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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Baltimore Banner parent The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism acquires the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from Block Communications to run it as a nonprofit — The Venetoulis Institute of Local Journalism, which operates The Baltimore Banner, has bought The Post-Gazette.
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Rob Maaddi / Associated Press:
NFL reporter Dianna Russini resigns from The Athletic after photos of her with New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel prompted an internal investigation — NFL reporter Dianna Russini has resigned from The Athletic less than a week after published photos of her and New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel …
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Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
Kuwait arrested journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin on March 3; many Gulf states are using anti-terror laws to restrict coverage of infrastructure attacks — Ahmed Shihab-Eldin was arrested after reporting on friendly fire incident during US conflict with Iran — The detention of a prize-winning …
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Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal:
An NBCU executive says Nielsen's monthly report, the Gauge, overestimates streaming viewership and differs from the Big Data + Panel report, confusing marketers — The measurement firm has undercounted traditional TV viewership at the expense of its largest clients, according to some network execs
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Ali Lyon / City A.M.:
Axel Springer says it received approval from the UK Department for Culture, Media, and Sport to proceed with its £575M deal to acquire the Telegraph Media Group — The years-long saga over the Daily Telegraph's ownership is poised to reach a conclusion, after the government announced …
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Leo Marchandon / Reuters:
Publicis reports Q1 net revenue organic growth of 4.5% YoY, meeting company-provided consensus, and reaffirms its FY 2026 net organic growth outlook of 4% to 5% — Publicis (PUBP.PA) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net revenue organic growth of 4.5%, meeting company-provided consensus …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Memo: Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro informs staff of layoffs; source: around 1,000 jobs are expected to be eliminated as the company unifies marketing — “Given the fast-moving pace of our industries, this requires us to constantly assess how to foster a more agile and technologically-enabled workforce …
Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:
Sources: Paramount pulls ads from The Ankler and tells staff to freeze out the outlet after an Ankler columnist was seen with bags of “Block the Merger” buttons — The company's move followed a conference call with The Ankler's top executives, sources say
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Dell Cameron / Wired:
Internal emails show Brendan Carr's links to the Center for American Rights, which supplied arguments for the FCC's challenge to Jimmy Kimmel — Internal emails obtained by WIRED reveal how a conservative legal group with a direct line into FCC chairman Brendan Carr's office built the case against Jimmy Kimmel and his employees.
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Omdia: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok now capture over 90% of social media ad revenue, with Meta accounting for 70% of the total — Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok “capture over 90 percent of social media advertising revenues,” an Omdia analyst tells the StreamTV Europe gathering in Lisbon.
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Lever for Change:
Reid Hoffman and Lever for Change award $9M to CalMatters to scale its Digital Democracy tools, which give access to legislative data and use AI for analysis — Reid Hoffman and Lever for Change have awarded $9 million to CalMatters through The Trust in American Institutions Challenge …
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Caroline Davies / The Guardian:
Gary Neville's soccer media group The Overlap acquires Mark Goldbridge's The United Stand and That's Football YouTube channels, a source says for seven figures — Exclusive: Neville has criticised “those bloody YouTubers” - but The Overlap has now acquired channels with 3.7m subscribers for seven-figure sum
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The Wrap:
Sources: Ted Sarandos met with several heads of exhibition at CinemaCon in Las Vegas and discussed the possibility of putting more Netflix films into theaters — The co-CEO's pursuit of Warner Bros. seems to have marked a change of heart — Ted Sarandos might be changing his tune when it comes to theatrical exhibition.
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