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Voice of America:
Russia's media regulator warns VOA that it will block the outlet's Russian website unless it takes down Ukraine coverage; VOA's director says it won't comply — Today the Russian government warned the Voice of America of its intention to block the VOA Russian language service's news website …
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
The BBC says Russia's invasion of Ukraine led to record audiences for its Russian and Ukrainian sites; BBC also launched two shortwave frequencies in the region — The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to record audiences for the BBC's Russian and Ukrainian language news service websites.
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@insidecablenews, bbc.co.uk and The Hill
Stephen Harrison / Slate:
How Russia's war with Ukraine is playing out on Wikipedia; Russian Wikipedia editors decided to call an invasion what it is, rejecting the Kremlin's narrative — On Thursday, President Vladimir Putin issued the order for Russian forces to invade Ukraine. Since then, Russians …
Paresh Dave / Reuters:
Google will remove RT News and Sputnik News from the Play Store, after removing Russian state outlets from its news features, following a similar move by Apple — Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google said on Tuesday that it has blocked mobile apps connected to RT and Sputnik from its Play store …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Spotify closes its office in Russia “indefinitely”, removes all content from RT and Sputnik, and adds a guide offering users localized “trusted news” sources — Spotify has taken several steps in response to Russia's military attack on Ukraine, including closing its offices in Russia “indefinitely.”
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Euan O'Byrne Mulligan / The Guardian:
The BBC stops all content licensing in Russia and requests that remaining episodes of two programs for which it sold rights are not aired on Russian state TV
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(Ir)rational Politics, The Verge and Wall Street Journal
Politico:
The EU officially bans Sputnik, RT English, RT UK, RT DE, RT France, and RT en Español; it's up to national regulators to ensure that the sanctions are enforced
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@laukaya, consilium.europa.eu, Techdirt, @fabiochiusi, Next TV, Engadget, Euractiv, TechCrunch and Politico
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
DirecTV drops RT “effective immediately”, accelerating this year's contract expiration timeline; DirecTV and Dish are the only major US TV providers carrying RT
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Ethan Diamond / Bandcamp Updates:
Epic Games acquires Bandcamp, which will continue operating as a standalone marketplace and music community; Bandcamp has paid nearly $1B to artists and labels — I'm excited to announce that Bandcamp is joining Epic Games, who you may know as the makers of Fortnite and Unreal Engine, and champions for a fair and open Internet.
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@bandcamp, The Verge, Variety, Music Ally, IGN, VentureBeat, Ex Tempo, @jubileedj, @ricmac, @toadsanime, @skatunenetwork, @ronmknox, @mattetti, @ctrlshifti, @pathedger18, @katselesnya, @ronmknox, @marcissist, @theneedledrop, @vahn16, CNET, @mowtendoo, @dcseifert, @chronowolfmusic, @mowtendoo, @emmablackery, @acertainabbie, @ronmknox, @gibiz, @jujuadams, @dada_drummer, @zoecello, @tedgioia, @ohboyrecords, @future_of_music, @ronmknox, Tubefilter, @backxwash, @tha_rami, @loudmouthjulia, @rjcc, @punkrevnow, @danozzi, PC Gamer, New York Times, GOOD INTERNET, The A.V. Club, UPROXX, ScreenRant, Input, Billboard, Bloomberg, Protocol, Engadget, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, Polygon and Boing Boing, more at Techmeme »
Erik Crouch / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Yevhenii Sakun, a camera operator for Ukrainian TV station LIVE, and four other people were killed on Tuesday when Russian forces shelled a TV tower in Kyiv — New York, March 2, 2022 - In response to reports that Ukrainian journalist Yevhenii Sakun was killed on Tuesday, March 1 …
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon plans to close 68 brick-and-mortar retail locations across the US and the UK, including all of its Amazon Books, 4-star, and Pop Up stores — - Amazon plans to close all locations of its Pop Up, Amazon Books and 4-star stores, the company confirmed to CNBC.
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
A look at plans for CNN+, scheduled to launch at month's end despite the turmoil at CNN, for $2.99 per month initially; a bundle with HBO Max is planned — The show must go on, even in streaming video. — Employees at CNN are keeping that adage in mind as they prepare to launch a new direct …
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Variety, @stevebattaglio, Hollywood Reporter and @oliverdarcy
The Economic Times:
Bengaluru-based Pocket FM, which offers 100K+ hours of audio series, stories, novels, podcasts, and knowledge shows in eight languages, raises a $65M Series C — New Delhi: Audio streaming platform Pocket FM said on Thursday that it has raised $65 million in a funding round led by Goodwater Capital …
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Apollo Global is in talks with Australia-based PointsBet Holdings and other sports betting companies about merging their assets with Yahoo Sports — - Apollo Global is considering merging Yahoo Sports with a sports betting company, sources say. — A deal could set …
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CNN:
Journalists from TV Rain, also known as Dozhd, leave Russia after some employees received threats and the country set up a digital roadblock of the news network — New York (CNN Business)Journalists from the last remaining independent news network in Russia have left the country for their own safety …
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