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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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Inside Fox News, tensions flare as Trump faces impeachment; source: board member Paul Ryan is advising Lachlan Murdoch that Fox should break with the president — In public, Donald Trump's allies are putting on a brave face, repeating talking points, mostly staying on message.
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Lionsgate promotes Starz COO Jeffrey Hirsch to president and CEO; Hirsch has been running the network since the March exit of former Starz CEO Chris Albrecht — Lionsgate has promoted Starz COO Jeffrey Hirsch to President and CEO of the premium network, inking a new long-term contract.
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NYT has closed HelloSociety, the influencer marketing agency it bought in 2016, and will offer its services under the agency Fake Love; about 20 jobs were cut — The publisher bought HelloSociety in 2016 — The New York Times has shuttered HelloSociety, the influencer marketing agency it acquired in 2016, as a stand-alone business.
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Fox-owned TV stations and national channels, including Fox Sports 1, have gone dark on Dish Network TV and for Sling streaming customers, amid carriage dispute — Fox-owned TV stations and national cable networks, including Fox Sports 1, have gone dark for Dish Network TV and streaming customers.
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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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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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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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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 …
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Profile of The Hill's John Solomon, whose work played a big role in advancing a flawed tale of corruption in Ukraine, amplified by Trump, Hannity, and Giuliani — Back in March, the Hill newspaper published a series of stories and interviews that seemed, at the time, to be mainly of interest to foreign-policy wonks.
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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 …