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Emily Nussbaum / New Yorker:
CBS censored a cartoon in CBS All Access' The Good Fight; writer said the network standards division was concerned the cartoon would endanger CBS execs in China — Last Thursday, fans of “The Good Fight”—the darkly funny Trump-era spinoff of “The Good Wife,” created by the married showrunners Robert …
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Todd Gitlin / Columbia Journalism Review:
Journalists still have failed to reckon with shortcomings of their 2016 campaign coverage, which gave policy much less space than the horse race — No sooner had newsrooms shaken their election night astonishment and called the 2016 election for Donald Trump than a journalistic consensus crystallized …
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@jayrosen_nyu and @bilbocroft
Tony Semerad / Salt Lake Tribune:
The owner of The Salt Lake Tribune is pursuing IRS approval to change the newspaper to a nonprofit, likely forcing an end to its endorsements of candidates — After years of heavy financial losses, The Salt Lake Tribune is pursuing federal approval to become a nonprofit operation sustained by donations large and small.
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Google says Android TV is used by 140+ pay TV operators worldwide, will launch redesigned Play Store on Android TV later this year with easier app discovery — Android TV didn't get any keynote stage time at Google's I/O developer conference in Mountain View, Calif. Tuesday …
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CNN:
House Democratic leaders are encouraging members of their caucus to appear on Fox News, seeking to spread their policy goals to a wider audience — Bernie Sanders scoffs at Fox News' question — (CNN)The Democratic National Committee is keeping Fox News off the presidential primary debate calendar …
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@mmurraypolitics, NBC News, @existentialfish, @karaswisher, Mediaite and The Week
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
A look at the investments Condé Nast-owner Advance Publications is making to diversify away from its media holdings as it embarks on a $10B shopping spree — Advance Publications Inc., owner of the Condé Nast magazine empire and metropolitan newspapers, is on a $10 billion …
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Simon Lewis / Reuters:
Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have been freed from prison after being jailed in Myanmar for more than 500 days — Simon Lewis, Shoon Naing — YANGON (Reuters) - Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar after they were convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act walked free …
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
CEO pay in 2018 stayed healthy at public newspaper companies: $6.1M for NYT's Mark Thompson, $5.3M for Gannett's Bob Dickey, $2.9M for McClatchy's Craig Forman — Million-dollar payouts common to news CEOs despite layoffs, cutbacks and stagnant salaries on the ground
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@poynter, @cecilwink65, @rickedmonds and @matthewkeyslive
Caroline Crampton / Nieman Lab:
Luminary says it will allow podcasters to include links in their show notes, after previously removing them for “security” reasons — Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 208, published May 7, 2019. — Luminary cleans up its show notes links situation.
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hearluminary, @hearluminary, RAIN News and The Verge
Tim Ingham / Rolling Stone:
Self-releasing artists made ~$643M last year, up 35% YoY, a growing share of recorded-music industry revenue, as major labels enter the DIY music business — Independent artists have exploded thanks to streaming, and labels like Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group are starting to get in on the act
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Kara Swisher / New York Times:
While social media platforms, as private entities, aren't bound by First Amendment guarantees, their self-descriptions as public squares creates confusion — The First Amendment doesn't say you can tweet whatever you want. — Ms. Swisher covers technology and is a contributing opinion writer.
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
IAB and PwC: US digital ad spending was up 22% YoY in 2018, exceeding $100B for the first time, mobile ads grew 40% YoY to $69.9B, video ads grew 37% to $16.3B — Digital ad spending in the United States exceeding $100 billion for the first time last year, according to the latest internet advertising report …