windows Central:
Valve debuts Steam Families in beta, allowing a group of up to six Steam users to share their games, manage parental controls, and more

 
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