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Netflix receives its first Oscar best-picture nomination for Alfonso Cuaron's “Roma” — Oscar nominations for the 91st annual Academy Awards will be announced Tuesday morning from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, Calif. — Academy president John Bailey will be joined by …
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The Guardian newspaper receives its first ever Oscar nomination, for a 25-minute documentary about a young man navigating race and family identity — A Guardian-commissioned documentary about a young man dealing with questions of race and family identity is up for an Oscar in a first for the newsbrand.
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Female directors were completely shut out of the Oscar's directors category this year, despite having a wealth of worthy contenders from which to pick — It was an anticipated takeaway from this year's Oscar nominations announcement, but that doesn't make it any less unfortunate …
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Marvel's “Black Panther” receives Oscar nomination for best picture, becoming the first comic book movie ever to be recognized in that category — The Marvel Studios film is the first comic book movie to earn the honor. — Black Panther is going where no comic book movie has gone before …
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Twitter suspends account that helped spread video of confrontation between a Native American and teens wearing MAGA hats, after CNN expresses doubt about owner — New York (CNN Business)Twitter suspended an account on Monday afternoon that helped spread a controversial encounter between …
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Sources: Hearst eyes some of Tribune Publishing's smaller papers as the Donerail Group tries to engineer a Tribune acquisition to sell off individual papers — Magazine empire Hearst is angling to buy a chunk of Tribune Publishing, the newspaper giant that owns the Chicago Tribune …


Google may pull its News service from Europe, in response to proposed EU copyright law, which would require it to pay publishers when articles appear in search — - New EU copyright law to require web firms to pay publishers — Internet giant to review details of rules before deciding
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Vox Media is acquiring The Coral Project, an open-source publishing platform housed within the Mozilla Foundation — Vox Media is acquiring The Coral Project, an open-source publishing platform that is housed within the Mozilla Foundation. Deal terms have not been disclosed.
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Maer Roshan, who worked as deputy editor of New York Magazine in the 1990s, has been named editor-in-chief of Los Angeles magazine — The veteran editor and Radar founder is taking over Los Angeles magazine, one of the remaining regional titles with any juice left.


The rise of mobile video in India is requiring YouTube and others to innovate to better serve Indian users, who average 40+ hours/month of video from data plans — Explosion of video is transforming India's media landscape, and companies are scrambling to feed demand
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Associated Press pays tribute to freelance photojournalist Mohamed Ben Khalifa who was killed in Libya on Saturday, survived by wife and 7-month old daughter — CAIRO (AP) — Mohamed Ben Khalifa's work as a photographer and video journalist captured the tragedy of refugee corpses washing ashore on Libya's coastline.
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French newspaper Le Monde grew its digital subscriptions by 20% to 180K in 2018, with a new site design increasing subscriber conversion rates by 46% — Le Monde is seeing the fruits of its labor after focusing on driving reader revenue for the last two years.
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