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Memo: ESPN President John Skipper announces layoffs are coming to the organization but does not confirm how many — ESPN has been actively engaged throughout its history in navigating changes in technology and fan behavior in order to continue to deliver quality, breakthrough content.
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John Ourand / @ourand_sbj:
ESPN layoffs are happening today. Around 100 will lose their jobs. Story filed for SBD Morning Buzz at 9am. — ESPN layoffs are happening today. Around 100 will lose their jobs. Story filed for SBD Morning Buzz at 9am.
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CNNMoney:
Source: ESPN to lay off 100 on-air personalities and writers plus a limited number of off-air jobs — ESPN plans to lay off 100 on-air personalities and writers, a source familiar with the matter told CNNMoney on Wednesday. — The job cuts, including television, radio and online personalities …
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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Anthony Noto says Twitter is aiming to air live video 24 hours a day, every day inside its apps and site, will pitch handful of shows at NewFronts next week — Get ready for nonstop live video inside Twitter. — The company, which reports first quarter earnings Wednesday …
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Twitter beats Q1 estimates with $548M revenue and 328M MAUs, up 9M QoQ and 7M more than expected, says DAUs up 14% YoY; stock up 11% in pre-market trading — Twitter's business is shrinking, but not as much as Wall Street expected — Twitter just had its best quarter of user growth since early 2015.
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Number of plaintiffs claiming racial discrimination and harassment at Fox News rises to 13 as anchor Kelly Wright joins suit, alleging involvement of Bill Shine — Fox News still under grand jury probe — Fox News' legal troubles grew even larger Tuesday, with new plaintiffs …
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Christopher Dickey / The Daily Beast:
Macron campaign in France refused to give accreditation to RT France and Sputnik and fights back against hackers aiming at campaign and news media — PARIS—Looking back on the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton last year, one sees an appalling passivity and helplessness …
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Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Inside Zuckerberg's and Facebook's evolving approach to misinformation and filter bubbles, now that the issues have been more openly acknowledged — Mark Zuckerberg now acknowledges the dangerous side of the social revolution he helped start. But is the most powerful tool for connection …
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Brandon Addeo / The Duquesne Duke:
A student publication has claimed that Fox News' Fox & Friends lifted quotes from one of their stories and pretended it was a statement the show had received — “Fox & Friends” report appears to plagiarize March 30 Duke story — Duquesne students' concerns about a new Chick-fil …
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
Reuters Institute study: widespread consumer adoption of VR is still years away as news organizations face investment obstacles — “I'm afraid that more and more people in news organizations use 360 for stories that are not interesting. Bad content will keep people away from watching it."
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Matthew Balan / Mediaite:
NYT reporter Glenn Thrush says Trump's press conferences are more democratic than Obama's were and that he's better at reaching out to individual journalists — Glenn Thrush of the New York Times made a surprising claim about President Donald Trump in relation to his predecessor, Barack Obama …
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Rebecca Stewart / The Drum:
Snapchat Discover launches in Germany with Vice, Spiegel Online, Bild, and Sky Sports as publishing partners — Vice, Sky Sports, Spiegel Online and Bild have signed up to become Snapchat's first partners for its Discover platform in Germany. — The messaging app has launched …
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