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A. G. Sulzberger / New York Times:
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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Sahil Patel / Wall Street Journal:
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 …
Travis Clark / Business Insider:
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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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
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
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
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
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
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
Lenore Taylor / The Guardian:
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
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
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
David Kohl / Ad Age:
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
Todd Spangler / Variety:
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
Andrew Blustein / The Drum:
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
James Fallows / The Atlantic:
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
Paul Bradshaw / Online Journalism Blog:
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
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