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Aika Rey / RAPPLER:
Rappler CEO Maria Ressa arrested by Philippines National Bureau of Investigation on cyber libel charges over story published four months before cyber law passed — The arrest is in connection with a story published by Rappler in May 2012 - or 4 months before the law that Maria Ressa …
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Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
Organizers at BuzzFeed News announce they plan to form a union, nearly a month after more than 40 people were laid off from newsrooms — Last month, BuzzFeed laid off more than 220 employees, or 15 percent of its work force. On Tuesday, employees at the company's news division responded …
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John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed:
Sources: Apple plans to hold a subscription services-focused event on March 25 at its Apple Park campus to announce a subscription news service — The company is expected to show off a long-rumored news subscription service. — Reporting From San Francisco, CA
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Apple's plan for a paid news service later this year runs into resistance from major publishers as Apple wants 50% of the revenue and not to share data — Apple plans to keep about 50% of subscription revenue from ‘Netflix for news’ service, likely won't share customer data with publishers
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Shahien Nasiripour / Bloomberg:
Documents show National Enquirer publisher AMI and its parent have $1B+ in debt; CFO says “no direct investment in the company's debt or equity by the Saudis” — - AMI had negative net worth as of Sept. 30, documents show — Losses spurred borrowing, leading to more than $1 billion debt
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
“Yellow vest” activist James Goddard has been charged with assault after allegedly threatening photographer Joel Goodman in Manchester — “Yellow vest” activist James Goddard has been charged with assault after allegedly threatening a Manchester Evening News photographer.
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Reveal:
Matt Thompson, executive editor of The Atlantic, is joining California's Center for Investigative Reporting as editor-in-chief — EMERYVILLE, Calif. - The Center for Investigative Reporting has appointed Matt Thompson as its new editor in chief. — Thompson will oversee CIR's award-winning newsroom …
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Oliver Darcy / CNN's Reliable Sources:
The NYT says Glenn Thrush's byline appeared on stories related to Trump because he's subbing for a Capitol Hill reporter and reporting merged with WH coverage — Mass murders get national attention. Daily murders usually don't. But McClatchy and The Trace came up with a way to change that.
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Kali Hays / WWD:
Financial filing shows that Meredith's sale of Sports Illustrated and Money magazine may be delayed until mid-2019 — It's taken the publisher longer than planned to off-load the two former Time Inc. titles. — People magazine, a former Time title now owned by Meredith Corp.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Dish Network lost a record 381K satellite TV subs in the fourth quarter of 2018, as a result of the carriage standoffs with HBO and Univision — Dish Network lost a record 381,000 satellite TV subs in the fourth quarter of 2018, as the carriage standoffs with AT&T's HBO and Univision accelerated …
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Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:
Six women have now accused “Extra” host A.J. Calloway of sexual assault; one alleged victim had approached Warner Bros. in July but received no response — The show's 14-year veteran, now accused by six women of sexual assault and misconduct, is suspended by Warner Bros. Television …
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Jon Sopel / BBC:
The attack on BBC's Ron Skeans at a Trump rally was no surprise, and hostility towards the media is growing without a presidential condemnation of violence — I would really love to be able to say when I heard about the attack on our cameraman Ron Skeans that I was surprised. Or shocked even.
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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
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Nicholas Quah / Nieman Lab:
Slate launches Supporting Cast in beta, a new service that lets podcast creators set up paid subscription layers, says it is invite only for now — As the Swedish dust from last week's Spotify acquisition-palooza settles, there's little time to wait. Slate, the veteran digital media company …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
BuzzFeed News is partnering with The Toronto Star to report on misinformation during Canada's 2019 general election — 2019 is a general election year in Canada (as it is in many countries around the world), and the Toronto Star wanted to be on top of the misinformation and disinformation efforts …
Ed Clowes / Gulf News:
Financier and prominent Trump backer Tom Barrack said that the US has committed worse atrocities than Saudi Arabia's killing of Jamal Khashoggi — Real estate developer said that kingdom was misunderstood by the West — Dubai: America is in no moral position to criticise Saudi Arabia …
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Washington Post:
How Alden Global Capital, the hedge fund behind Digital First Media, has used a real estate subsidiary to get profits out of newspaper companies like Gannett — When the building housing the downtown Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper sold last April, the name of the buyer — Twenty Lake Holdings LLC — seemed of little consequence.
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