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NYT's A.G. Sulzberger says the Trump administration was prepared to let Egypt arrest a NYT reporter, calls out Trump's anti-press rhetoric as a global threat — In many countries, journalists are being targeted because of the role they play in ensuring a free and informed society.
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@tomnamako, Mediaite, The Hill, Financial Times, @postbaron, @nytopinion, @maggienyt, @nahaltoosi, @mollyjongfast, @alexburnsnyt and @jason_kint


BuzzFeed, Group Nine, Insider say they're forming an ad alliance to sell video ads across each of their sites, apps, YouTube channels, which get ~1B views/month — BuzzFeed, Group Nine Media and Insider form alliance to co-sell video ads — Three prominent digital publishers are pooling …


Emmys ratings downturn continues, falling 32% from last year's Monday broadcast to 6.9M viewers, amid lack of host and schedule clash with Sunday Night Football — - The Emmys telecast ratings declined 32% to a new low of 6.9 million viewers on Sunday, according to Nielsen ratings.
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Variety, Deadline, Deadline, TVWeek.com, The Week, Variety, @wavydowneyjr, @dylanbyers, Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap and TVLine
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2019 Emmys: HBO tops with 9 Primetime and 25 Creative Arts wins, followed by Netflix with 4 and 23 respectively; Amazon came second in Primetime with 7 wins
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Variety, Business Insider, @sarafischer, Los Angeles Times, Quartz, Fast Company, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, CNBC, Axios, Business Insider, The Playlist, Variety and Los Angeles Times


Comcast, Charter, and Cox's NCC Media rebrands as Ampersand, as it debuts new capability to let advertisers send their commercials to specific audience segments — Comcast, Cox and Charter want to help programmers make more of their TV ads addressable — Cable operators Comcast Corp. …
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PR Newswire, Adweek, FierceVideo and The Drum


FBI arrested a US Army soldier after he allegedly discussed bombing a major news network; sources: he had discussed targeting CNN with a vehicle bomb — (CNN)A US Army soldier discussed bomb-making techniques and bombing a major American news network's headquarters, as well as named …
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ABC News, @mlevinereports, @laurenthehough, @votevets, @mediaredef, @briciosegovia, @161eug, @ethanbearman, @nakatomitim, @amaramarasingam, @marcelmcclinton, @kylegriffin1, @mlevinereports, @nd4beto, @nasty_woman2, @realrandyallen, @samswey, BuzzFeed News, TVNewser, The Independent, The Guardian, The Desk, globalnews.ca and Axios


Editor of Guardian Australia reflects on watching her first Trump presser, says reporters are doing a disservice by imposing meaning on his incoherent ramblings — Despite being subjected to a daily diet of Trump headlines, I was unprepared for the president's alarming incoherence
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@jayrosen_nyu, @maggienyt, @chrislhayes, @steph_march and @jamesglenday


Federal appeals court strikes down 2017 FCC vote to relax media ownership rules, asks FCC for further review of impacts on women and minority ownership — “The Commission did not adequately consider the effect its sweeping rule changes will have on ownership of broadcast media by women and racial minorities …
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Free Press, Reuters, The Hill, Deadline and Wall Street Journal


Marketers and advertisers need to support trusted, professional news media and withdraw ad dollars from platforms that enable the spread of misinformation — Preserving the future of reputable news outlets is the shared responsibility of both media and advertisers


ESPN announces a deal with Facebook to bring exclusive content to Facebook's Watch platform, where it will engage fans with Watch Parties, polls, or live Q&As — Disney's ESPN is looking to expand digital reach across Facebook, under a new deal to distribute exclusive digital shows and content …
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ESPN Press Room U.S. and Engadget


Roku and ad tech company Innovid announce plans to create a single campaign report across OTT and traditional TV by pooling their datasets together — Roku and Innovid are pooling their datasets together to provide advertisers with a single campaign report across and over-the-top (OTT) and traditional TV.
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Broadcasting & Cable, Cheddar, Marketing Dive, FierceVideo and MediaPost


Coverage of Trump's latest episode with Ukraine shows how major media outlets haven't learned anything from 2016 and their tendency to embrace false equivalence — If you've paid any attention to press retrospectives on the 2016 election, you've seen the term false equivalence.
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Fox News, Politico, The Daily Beast, The Guardian, @jamesfallows, @jamesfallows, CNN and NPR


While Laura Kuenssberg may have had good intentions when linking to a protestor's tweet, the impact on his privacy suggests alternative means were more suitable — This week Twitter got angry. — Again. — It was angry because BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg identified the father …
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American Press Institute, @spj_tweets, @paulbradshaw and @paulbradshaw