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Jon Levine / The Wrap:
The New York Times has issued a correction after mistaking Angela Bassett for Omarosa Manigault Newman in a caption in its Emmys coverage — The New York Times made quite the mix-up in Tuesday's print edition, mistaking Angela Bassett for Omarosa Manigault Newman in a caption on its coverage of Monday night's Emmy Awards.
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Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
HBO and Netflix tie for the most Emmy wins, taking home 23 each; Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel won eight awards; Hulu won four — HBO is still the Emmy champion — but it has some company at the top. — The streaming era has already turned the TV business upside down …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
New York Media names Boris Kachka as book editor as it seeks to triple books coverage across properties with more coverage of audiobooks, genres, and authors — The best house, in my opinion, is a house where books are everywhere: not just on a single shelf in the living room …
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Scott Roxborough / Hollywood Reporter:
Axel Springer CEO Mathias Dopfner is joining Netflix's board of directors — As boss of the European publishing giant, Dopfner oversees titles including Politico Europe and Germany's Bild and Die Welt. — Mathias Dopfner, chairman and CEO of European publishing giant Axel Springer …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sources: Julie Chen to step down from CBS' The Talk but will continue to host Big Brother after CEO Les Moonves' exit amid accusations of sexual misconduct — Julie Chen is stepping down from “The Talk” on CBS, one week after her husband Les Moonves left the CBS Corporation under pressure.
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Kali Hays / WWD:
Condé Nast names Spin's Editor-in-Chief Puja Patel EIC of Pitchfork, the web-based music publication it acquired in 2015 — Spin's editor in chief Puja Patel is taking the helm of Pitchfork. — Another day, another editor change within Condé Nast.
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Early figures show the Emmys ratings downturn has continued, falling 10% YoY, despite NBC moving it to Monday; the last time it had 12M+ viewers was in 2014 — Even with the return of blockbuster Game of Thrones to the competition and without having to face Sunday Night Football …
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The New York Times Company:
Politico's Annie Karni joins The New York Times as White House correspondent — We're thrilled to announce that Annie Karni will become a White House correspondent, and will join our formidable team of Peter Baker, Julie Davis, Maggie Haberman, Mark Landler, Katie Rogers and Mike Shear.
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Nausicaa Renner / Columbia Journalism Review:
In the press, women's accounts of abuse are only believed after being thoroughly fact-checked, while men like Jian Ghomeshi are believed when they “confess” — Edvard Munch, “Melancholy,” 1891. — Let's put aside content for the moment, and talk about form.
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Jack Dorsey / Wired:
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey nominates ProPublica as a company that will “shake up” digital in the next 25 years, for Wired's “Wired @ 25” issue — WIRED ICON — NOMINATES — Propublica, investigative journalism nonprofit — I DISCOVERED PROPUBLICA about two years ago …
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Warner Bros. acquires the rights to New York Times reporter Amy Chozick's memoir about being on the campaign trail with Hillary Clinton, “Chasing Hillary” — EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Warner Bros. TV has acquired the rights to Amy Chozick's bestselling memoir Chasing Hillary …
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Ex-ABC investigative reporter Brian Ross talks about the erroneous report on Michael Flynn which led to him leaving the network — Brian Ross resigned from ABC News after making an erroneous assertion about the president. The ensuing hysteria made him feel he had been put ‘on a kind of enemies list.’
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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Meredith Corp. has agreed to sell Time magazine for $190M to Marc Benioff, co-founder of Salesforce.com, and his wife, Lynne Benioff — Benioffs won't have day-to-day operational role at Time Magazine — Time magazine will have a new home. — Nearly eight months after Meredith Corp. MDP -.57% completed …
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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the Benioffs are paying approximately 5.76 times the operating earnings for Time Magazine, which is expected to see a 9% revenue decline this year
Sources: the Benioffs are paying approximately 5.76 times the operating earnings for Time Magazine, which is expected to see a 9% revenue decline this year
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