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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 …
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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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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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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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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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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, Axios, MediaPost, @davidwkenny, Adweek and Deadline
Connor Parker / HuffPost UK:
Murdoch's UK newspapers The Sun and Sun on Sunday made a pre-tax loss of £92.2M, but The Times and The Sunday Times made a pre-tax profit of £9.6M — The Sun lost £92.2m in the year up to July 1, 2018. — The publisher of The Sun newspaper's pre-tax losses have more than tripled …
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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Hollywood Reporter, SportsPro Media, Discovery, Inc., Variety and Deadline
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 …
Media Legal Defence Initiative:
A new project to provide legal support to fact-checkers working globally, the Fact-Checkers Legal Support Initiative, has launched with a donation from Facebook — Fact-checkers around the world are under threat. However, from today, fact-checkers will be able to access legal support …
New York Times:
The New York Times announces its 52 Places Traveler for 2019, Sebastian Modak, an ex-MTV producer and travel journalist — “I'm ready to embrace all the uncertainty that comes with an opportunity like this and see where it takes me." … So, how does it feel to be the 52 Places Traveler for 2019?
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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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