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Google Play debuts a pilot to let select partners, starting with Spotify, offer a third-party billing option globally; Google's commission cut was not disclosed — Amid increasing global regulations over app stores and their commission structures, Google today announced the launch …
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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.


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.
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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.
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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


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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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.


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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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
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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 …


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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A look at Coffee or Die Magazine, Black Rifle Coffee Company's military news outlet with a website, newsletter, and quarterly magazine and 21 full-time staffers — “I want to swing above our weight class. I want us to be able to cover and do more than we should be able to do."
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