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TikTok confirms it has shut down access to Russian sites RT and Sputnik in Europe following requests from individual governments and the European Union — Facebook and TikTok said Monday that the companies would shut down access to Kremlin-controlled media sites RT and Sputnik in Europe, setting the stage for retaliation from Russia.
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Mark Scott / Politico:
YouTube will block Kremlin-backed RT and Sputnik in Europe, following similar bans by Meta and TikTok, citing the Ukraine invasion — Google's YouTube said Tuesday that it would block Kremlin-backed media outlets RT and Sputnik from Europe following similar bans by Facebook and TikTok.
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Meta stops recommending content by Russian state media to all Facebook users and will soon do the same on Instagram — Links to Russian state media are being demoted in Facebook and Instagram — Meta has stopped recommending content by Russian state media to all users of Facebook …
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Netflix won't add any Russian channels in the country “given the current situation” despite a regulation requiring it to add 20 federal channels from March 1 — Russian rule requires services with more than 100,000 subscribers to carry some 20 Russian channels
Ivana Saric / Axios:
Meta says it “will be restricting access to RT and Sputnik across the EU at this time” following requests from several governments and the EU
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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”
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Justin Smith and Ben Smith seek to raise $20-$30M to launch their news outlet by fall 2022; they see 2024 election scoops as a way to build the brand — Justin Smith, the former head of Bloomberg Media, and Ben Smith, the former New York Times media columnist …
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Dawn Chmielewski / Reuters:
Disney, Warner Bros., and Sony say they are pausing theatrical releases in Russia; Disney says it is working with NGOs to provide aid — Hollywood studios Disney, Warner Bros., and Sony Pictures Entertainment said they would pause theatrical releases of upcoming films in Russia in response …
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Thom Geier / The Wrap:
Roughly 100 writers and content producers at G/O Media have gone on strike after Gizmodo Media Group Union's contract expired at midnight — Roughly 100 writers and content producers at Jezebel, Gizmodo and other G/O Media websites went on strike Tuesday after the Gizmodo Media Group Union's contract expired at midnight.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sony merges anime streaming services Funimation and Crunchyroll into a single subscription and will start phasing out the Funimation brand — Sony is effectively merging its two anime streaming services, announcing that Crunchyroll subscribers will have access to library …
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Antenna, which tracks subscriptions in streaming and other sectors, raises a $10M Series A led by Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments — Antenna, a data firm tracking subscriptions in streaming and other sectors, has wrapped a $10 million Series A funding round, with backers including UTA Ventures …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
FT says it has reached 1M paying digital subscribers and digital revenue now equals all other revenue streams combined; 20% of its subscribers are in the US — The Financial Times has reached one million paying digital subscribers in what it said is “proof that quality journalism can be a quality growth business”.
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Q&A with Nobel Prize winner and Novaya Gazeta EIC Dmitry Muratov on pressure from the Russian government, preparing for a “very difficult period”, and more — “We continue to call war war,” Dmitry Muratov, the editor of Novaya Gazeta, said. “We are waiting for the consequences.”
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
BBC Studios, ITV, and All3Media pause trade with Russia, with BBC Studios saying it will stop licensing all content to Russian customers — Major European distributors BBC Studios, All3Media and ITV Studios have put trade with Russia on pause in light of the escalating situation in Ukraine.
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