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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Review into sustaining high-quality journalism in the UK culminates in a 157-page report with nine recommendations including an innovation fund and tax cuts — The Cairncross Review into the sustainability of the UK news industry in the digital age has issued nine recommendations that …
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The Guardian, Press Gazette and @raoldroyd
BBC:
A Trump supporter attacked BBC cameraman Ron Skeans and other news crews at a rally in El Paso, Texas, where Trump used anti-press rhetoric — A supporter of US President Donald Trump has attacked a BBC cameraman at a campaign rally in El Paso, Texas. — Sporting a Make America Great Again cap …
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@eleanormontague, Press Gazette, Fast Company, The Guardian, Newser, @perlmutations, @joenbc, @warrenleighttv, @jenniferjjacobs, @astroehlein, @anntelnaes, Fortune and Mashable
Julia Boorstin / CNBC:
Reddit raises $300M Series D at $3B valuation, with Tencent, Sequoia, a16z, Fidelity among investors, says it has 330M MAUs, half between the ages of 18 and 24 — - CEO Steve Huffman says the company will use the investment to improve Reddit's website and work to take digital ad market share away from Facebook and Google.
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Former Tribune Publishing CEO Justin Dearborn, who resigned in January, has joined talent agency ICM Partners as its COO — Former Tribune Publishing CEO Justin Dearborn has joined ICM Partners as chief operating officer. — Dearborn comes to ICM in the newly created position after heading …
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Los Angeles Times, @davidfolkenflik, Hollywood Reporter, @emilybell and Deadline
Matthew Dessem / Slate:
MGM-owned cable channel EPIX is adapting Slate magazine's podcast Slow Burn into a six-part television docuseries — The MGM-owned premium cable channel EPIX announced on Sunday that they have given a greenlight to Slow Burn, a television adaptation of the popular Slate podcast created by Leon Neyfakh and Andrew Parsons.
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The Verge
Wall Street Journal:
Source: American Media sought advice from the DOJ over whether it should register as a foreign agent after working with Saudi Arabia — American Media inquired about having to register as foreign agent after publishing glossy magazine promoting Saudi Arabia and its new crown prince
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Thrillist has made its first content acquisition, buying “Send Foodz” from YouTube's food comedians Timothy DeLaGhetto and David So — - Thrillist Makes First Content Acquisition With Food Show From YouTube's Timothy DeLaGhetto, David So — Thrillist, the food …
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@groupninemedia
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Local news network Patch is now profitable, with $20M in ad revenue a year, but wants to offer deeper coverage and is exploring AI, paid memberships, and more — Patch is reemerging as local newspapers decline. — Perhaps you've read that the future of media is in peril. But that's probably overstating the case.
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Nieman Lab, Nieman Lab, @niemanlab, @mathewi and @jasonabbruzzese
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
As Fox News' opinion programming comes under scrutiny, the network's pitch to advertisers is more focused on the popularity of its news anchors and their shows — Whether or not they watch Fox News Channel regularly, a lot of people talk about its primetime hosts: Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and Tucker Carlson.
Mark Fainaru-Wada / ESPN:
Bob Costas, a sports broadcasting icon, on how his criticism of the NFL and its handling of the CTE scandal led to him leaving NBC — IN DECEMBER 2015, the movie “Concussion” was set for a Christmas Day release in nearly 3,000 theaters across America. The film told the story of the NFL's attempts …
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Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News:
A group of French Twitter personalities, called LOL League, is accused of coordinating harassment campaigns against female and LGBTQ writers and people of color — A secret group of mainly male French journalists have been accused of coordinating a sprawling, yearslong campaign …
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The Guardian, BBC, Daily Mail, @tomnamako, @schemaly, @drakefenton, Jezebel and @broderick
Scott Roxborough / Hollywood Reporter:
CICAE, a European trade body representing art house cinemas, has criticized the Berlin Film Festival for including a Netflix film in its competition line-up — In an open letter to Berlin festival director Dieter Kosslick and the German culture minister, cinema owners criticized the inclusion …
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