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6:45 AM ET, March 24, 2025

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Eliza Gkritsi / Politico:
X suspends several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey, amid extensive protests sparked by the arrest of President Erdogan's main political rival  —  Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.  —  Elon Musk's social media platform X …
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Max Frankel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent and executive editor of The New York Times from 1986 to 1994, has died at the age of 94  —  Max Frankel, who fled Nazi Germany as a boy and rose to pinnacles of American journalism as a Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent for The New York Times …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
VOA journalists, their unions, and Reporters Without Borders sue USAGM, acting CEO Victor Morales, and Kari Lake, alleging their moves to close VOA are unlawful  —  Six Voice of America journalists sued Kari Lake and the Trump administration on Friday, alleging their moves to shut …
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Serbian editors say press freedom is facing a “dangerous turning point” after mounting pressure on independent outlets from ministers and state-backed media  —  Group says reporters at independent outlets suffer ‘constant harassment, physical attacks and smear campaigns’
Andrew Anthony / The Guardian:
A profile of The New Yorker at 100 and an interview with editor David Remnick, in the post for 27 years, as the magazine navigates “a world of misinformation”  —  The venerable magazine is thriving and its long-time editor David Remnick tells us why a dedication to literate …
John Koblin / New York Times:
A look at the challenges facing Sesame Workshop, including losing its HBO contract and competition from newer shows like Bluey and CoComelon  —  Times are tough on Sesame Street.  —  Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit responsible for Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster and the rest of the stars of …
Richard Zoglin / Bloomberg:
A new biography of The Onion shows how American satire has evolved and provides clues about how it can respond to a president who seems beyond parody  —  A history of The Onion provides some clues on how American comedy can rise to the occasion of Trump's second term.
Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
IFPI: global music streaming revenues hit a record $20.4B in 2024, driven by paid subscription revenues up 9.5% YoY to $15.15B; paid subscribers reached 752M  —  MBW's Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a data point that deserves the attention of the global music industry.
Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
After leadership changes and an internal studio closure, Netflix aims to refine its gaming strategy, focusing on smaller-scale games rather than big-budget ones  —  The company will focus on four areas: narrative, mainstream, party and kids  —  Hi everyone.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Yahoo strikes a deal to sell TechCrunch to media investment firm Regent, which acquired PCWorld publisher Foundry earlier this week  —  Yahoo on Friday said it has struck a deal to sell TechCrunch, the 20-year-old tech journalism site, to Regent, a media investment firm.
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Source: YouTube is preparing to test a feature that will let host-read ads be dynamically inserted and swapped out within individual YouTube videos
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Popular UK comic book makers form a trade association to lobby for government recognition of comics as an important export industry and source of valuable IP
Bloomberg Law:
Brendan Carr says the FCC is prepared to block M&A proposals, including the Paramount-Skydance deal, from companies with “invidious forms of DEI discrimination”
Brent Lang / Variety:
Reed Hastings, Ted Sarandos, and others discuss Netflix's origin story, killing Blockbuster Video, snagging House of Cards from HBO, and more
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Luc Cohen / Reuters:
A jury convicts two men, whom US prosecutors say are Russian mobsters, of involvement in an Iran-backed plot to kill US-based journalist Masih Alinejad
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Bard College acquires Lapham's Quarterly at no cost from the American Agora Foundation, which had placed the print publication on hiatus in November 2023
Reuters:
The UK CMA fines Sky, BT, IMG, ITV, and the BBC a combined £4M+ after they admitted “to breaking the law” by “colluding” on pay rates for freelancers
 

 
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Suzanne Smalley / The Record:
Pennsylvania's Supreme Court rules that police can get Google search data without a warrant; an expert warns it may encourage warrantless searches nationwide

Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Meta is developing a new image and video-focused AI model codenamed Mango, expected to be released in H1 2026 along with its new LLM dubbed Avocado

Lydia Beyoud / Bloomberg:
The US Senate confirms Trump pick Michael Selig as chairman of the CFTC, as lawmakers consider legislation to give the agency more control over digital assets
 
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