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Financial Times:
The Financial Times has acquired a majority stake in Amsterdam-based tech blog and events company The Next Web — 5 March 2019: The Financial Times has acquired a controlling stake in TNW (The Next Web), an events and media company with a focus on new technology and startups in Europe.
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Q&A with Bob Greenblatt, chairman of WarnerMedia Entertainment, who has been tasked with leading AT&T's forthcoming streaming service — AT&T has just handed the keys to WarnerMedia's most high-profile business initiative to Bob Greenblatt, the seasoned TV executive whose resume includes helping …
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Yahoo Finance, Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, The Verge, @murrelldan, @gerryfsmith, @benmullin and MediaPost
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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Bob Greenblatt named as chairman of WarnerMedia Entertainment; Jeff Zucker named chairman of WarnerMedia News & Sports and remains President of CNN — The former NBC Entertainment chairman will have oversight of television programming operations including HBO and Turner.
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Variety, Variety, @bristei, @melsil, TechCrunch, Vanity Fair, Observer and Ad Age
Ben Collins / NBC News:
On Amazon, a book pushing QAnon conspiracy theories climbs the charts, aided by Amazon's algorithmically generated recommendations — The book is currently No. 9 in all books about politics and No. 1 in all books about “Censorship,” one slot ahead of Ray Bradbury's “Farhenheit 451,”
Recode:
Q&A with David Chavern, president and CEO of the News Media Alliance, on how Google and Facebook are the de facto regulators of the news industry and more — Chavern's organization advocates on behalf of 2,000 print and online media outlets. — On the latest episode of Recode Decode …
Ronn Blitzer / Law & Crime:
Report: former FoxNews.com reporter Diana Falzone settled lawsuit with Fox News, after suing following demotion over Stormy Daniels story which was spiked — A massive New Yorker report on the ongoing and evolving relationship between Fox News and President Donald Trump included details …
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@janemayernyer, Mediaite, @zevshalev, @michaelavenatti, @drdenagrayson, @carolecadwalla, @bobcywinski and BloombergQuint
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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
Since Trump was elected, Fox News has swerved from being a partisan news network to the closest thing the US has to state TV
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@hadas_gold, Columbia Journalism Review, @theplumlinegs, Poynter, @mikiebarb, Mediaite, @gabrielsherman, @tedlieu, Washington Post, @maggienyt, BloombergQuint, TVNewser, Recode, CNN, @brizzyc, @repadamschiff, @garossino, The Daily Beast, @mollymckew, @janemayernyer, @wilson__valdez, @nycsouthpaw, @ianbremmer, @eliothiggins, @neal_katyal, @kazweida, @mehdirhasan, @bretstephensnyt, @chriscuomo, @jeffjarvis, @brianschatz, @brianklaas, @renato_mariotti, @maggienyt, @mattwaxman1, @ange_amene, @lolgop, @scout_finch, @adamgoldmannyt, @cfidd, @goldietaylor, @dandrezner, Multichannel News, @athertonkd, @sifill_ldf, @anneapplebaum, @peterbakernyt, @janemayernyer, @azalben, @joycewhitevance, @tribelaw, @fawfulfan, @karpmj, @jwgop, The Daily Caller, The Week, The Hill, Boing Boing, The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Jezebel, The Wrap, Contemptor, Newser, Splinter, Variety, Media Matters for America, Fast Company, kottke.org and Politico
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Disney names Fox Networks Group CFO Ravi Ahuja as president of its business operations and CFO of Walt Disney television — Walt Disney Co. is continuing to bolster its television team with Fox executives, this time bringing over Ravi Ahuja to serve as president of business operations …
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Variety, Multichannel News and Broadcasting & Cable
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Beth Daley / The Conversation:
The Conversation US names Beth Daley, formerly of The Boston Globe and InsideClimate News, as its new editor — I am thrilled to join this nonprofit journalism organization so singular in our nation's crowded media landscape. — The Conversation US plays an indispensable role in our democracy …
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
Democracy Fund report details the history and current state of African-American press, including black digital media, and offers recommendations for advocates — “We are watching organizations like Huffington Post determine what Black stories are elevated to national news stories.
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@niemanlab, @spj_tweets, @niemanlab and @niemanlab
James Walker / Press Gazette:
Investigative site Bellingcat has been awarded €500K which it is using to launch an office and training centre in The Hague — Investigative journalism group Bellingcat has been awarded €500,000 of funding which it will use to set up an office and training centre in The Hague.
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Source: Jeff Bezos' security chief is preparing a 90-page investigative report that alleges The Enquirer published exposé to curry favor with Saudi investors — “At the end of this, we're all going to look really, really bad,” says Michael Sanchez. — Improbably, given all that's happened, they're still together.
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@vanityfair and Business Insider, more at Techmeme »
New York Post:
Agents and producers working on streaming projects for Apple complain about how involved and “intrusive” execs, including Tim Cook, have been, leading to delays — Apple's push into Hollywood is off to a rough start — thanks in part to “intrusive” tech executives, including Tim Cook, The Post has learned.
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@annehelen, @sternbergh, @atnickvega, /Film, CNET, VentureBeat, MacRumors, Fortune, 9to5Mac and Business Insider, more at Techmeme »
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