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Edward Felsenthal / Time:
Time Magazine awards its Person of the Year honor to Jamal Khashoggi, Rappler CEO Maria Ressa, imprisoned Reuters journalists, and Capital Gazette staff — On the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, two young reporters sit in a prison said to be “the darkest hellhole in Burma.”
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Elisa Shearer / Pew Research Center:
Pew: one in five US adults say they frequently get their news from social media, surpassing the number who get theirs from print (16%) for the first time — Social media sites have surpassed print newspapers as a news source for Americans: One-in-five U.S. adults say they often get news via social media …
Scott Moritz / Bloomberg:
Verizon has slashed the value of its AOL and Yahoo acquisition by $4.6B, says a tough ad market has led to a shortfall in revenue and profit — Verizon Communications Inc. slashed the value of its AOL and Yahoo acquisitions by $4.6 billion, conceding that tough competition for digital advertising …
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@pkafka and @pkafka, more at Techmeme »
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Washington Post's Fact Checker introduces a new category, “Bottomless Pinocchio”, reflecting a trend of politicians repeating incorrect info even when disproven — It was President Trump's signature campaign promise: He would build a wall along the nation's southern border, and Mexico would pay for it.
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@jrubinblogger, @kylegriffin1, @itsreallyalexb, The Wrap, Splinter, Newser and Mediaite
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Eight current and former temporary workers at NPR describe work as financially uncertain and stressful; union says ~21% of NPR's 483 newsroom staffers are temps — Julia Botero was happy to catch on, and determined to stay on, at NPR. After completing an internship at the public broadcasting organization …
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Mark Anderson / Sacramento Business Journal:
Sacramento-based McClatchy will centralize design and copyediting for its 30 newspapers in Charlotte, NC; staffers “will have the opportunity to work virtually” — Sacramento-based newspaper publisher The McClatchy Co. will consolidate the design and copy editing functions …
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@coreyhutchins and @tibbin
The Daily Beast:
YouTube bans Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes, says his channel was deleted for copyright infringement — YouTube banned Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes on Monday, marking the latest social-media blow for the man who started the far-right men's group. McInnes had amassed more than 220,000 subscribers …
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Lisa de Moraes / Deadline:
Memo: Kathie Lee Gifford is leaving the Today show after eleven years to focus on film, music, and book projects — NBC News chief Noah Oppenheim announced this morning that Kathie Lee Gifford has decided to exit Today show, where she has hosted the final hour of the four-hour franchise since 2008.
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
A pitch deck for Jeffrey Katzenberg's mobile video startup, Quibi, says it would spend $2.6B on programming in 2025 if it reached its target of 70M subscribers — Jeffrey Katzenberg has been open about his plans to spend big bucks on programming for Quibi, his upcoming subscription mobile video streaming service.
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@sizpatel, @dherman76 and @digiday
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Democratic senators are investigating whether Fox News' continued payments to White House communications chief Bill Shine breaches ethics laws — - Four Democratic senators are requesting the White House to hand over documents proving Trump communications advisor Bill Shine …
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The Guardian, @kylegriffin1 and @evan_rosenfeld
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Vox Media's sports site SB Nation drops writer Ian Kidd after learning he was convicted of possessing child pornography in September 2018 — Iain Kidd has received three years probation and is required to register as a sex offender — Sports news website SB Nation has dropped a writer …
Washington Post:
John Drescher, former executive editor of the Raleigh News & Observer, joins the Washington Post as deputy editor on the national politics investigations team — By WashPostPR — Announcement from National Editor Steven Ginsberg, Deputy National Editor Lori Montgomery and Senior Politics Editor Peter Wallsten:
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@peterwallsten and @raleighreporter
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