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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Sources: at least two candidates have turned down WH communications director job, a position that has remained vacant since Jason Miller resigned in December — At least two candidates have turned down the job of White House communications director. — Controlling the message coming …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Flush with donations, ProPublica is planning to add 15-25 journalists to its newsrooms in New York and Illinois as it reorients itself to cover Trump — Bleak about the future of journalism? Here are some encouraging statistics: — In 2015, ProPublica ended the year with $450,000 in small donations …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Pew study: US adult news consumers can only recall the source of a news link 56% of the time, and 10% name Facebook as a news source — “The online news experience is a mix of deliberateness and serendipity,” a new report from Pew finds, noting that no one particular path to finding online news is dominant among users.
Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider:
Twitter reports Q4 revenue of $717M, missing estimates, but beats on earnings as MAUs grew 2M from Q3 2016, reaching 319M — Twitter missed analysts' expectations for its fourth-quarter revenue — reporting $717 million versus estimates of $740 million — as advertising spend lagged behind …
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Brett Molina / USA Today:
Twitter shares fall over 10% on Q4 revenue miss, flat growth, and a 5% YoY drop in US ad revenue
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Adam Klasfeld / Courthouse News Service:
NFL writer Bart Hubbuch sues Murdoch's New York Post, claiming wrongful termination for his tweet critical of Trump on inauguration day — MANHATTAN (CN) — Mocking his raunchy tabloid's desire for a “safe space,” a sports writer wants damages after the New York Post fired him for a tweet …
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Viacom beats estimates with Q1 net earnings of $396M, with Paramount posting $180M operating loss; CEO Bob Bakish announces Paramount turnaround plan — The new regime at Viacom unveiled a turnaround plan for Paramount Pictures and its cable network group as the conglom surprised Wall Street Thursday …
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Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Bob Costas ends his 24-year run as NBC's prime-time Olympics host, reducing his overall workload at the network as he takes on a role similar to Tom Brokaw's — When NBC televises next year's Winter Olympics from Pyeongchang, South Korea, a familiar face will be gone from the prime-time anchor seat …
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Andrew Liptak / The Verge:
Facebook hires MTV executive Mina Lefevre as head of development, overseeing scripted and unscripted content — Mina Lefevre had been the head of scripted for MTV — Facebook has been working to make video a central part of how its users experience the site, first with Facebook Live …
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Ben Popper / The Verge:
Sources: Google combines product teams for YouTube Music and Google Play Music, likely paving way for a single music app in the future — Come together, right now, over me — According to several sources familiar with the change, the product teams working on YouTube Music and Google Play Music are being combined into a single unit.
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Christine Wang / CNBC:
News Corp meets analyst targets for Q2 with $2.12B in revenue, reports 9% decline year over year in ad revenue for news and information division — Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. reported fiscal second-quarter earnings on Thursday that were essentially in line with analyst expectations.
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@christiiineeee, Talking New Media, News Corp, Fox Business and Reuters
Katie Roof / TechCrunch:
Pandora beats with Q4 revenue of $393M, up 17% YoY, vs. $374M expected, predicts Q1 loss of $70-$80M — Internet music giant Pandora fell 4% in initial after hours trading after the company released its fourth quarter 2016 earnings results. — Pandora actually beat expectations …
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West Virginia Public Broadcasting:
WV Gov. Jim Justice proposes elimination of all state funding for WV Public Broadcasting in new budget, which would translate into staff layoffs of up to 75% — In his proposed budget, Governor Justice proposes the elimination of all state funding for West Virginia Public Broadcasting.
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Current, @farrahfazal and wvpublic.org
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