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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Atlantic Media says it will sell its subsidiary Quartz to Japanese financial intelligence and media firm Uzabase for between $75M and $100M in cash and stock — Price of cash and stock deal tied to the business-news startup hitting certain financial goals — Quartz, the online business …
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NBC News:
Melania Trump has earned an estimated $100K-$1M in 2017 in royalties from a deal with Getty Images that mandates photos be used in positive coverage — The first lady earned six figures from an agreement with Getty Images that paid royalties to the Trumps and mandated photos be used in positive coverage.
Jon Christian / BuzzFeed:
Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc., and others have run undisclosed articles from AudienceBloom writers, a marketing company that charges clients for mentions in media — If public relations is too hard, you can always just pay a journalist to write about your brand.
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Harvey Weinstein faces three more charges: one count of criminal sexual act and two counts of felony predatory sexual assault, involving third woman, from 2006 — Harvey Weinstein was indicted Monday on three additional felony sex charges, two of which carry the potential of life in prison.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Brian Ross and Rhonda Schwartz to leave ABC News after 24 years; Ross was suspended for four weeks in December following a flawed report on Flynn and Russia — Brian Ross, the veteran ABC News investigative correspondent who embarrassed the network late last year with an on-air report …
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Page Six, ABC News Public Relations, TVWeek.com, @brianross, The Hill, Hollywood Reporter, NBC News, The Daily Beast, CNNMoney, Fox News, The Wrap, Mediaite and @brianstelter
Freia Nahser / Data Journalism Awards:
Interview with Brazilian journalist Thiago Reis about a project that involved 230 journalists across Brazil last year to investigate murders — We talked to Thiago Reis, data journalist at G1—the digital news component of the biggest Brazilian media group Globo—and coordinator …
Thanks:@geninnovate
SPJ News:
Former AP editor Rod Hicks named SPJ's first Journalist on Call, to help journalists understand why they are distrusted by public and how to earn more trust — Contacts: — Alison Bethel McKenzie, SPJ Executive Director, 317-927-8000, abmckenzie@spj.org
New York Times:
Given the DOJ opposition to the AT&T/Comcast merger and the usual scrutiny of horizontal mergers, the speed of approval for the Disney/Fox deal seems political — The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher. It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.
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@gerryfsmith and Bloomberg
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Rolling Stone relaunches as a monthly magazine with a higher cover price of $9.99, circulation more than halved to 650K copies, and a push into live events — Magazine will have a larger format and fewer issues, as it looks to cut costs and drum up new sources of revenue
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@keachhagey, YouTube, BrooklynVegan and @benmullin
Free Press:
New Jersey approves $5M for the Civic Information Consortium, a collaborative nonprofit effort focused on improving the quantity and quality of local news — Contact: Timothy Karr, 201-533-8838 — TRENTON — Late Sunday night, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy approved dedicating $5 million …
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New Jersey Online, The Hill, The Daily Caller and Editor & Publisher
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Defy Media sells movie, TV, and pop culture video brand Screen Junkies, best known for Honest Trailers web series, to Fandom for an undisclosed amount — Defy Media has sold Screen Junkies — its video brand dedicated to movie, TV and pop-culture fans — to Fandom, a site similarly focused on hard-core entertainment buffs.
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MediaPost, PR Newswire, FANDOM and Hollywood Reporter
Cherie Hu / The Membership Puzzle Project:
Spotify or Netflix models for news won't work, as they rely on content that changes value over time, personalization, and utility while news relies on community — I spent the last few months trying to find the next “Spotify for news” — only to discover that it doesn't exist.
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