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The Wall Street Journal's EIC Gerard Baker is stepping down and will become editor at large, to be replaced by Matt Murray, currently executive editor — Matt Murray has been named Editor-in-Chief of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires, succeeding Gerard Baker …
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The Wall Street Journal's desk editors have been told they need to reapply for their positions, amid the newsroom's continued restructure — The Wall Street Journal is still reorganizing its newsroom and editors are taking the brunt of it. Members of The Journal's deep bench of desk editors …
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Fox News apologizes for using misleading pictures of Philadelphia Eagles kneeling in prayer, during segment about White House visit and anthem protest — Mayor: Trump ‘childish’ for nixing Eagles' visit — Fox News apologized Tuesday after receiving a torrent of criticism over the network's use …
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Pew study: 68% of Americans say they feel overwhelmed by the amount of news available, with the number rising to 77% among Republicans — If you feel like there is too much news and you can't keep up, you are not alone. A sizable portion of Americans are feeling overwhelmed by the amount of news there is …
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Florida judge rules BuzzFeed can claim “fair reporting privilege” for its post about the Russia dossier in a libel case brought by tech exec Aleksej Gubarev — BuzzFeed scored a significant legal victory on Monday with a judge's ruling that the online outlet appears …
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The UK government approves bid from US media giant Comcast to take over Sky, indicates it will approve 21st Century Fox's rival bid if they sell Sky News — UK government conditionally clears Fox and Comcast offers, setting up bidding war — The UK government has approved a bid …
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Sources: ABC executives are keen to do a spin-off show of “Roseanne”, with an announcement possibly imminent — ABC wants to move forward with a second reboot of “Roseanne” and we're told an announcement could be imminent. — Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ …
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Study: Apple News overwhelmingly favors national outlets in newsletters, with just 14 of the 390 articles reviewed coming from regionally focused publishers — Stung by changes to Facebook's News Feed, publishers are reportedly “falling in love with Apple News”—though the affection may not always be mutual.


Thomson Reuters named Brian Peccarelli and Neil Masterson as its co-chief operating officers on Monday as part of a reorg, which also sees four execs leaving — (Reuters) - Financial news and information company Thomson Reuters (TRI.N)(TRI.TO) named Brian Peccarelli and Neil Masterson …
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Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the killing of independent music journalist Zachary Stoner on May 30 in Chicago and calls for thorough investigation — The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the killing of independent music journalist Zachary Stoner …
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Spotify registers with the FCC, a prerequisite to making hardware with wireless capabilities — Spotify really does want to make its own hardware: The company registered with the FCC Tuesday, a key prerequisite to getting devices approved for use in the U.S. Previous reports pointed to plans …
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UK trade body Association for Online Publishing, which represents Condé Nast and The Guardian, says its members lost £13.7M due to ad-blocking in 2017 — Publishers in the UK are losing increasing amounts of revenue to ad-blocking despite a year-on-year decline in the rate of blocking, according to new research.