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Sara Fischer / Axios:
An interview with Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch on the company's expansion into lifestyle verticals, like outdoors, home, and books, alongside NFTs and betting — Fox Corp. is in the early stages of expanding into lifestyle verticals across categories like outdoors, home and books, CEO Lachlan Murdoch told Axios in an interview.
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CNN:
An investigation finds new evidence suggesting that Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot dead by Israeli forces in an attack targeting reporters — This story contains a disturbing image. — (CNN)Several shots ring out in quick succession, cutting through a clear, blue spring morning in Jenin, in the West Bank.
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@mazmhussain, Poynter, Boing Boing, @michaelh992, @vv1lder, @ali_gharib, @nickkristof, @ashleyfeinberg, @dianneg, Proximities, @ryanlcooper, @mikeykaynyc, @repdeanphillips, @rdassaly, @im_pulse, The Great Awakening, @heyadiana, @reider, Al Jazeera, @arash_tehran, @wideofthepost, @mehdirhasan, @n_waters89, @israelwarroom, @raaleh, @coolranchzaku, @tamanishajohn, @evanhill, @sara_karnes, @mustachetoilet, @katie_polglase, @politicalmiller, The Times of Israel and Mediaite
Issie Lapowsky / Protocol:
Spotify is slowly bringing back political ads on podcasts after pausing them in early 2020, and says it has strengthened its advertiser verification system — Spotify stopped hosting political ads on its services in early 2020, citing a lack of “robustness” in its systems …
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Washington Post, NME, @lucas_shaw, Digital Music News, @rachaelmyrow, @issielapowsky, @karynelevy and The Verge
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Jen Psaki is set to join MSNBC in the fall, appearing on NBC and MSNBC's US elections coverage and hosting a new streaming program expected to launch in Q1 2023 — One of the news industry's worst-kept secrets is finally seeing the light of day. — Jen Psaki, the White House Press Secretary …
Zahra Joya / The Guardian:
Male TV presenters in Afghanistan are wearing face masks on screen in solidarity with female staff after the Taliban ordered women anchors to cover their faces — #FreeHerFace campaign gathers force as high-profile men rebel against crackdown on face coverings in Afghanistan
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Washington Post, Al Jazeera, NPR, The National, @bbcyaldahakim, @amie_fr, @kavita_krishnan, @ahadzuhal, @ajenglish, @euamiri, @mashrafhaidari, @journalismfest, @heatherbarr1 and @zahrajoya
Audrey Mcavoy / Associated Press:
Hawaii governor signs legislation providing press protections to students publishing school-sponsored media at the University of Hawaii and public high schools — HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. David Ige on Monday signed legislation providing freedom of speech and press protections …
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Candle Media, run by ex-Disney executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, plans to buy Spanish-language studio Exile; source: Candle is involved in deals worth ~$4B — Candle Media, run by former Disney executives, is buying Exile, which has deals to produce shows for Netflix, HBO and Amazon Prime.
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Axios, @jczamora, Digiday, @jeffjarvis, @isaacleep, @exilecontent, @luisfemiami, Deadline, @enrique_acevedo, @borisgartner and Variety
Alex Mahadevan / Poynter:
Q&A with Justin Peden, a 20-year-old Alabama college student who uses OSINT to document the Ukraine war through his popular Twitter account, The Intel Crab — Justin Peden, a 20-year-old Alabama college student, runs one of the most-followed Twitter accounts documenting the war in Ukraine.
Thomas Seal / Bloomberg:
Daily Telegraph reports 740,000 subscribers, on track to hit 1M by the end of 2023, as 2021 revenue rose 4% YoY to £245M and profit rose 25% YoY to £33.3M — Telegraph Media Group Ltd Chief Executive Officer Nick Hugh is counting on Silicon Valley to pay the British newspaper for content …
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Press Gazette, Telegraph and The Financial Express
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Bucking skeptics, USA Today publisher says the print edition of USA Today is profitable and helps with its overall brand image, like through hotel distribution — I predicted in 2019 that USA Today's print edition would fold in two years. That hasn't happened. — I was wrong, wrong, wrong.
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Nieman Lab, @dicktofel, @poynter, @dankennedy_nu, @poynter and American Press Institute
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Chalkbeat, a nonprofit that covers education at the local level, raises $3.1M to permanently launch Votebeat, a separate newsroom dedicated to voting coverage — Chalkbeat, the nonprofit news outlet that covers education at the local level, has raised $3.1 million to permanently launch …
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@votebeatus, @adamambrogi, @dianneg, @blakehounshell, @jenafifield, @elizwgreen, @jeremyduda, @simoncarless, @jessicahuseman and @elizwgreen
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Greta Van Susteren plans to join Newsmax in June to lead its 6pm show, saying all her network employers, including CNN, MSNBC, and Fox, have had controversies — Greta Van Susteren says she just couldn't stay away from the immediacy of cable news. — For the past few years, Van Susteren …
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