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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Amid a debate on the value of broadcasting Trump's primetime speech, network anchors responded with several corrections for some of his misleading claims — Moments after President Trump concluded his Oval Office remarks on border security on Tuesday, the NBC anchor Chuck Todd came on air with a blunt assessment.
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James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Trump has a clear record of falsehoods; by giving him unfiltered access to their audience, TV networks placed their fear of an angry tweet above viewers needs — If you had the word “crisis” in your presidential address drinking game, my sympathies. — In President Trump's first televised address …
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Turkish journalist Pelin Ünker has been sentenced to more than a year in jail for her work on the Paradise Papers investigation into offshore tax havens — Journalist was found guilty of ‘defamation and insult’ for writing about companies owned by former PM
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Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:
UK newspaper The Sun's coverage is becoming more right-wing in a bid to attract the attention of The Drudge Report and subsequent traffic boosts, emails show — You've heard of clickbait. The Sun has “Drudge-bait”. — The Sun has been targeting important parts of its news agenda to court …
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A.G. Sulzberger / The New York Times Company:
A.G. Sulzberger's “State of the Times” memo for employees emphasizes the global impact of the publishers' journalism but fails to address metrics — 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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August Brown / Los Angeles Times:
How Ryan Schreiber shaped internet music journalism with Pitchfork, the site he founded as a teen in Minneapolis in 1995 and is now leaving — For two decades, Pitchfork Media set the tone for music journalism in the internet era. — Raucous, passionate, sometimes blinkered but always evolving …
Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Netflix Names STX Executive Sheroum Kim as Head of Independent Film — Sheroum Kim, a vice president of production at STX Films, has been named director of independent films at Netflix. — The latest in a string of pedigreed hires in the content group at the streamer …
Nieman Foundation:
Harvard's Nieman Foundation announces its 2019 class of Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows, which includes The Atlantic's Taylor Lorenz — The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard will host a group of nine reporters, editors, media entrepreneurs and academics as Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows during the 2019 calendar year.
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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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Hillman Foundation:
Meredith Kolodner and Sarah Butrymowicz of The Hechinger Report win January's Sidney award for an investigative collaboration with the NYT into cosmetology — Meredith Kolodner and Sarah Butrymowicz of the Hechinger Report win the January Sidney for “A $21,000 Cosmetology School Debt and a $9-an-Hour Job …
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Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Ex-Fox News employee Laura Luhn sues Showtime over her portrayal in new series on Roger Ailes, an adaptation of Gabriel Sherman's book — Laura Luhn's lawsuit alleges that the upcoming adaptation of Gabriel Sherman's book ‘The Loudest Voice in the Room’ will portray her as enabling Ailes' sexual harassment …
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Ina Fried / Axios:
Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg says it's too soon to say if the company will divest its media unit and that it will not make money by leveraging subscriber data — Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg isn't ready to ditch the telecom company's media unit, but he tells Axios it will have to make money without leveraging data …
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
From February, Twitter will stream the second-half of some NBA games, with the camera's focus on an individual player picked by users — Twitter cut a streaming deal with the NBA to show you individual players, not full games. — Twitter doesn't stream NBA games, but soon it will stream parts …