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Current and former The Hill employees: owner Jimmy Finkelstein tells editors when Trump coverage too harsh, staff in “revolt” over handling of John Solomon saga — New York (CNN Business)James “Jimmy” Finkelstein, the owner of The Hill newspaper, is not a widely known media executive …
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Michael Calderone / Politico:
The Hill says it's reviewing, annotating, and when appropriate, correcting former columnist John Solomon's opinion pieces referenced in the impeachment inquiry — The columnist's attacks on a U.S. ambassador, which were hailed by Trump, have come under congressional scrutiny. — John Solomon.
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
DOJ antitrust head Makan Delrahim says the DOJ will move to end the 1940s Paramount consent decrees, which limit major distributors' control over theater chains — The Justice Department will ask a federal court to eliminate the Paramount consent decrees, the 71-year-old restrictions …
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet says Trump puts journalists' “lives at risk” when he subjects them to personal attacks and calls them names — Dean Baquet decries abuse of journalists and defends not calling president racist — The executive editor of the New York Times …
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AP poll finds that ~60% of Americans say they regularly see conflicting reports about the same facts from different sources, as people tune out from the news — Paying attention to the impeachment inquiry and other developments means having to figure out what is true, false or spin.
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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Spotify launches Your Daily Podcast, customized playlists with podcasts, featuring trailers, long podcast episodes, more, available in the US and elsewhere — Discover Weekly but for podcasts — Spotify is taking its first step toward personalizing podcast recommendations with the official launch …
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Sony Pictures Entertainment buys AT&T's 42% stake in Game Show Network in a ~$510M deal, making Sony the sole owner of the network — Sony Pictures Entertainment has bought out AT&T's minority interest in Game Show Network for about $500 million. — The deal makes Sony the sole owner of GSN.
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Interview with TV host and film producer Soledad O'Brien on her critiques of journalism in the Trump era, which she often shares to her 1.1M Twitter followers — For Soledad O'Brien, the presidency of Donald Trump has ripped the cover off a lot of things, including the fragility of American democracy …
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William Feuer / CNBC:
Evan Spiegel says Snapchat has a team that fact checks all political advertising on the platform, in stark contrast to Facebook — - Snap's policy represents a middle ground in a debate that has been largely defined by extremes as Facebook pushes for no regulation and Twitter grapples with removing political ads altogether.
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Dylan Byers / NBC News:
Sources: the DNC disapproves of Politico's choice of moderator for next month's Democratic debate, Tim Alberta, in part because of past work for National Review — Politico and PBS are scheduled to co-host the sixth Democratic primary debate on Dec. 19 in Los Angeles.
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Jasper Jackson / New Statesman:
BBC and CNN editors reveal how they decide when to send a push notification, which can secure the attention of millions of people at once — The power to reach millions of phones has made deciding when to send a push notification a serious business for news outlets.
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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Epstein's death was an injustice, but the press can hold him and alleged enablers to account, as Emily Maitlis showed in her outstanding Prince Andrew interview — In the summer, the arrest and subsequent death, in jail, of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein cast an uncomfortable spotlight …
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