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Brian Stelter / CNN:
New York Media announces that David Haskell will succeed Adam Moss as editor-in-chief, starting April 1; Haskell has been editor for business and strategy — New York (CNN)David Haskell, currently the editor for business and strategy at New York magazine, will succeed Adam Moss as editor in chief of the illustrious publication.
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Shira Springer / Nieman Reports:
Research shows women's sports in the US receive only 4% of all sports media coverage, perpetuating the biased belief that fans don't care about women's sports — Women's sports in the U.S. receive only 4 percent of sports media coverage. Why it's time for that to change — ARTICLE BY
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Sinclair launches Stirr, its ad-supported streaming service combining local news from its TV stations with entertainment channels, at Stirr.com or via apps — Sinclair Broadcast Group is diving into the increasingly crowded streaming platform arena with the launch today of Stirr …
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MediaPost, Ad Age, Multichannel News, The Wrap, Broadcasting & Cable and @alexweprin
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
NYT SVP for global advertising says the publisher has not seen ad revenues drop after blocking all open-exchange ad buying on its European pages after GDPR — When the General Data Protection Regulation arrived last year, The New York Times didn't take any chances.
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Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Mic.com has begun quietly publishing again, with articles from two new writers, just weeks after laying off its entire staff and selling itself to Bustle — Relaunch is an “appalling but not surprising move,” NewsGuild of New York tells TheWrap — Mic.com has begun quietly publishing again …
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Rachel Yang / Variety:
Roku says it is removing two Infowars channels on its platform after criticism from users and a rebuke from some Sandy Hook families — Roku has taken the Infowars channel off its platform after the streaming device faced criticism for carrying the controversial program hosted by right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
Jason Guerrasio / Business Insider:
Chris Smith, director of Netflix Fyre Fest documentary, says he consulted Netflix after being tipped about early release of Hulu doc: “It just wasn't an issue” — - The director of Netflix's Fyre Festival documentary, Chris Smith, told Business Insider that he was tipped off …
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Scott Tobias / The Ringer:
Dueling Netflix and Hulu documentaries on the failed Fyre Festival raise ethics questions, including paying the festival founder for an interview and footage
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Edmund Lee / New York Times:
NewsGuard, a ratings service for news that helps filter misinformation, signs Microsoft as its first client; Microsoft will install it on its mobile browser — On the internet, conspiracy theories, propaganda and plain old inaccuracies can stump even the most thoughtful readers, spreading faster than you can say “fake news.”
Washington Post:
Fake editions of the Washington Post that claimed Trump was leaving office were handed out Wednesday morning around Washington DC — Fake editions of The Washington Post claiming that President Trump was leaving office were handed out Wednesday morning at multiple locations in Washington, D.C.
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Julia Alexander / The Verge:
YouTube updates its policies, says it prohibits harmful and dangerous challenges and pranks following stunts like the Bird Box and Tide Pod challenges — YouTube to creators: don't — YouTube has a new message for creators looking to participate in dangerous or potentially harmful stunts …
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New York Times, The Hill, Polygon and The Week, more at Techmeme »
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Nielsen: US homes receiving over-the-air broadcast channels without a traditional cable or satellite TV subscription increased 48% to 16M over the past 8 years — The number of U.S. households without a traditional cable or satellite TV subscription that instead receive broadcast stations using …
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Broadcasting & Cable, Engadget, Multichannel News and Fortune, more at Techmeme »
Will Oremus / Slate:
Condé Nast's Wired trimmed some editorial positions last Thursday from an apparent editorial staff of about 70; sources says five jobs were cut — Is this a sign of more to come at Condé Nast? — On Thursday, Wired magazine called an all-hands meeting on the day its newsroom moved …
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Associated Press:
Iranian state broadcaster Press TV says its American-born news anchor Marzieh Hashemi was arrested on Sunday after arriving in the US — TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The English-language arm of Iran's state television broadcaster is reporting that its prominent American-born news anchor was arrested after flying into the United States.
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Laura Wagner / Splinter:
A look at the staff hired at the new Gawker, and those who are rumored to have been approached for jobs — Gawker, a good website which was bankrupted in 2016 and then sold last year to Bryan Goldberg, a man committed to face-tuned photos of himself, creating shitty media companies powered …
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