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NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, MSNBC, CNN and Fox News agree to air Trump's address on border security Tuesday at 9pm ET; Pelosi and Schumer have requested equal time — (CNN)The big four broadcast networks are deliberating over President Donald Trump's request to air a Tuesday night prime time address …
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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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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”
Wikileaks asks reporters not to use 140 different “false and defamatory” statements about Julian Assange including that he “stinks” and “lives under the stairs”
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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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Tatyana Shumsky / Wall Street Journal:
Netflix's new CFO Spencer Neumann's compensation package is almost double that of his predecessor, with $5M in salary and $5M in annual stock option grants — Spencer Neumann set to receive total compensation of about $10 million, regulatory filing shows — Netflix Inc.'s new finance chief …
Washington Post:
Facebook is investigating whether Reid Hoffman-backed News for Democracy violated community standards and ad policies with left-leaning news during '18 midterms — Facebook said it is investigating whether an organization backed by Internet billionaire and Democratic megadonor Reid Hoffman violated …
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Sam Thielman / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the media's recent clashes with domestic and foreign security services and agents, from the FBI to North Korean hackers and Russian troll farms — In recent weeks, there have been plenty of stories—mostly unpleasant ones—covering clashes between journalists and security services.
New York Times:
Nigerian army raided Daily Trust offices, one of the nation's largest newspapers, on Sunday and arrested two journalists, saying it undermined national security — DAKAR, Senegal — The Nigerian military stormed the headquarters and three satellite offices of one of the nation's largest newspapers …
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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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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
As 2020 campaign coverage begins, early signs suggest that the press is repeating the mistakes of 2016: focusing on gaffes and personalities instead of policies — As the new year dawned, the top editor at the Associated Press — one of the most influential journalists in the country …
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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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Kali Hays / WWD:
Another 200 Vice employees, working at its TV operation Viceland and video operation Vice Digital, have unionized with the Writers Guild of America East — Another 200 Vice Media staffers are now covered in new union contracts. — The union of Vice Media is growing by 200 staffers across editorial, TV and video.