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John Podhoretz / Commentary:
Shutting down the Weekly Standard is an intellectual and political crime that enables its parent company to harvest its subscriber base for another publication — The Weekly Standard will be no more. There is no real reason we are witnessing the magazine's demise other than deep pettiness …
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
The Weekly Standard will publish its last edition on December 17 and shut down after 23 years — New York (CNN Business)The Weekly Standard, the magazine that espouses traditional conservatism and which has remained deeply critical of President Donald Trump, will shutter after 23 years …
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@oliverdarcy, @oliverdarcy, The Week, @oliverdarcy, @maxboot, @edegnan, @rachaelbl, @farhip, @jpodhoretz, @oliverdarcy, @dhume, @stephengutowski, @jpodhoretz, @mckaycoppins, @thehowie, @dylanbyers, @sykescharlie, @cjane87, Breitbart, PR Newswire, The Wrap, HuffPost, Newser and The Hill
Jeanine Poggi / Ad Age:
Hulu is launching a new private programmatic marketplace for advertisers to buy its on-demand and TV inventory; the marketplace won't replace upfront deals — Hulu is further automating advertising on the streaming platform with a new private programmatic marketplace.
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Forbes, Marketing Land, Digiday, @jonholm and AdExchanger
New York Times:
Inside France's plan to teach children about the downsides of internet, including spotting trustworthy info on Twitter, with 30,000 teachers trained per year — VAULX-EN-VELIN, France — A group of teenagers recently swarmed into a room at Collège Henri Barbusse near Lyon, France …
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@hitrecordjoe and @michikokakutani
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: China approves the release of more US films to meet its goal of 60B yuan in 2018 ticket sales; ticket sales for US movies in China are down 20% YoY — - Year-end window opened again to imports in bid to boost sales — Film authorities also responding to pressure from Hollywood
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@lucas_shaw
Mike Farrell / Multichannel News:
CBS launches local news streaming service, CBSN, which will stream coverage from major markets served by CBS's owned and operated stations, starting in New York — CBSN New York offers local news from CBS 2 and WLNY — CBS Television Stations and CBS Interactive have launched …
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Broadcasting & Cable
Andrew McCormick / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the harsh negotiating tactics used by Jones Day, a law firm hired by media companies like WaPo and NPR to negotiate with media unions — In May, the law firm Jones Day hosted a conference in its Manhattan office focused on labor and employment law in the news media industry.
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@tjraphael, @lourdesgnavarro, @mjs_dc, @cjr and TechCrunch
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Nicaraguan police raid independent news outlet Confidencial, taking away documents, computers, and TV cameras — Nicaraguan police last night broke into one of the country's few remaining independent news organizations and hauled away documents, computers, and TV cameras …
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The Guardian, Yahoo News, Washington Post, @cassandrajar, @rosental, ReliefWeb, Havana Times and JOURNALISM IN THE AMERICAS
Jenée Desmond-Harris / Nieman Lab:
In 2019, journalists should try to be aware of whether their perspectives and the trends they cover are true only for white people or if they apply to everyone — Is it really true that evangelical voters, or women voters, or rural voters or southern voters have a certain outlook?
Washington Post:
As digital media faces bigger hurdles, PitchBook numbers show investors on track to close 19 deals worth $130M in 2018; they closed 27 deals worth $206M in 2014 — Sites' reliance on Facebook, Google seen as a contributing factor. — As legacy news companies suffered tremors over the past decade …
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@peterchoran
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
WarnerMedia names Kevin Reilly head of content and strategy for its streaming service; he will remain president of TBS, TNT, and CCO of Turner Entertainment — Kevin Reilly, President of TBS and TNT and Chief Creative Officer for Turner Entertainment, is expanding his role at WarnerMedia …
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Hollywood Reporter, Variety, @jasonhirschhorn, The Wrap, @richbtig, Broadcasting & Cable and Fast Company
Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times:
The LA Times to produce a one hour prime-time news TV series for Charter's Spectrum News 1 channel, starting in February and airing Monday through Thursday — The Los Angeles Times will produce a prime-time news magazine television series for Charter Communications' recently launched Spectrum News 1 channel …
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Source: Tribune Publishing ends talks to sell the company to McClatchy, with potential antitrust issues in Florida derailing a deal — A bundle of Chicago Tribune newspapers comes off the press May 16, 2016, at the Tribune's Freedom Center printing plant in Chicago.
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Bloomberg and New York Post
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