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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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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 …
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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Kevin Draper / Deadspin:
A list of ESPN layoffs, as they become known — With phone calls and meetings beginning informing some ESPN employees that they have been laid off, word will slowly trickle out all day long about who they are. There will be plenty of names you have heard of, as ESPN reorients their daily lineup of shows …
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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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Andy Lewis / Hollywood Reporter:
Source: publishers are in a bidding war for Fox News host's Tucker Carlson's book, which could fetch $15M — Publishers are in a massive bidding war for the Fox News host's project — a funny and provocative take on America's current state of affairs. — Fox News host Tucker Carlson …
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A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
At a press conference, Fox News anchor Kelly Wright discussed racial discrimination at the network and his encounters with Bill O'Reilly — It's another chaotic morning for Fox News. One day after veteran FNC anchor and reporter Kelly Wright announced that he was joining …
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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, and says DAUs are up 14% YoY; stock up 10%+ — 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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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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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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Damien Gayle / The Guardian:
Reporters Without Borders knocks the UK down to number 40 in its World Press Freedom Index, citing country's surveillance laws and espionage act proposal — Reporters Without Borders says Britain is approaching tipping point in wake of passage of Investigatory Powers Act
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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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