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James Fallows / The Atlantic:
News organizations know that Trump will attack the truth this evening and they must be prepared to defend it, perhaps with on-screen fact-checking — Once again, broadcasters prove hapless in the face of Trump's three familiar tools. — National correspondent at The Atlantic
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CNN:
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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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The TV networks giving Trump airtime today refused to do the same for Obama in 2014 when he gave an address on immigration, deeming it “too political” — Trump's address is supposed to be about the government shutdown he initiated. — On Tuesday, President Donald Trump …
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New Yorker, Variety, The Hill, George Lakoff, Free Press, @joseiswriting, @michaelkruse, @raysteelertv6, @johnwesleyshipp, @ellievan65, The Wrap, Vanity Fair, The Week, Washington Post and Contemptor
Brian Stelter / CNN:
The decision to air Trump's address on Tuesday night caused much debate inside the networks; anchors and reporters will be under pressure to fact-check him
New York Times:
Trump has invited representatives from broadcast and cable TV channels to an off-the-record lunch at the White House today, ahead of his address this evening
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@juddlegum, Hit & Run, @maggienyt and Slate
Ted Johnson / Variety:
NBC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC say they will air the Democrats' response to Trump's address
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Mediaite, MSNBC, Deadline, The Guardian and Vanity Fair
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Google agrees to add YouTube viewers on mobile devices to Nielsen's Total Ad Ratings, which measures audience across TV, computers, tablets, and smartphones — YouTube mobile viewing included in Total Ad Ratings — Nielsen has reached an agreement with Google that will upgrade its measurement …
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Fast Company, MediaPost, Axios, Adweek, @davidwkenny, Axios, Deadline and Nielsen
A.G. Sulzberger / The New York Times Company:
A.G. Sulzberger's “State of the Times” memo for employees emphasizes the global impact of its journalism — A.G. Sulzberger to Times employees at 2019 State of The Times address. — One of the most important is that the way people find and engage with news is changing.
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@emilybell, @moorehn, @corneliafuchs, @toddlighty, @timesopen, @nicdawes, @jeremymbarr, @jasonabbruzzese and @amychozick
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Hulu says its ad revenue increased 45%+ YoY to nearly $1.5B, a record for the company — Hulu is keeping its pedal to metal in the streaming TV race: The company said it ended 2018 with more than 25 million total subscribers, a net gain of 8 million for the year.
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Hulu, MediaPost and Fortune, more at Techmeme »
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Dotdash, which owns sites such as Investopedia and others created from About.com's remnants, is buying two beauty domains, Byrdie and Mydomaine — The publisher, which owns sites including The Spruce and Verywell, is buying two beauty websites as annual revenue passes $100 million
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Digiday, @neilvogel and @moorehn
Sara Fischer / Axios:
NBCUniversal says it will reduce the number of ads airing during prime time TV shows by 20% by 2020, as it tries to shift away from old advertising model — NBCUniversal tells Axios it's reducing the amount of ads its serves during prime-time even further, and it's looking now at other times throughout the day to do the same.
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@sarafischer, @alexweprin, Adweek and Variety
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
CNN's Chris Cillizza, who is frequently criticized on Twitter for his political hot takes, wrote over 900 articles in 2018 and drove over 360M global page views — Chris Cillizza deserves a break. — The former Washington Post columnist turned creator of voluminous content both on CNN's airwaves …
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@ashleyfeinberg, @anamariecox, @yashar, @hashtaggriswold, @dellcam, @abensonij, @anamariecox, @mirandayaver and CNN
Michael Paulson / New York Times:
Lin-Manuel Miranda and three Hamilton collaborators buy NYC's Drama Book Shop and are partnering with the city to find the store an affordable space in Midtown — Lin-Manuel Miranda is already a composer, a lyricist, an actor and an author. Now he's going to be a bookseller.
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The Wrap, @playbill, @xeni, @benjpasek, @joshgroban, @roryomalley, The Guardian, 6sqft, Playbill, @theferocity, @redhourben, @lin_manuel, Curbed NY, Fast Company, Publishers Lunch and Boing Boing
Mike Farrell / Multichannel News:
Discovery says it has purchased a 71% controlling stake in Play Sports Group, a digital sports media company focused on global cycling — Digital sports media company to help Discovery create global cycling platform — Discovery Inc., said it has purchased a 71% controlling stake in Play Sports Group …
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Melissa Eddy / New York Times:
Twenty-year-old German man admits to stealing and publishing data on hundreds of journalists, YouTubers, and figures from every party except far-right AfD — BERLIN — A 20-year-old German student took advantage of passwords as weak as “Iloveyou” and “1234” to hack into online accounts …
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The Verge, Mashable, Business Insider and @emilyrs, more at Techmeme »
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