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4:55 PM ET, March 23, 2022

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google Play debuts a pilot to let select partners, starting with Spotify, offer a third-party billing option globally; terms of commission cut are confidential  —  Amid increasing global regulations over app stores and their commission structures, Google today announced the launch …
The Insider:
Oksana Baulina, a journalist for Latvia-based The Insider who once worked for Russia's Anti-Corruption Foundation, died during a rocket strike in Kyiv  —  23 март а 2022  —  Oksana Baulina, a journalist for The Insider, died under fire in Kyiv.
Camille Gijs / Politico:
Reuters removes Russian wire service TASS from its B2B marketplace Reuters Connect, following criticism from Reuters staff over TASS' content  —  Reuters will remove all the content of the Russian state news agency TASS from its business-to-business service Reuters Connect, it said Wednesday in an internal email to staff.
Melissa Cooke / Politico:
Politico names Dafna Linzer as executive editor, starting in Washington on April 25; Linzer was most recently managing editor for politics at NBC News and MSNBC  —  Announcement from Editor-in-Chief Matt Kaminski:  —  I'm delighted to share some exciting news today: Dafna Linzer will be joining POLITICO as Executive Editor.
Discussion: @politicopress and @peterlattman
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism:
Internews Europe names Meera Selva, currently Deputy Director at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, as its CEO  —  Meera, who has been the Director of our Journalist Fellowship Programme since September 2017, will take up her new role in June
Jay Peters / The Verge:
YouTube makes nearly 4,000 TV episodes available for free with ads in the US and plans to add up to 100 shows and movies each week  —  The platform already offers free movies with ads  —  YouTube is the latest company to offer free shows TV with ads.  The video giant says you'll now be able …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Crooked Media signs a multiyear agreement with SiriusXM for ad sales and distribution rights; Pod Save America and other podcasts will join the SiriusXM network  —  Crooked Media, the progressive media company that produces the top-ranked “Pod Save America” and other podcasts, signed a multiyear, multiplatform agreement with SiriusXM.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Instagram rolls out chronological Following and Favorites feeds to all iOS and Android users globally, neither of which can be set as the default  —  Instagram today is making a chronological feed available to all users, as earlier promised, alongside another new feed filtering option …
Winston Cho / Hollywood Reporter:
WGA West and a coalition of unions, which includes the Teamsters, ask FTC to block Amazon's MGM acquisition, say Amazon will likely shut down MGM's Epix  —  The Strategic Organizing Center, a coalition of unions which includes the Teamsters and CWA, and WGA West sent a letter to the regulatory agency over the $8.45 billion buy.
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
BuzzFeed News EIC Mark Schoofs says he and two other top editors are leaving, as BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti announces job cuts affecting ~1.7% of company staff  —  Mark Schoofs, the site's editor in chief, is among the departures.  The company's chief executive said BuzzFeed News would need to …
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Will Feuer / Dow Jones Newswires:
BuzzFeed reports $40.4M in Q4 net income, up 25% YoY from $32.2M, and revenue of $145.7M, up 18% YoY, driven by 33% YoY growth in its content revenue segment
Press Gazette:
ABC: UK's The Daily Mail sold an average of 896,455 copies per day in February, falling below 900,000 for the first time in more than 100 years  —  The Daily Mail's print circulation has fallen below 900,000 for the first time in more than 100 years.  —  In February the newspaper sold …
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Sources: in Q2 2022, Spotify plans to rename its live social audio app from Greenroom to Spotify Live and integrate the content into its main app  —  Spotify Technology SA is renaming its live conversation product and integrating the content into its main streaming app to make the service …
 
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Disney says it has sold out all its ad inventory around the Oscars; sources: ABC has sought $1.7M to $2.2M for a 30-second spot
K.J. Yossman / Variety:
BBC World Service files an appeal to the UN against Iran over online violence towards women journalists working at BBC News Persian
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Joel Simon / Columbia Journalism Review:
How group messaging tools like WhatsApp and Signal plus tracking technology have changed how newsrooms manage their reporting teams in Ukraine
Ken White / The Popehat Report:
The New York Times' Editorial Board essay on free speech was incoherent nonsense and its ill-defined criticisms of “cancel culture” will only inflame debate
A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
NBC News Digital names BuzzFeed News deputy EIC Tom Namako as executive editor, starting on April 25, replacing David Firestone, who is retiring after 40+ years