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Emma Best:
A copy of the 5,000 word email WikiLeaks sent to news organizations, listing 140 “false” statements it doesn't want journalists to make about Julian Assange — Update: After publication, WikiLeaks responded by tweeting a version on pastelink. They posted (and were apparently …
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Guy Faulconbridge / Reuters:
Wikileaks asks reporters not to use 140 different “false and defamatory” statements about Julian Assange including that he “stinks” and “lives under the stairs” — LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks on Sunday advised journalists not to report 140 different …
Maria Halkias / Dallas Morning News:
The Dallas Morning News lays off 43 employees, including 20 writers, editors, and newsroom support personnel, as ad revenue declined in recent months — As the newspaper industry struggles to stem declines in revenue, The Dallas Morning News on Monday laid off 43 employees in its newsroom and other parts of the company.
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CNN:
CNN and Fox News have agreed to Trump's request to air his presidential address tomorrow at 9PM ET but the other networks are still deliberating — (CNN)The big four broadcast networks are deliberating over President Donald Trump's request to air a Tuesday night prime time address on border security, a network executive told CNN.
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Longtime producer Susan Zirinsky is replacing CBS News president David Rhodes in March; Rhodes will oversee Zirinsky's transition and later have advisory role — Longtime producer Susan Zirinsky is replacing CBS News President David Rhodes in March, becoming the first woman to lead the storied division in the network's history.
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Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Twitter has renewed BuzzFeed's live morning show, “AM to DM,” for a full year, having previously only done so on a quarterly basis — Twitter has renewed BuzzFeed's live morning show, “AM to DM,” for a full year. — The daily morning show, which first premiered on Twitter …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Source: Netflix discussed the potential problems Hasan Minhaj's episode would cause in Saudi Arabia before broadcast and even raised idea of scrapping it — Under Article 6, Paragraph 1 of Saudi Arabia's Anti-Cyber Crime Law, the following is punishable by up to five years in prison …
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Yahoo Finance expands from five to eight hours of live programming and launches a number of new shows — Andrew Hoffman, the senior executive producer of Yahoo Finance, previewed the website's launch Monday of eight hours of live programming. — “We've all been watching the markets the last few weeks …
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Judith Shulevitz / New York Times:
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, book publishers and magazines, including The New Yorker, are asking their writers to sign contracts with morality clause — “No way. I'm not signing that,” a New Yorker writer said when she saw the terms. — When you see publishers and authors chatting chummily …
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Max Willens / Digiday:
Last week, Quartz told its UK commercial team it would be eliminating four jobs, citing a slowdown in 2018 partially caused by Brexit uncertainty — In the past year, Brexit and GDPR have stirred up unusually choppy water for publishers in the U.K. Now, their currents are claiming some casualties.
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
New York Observer's Ben Robinson is out as editor-in-chief after just 10 months in the role; the company says it does not plan to replace him — Observer Media has once again bounced its editor-in-chief — the latest sign of turmoil at the New York publication with ties to Jared Kushner …
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Associated Press:
Roku discloses preliminary Q4 2018 data, saying there are now over 27M active accounts and streaming hours are up about 68% YoY to ~7.3B hours; stock jumps 22%+ — Roku Inc. (Nasdaq: ROKU) today disclosed preliminary Q4 2018 data for two key operating metrics, active accounts and streaming hours …
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James Walker / Press Gazette:
UK Ministry of Justice staff referred to a BuzzFeed News reporter as a “real bitch” and “crazy”, internal communications reveal — Government staff called a Buzzfeed UK news reporter a “bitch” and “crazy” in internal communications released under a data request by the journalist.
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