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Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:
Twitter starts labeling tweets that link to Russian state-backed media outlets and plans to label other countries' state media outlets “in the coming weeks” — Twitter announced new measures to prevent disinformation tied to the Russian government from spreading on Monday in light …
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
Meta restricts access to “several accounts” in Ukraine, including “some Russian state media organizations”, at the request of the Ukrainian government — It's also ‘reviewing other Government requests’ to restrict these accounts — Facebook has blocked access …
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Paresh Dave / Reuters:
Google says it is barring Russian state-funded media from using its ad technology to generate revenue on their own websites, apps, and YouTube videos
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Reuters:
Meta prohibits Russian state media organizations from running ads or monetizing on its platform anywhere in the world
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the EU will ban “Kremlin's media machine”, including state-owned RT, Sputnik, and their subsidiaries — The European Union will ban Russian media outlets Russia Today and Sputnik, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday.
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Derek Decloet / Bloomberg:
Canada's Rogers and BCE remove RT from their services effective immediately, after criticism from the Canadian government
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK's Ofcom launches 15 investigations into the due impartiality of RT news programming, relating to 14 hours of broadcasting on Sunday as Russia invaded Ukraine
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Dylan Byers / Puck:
David Zaslav confirms that Chris Licht, an executive producer of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, will be the chairman and CEO of CNN Global from May 1 — According to people who have spoken with Zaslav, the former wunderkind producer Jeff Zucker will be succeeded by another former wunderkind, Chris Licht.
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Axios:
Sources: CNN will dial down its prime-time liberal partisanship under Chris Licht, to be named chief next week, and double down on its news-gathering muscle — Under new chief Chris Licht, CNN will dial down the prime-time partisanship and double down on the network's news-gathering muscle, top sources tell me.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: CNN determined Allison Gollust broke rules by guiding Chris Cuomo in helping Andrew Cuomo; Gollust spokeswoman says the claim “is patently ridiculous”
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Washington Post:
Several western commentators drew criticism of casual racism or double standards for describing Ukrainians as “so like us” or more “civilized” than Iraqis — Russia's invasion of Ukraine shocked the world as the largest cross-border European conflict in decades.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Axios names Jamie Stockwell, most recently an NYT deputy national editor, as executive editor for Axios Local to expand coverage to 50 cities by end of 2023 — Axios on Monday named Jamie Stockwell, a local news veteran, who most recently served as a deputy national editor at the New York Times …
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Dylan Byers / Puck:
Sources: The New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet will pass over control to managing editor Joe Kahn in the coming months — A coronation appears cemented at The Times. Meanwhile, a new detail emerges in the race to hire Jeff Zucker's replacement.
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Jay Bonggolto / Android Central:
TikTok confirms it is rolling out support for uploading up to 10-minute videos worldwide, up from three minutes — The new capability is rolling out to everyone worldwide. — What you need to know — TikTok has confirmed the global rollout of 10-minute video uploads.
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Morgan Meaker / Wired UK:
Interview with Australia's communications minister Paul Fletcher on the efficacy of the country's year-old news bargaining code with Google and Meta — A year after Australia forced tech giants to pay news outlets for the content they display, other countries want to follow suit.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Axel Springer announces Axel Springer Insider Ventures to invest in media startups, starting with podcast company Spooler, which will produce shows with Insider — Insider and its parent, German publishing giant Axel Springer, are investing in a new podcast company called Spooler, Insider CEO Henry Blodget tells Axios.
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
The California Film Commission awards a record $149.2M in state credits for 30 films, including $60.3M for Netflix, $27.2M for Disney, and $16M for Amazon — The California Film Commission announced the latest round of tax credits for film productions on Monday, and once again Netflix emerged as the big winner.
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