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Sam Wolfson / The Guardian:
Dutch historian leaks un-aired video of Fox News host Tucker Carlson cursing and calling him names after accusations of hypocrisy and critique of Fox's agenda — In a heated exchange that was not aired, Rutger Bregman accused Carlson of being a pawn for the Murdochs and Kochs
The New York Times Company:
New York Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger says Trump's use of the phrase “enemy of the people” is encouraging attacks on the press at home and abroad — America's founders believed that a free press was essential to democracy because it is the foundation of an informed, engaged citizenry.
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CNN:
Coast Guard lieutenant arrested on Friday allegedly wanted to conduct a mass killing including CNN and MSNBC journalists and Democratic politicians — (CNN)A Coast Guard lieutenant arrested last Friday on gun and drug charges allegedly wanted to conduct a mass killing.
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BBC, The Resurgent, The Wrap and The Guardian
Max Willens / Digiday:
Medium plans to offer four of its own subscription publications, starting with tech, business, health, and general interest, free to Medium subscribers — One of Medium's first big bets was paying to build magazines that lived on its platform. Last week, the venture-backed publishing platform sent …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
By hiring Sarah Isgur, CNN is aiming for a both-sides-are-equal type of coverage in a bid to boost its ratings, positioning it between MSNBC and Fox News — A few months before the 2016 presidential election, Sarah Isgur tweeted some advice to Donald Trump: “The only 3 words that should be coming …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN employees raise ethics concerns over CNN's hire of Sarah Isgur, who is moving directly into a managerial role
CNN employees raise ethics concerns over CNN's hire of Sarah Isgur, who is moving directly into a managerial role
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Source: former executive producer of CBS This Morning, Ryan Kadro to join Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman's Quibi; Kadro expected to oversee news programming — Ryan Kadro left CBS News several weeks ago, but he isn't leaving the news business. — Kadro, the former executive producer of …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: CBS News is considering moving “CBS Evening News” from its longtime home in NYC to Washington DC and appointing Norah O'Donnell as lead anchor — CBS News is considering making significant changes to its flagship “CBS Evening News,” according to four people with knowledge of the talks …
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Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Yahoo Sports to launch Queens Baseball Club on March 28 at $5-$6 a month, covering the Mets with three writers; Yahoo is working on deals with MLB and NBA teams — Yahoo Sports is creating a potential challenger to the The Athletic's subscription model, The Post has learned.
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Hadas Gold / CNN:
Mark Zuckerberg is meeting with UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright in CA after refusing to appear before the UK committee investigating online disinformation — (CNN Business)Mark Zuckerberg is finally coming face to face with a top UK official who'd like to regulate Facebook.
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Disney joins Nestle, Epic Games, and others in pulling ad spending from YouTube following details about a “pedophile ring” in YouTube comments — - YouTube faces criticism for recommending videos of minors — Nestle, Epic Games also among companies stopping ad purchases
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K.G Orphanides / WIRED UK:
Investigation: YouTube is monetizing sexualized videos of minors, many with comments from predators; Epic Games pauses all pre-roll ads following inquiry
Investigation: YouTube is monetizing sexualized videos of minors, many with comments from predators; Epic Games pauses all pre-roll ads following inquiry
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Charter Communications Newsroom:
Charter Communications to launch Spectrum TV Essentials, a $15 per month package of 60+ live TV channels, at the end of March without requiring a cable box — Priced at $14.99, Spectrum TV Essentials Will Feature More Than 60 Live Popular Channels Including Networks from Viacom, Discovery, A&E, AMC and Hallmark
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Chloe Bryan / Mashable:
A look at “Reply Guys”, a mostly harmless but annoying Twitter phenomenon where one or two men reply to every tweet from a woman — On Twitter, a place where a lot of bad things happen, there's a mostly harmless but decidedly annoying phenomenon.
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Laura Wagner / Deadspin:
HuffPost fired a recently hired LA-based social media editor after being alerted to her personal Instagram account, which was full of racist comments — Yesterday, the Huffington Post fired a recently hired, Los Angeles based-social media editor after her managers were alerted to the fact …
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