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Alexander Russo / kappanonline.org:
Since Columbine, media has gotten better at covering school shootings, but issues of accuracy, follow-up, and narrow focus on gun control advocacy remain — Coverage of the 2018 school shooting may be marginally better than it was 20 years ago after Columbine, but it's still not nearly good enough.
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Columbia Journalism Review, Poynter, Poynter, WBUR, @kristenhare, @rpetty, @samsanders, The Guardian, @teamtrace and Axios
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Sources: Facebook has a new funding program for Facebook Watch shows and is seeking influencers to work with production partners, wants limited exclusive rights — Facebook has created a new funding program where it would work with publishers and influencers on new shows for Facebook Watch.
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Ad Age, Tubefilter and @mattnavarra
Al Jazeera:
Maria Ressa has been released after spending one night in NBI custody and posting bail of 100K Philippine pesos, or about $1,900 — Rappler editor and critic of Duterte's administration posts bail a day after widely condemned arrest on libel charges. — Maria Ressa, an award-winning …
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CNN, The Guardian, RAPPLER, RAPPLER, Global Voices Advocacy, Committee to Protect …, Associated Press, Reuters, philstar.com and CNN
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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
Rappler CEO Maria Ressa arrested by Philippines National Bureau of Investigation on cyber libel charges over story published four months before cyber law passed
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New York Times:
The Trump Administration reached out to Lou Dobbs and Sean Hannity to support Trump's border deal; sources: Bill Shine was involved in outreach to Fox hosts — WASHINGTON — In pursuit of a wall, President Trump ran into one. A single-minded drive to force Congress to finance …
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Media Matters for America, TVNewser, The Daily Beast, @poniewozik, The Week, Mediaite, CNN and Telegraph
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Apple has signed many publishers to its upcoming news service with a 50% revenue split, sources say, but that split likely won't satisfy major newspapers — Magazine publishers are on board with Apple's new subscription news service. Newspapers aren't. — Apple says it wants to help save journalism.
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Slate, American Press Institute, @jessicalessin, Stratechery, 9to5Mac, @dhh, @tariqkrim, The Verge, The Loop, @joshuatopolsky, @jmcduling, @pkafka, VentureBeat, @stratechery, @mathewi, @donie, Gizmodo, MacRumors, Daring Fireball, Business Insider, Engadget, @mims, @mathewi, CNBC, What's New in Publishing, @aunkurarya, @theinformation and @_alastair, more at Techmeme »
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Kerry Flynn / Digiday:
The NYT has quietly paused its Snapchat channel with the last edition dated Dec 21, 2018; Snap says it is having ongoing “creative conversations” with the Times — After publishing to Snapchat Discover every weekday, The New York Times has quietly stopped its channel.
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@digiday
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
CNN's Howard Schultz town hall was another example of the media legitimizing rich political candidates because of their ability to self-fund — A billionaire flirts with a run for president and gets grossly disproportionate free airtime. We all know the punchline.
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The Daily Beast, Vox and @ezraklein
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
The Chicago Cubs partners with Sinclair to launch a sports network that will become its exclusive TV home in 2020, ending more than 70 years of free broadcasts — A WGN-TV camera operator works a game between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Mets at Wrigley Field in 2014. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Univision recorded 2018 loss of ~$130M on its English-language digital assets which include Gizmodo and The Onion, bought The Onion's remaining stake for $28.7M — The company reported that the assets lost $32.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2018. — Univision is acknowledging …
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Wall Street Journal
Nathan Bomey / USA Today:
Poynter launches MediaWise, a program providing curriculum to middle schools and high schools in US to teach fact-checking, wants to reach 1M students by 2020 — WASHINGTON — Is this story trustworthy? — That's a question The Poynter Institute says students need to be taught to answer themselves.
The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh:
The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh releases accounts of Publisher John Robinson Block's newsroom visit, where he berated staff and frightened his young daughter — After much careful consideration, the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh has decided to release some of the eyewitness accounts …
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
CBS reports Q4 revenues of $4B, up 3% YoY, missing estimates, adjusted operating income of $837M, up 10% YoY, and says it has 8M direct-to-consumer subscribers — CBS Corp. reported fourth-quarter earnings that fell short of Wall Street analysts' expectations, largely due to a dip …
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The Wrap, Variety, Business Insider and CBS Corporation SEC Filings