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Madeline Peltz / Media Matters for America:
Clips surface of Tucker Carlson's calls into Bubba the Love Sponge's radio show from 2006 to 2011, where he often spoke in vulgar terms about women and teen sex — During interviews on Bubba The Love Sponge, Carlson said he “love[s]” the idea of young girls sexually experimenting …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Tucker Carlson has refused to apologize for his past comments on Bubba the Love Sponge's radio show, describing them as “naughty” — New York (CNN Business)In the same week that Fox News is holding a big event for advertisers to promote its news brand, the network …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBCUniversal will launch NBC News Now, a free streaming service, in May, starting with 8 hours of programming, including live updates at the top of every hour — NBC News already pumps out stories and headlines via broadcast and cable TV. Soon it will do so on a sustained basis via streaming video.
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Speaking at SXSW, CNN President Jeff Zucker said he believed DOJ's AT&T lawsuit was politically motivated and described Fox News as a “propaganda network” — At SXSW on Saturday, Zucker also said that Fox News is a “propaganda network” that “has done a lot of damage to the political discourse in this country.”
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Jeff Zucker defended the hiring of Sarah Isgur and said that other reporters made the assumption that she would oversee 2020 coverage due to their own “biases” — 'The fact is they work at a place that has done tremendous damage to this country,' the CNN president said at SXSW.
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Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Fox News says it strongly condemns Jeanine Pirro's remarks about Rep Ilhan Omar, after she said Omar may not support the US Constitution because she's a Muslim — Fox News strongly condemned Jeanine Pirro late Sunday evening after the network host suggested that Rep. Ilhan Omar may not fully support …
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Bloomberg Television has named Rachel Wehrspann as its head of TV in the United States and promoted Emily Yamamoto to the same role for Asia-Pacific — Bloomberg Television announced Monday the appointment of Rachel Wehrspann as head of TV in the United States and Emily Yamamoto as head of TV in Asia-Pacific, effective immediately.
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Matthew Shaer / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of John Biewen, a veteran NPR reporter whose 14-part series on the history of systemic racism in the US, Seeing White, was nominated for a Peabody Award — John Biewen's podcast on race and masculinity — Last February, Celeste Headlee was at home, in Atlanta …
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Tom Ley / Deadspin:
Barstool Sports deleted 60,368 tweets, over 70% of the account's total tweets, and over 1,000 posts on Instagram on March 7 — Barstool Sports is seen as valuable not because it is read by many people, but because of its social media accounts, which boast millions of followers.
Recode:
Interview with Dan Porter, CEO of the sports media company Overtime, on why owning distribution doesn't matter, revenue sources, and fostering user communities — Don't listen to the conventional wisdom about relying on Instagram or Snapchat, Porter says — just go where your audience is.
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Jacey Fortin / New York Times:
In a 4-3 ruling Maryland's Court of Appeals says Adnan Syed, subject of the Serial podcast series that raised doubts about his guilt, should not get a new trial — Adnan Syed, whose murder trial was dissected on the hit podcast “Serial,” was denied a new trial on Friday by Maryland's highest court …
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John F. Harris / Politico:
Despite frequent attacks on media, Trump arguably has the most frequent, informal, and sustained personal interactions with reporters and commentators since JFK — Why is the mainstream media so agitated about President Donald Trump's close relationship with Fox News host Sean Hannity?
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