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Darren Rovell / ESPN:
21st Century Fox wins 5-year contract for NFL's Thursday Night Football in deal sources say is worth $660M+/year; streaming rights to be sold in next few weeks — Thursday Night Football is changing networks once again. — The NFL announced Wednesday morning that the package will go to Fox for the next five seasons.
Vanity Fair:
Alt-right personality Mike Cernovich has made a $500K bid for Gawker's assets — A leaked pitch deck shows how Cernovich would turn Gawker into a platform for his media ambitions—and, perhaps, a cudgel to get back at a site that once called him a “D-list right-winger.”
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Freedom of the Press …, Fast Company, Wonkette, @cernovich, @katiedrumm, @willsommer, @crislopezg, @tina_nguyen, @jordansarge, Mediaite and The Wrap
John Koblin / New York Times:
Netflix resumed production of the sixth season of House of Cards on Tuesday, after a three-month hiatus following Kevin Spacey allegations and firing from show — Kevin Spacey is out. Diane Lane and Greg Kinnear are in. — The sixth and final season of “House of Cards” …
James Warren / Poynter:
Memo: Jeffrey Good, an executive editor at New England-based Pioneer Valley Newspaper group, said he was fired for advocating equal pay for female employees — Jeffrey Good, executive editor of Newspapers of New England's Pioneer Valley Newspaper group, said he's been fired for advocating equal pay for women employees.
Om Malik:
Decline in ratings for the Grammy Awards, down 24% from 2017, shows how media consumption has moved away from long TV shows, especially for shows about music — According to the Wall Street Journal, television viewership for the 60th Grammy Awards was down 24 percent from 2017 …
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@steverubel, @marccanter4real, Deadline, CNNMoney and Variety
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
BBC Director-General Tony Hall says the corporation made a “mistake” in failing to review Carrie Gracie's salary as China editor — Tony Hall appears in London's House of Commons in a public evidence session along with other top executives of the public broadcaster and former China editor Carrie Gracie.
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BBC:
Speaking to MPs, Carrie Gracie said the BBC offered her £100K in back pay and said she hadn't earned as much as male colleagues because she was “in development”
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The Guardian, Press Association, The Guardian, @markdistef, Daily Mail, Chorley Citizen, @jamesworldnews, @christineelmer, @janemartinson and BBC
Columbia Journalism Review:
When CJR asked readers to tell their stories of harassment in the newsroom, 300+ responded - and the magazine has published each one — What's come to be known as the #MeToo movement gained momentum through a series of celebrity takedowns, starting with Harvey Weinstein, then ricocheted throughout the media and entertainment worlds.
Jim Bankoff / Vox Media:
Memo: Vox CEO Jim Bankoff says company hit its financial targets for 2017, says hiring growth will slow in 2018, and hints at some projects being “scaled back” — Vox Media Chairman & CEO Jim Bankoff on an era where quality, scale and sustainability matter more than ever.
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@petersontee, @hollygressley, @petersontee, @voxmediainc, @lmoses, @gavinpurcell, @mattyglesias, @sarafischer, @charlie_l_hall and @jeremymbarr
Agence France-Presse:
Foreign correspondents in China are increasingly facing interference from officials, with 1 in 12 of those surveyed claiming they were manhandled or punched — One in 12 correspondents claims to have been manhandled or beaten in 2017, BBC reporter says he was punched
Discussion:
@wang_maya
New York Times:
Twitter accounts for celebrities and media figures lose followers after NYT probe into firm that sold followers and as officials call for scrutiny of practice — Federal and state authorities are investigating the sellers of artificial followers and other fraudulent social media engagement.
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Columbia Journalism Review, @nickconfessore, @briankrebs, @rasmus_kleis, Engadget, Adweek, @mathewi, The Daily Beast, @anthony, New York Magazine, @nickconfessore, Gizmodo, MediaNama and CNET
Miranda Katz / Wired:
Podcasters first look at Apple's Podcast Analytics data shows listeners are highly engaged, with many listening to 80-90% of shows, and prefer longer formats — The public radio producer had started a podcast as a side project in early 2017, and the exploration of her experience …
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@justinspratt, @mims, @jeroedeb, @marcoarment, @ezraklein, @ataussig, RAIN News and Fast Company
Patrick Frater / Variety:
HBO will launch in Japan on Amazon Prime Video on April 1, with the first six seasons of Game of Thrones and ~50 other past and current shows available — U.S. pay-TV giant HBO is to license its catalog and streaming rights in Asia's second largest market via Amazon Prime Video.
Discussion:
FierceCable
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Q&A with Dipayan Ghosh, former Facebook adviser, on how political disinformation is succeeding because of the digital advertising market — What privacy can do for democracy — As a privacy and public policy adviser, Dipayan Ghosh once worked to improve Facebook from the inside.
Discussion:
Recode, The Guardian, Bloomberg, Vanity Fair, @loullysaney, @caseynewton and Fast Company, more at Techmeme »
Variety:
YouTube TV buys rights to games for Los Angeles Football Club, a new MLS team, with about 18 games to be exclusive on a channel for LA-based subscribers only — YouTube TV has secured exclusive rights to games with a new Major League Soccer team in Los Angeles, marking the first time a streaming service …
Discussion:
Engadget and @reshmanuel
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