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NYT's Dean Baquet responds to concerns that posting details about the whistleblower whose claims led to an impeachment inquiry could endanger the whistleblower — Our executive editor, Dean Baquet, addresses readers' concerns about the decision to publish information on a person who is central to the Trump impeachment inquiry.
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Leaks to the press, considered highly illegal by DOJ, are vital to democracy, and lawmakers should commend leaks that happen when official processes get stifled — Yet lawmakers of both stripes demonize people who share information with the press — onald Trump is now closer than ever to being impeached by the House.

MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace cut away from Trump's live news conference on Wednesday citing falsehoods made by the president; other networks chose to fact-check
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YouTube says it will remove content that violates its guidelines regardless of who said it, including politicians, but will make exceptions depending on context — Context of videos is important, CEO says — YouTube will remove content from politicians using its platform if their content violates …
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Q&A: Sinclair President and CEO Christopher Ripley on balancing commentary with Ameshia Cross and Boris Epshteyn, an expected streaming bloodbath, and RSN plans — The upcoming war among streaming services is going to mean “losses for many years to come for many of those companies …
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@jbflint, @claireatki, FierceVideo, @jbenton, @richlightshed, @richlightshed and The Streamable


Dagens ETC, a Swedish newspaper with about 10,000 daily subscribers, says it is stopping taking advertising that promotes fossil fuel-based goods and services — Dagens ETC says ban is crucial for its credibility and urges other media to follow suit — A Swedish newspaper has announced …
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Germany's Lesewert aims to provide print newspapers with analytics insights by using focus groups, whose members are given a digital pen to track their reading — Is that print newspaper getting read, or is it just sitting on a subscriber's coffee table? — For most print publishers …


Hearst Magazines launches two illustrated lifestyle book imprints, though the publishers of its books business says it will remain open to licensing deals — Hearst Magazines has announced the launch of two new illustrated lifestyle book imprints designed to take advantage of the media company's portfolio of brands.
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IPG Mediabrands UK has teamed up with BrandGuard to ensure its clients' ads don't appear on dubious news sites — Interpublic Group's IPG Mediabrands and The Wall Street Journal's publisher, Dow Jones, are both experimenting with alternatives to word blacklisting - a practice borne …


Samsung: 44% of viewers switch back and forth from streaming to linear TV; 45% of viewing time is spent on streaming, of which 40% is spent on ad-supported VOD — Consumers switching from linear to streaming — While the number of consumers watching streaming video has grown to 74% …


BBC upholds a complaint against host Naga Munchetty, saying she breached guidelines by giving her opinion of Trump's “go back” comments about Rep. Omar, others — The BBC has released more detail on its decision to uphold a complaint against news presenter Naga Munchetty.
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Google to shut down Bulletin, an app it launched in 2018 as a pilot to let users report and publish local news stories, in November — Google launched a new hyperlocal news service in early 2018 called Bulletin. It's understandable if you don't remember—Bulletin still hasn't moved out of the pilot phase, and it never will.
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9to5Google, @bhartzer and Engadget


Saudi Arabia's Prince Mohammed bin Salman says Jamal Khashoggi's murder “happened on my watch” but that it occurred without his knowledge — Nearly one year ago, the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul shocked the world.
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@karaswisher, New York Post and Sputnik International


Alex Jones files a defamation suit against The Young Turks and political candidate Brianna Wu for claiming Jones sent child porn to Sandy Hook parents — InfoWars host Alex Jones filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas …