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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
In a letter sent Monday, National Amusements instructs Viacom and CBS to scrap merger talks, saying there is renewed confidence in Viacom under CEO Bob Bakish — In a letter sent Monday, National Amusements instructs Viacom and CBS to scrap merger talks
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
The Craig Newmark Foundation, charity founded by Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, donates $1M to Poynter to fund faculty chair in journalism ethics position — Some exciting news on the homefront: The Craig Newmark Foundation, the charitable organization established by Craigslist Founder Craig Newmark …
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@craignewmark, San Francisco Chronicle, @7im, @deggans, Fast Company, @franklinfoer, @porter_anderson, @mathewi, @katiehawk, @kellymcb and Politico
Nathan McAlone / Business Insider:
Amazon and Netflix make up 40% of Golden Globe nominations this year, receiving as many individually as the broadcast networks combined — Streaming heavyweights Netflix and Amazon are spending gargantuan amounts of money on TV shows, and it's getting results.
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/Film, TechCrunch, Forbes, The Wrap, The Wrap, Observer, Adweek, Variety, Daring Fireball, Golden Globes and @sarahcuda
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Stephen Hayes named EIC of the conservative Weekly Standard; Bill Kristol, the magazine's co-founder and current EIC, will become editor at large — The Weekly Standard has named senior writer Stephen Hayes its next editor in chief. Bill Kristol, the magazine's co-founder and current editor …
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@erikwemple, @hotlinejosh and @hadas_gold
April Glaser / Recode:
On Friday, the Senate failed to reconfirm Democratic pro-net neutrality FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, portending new Trump era leadership and agenda — The Senate failed to reconfirm one of net neutrality's top advocates at the FCC. — Setting the stage for new leadership …
Discussion:
Radio & Television …, Vanity Fair and Techdirt
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Politico's Chief Political Correspondent Glenn Thrush is joining the NYT to cover the White House; Thrush's roots are in tabloid journalism — The political journalist wil be reunited with former Politico stars Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns.
Taylor Owen / Columbia Journalism Review:
Pondering the possibilities and the challenges for journalism in virtual worlds as VR becomes mainstream — In June 2003, the San Francisco company Linden Labs launched a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game called Second Life. It quickly grew to over a million users …
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Trump tweets another attack on the press on Monday, criticizes NBC Nightly News; it may have been in response to segment about Russian interference in election — President-elect Donald Trump saw someone say something about him on TV that he didn't approve of, so naturally, he's making sure everyone on Twitter knows about it.
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Sputnik International, @realdonaldtrump, TheBlaze, Gothamist, New York Post, The Wrap, Broadcasting & Cable, TVWeek.com, @kenmeyer91 and TVNewser
Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / Jezebel:
The surprised reactions to Teen Vogue's astute political coverage are a reflection of the low expectations for teens, girls, and fashion magazines — On Saturday morning, Teen Vogue published a sharp piece by the writer Lauren Duca entitled “Donald Trump Is Gaslighting America.”
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The Guardian, The Huffington Post, @sethmnookin, BBC and bookforum.com
Salvador Rizzo / NorthJersey.com:
New Jersey judge orders the Trentonian newspaper to stop publishing articles about a child abuse case, a ruling experts say could violate the First Amendment — A New Jersey judge has ordered the Trentonian newspaper to stop publishing articles about a child abuse case …
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@romenesko, @projomike, @bgrueskin, @estebanhrz and @rizzotk
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
The Huffington Post faces backlash from its unpaid contributors after introducing a new CMS requiring that bloggers promote their stories if they want exposure — The Huffington Post is facing a blogger backlash since it changed its platform strategy to grow its network of unpaid contributors.
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@dangillmor, @digiday, @gaberivera, @jenstar, @digiday and @jeffjarvis
Scott Nover / MediaFile:
Inside the battle between student-run GW Hatchet, a 112-year-old GWU paper, and DC as court rejects tax break request, says it isn't an educational organization — The District of Columbia is locked in a nearly two-year court battle against the student-run GW Hatchet at The George Washington University …
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@abeaujon, @benmullin, @scottnover, @scottnover, @scottnover, @mlcalderone and @mediafiledc
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Murdoch pursues “scheme of arrangement” tactic which would require shareholders opposed to Fox-Sky deal to sell if the deal is approved — Use of court-approved ‘schedule of agreement’ would require 75% approval from shareholders, rather than usual 90%
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@dangillmor
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