Mediagazer: This week's coverage of the border lacks proper context, ignores the humans at the heart of it, and injects conflict into a relatively drama-free administration (Alex Shephard/New Republic)

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Katie Robertson / New York Times:

The New Republic names Michael Tomasky as its top editor and is moving back to Washington, DC from New York — The New Republic named a new editor on Thursday and announced that it was moving back to Washington, its home city for most of its 107-year existence.

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Alex Shephard / New Republic:

This week's coverage of the border lacks proper context, ignores the humans at the heart of it, and injects conflict into a relatively drama-free administration — On Sunday, ABC's This Week sent its weekly roundtable—excuse me, its Powerhouse Roundtable—on a field trip to the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Politico Playbook criticized for an item that cast Trump's administration as having been more transparent than Biden's on migrant detention at the border

Wayne Friedman / MediaPost:

PrendeTV, Univision's Spanish-language, ad-supported streaming service is launching March 29 with 35 channels and 30K hours of content — Univision Communications held a virtual upfront-like advertising event on Wednesday, touting its new streaming service PrendeTV and promoting growing content investments and global pursuits.

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Bloomberg Media:

Bloomberg Quicktake says it had an average of 7.4M monthly viewers for its livestream channel and 56M for on-demand videos in its first three full months — New over-the-top streaming services include The Roku Channel, … The network also had 56 million average monthly viewers …

Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter:

ViacomCBS buys exclusive US rights to Italy's Serie A soccer championship, and Paramount+ will air 400 games live each season through 2024 — The three-year deal will see 400 top flight games in Italy, including those with Cristiano Ronaldo and Juventus, air or stream each year through 2024.

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:

Fox partners with Comcast's Freewheel, which specializes in digital ads, to offer addressable ads on Fox content viewed on Comcast properties like Xfinity — Fox Corporation is moving to offer the advertising of the future. — The company said it struck a partnership with FreeWheel …

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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:

Sources: HuffPost has picked Danielle Belton as its new EIC; Belton is currently the EIC at G/O Media's Black-focused news and culture outlet The Root — The left-leaning digital media pioneer will be helmed by The Root's current top editor Danielle Belton, The Daily Beast has learned.

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