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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
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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
Mandy Jenkins / Nieman Lab:
In 2019, journalists should not abandon social media because billions of people still use it and fake news makers and trolls will gladly fill vacuums — The news industry these past few years has been a middle schooler with low self-esteem, trailing around after the popular kids at Facebook …
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, @cassandrajar, JOURNALISM IN THE AMERICAS, Havana Times, @rosental, ReliefWeb and Washington Post
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
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?
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@jamilsmith and @jemelehill
Eric Johnson / Recode:
Q&A with Ezra Klein and Kara Swisher on the future of journalism, the decline of scoops and how Twitter has made journalists dumber, meaner, and more reactive — Klein says Twitter has made journalists dumber, meaner and more reactive. — On the latest episode of Recode Decode …
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
How Bob Bakish turned around Viacom by focusing on content, diversifying into digital programming and live experiences, expanding to India and UK, more — Bob Bakish was days into his job as CEO of Viacom in late 2016 when he began convening meetings with senior executives to execute …
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
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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