Mediagazer: Memo: Adam Moss addresses the newsroom about his departure, says he will stay on as an advisor to New York Media CEO Pam Wasserstein (New York Magazine)

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Campbell Brown / Facebook Media:

Facebook says it will invest $300M over the next three years to support local news in the US, and expand the Local News Subscriptions Accelerator globally — Last year, we worked to better understand what kind of news people want to see on Facebook. We've also asked our partners …

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Peter Kafka / Recode:

A breakdown of Facebook's $300M contribution to journalism: $16M to orgs including the Pulitzer Centre, $20M to expand subscription pilot globally, more — The internet giants make billions from ads. They want news publishers to sell subscriptions instead.

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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:

After 15 years, Adam Moss will step down as editor of New York Magazine in March; his successor is expected to be named in the next few days — Adam Moss, whose visual savvy and ear for the zeitgeist made him one of the leading magazine editors of his generation, said on Tuesday that he would step …

New York Magazine:

Memo: Adam Moss addresses the newsroom about his departure, says he will stay on as an advisor to New York Media CEO Pam Wasserstein — New York Media editor-in-chief Adam Moss announced today that he will be stepping down from his role at the end of March, after a 15-year run that oversaw …

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:

NBCUniversal promotes Bonnie Hammer to lead upcoming streaming service, aligns its content businesses under Mark Lazarus and Jeff Shell — NBCUniversal is set to unveil a major shakeup of its top executive ranks as CEO Steve Burke reorganizes his direct reports and the company prepares …

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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:

NBCU CEO Steve Burke defends NBC News Chief Andy Lack, says it was his decision to hire Megyn Kelly and says Lauer was a “grenade we didn't know was a grenade” — The Megyn Kelly debacle at NBC News has raised the question of whether NBC News chief Andy Lack will face repercussions for the costly experiment.

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CNBC:

NBCUniversal says it will launch an ad-supported streaming service in Q1 2020 that is free for pay-TV subscribers; source: non-subscribers could pay ~$12/month — - NBC's streaming service will be a free, ad-supported product to anyone that subscribes to a pay-TV service.

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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:

Trump's attack on Bezos and praise of the National Enquirer comes amid news that American Media's Pecker is a cooperating witness in SDNY's Stormy Daniels probe — Even by the tweeting habits of the 45th president of the United States, it was a puzzler. — Until you examined it.

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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Inside the Washington Post, Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos' divorce is the first test case for the paper regarding how they cover their owner

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Kerry Flynn / Digiday:

Roku has added Alex Jones' InfoWars as a channel, six months after Facebook, Apple, and Spotify banned it from their platforms — Roku may have given itself a brand safety issue. The streaming service has added Infowars, the live show hosted by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, as a channel.

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Michael Liedtke / Associated Press:

Netflix raises prices for US subscribers by 13%-18%, its biggest hike ever, immediately affecting new subscribers, over next three months for existing customers — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix is raising its U.S. prices by 13 percent to 18 percent, its biggest increase since the company launched its streaming service 12 years ago.

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Matt Donnelly / Variety:

Source: John Lasseter faced blunt questions from female employees at a town hall at his new employer Skydance Animation's LA headquarters — Incoming Skydance Animation head John Lasseter was grilled for over an hour and a half on Monday by concerned staffers who wanted to know more details …

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Concepción de León / New York Times:

Bob Woodward is to receive the 2019 PEN Literary Service Award; past winners include Stephen King and J.K. Rowling — The 2019 PEN America Literary Service Award will be given to Bob Woodward, The Washington Post editor known most recently for “Fear: Trump in the White House,” …

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