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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE:
Russia's telecom and internet regulator announces a “partial restriction” of access to Facebook over Meta blocking some Russian media outlets — The country's telecommunications and internet regulator announced the restriction on Friday, accusing Facebook of censoring Russia.
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Nick Clegg says Meta refused a Russian order to stop the independent fact-checking and labeling of content from four state-owned media organizations on Facebook — Facebook refused to stop fact-checking four Russian news outlets — The Russian government has partially blocked access …
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New York Times:
A look at how CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC covered the first day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with the latter two highlighting their most popular opinion hosts — Fox News stars like Tucker Carlson questioned why Americans hated Vladimir Putin, and CNN showed Russian tanks and rockets in live war-zone dispatches.
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Taylor Lorenz / Input:
Some Instagram meme pages are turning into “war pages” that repost unverified footage without context, often claiming to be run by journalists in Ukraine — Just hours after the first explosions rocked Ukraine Wednesday night, massive Instagram meme pages began promoting …
Justin Hendrix / Tech Policy Press:
Google, Facebook, Twitter, and other US tech firms should suspend the accounts of Russia's state media and other elements of Vladimir Putin's propaganda machine — Justin Hendrix is CEO and Editor of Tech Policy Press. This piece represents his opinion, and not necessarily …
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Vox Media, Complex Networks, and BDG are considering ditching Google's AMP for their own mobile-optimized articles; The Washington Post dropped AMP last summer — Owners of the Verge and Bustle test alternatives to AMP framework, an effort they expect will generate more ad revenue
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Steve Waldman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Each local reporter in the US covered 10 different units of government on average in 2020, up from 3.8 units of government in 2020 — In measuring the collapse of local news, there is arguably no more important metric than the number of local reporters. Though precise numbers are hard to come by …
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Gannett reports 1.6M digital subscribers, up 49% YoY, Q4 revenue of $827M, down 5.5% YoY, and a $22.4M net loss; the company sold 70 small publications in 2021 — The newspaper chain grew digital subscriptions to 1.6 million but the surge appears to be driven by deeply discounted introductory rates.
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David Mack / BuzzFeed News:
Eurovision Song Contest organizers ban Russia from this year's event in Italy after several European countries threatened to withdraw if Russia participated — Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest reversed course on Friday, announcing that Russia would no longer be permitted to perform in this year's event.
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The Daily Beast:
In a tweet, the AP promoted selling an NFT of a video showing migrants in an overcrowded boat, but deleted the tweet and canceled the sale after criticism — GHOULISH — The Associated Press on Thursday hurriedly attempted to scrape the egg off its face after promoting a forthcoming “NFT drop” of a raft of migrants adrift at sea.
John Ourand / Sports Business Journal:
Sources: Apple and Amazon are front-runners in a $2B+/year bid for NFL Sunday Ticket; the NFL also wants to sell a stake in its media business and mobile rights — It appears likely that Sunday Ticket will move exclusively to a streaming service in 2023, as several sources have described Apple …
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@youranonone:
The website of state-affiliated Russian news outlet RT News was taken down on Thursday, and the Anonymous collective took credit on Twitter — The #Anonymous collective has taken down the website of the #Russian propaganda station RT News.
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