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Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs / New York Times:
How a 20-year-old junior at Arizona State University broke the news of the resignation of Trump's special envoy to Ukraine, in the school's student newspaper — An editor at Arizona State University's student newspaper beat everyone else to the news that Kurt Volker had stepped down.
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The Guardian:
BBC faces a growing backlash for censuring presenter Naga Munchetty for her response to racism; Ofcom to review her words against its own broadcasting code — Corporation faces staff revolt over response to presenter's Donald Trump remarks — The BBC is facing a growing crisis over its decision …
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The Guardian:
Open letter by POC in UK media calls for BBC Editorial Complaints Unit to revisit its Munchetty decision, increase transparency, address its diversity levels
Open letter by POC in UK media calls for BBC Editorial Complaints Unit to revisit its Munchetty decision, increase transparency, address its diversity levels
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
AT&T's John Stankey says DirecTV is rethinking its exclusive deal for NFL's Sunday Ticket package, which ends in 2022; sources: DirecTV loses $500M+/year on it — AT&T executive questions growth potential of football package; says the longtime cornerstone could be ‘less critical to the business over time’
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Carol Hunter / Des Moines Register:
Des Moines Register to reexamine how it reports on backgrounds of subjects after backlash due to profile of viral fundraiser that mentioned his offensive tweets — We took appropriate action because there is nothing more important in journalism than having readers' trust. — CONNECT
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Vikas SN / The Economic Times:
Netflix is experimenting in India with making the first episode of its latest Indian original series available to non-subscribers, amid growing competition — Netflix is making available the first episode of its latest India original series ‘Bard Of Blood’ to non-members in the country for a limited time …
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Pro-Trump media builds its own version of the narrative on Ukraine and impeachment, omitting facts and painting mainstream media as evil and corrupt — The pro-Trump media has wasted no time constructing their own version of events about Ukraine. — Mark Levin, the talk radio host …
Faisal Kalim / What's New in Publishing:
A look at reader-supported Denník N, a Slovak newspaper that has built open source tools to drive subscriptions, aided by Google Digital News Initiative grants — Denník N is a Slovak digital and print newspaper, founded in January 2015 by journalists who were earlier working …
Joe Otterson / Variety:
ICM Partners COO Justin Dearborn and HR Chief Cindy Ballard resigned from the talent agency this week, will remain onboard through the end of the year — Two top executives are out at ICM Partners. — Chief operating officer Justin Dearborn and chief human resources officer Cindy Ballard are leaving …
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Associated Press:
GateHouse and Gannett say their merger has cleared US antitrust review, still needs OK from EU regulators and stockholders; deal is expected to close this year — NEW YORK (AP) — GateHouse and Gannett say their newspaper deal has cleared U.S. antitrust review.
Cherie Hu / Music Business Worldwide:
As media orgs produce shorter content like TikTok memes and longer content like Netflix docuseries, “normal” formats act as test beds for more lucrative content — The MBW Review offers our take on some of the music biz's biggest recent goings-on.
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New York Times:
NYT's Dean Baquet responds to concerns that posting details about the whistleblower, whose claims led to 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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Edmund Lee / New York Times:
Locast files countersuit against ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox, saying its service complies with copyright law and alleging collusion to chill its business — Locast, a little-known nonprofit behind a free streaming service, sued ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox on Friday, alleging that the television networks colluded …
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