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Newsweek gave 10 pages of free print ads to a New York county where Olivet University was creating a campus, showing more Newsweek-Olivet ties amid DA probe — Note from the Editors: As we were reporting this story, Newsweek Media Group fired Newsweek Editor Bob Roe, Executive Editor Ken Li …
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Newsweek Deputy Editor Ross Schneiderman and other employees threatened to resign from the mag after it tried to suppress Olivet story — Several Newsweek staffers threatened to resign earlier this week, accusing the company of attempting to muzzle the publishing of a story further detailing internal turmoil …
Sonam Rai / Reuters:
Boosted by $1.2B benefit from US tax law reforms, Dish reported net income of $1.39B for Q4 2017 and added 39K pay-tv subs including 75K reactivations — (Reuters) - Dish Network Corp's (DISH.O) fourth-quarter profit surged due to a roughly $1.2 billion benefit related to U.S. tax law reforms …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Dish's OTT service Sling TV reported 2.21M subscribers in Q4 2017, a 47% YoY increase from 1.5M — Sling TV, Dish Network's internet-delivered skinny bundle, stood at 2.21 million subscribers as of the end of last year — the first time the satellite operator has broken out figures for Sling TV from its legacy pay-TV base.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Tavis Smiley sues PBS, claiming the public TV network breached its contract and damaged his company when it fired him over sexual-harassment allegations — Talk-show host Tavis Smiley sued PBS on Tuesday, alleging that the network breached its contract and damaged his production company …
Bloomberg:
BH Media Group cuts about 6% of workforce due to falling ad revenue, affecting Omaha World-Herald and newspapers in Atlantic City, NJ, Richmond, VA, and more — Unit reducing staff by 148 and eliminating 101 vacant spots — BH Media Group seeks to counter drop in advertising revenue
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Omaha World-Herald, @jaclyncosgrove, Greensboro Business Journal, The Roanoke Times, @rczullo and @mattchittum
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Since 1992, 23 newspaper carriers have been violently killed or murdered in the US, more than twice the number of journalists killed in the same period — Newspaper carriers are being assaulted and killed across the country — It was still early in Walter “Wes” Scott's paper route when he was killed.
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Adeshina Emmanuel / Columbia Journalism Review:
Black writer Adeshina Emmanuel's work for Chicago Reader was anchored by a racist front cover, leading him to criticize it and since-fired editor Mark Konkol
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Perry Bacon Jr / FiveThirtyEight:
How a lack of diverse staffs, the hope for access, or a goal of partisan balance may have led reporters to cast John Kelly as a moderating White House force — Last March, in an article describing the various power centers in the Trump administration, I listed then-Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly as part of the “McCain Wing.”
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New York Times, @natcomm, @_alastair, @imillhiser, @stellinitweets, @perrybaconjr, Splinter and The Week
Melody Kramer / Poynter:
Q&A with NYT Space Calendar team on its interactive news, its 80K subscribers, reader reactions, and verticals going forward — In his book “The Power of Habit,” Charles Duhigg writes about a three-part process that every habit undergoes: First, there's a cue that tells your brain …
Reuters:
Judge denies AT&T request to compel DOJ to disclose communications with the White House that might show Trump's views on AT&T's proposed merger with Time Warner — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday denied AT&T Inc's (T.N) request to see White House communications …
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New York Times:
On Facebook and Twitter, lax enforcement lets impostor accounts thrive, leaves few options for those whose identities are taken, enabling fake news, propaganda — When Hilary Mason, a data scientist and entrepreneur, discovered that dozens of automated “bot” accounts had sprung up to impersonate …
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Vivienne Kelly / Mumbrella:
Fairfax Media reports net profit of AU$38.5M in first half of 2018, down 54% YoY, cuts 35% of New Zealand print pubs, pursues strategic options with News Corp — Fairfax Media brought in revenue of $877.1m in the first half of the 2018 financial year, with a net profit after tax of $38.5m …
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