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9:30 PM ET, March 4, 2022

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Reto Gregori / Bloomberg:
Bloomberg News suspends newsgathering in Russia and EIC John Micklethwait says the new law “seems designed to turn any independent reporter into a criminal”  —  Bloomberg News will temporarily suspend the work of its journalists inside Russia after President Vladimir Putin signed legislation …
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@bbcpress:
The BBC says it must “temporarily suspend” operations in Russia because the country's new law “appears to criminalize the process of independent journalism”  —  BBC statement on reporting from within Russia. Reacting to new legislation passed by the Russian authorities, BBC Director-General Tim Davie says: https://twitter.com/...
Chavi Mehta / Reuters:
CNN says it will stop broadcasting in Russia, after criminal code changes make the spread of “fake” information an offense punishable with fines or jail terms  —  CNN will stop broadcasting in Russia, the news channel said on Friday after the introduction of a new law …
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
How The Washington Post, ABC, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and NPR are managing their journalists and logistical challenges in Ukraine and Russia  —  How the story of Russia's war on Ukraine will be covered inside Russia is increasingly uncertain following the closure of the country's remaining independent media outlets.
Reuters:
Novaya Gazeta says it will remove material on Russia's military actions in Ukraine from its website to avoid criminal prosecution of its journalists and readers
Reuters:
Russia blocks access to the BBC, Deutsche Welle, VOA, RFE/RL, and others over “deliberate and systematic circulation of materials containing false information”
The Moscow Times:
After Russia takes Ekho Moskvy off the air for spreading “deliberately false information”, the board of directors votes to liquidate the liberal radio station
Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
TikTok plans to start labeling videos from some state-controlled media outlets “over the coming days”, expediting its policy due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine  —  It's part of a broader state media policy  —  TikTok has announced that it'll start putting labels on videos from …
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Kali Hays / Insider:
Meta pauses all Facebook ads targeting people in Russia and stops letting marketers in Russia run ads globally, after Roskomnadzor blocked Facebook in Russia  —  - Facebook made yet another move against Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine.  — The company is halting all ads in the country …
Mark Scott / Politico:
Telegram says it is blocking Kremlin-backed media outlets in the EU, including all RT channels, starting for users who signed in with an EU-based phone number
CNBC:
Disney announces a Disney+ ad-supported tier, launching in the US this year and internationally in 2023, as part of its push for 230M-260M subscribers by 2024  —  - Disney announced a new ad-supported tier for its Disney+ streaming service on Friday.  —  In this photo illustration …
Associated Press:
Pulitzer Prize winner Walter R. Mears, who covered presidential campaigns for The Associated Press for 45 years, dies at 87  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Walter R. Mears, who for 45 years fluidly and speedily wrote the news about presidential campaigns for The Associated Press and won a Pulitzer Prize doing it, has died.
Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
The Verge co-founder and Executive Editor Dieter Bohn is leaving the media industry after 20 years to join Google's Platforms & Ecosystems team  —  I'm moving on from media  —  Ten years after we founded it, The Verge continues to be the best place to discover the import and impact …
Robby Soave / Reason:
YouTube suspends The Hill's channel over clips of Trump because its election misinformation policy doesn't distinguish between reporting and misinformation  —  On December 9, 2020, YouTube announced it would take down videos that alleged widespread fraudulent voting in the 2020 presidential election.
 
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