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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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David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
Sources: BuzzFeed News employees are growing sceptical of the company's business model, with the future of shows like AM to DM dependent on outside platforms — In retrospect, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti's March 2014 memo to staff, titled “Is History Repeating Itself?” reads like an extended challenge …
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
At SXSW, Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff said the company plans to experiment with paywalls; BuzzFeed CEO Peretti said company made $3M from Facebook video in Q4 2018 — Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff and BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti used appearances to lay out a path forward for the brands they founded and lead.
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Austin American-Statesman and @rosental
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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MediaPost, Broadcasting & Cable, TVNewser and Engadget
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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Mediaite and Media Matters for America
Alex Pareene / Columbia Journalism Review:
Motives for the rise of “behind the story” stories in media range from pre-emptive defences against lawsuits to efforts to educate public to simply marketing — In February 2019, this story began with a tip from a CJR editor: have you noticed that recent trend, my editor …
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@tomzellerjr, @pareene, @annehelen, @ravisomaiya and @gordonrussell1
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 …
Andrew Heyward / Cronkite News Lab:
Following the printed press and under pressure to deliver more hours of news, local TV newsrooms are starting to experiment with collaborative journalism too — Traditionally, the TV news claim to authority has been based on three powerful myths: omniscience, omnipresence, and omnipotence.
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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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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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.
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