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An Al Jazeera journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, was shot and killed while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin on Wednesday — Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed in the West Bank Wednesday, the network said.
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Bethan McKernan / The Guardian:
Al Jazeera accuses Israel of intentionally killing Shireen Abu Akleh, who was wearing body armor marked “press”; Israel says Palestinians could be responsible — Israel denies Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by its troops and says she may have been hit by Palestinian fire
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Slate names Hillary Frey, a former top editor at HuffPost, as its new editor in chief — Hillary Frey will lead the online publication as it struggles to find its way after a number of high-level departures and tries to work toward profitability. — Slate has named Hillary Frey …
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Matt Schifrin / Forbes:
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment plans to acquire DVD rental and streaming company Redbox Entertainment for $375M in an all-stock deal — New! Click on the conversation bubble to join the conversation Got it! — Among buggy whip businesses, Redbox Entertainment (RDBX) …
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Twitter announces a “Copypasta and Duplicate Content” policy to clarify how it works to combat spam and duplicative content and what constitutes a violation — Twitter announced today that it's rolling out a new “Copypasta and Duplicate Content” policy to clarify how the platform works …
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Tarpley Hitt / Gawker:
The website for The Believer, once a literary magazine run from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, is now owned by a sex toy company and digital marketer — Last week, the media newsletter The Fine Print reported on a surprising new direction for The Believer, the prestigious literary magazine run …
Rebecca Jennings / Vox:
Creators who quit YouTube keep returning thanks to “YouTube brain”, despite being creatively and financially subject to the whims of viewer attention spans — Prominent YouTubers keep quitting the platform and then coming back. Call it the result of YouTube brain.
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Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Sources: the head of film marketing strategy for Apple TV+, JP Richards, has resigned, and Apple is expected to name his replacement “in the coming weeks” — Richards notified his team of his departure on Wednesday morning, one insider added. He joined the company in January 2021 …
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Sarah Jeong / The Verge:
Sen. Josh Hawley introduces a copyright bill to threaten Disney, retroactively applying rules to strip Disney's IP assets upon bill passage, which won't happen — I can't believe I'm taking Disney's side on anything — I have been told to blog about Senator Josh Hawley's new copyright bill …
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Google signs deals with 300+ outlets in Germany, France, Hungary, Austria, the Netherlands, and Ireland to pay for news content and will roll out tools for them — Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google has signed deals to pay more than 300 publishers in Germany, France and four other EU countries …
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Washington Post:
The Washington Post will establish a bureau in Kyiv, led by former Moscow correspondent Isabelle Khurshudyan with Max Bearak as chief Ukraine correspondent — The Post's continued coverage of the conflict will also draw on a rotation of correspondents, photographers and video journalists on-the ground.
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Channel 4 strikes a deal with YouTube to put 1,000 hours of hit shows onto the service for free, the largest such deal with a UK broadcaster — Exclusive: agreement allows broadcaster to sell ads around programmes in potential new era of deals with Silicon Valley
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