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Reto Gregori / Bloomberg:
Bloomberg News suspends newsgathering in Russia; EIC John Micklethwait says a 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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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/...
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Reuters:
Russia blocks access to the BBC, Deutsche Welle, VOA, RFE/RL, and others over “deliberate and systematic circulation of materials containing false information” — Russia cut access to several foreign news organisations' websites, including the BBC and Deutsche Welle …
Chavi Mehta / Reuters:
CNN says it will stop broadcasting in Russia, following changes to the criminal code making the spread of “fake” information punishable with jail terms — CNN will stop broadcasting in Russia, the news channel said on Friday after the introduction of a new law …
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Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
How WaPo, ABC, LAT, NYT, and NPR are managing their journalists in Ukraine and Russia and the logistics challenges they face — 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.
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Reuters:
Novaya Gazeta says it will remove posts about Russia's military moves in Ukraine from its website to avoid criminal prosecution of its journalists and readers
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The Moscow Times:
Russia's Duma unanimously passes a bill that punishes spreading “fake news” about Russia's military and the operation in Ukraine with up to 15 years in prison
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CBC/Radio-Canada:
CBC/Radio-Canada suspends reporting from Russia while it seeks clarity on a new law that “appears to criminalize independent reporting” about Russia and Ukraine
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Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
TikTok says it will start putting labels on videos from some state-controlled media outlets “over the coming days” — It's part of a broader state media policy — TikTok has announced that it'll start putting labels on videos from “some” state-controlled media outlets as it starts rolling out its new state media policy.
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Kali Hays / Insider:
Meta pauses all Facebook ads targeting people in Russia and blocks all advertisers within Russia from running ads globally, following Russia blocking Facebook — - Facebook made yet another move against Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine. — The company is halting all ads in the country …
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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
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Sources: YouTube is offering grants of $50K to individual podcasters and $200K-$300K to podcast networks to create video versions of their shows — YouTube is reaching out to podcasters and podcast networks, offering “grants” of up to $300,000 to entice them to create video versions of their shows …
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Robby Soave / Reason:
YouTube suspends The Hill's account over clips of Trump as its election misinformation policy doesn't distinguish between reporting and actual 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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