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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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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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Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
More than 240K people donated to 154 newsrooms in November and December 2018 via the NewsMatch program, with donations in 2018 up 50% YoY to $116M — In journalism's long and treacherous move away from ad dependency, the growing nonprofit news sector is trying to build a culture of philanthropy.
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Ryan Devereaux / The Intercept:
Journalists documenting the migrant caravans are subject to heightened scrutiny by US and Mexican law enforcement officials, interviews reveal — Four photojournalists gathered on the southern side of the U.S.-Mexico border wall shortly after Christmas in Tijuana.
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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Brooke Binkowski / BuzzFeed News:
Snopes former managing editor Brooke Binkowski on fixing the damage from Facebook: hire well-resourced moderators, give back more to journalism, and more — Facebook has always struggled to comprehend the scale of its fake news and propaganda problem. Now, it's struggling to retain …
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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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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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USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism:
Emmanuel Martinez and Aaron Glantz of CIR's Reveal have won the 2019 Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting for their multi-part series “Kept Out” — Emmanuel Martinez and Aaron Glantz of the Center for Investigative Reporting's Reveal have won the 2019 Selden Ring Award …
Politico:
GOP lawmakers including Marco Rubio and Chuck Grassley are furious with the White House's refusal to issue report on Khashoggi murder — It's the latest rift between Republicans and the president over foreign policy. — Senate Republicans are fuming at President Donald Trump for telling lawmakers …
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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