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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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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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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
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Alexander Russo / kappanonline.org:
Since Columbine, media coverage of school shootings has improved, 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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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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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Cord-cutting accelerates as the five biggest U.S. pay-TV providers collectively lost around 3.2 million customers in 2018, a 4.2% decrease — - After Machinima Shutdown, Rooster Teeth Revives ‘Inside Gaming’ and Rescues Other Machinima Shows — Cord-cutting inflicted a heavier toll …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
US Copyright Office has refused a copyright claim for the “Carlton Dance”, a potential blow to performers seeking rights to dance emotes in games like Fortnite — A government examiner also questioned the submission of the actor's performance on ABC's “Dancing With the Stars,” …
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Fox rejected a 30-second ad called “It Can Happen Here,” set to air on Hannity for an Oscar-nominated documentary which recounts 1939 Nazi rally in NYC — The 30-second ad is called “It Can Happen Here,” and was to be targeted at Sean Hannity's viewers.
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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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Tim Peterson / Digiday:
Sources: Snap is offering $40K to $50K per episode for original series that premiere on Snapchat, wants 10-12 episodes per series, each up to seven minutes long — DIGIDAY+ MEMBER ARTICLE — Snap is willing to pay for original shows, and it's enough to pique entertainment executives' interest …
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Univision recorded 2018 loss of $120M+ on its English-language digital assets like Gizmodo and The Onion, bought the remaining stake in The Onion 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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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Sources: Col Allan, former longtime controversial editor-in-chief of New York Post has been working as a consultant for News Corp., for the past three weeks — Can Col Allan, the swashbuckling and bibulous tabloid star of the aughts, help the New York Post decode its most important reader?
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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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