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Ainsley Harris / Fast Company:
Bob Iger's 2018 pay was $65.6M, or 1,424X the median Disney salary, says study; Disney co-founder's granddaughter Abigail Disney says that pay level is “insane” — In 2018, Disney CEO Bob Iger got a raise-a big raise. His total compensation increased 80% to hit $65.6 million.
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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Luminary, the subscription-based podcast app backed by $100M in venture capital, debuts Tuesday without The New York Times' The Daily or shows from Gimlet Media — It took less than a day for Luminary to become enemy number one of the podcast industry. Last month, on the same day that it unveiled …
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Will Bunch / Philly.com:
Saving journalism's soul amidst Trump's war on the press requires acknowledging that the press is indeed at war to protect truth and democracy itself — Columnist's note: This is an excerpt from a speech delivered last Thursday at the the Drexel Writing Festival. You can read the entire speech here.
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Washington Post:
Sri Lanka blocks access to social media platforms, including WhatsApp and Facebook, to curb spread of misinformation after a series of deadly explosions — The Sri Lankan government blocked access to Facebook and other social-networking sites Sunday after suicide attacks killed more than 290 people …
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Saritha Rai / Bloomberg:
Profile of Boom, one of seven tiny fact-checking firms Facebook hired before India's elections, which finds fighting misinformation a Sisyphean task — - The company has hired contract firms during India's elections — At least one fact-check team says it's struggling to keep up
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Fox Business:
Sources: Sinclair Broadcasting appears to have won the auction for Fox's regional sports networks with a ~$10B bid; Disney originally sought as much as $20B — Sinclair Broadcasting appears to have emerged as the leading candidate to win the auction of the 21st Century Fox's Regional Sports Networks …
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Student journalists from a Lexington, KY high school were turned away from a Betsy DeVos “open press event”, and turned their experience into an editorial — The students were on deadline, and they were on a mission. — They piled into a car last Wednesday and pulled away …
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Paul Bradshaw:
Lyra McKee inspired others as she took a circuitous route into journalism, crowdfunding $6,000 for her first investigation and later giving conference talks — Lyra McKee had a talent for inspiring people. In 2012, when she first approached me about becoming a distance learning student on my MA course …
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Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
Sources: Complex Networks, a video-driven but diversified media firm focused on sneakers and youth culture, expects $200M in revenue, $30M in profit this year — - Complex Networks, the sneaker-culture-focused media company, is an exception to the gloom and doom surrounding digital media.
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@bmorrissey, @sizpatel and @digitalshields
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
SiriusXM launches SiriusXM Essential, an $8/month streaming only plan for mobiles and smart speakers that gives access to 200+ channels — SiriusXM wants to cater consumers without cars, or cars without compatible stereos, with a new $8 plan for mobile and in-home listening.
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TechCrunch, The Verge, MediaPost, Lifehacker and Mashable
Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
At Facebook-sponsored TED, reporter discusses her troubles in investigating Brexit disinformation on Facebook given opaqueness of News Feed, legal threats, more — For more than a year, the Observer writer has been probing a darkness at the heart of Silicon Valley.
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TED, @professorshaw, @oliviasolon, @carolecadwalla, @pdwn, @caseynewton, @juliettekayyem, @johnwilson14 and @caseynewton, more at Techmeme »
The Moscow Times:
Report: Russian state-controlled oil giant Rosneft to contact FSB in an attempt to get Reuters banned in Russia over report that Venezuela sold oil to Russia — The Rosneft oil giant has threatened to ban Reuters from operating in Russia after the international news agency released …
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Meduza.io, @wendysiegelman, RT, Reuters and Talking Biz News
Brian Morrissey / Digiday:
Digiday is expanding its paid membership program, Digiday+, by implementing a metered paywall for all Digiday articles; Digiday+ members get unlimited access — At Digiday, our mission is to create change in media. Every day, we chronicle the quest for sustainable media business models …
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