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Alexandra Stevenson / New York Times:
The Philippines says it will charge news site Rappler and founder Maria Ressa for tax evasion; Rappler accuses government of trying to silence critical coverage — SHANGHAI — The Philippine government said on Friday that it would charge a veteran journalist and her online news start-up with tax evasion …
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RAPPLER, @icfj, International Center …, @mcaruanagalizia, @luminategroup, @ldelpuerto, @kixes, @amlwhere, @dangillmor, @robertmmahoney, @indira_l, @davidakaye, @dangillmor, @rasmus_kleis, @elisegaro, @anneapplebaum, @mariaressa, @ohnopaige, @katestarbird, @andrewfeinberg, @emilybell, @mthomps, @sominisengupta, @calvinstowell, @lpolgreen and @jayrosen_nyu
Business Insider:
In an internal email sent following Tucker Carlson protests, Fox News asked employees not to tweet any of Fox stories from their business or personal accounts — - According to an internal email obtained by Business Insider, Fox News has asked its employees not to tweet out theirs …
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Raw Story, Newser and @brianstelter
Eric Johnson / Recode:
Interview with ex-ESPN president John Skipper, now chairman of online sports streaming company DAZN, which has more subscribers than any other such service — Skipper's new goal is to make watching sports online a big business, starting in the U.S. with boxing.
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Awful Announcing
Wall Street Journal:
Federal prosecutors have evidence of Trump's participation in American Media Inc.'s payoffs of Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, a violation of election laws — New link at Wall Street Journal
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Politico, The Daily Beast, The Week, @scout_finch, @hiremeimfunny, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Mediaite, Variety, Fortune, NBC News, Daily Mail, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, CNN, Washington Post, The Hill, Axios, Vox, Slate, The Guardian, CNBC, Hill Reporter, Boing Boing, TVWeek.com and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
Profile of 6AM, a spinoff of legacy print company Community Journals Publishing Group, on using newsletters and Instagram Stories to attract a younger audience — As a younger-generation American who wants to be informed about my local area, is there a good option to get local news …
Emma Grey Ellis / Wired:
Changing viewing habits and desire for more ad revenue are prompting YouTube creators to post ever longer videos — ONE MONTH AGO, a dog I have never met died. His owners are YouTubers Simon and Martina, a Canadian couple who make videos about the delicious food they eat in Tokyo, where they live.
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@wired
Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:
Pew: of 4,500 US adults, 34% regularly let their child watch YouTube, with 47% saying they do occasionally; 61% say their kids encountered unsuitable videos — Survey shows that most parents let their children watch the Google-owned video site, amid concern it is profiting from advertisements targeting minors
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Pew Research Center, The Atlantic, Axios and CNET
New York Times:
A look at a week's work at NYT's legal department as it pushes to unseal court records, release government documents through FOIA requests, and more — Over the course of a week, The Times's lawyers were unusually successful in helping reporters gain access to court documents, closed proceedings and government agency files.
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@susannecraig
Kimberly Pierceall / Virginian-Pilot:
Tribune Publishing, which bought The Virginian-Pilot in May, to offer buyouts to full-time, non-unionized workers who have been with the company for 10+ years — Days after reporting a losing third quarter and as it entertains bids to buy its newspapers, Tribune Publishing is planning …
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@jonsolomonaspen, Chicago Business, @laura_nelson, @mattdpearce and HuffPost
Sara Fischer / Axios:
MoffettNathanson data shows 1M+ people cancelled cable and satellite TV packages last quarter but ~75% of households still pay for traditional TV, per Nielsen — More than 1 million people ditched their cable and satellite TV packages last quarter, the most ever in a quarterly earnings period …
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Post-GDPR, some brands are pushing ad agencies to take more responsibility for data breaches, asking agencies to agree to pay fines in case of a breach — The risk of millions of dollars in fines adds a new flashpoint to brands' relations with shops — New data privacy rules are pushing marketers …
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@robnorman
Knight Foundation:
Knight Foundation awards the International Center for Journalists a $5M grant over five years for the ICFJ Knight Fellowships program — FELLOWS WILL FOSTER DIGITAL INNOVATION AND HELP ADDRESS THE GLOBAL SPREAD OF MISINFORMATION — Fellows will foster digital innovation and help address the global spread of misinformation
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