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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Reporters are told they can no longer film or record interviews in Senate halls of Capitol without special permission, then Senate Rules chair reverses course — Reporters covering the U.S. Senate were told Tuesday that they could no longer film interviews with senators in the hallways outside …
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Jessica Toonkel / Reuters:
Memo: Time Inc announces it is cutting 300 jobs, 4% of workforce, with layoffs and buyouts — Time Inc (TIME.N) said on Tuesday it is eliminating 300 positions, or 4 percent of its workforce, through layoffs and buyouts, according to an internal memo reviewed by Reuters.
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Carlos Greer / Page Six:
Source: NBC needs controversies like the Alex Jones scandal to shake up Sunday night ratings; they hired Megyn Kelly to create such buzz — As families of the Sandy Hook victims continue to pressure NBC to ax Megyn Kelly's Sunday interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones …
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Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
As JPMorgan becomes one of the latest brands to pulls ads from a news show, questions arise about whether firms are becoming too involved in editorial decisions — A production of Shakespeare's “Julius Caesar” in Central Park featuring a look-alike of President Trump as Caesar.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Multiple brands suspend ads from Megyn Kelly's new show, Sunday Night, due to Alex Jones interview, but NBC News chairman Andy Lack says they'll return — Critics abound for Megyn Kelly interview with Alex Jones — Multiple advertisers have told NBC that they don't want to be anywhere …
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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Sources: layoffs coming to HuffPost newsroom this week, possibly as early as Wednesday, with no details yet on number of jobs affected — The cuts, which come as Verizon combines HuffPost's owner AOL with its new acquisition Yahoo, could happen as early as Wednesday.
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Bloomberg:
Verizon officially closes the $4.5B Yahoo deal; combined assets form a Verizon unit called Oath led by Tim Armstrong, as Marissa Mayer steps down — Combined assets form Verizon unit called Oath led by Armstrong — Yahoo is renamed Altaba with Thomas McInerney named CEO
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Max Willens / Digiday:
Magazine publishers like Time and Condé Nast are turning to brand licensing as they try to recoup losses from declining print advertising revenue — Twelve years ago, Gary Caplan took a meeting with Time Inc. to discuss pots and pans. Caplan, a brand-licensing agent from California …
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
The NYT is overhauling its digital publishing system as it pivots from a platform-based approach to a reader-centric strategy in order to entice subscribers — With its business model squarely built around reader revenue, getting users logged in is a critical step toward payment.
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Chris Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Amid sexual misconduct scandals, Fox News' parent company, 21st Century Fox, launches Women@Fox initiative to help female staffers rise through ranks — With sexual misconduct scandals surrounding Fox News in New York, the launch day of the initiative on the L.A. studio lot included a panel featuring film chief Stacey Snider.
Frank Chung / NEWS.com.au:
Australian free-to-air television broadcaster, Ten Network, enters voluntary administration after shareholders Murdoch, Packer, and Gordon end support — TROUBLED free-to-air broadcaster Network Ten has been placed into voluntary administration after its billionaire backers walked away.
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Hannah Karp / Billboard:
YouTube and music-licensing group ASCAP strike deal to share data to improve content ID system, potentially boosting revenue for music publishers, songwriters — ASCAP has a new plan to help its publishers and songwriters earn more money from YouTube: informing the video platform …
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