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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox, ABC, NBC, NYT, AP, Bloomberg, First Look Media, Politico, EW Scripps, USA Today, and WaPo say they are filing amicus briefs supporting CNN in WH lawsuit — Fox News is endorsing CNN's legal effort to regain correspondent Jim Acosta's White House credentials.
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CNN:
Responding to CNN's lawsuit, the Department of Justice says the White House can pick and choose which journalists it grants permanent press passes to — (CNN)The Justice Department responded to CNN's lawsuit over the revocation of Jim Acosta's press pass on Wednesday, saying in a court filing …
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Fox News, Mediaite and New York Post
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
In a statement as part of CNN's lawsuit, Jim Acosta said he regularly receives death threats, with his family forced to take additional “security measures”
Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN sues Trump and top aides, alleging that the suspension of Jim Acosta's press pass is a violation of Acosta's and CNN's First and Fifth Amendment rights
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Jay Rosen / Boing Boing:
Dutch media company De Correspondent launches membership drive for its US publication, The Correspondent, and hopes to raise $2.5M by December 14 — This is for everyone who follows me on social media, or who has read my press criticism. All my former students. Fans of my blog, PressThink.
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Nieman Lab, The Guardian, Press Gazette, @jayrosen_nyu, @jayrosen_nyu, @rcbregman and The Correspondent
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The Financial Times is using a bot to warn its journalists if there are too many male voices in an article, as it tries to attract more female readers — Paper develops bot in attempt to force writers to look include more expert women in pieces — The Financial Times is automatically warning …
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Nieman Lab, Talking Biz News, The Daily Caller, @whitneycwimbish and @claire_phipps
Sara Fischer / Axios:
LinkedIn says it expects $2B in revenue from its media business, driven mostly by ad revenue, by the end of the fiscal year — LinkedIn, the business and employment network, says it expects to bring in roughly $2 billion from its media business — mostly via ad revenue — by the end of this fiscal year.
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MediaPost and Associated Press
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Netflix is testing cheaper, mobile-only subscriptions “in a few countries” including Malaysia, where it is half the price of its next cheapest package — Netflix is testing a cut-price mobile-only subscription as it explores new packages aimed at widening its appeal in Asia and other emerging markets.
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Brian Fung / Washington Post:
Sinclair, Raycom, Tribune, Meredith, Griffin, and Dreamcatcher have settled with the DOJ over the sharing of info that allowed them to manipulate TV ad prices — Some of the biggest names in broadcast television have reached a settlement with government regulators after the Justice Department filed …
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Broadcasting & Cable, Variety, ABC57, Deadline, TVWeek.com and Radio & Television …
Katharine Viner / The Guardian:
The Guardian's EIC Kath Viner talks about how the paper received financial support from 1M+ readers in three years and hopes to break even by April 2019 — The Guardian's editor-in-chief reflects on the state of media today and explains how the support of 1 million readers has enabled us …
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@murpharoo, @risj_oxford, @janebsinger, @kathviner and Journalism.co.uk
Kali Hays / WWD:
Penske Media, owner of WWD, Variety, and Rolling Stone, buys Peter Brant's ARTnews and Art in America, for a reported $20M-$25M — Jay Penske has made a number of investments and acquisitions over the last year, while Brant looks to be getting out of media altogether.
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New York Post and artnet News
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News host Laura Ingraham is dropping her three-hour-long daily radio show, to be replaced with a shorter daily podcast on PodcastOne in January — “Although I will greatly miss my radio listeners and affiliates, working late nights and early mornings has taken a toll on my family life," Ingraham said.
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The Hill, Washington Examiner and @jeremymbarr
Dino-Ray Ramos / Deadline:
Vox's Explained, a weekly docuseries produced by Vox and Vox Entertainment, gets a second season on Netflix — EXCLUSIVE: For those who are constantly demanding explanations, you'll be happy to know that Explained, the original docuseries from Vox and Netflix, has been greenlit for a second season.
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Variety:
Spotify launches in 13 markets across the Middle East and North Africa, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, with a fully Arabic user experience — As expected, today Spotify announced that it has launches its service in 13 new markets in the Middle East and North Africa, bringing the service to 78 markets in total.
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