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9:40 AM ET, March 8, 2024

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Charlotte Alter / TIME:
A profile of WSJ's Evan Gershkovich, with interviews with his family, friends, and US officials, as negotiations to free him from Russia have not made progress  —  Growing up in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and '70s, Mikhail Gershkovich and Ella Milman learned to be careful.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Temu became Meta's top advertiser by revenue in 2023 by spending nearly $2B on ads, and became one of Google's top five advertisers by spending in 2023  —  The e-commerce platform spent nearly $2 billion at Meta and was a top advertiser at Google  —  Meta Platforms' top advertiser …
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
The New York Times has filed at least three DMCA takedown requests over Wordle clones hosted on GitHub, citing ownership over the Wordle name and gameplay style  —  The takedown is also affecting games that definitively aren't Wordle. … The New York Times has filed a series …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Reach, Women in Journalism, and RSF propose a four-point plan for the UK police to help improve the safety of women journalists against rising online violence  —  Four-point safety plan proposed for women journalists in the UK.  —  More than 100 journalists and media industry leaders …
Addie Morfoot / Variety:
How Netflix's stand-up specials, COVID, and rise of platforms like TikTok and YouTube have transformed the comedy business, broadening comedians' reach  —  Netflix, COVID and social media have been game changers for the comedy business, with the pandemic accelerating shifts already underway across the media landscape.
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
X unveils Articles, a feature for writing and sharing long-form content in a basic text-editing interface, for verified organizations and Premium+ subscribers  —  Long-winded VCs on X now have a new way to be exhausting on main.  —  Journalists, creators and long-winded VCs on X now have a new way to be exhausting on main.
Nieman Lab:
Q&A with former BuzzFeed News' royal correspondent Ellie Hall on Kate Middleton's “disappearance” coverage, royal press offices rarely going on the record, more  —  “I cannot emphasize enough how out of character it is that a royal press team went on the record in response to what is essentially gossip.”
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The Mirror follows The Guardian and apologizes to Dan Wootton for reporting on a police investigation against him; source: the Mirror made a five-figure payment  —  Mirror says it was wrong to report on police investigation against Dan Wootton.  —  The Daily Mirror has followed The Guardian …
Discussion: The Mirror and Guido Fawkes
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Warner Bros. Discovery plans to overhaul its TruTV cable network with a new nightly block of sports programming, including a show focused on betting  —  The media company intends to create a new nightly sports block for TruTV, the reality-series cable network that has largely been left …
Committee to Protect Journalists:
A joint report by CPJ and Amnesty International finds that Mexico's journalist protection program fails to adequately evaluate risks faced by journalists  —  Become a Supporter  —  Contact Us  —  CPJ is a 501(c)3 non-profit.  —  Our EIN is 13-3081500.  —  Committee to Protect Journalists
Discussion: Amnesty International
Reuters:
Spotify plans to raise its prices in France due to a new tax law that adds a 1.2% tax on streaming companies' revenue to help finance local music creation  —  Swedish streaming service Spotify (SPOT.N) on Thursday said it would increase its prices in France due to a new tax, which it argued would fail to accomplish its intended goal.
 
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
In a letter to members, the National Music Publishers Association says it doesn't expect to renew its TikTok license when the deal expires on April 30
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Condé Nast reports flat revenue gains YoY in 2023; in a memo, Condé Nast CEO says consumer revenue grew 7% YoY and expects operating costs to remain the same
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Pro Shop, founded by a Full Swing producer and an ex-Puck CEO, raised $19.25M from the PGA Tour and others, to expand golf's presence in entertainment
Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
Netflix plans to livestream a boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul in Texas on July 20, part of the company's push into “sports-adjacent programming”
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Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Sources: Apple spent $700M+ of its reported $1B+ 2023 studio spend on just Napoleon, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Argylle, which earned $466M combined
Kasey Moore / What's on Netflix:
Netflix licenses the first season of the OnlyFans original series House of Sims, which debuted on OFTV in May 2023, in the UK
Ben Markus / Colorado Public Radio:
Colorado Public Radio lays off 15, primarily in audio and podcast production, and spares the newsroom of cuts; staff grew from 48 in FY 2006 to 214 in FY 2022
 

 
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Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
Sources: after closing several video game studios, Microsoft plans more cuts, as the massive Activision acquisition has ramped up scrutiny on the Xbox division

Wall Street Journal:
Binance sources and docs: an internal investigator, dismissed in late 2023, found evidence of secret internal trading accounts and DWF Labs' market manipulation

Wall Street Journal:
In a blog post, Neuralink details a problem with its implant in patient Noland Arbaugh's brain that reduced data collection after the implant's threads came out
 
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