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2:15 PM ET, January 22, 2019

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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
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 …
Variety:
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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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
The Guardian newspaper receives its first ever Oscar nomination, for a 25-minute documentary about a young man navigating race and family identity
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New York Post:
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 …
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
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.
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Steven Overly / Politico:
Sources: Netflix is in advanced talks to join the Motion Picture Association of America and would be the first internet-based service to do so if it does  —  Netflix is in advanced talks to join the Motion Picture Association of America as the streaming video giant rapidly expands the number …
Eric Bellman / Wall Street Journal:
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
Todd Spangler / Variety:
ESPN has named Brian Lockhart as executive producer of original content for ESPN+; Disney says 568K new subscribers joined the service last Friday and Saturday  —  ESPN recruited Brian Lockhart, who has spent more than a decade at NFL Media, as executive producer of original content for the ESPN+ subscription-streaming service.
Jonathan Peters / Columbia Journalism Review:
In Colorado, over two dozen law enforcement agencies statewide have encrypted their radio communications, making it hard for crime reporters to cover their beat  —  Colorado journalists on the crime beat are increasingly in the dark.  More than two-dozen law enforcement agencies statewide …
Associated Press:
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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Fox News host Bret Baier and his family are recovering after a “major car crash” where their car flipped over on icy roads in Montana
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Reuters:
WhatsApp is now globally limiting the forwarding of messages to five recipients, in a bid to fight “misinformation and rumors”
 

 
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Sources: Klarna has halted its planned IPO in the wake of Trump's tariffs turmoil; StubHub has also delayed its IPO plans

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Nintendo delays Switch 2 preorders that were set for April 9 due to concerns about Trump's tariffs but the June 5 launch date remains unchanged

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