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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Memo from Bloomberg EIC says the pub won't investigate Michael Bloomberg or other Democratic presidential candidates and “there will be no unsigned editorials” — New York (CNN Business)Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait on Sunday sent a note to staffers addressing …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Michael Bloomberg could have entirely recused himself from decision-making or influence at Bloomberg News, but he has instead stabbed its journalistic heart — Months ago, when former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg said he wouldn't run for president, a palpable feeling of relief flooded the global newsrooms that bear his name.
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Michael Bloomberg announces that he will run for president in 2020 as a Democrat, launches his bid with a $30M+ TV ad campaign
Michael Bloomberg announces that he will run for president in 2020 as a Democrat, launches his bid with a $30M+ TV ad campaign
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
The AP partners with Report For America to fund 14 new statehouse journalists, lasting for eighteen months and beginning next June — Five years ago, Pew Research published an alarming report — statehouse coverage from newspapers was shrinking. From 2003 to 2014, it declined by 35%.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Twitter's head of global content partnerships Kay Madati says he is leaving the company after joining in September 2017 — Kay Madati, Twitter's global VP, head of content partnerships, is departing the social network after two years in the job. — Madati announced in a series of tweets Sunday …
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Ian Sample / The Guardian:
Tim Berners-Lee launches Contract for the Web, backed by 150+ orgs including Facebook and Reporters Without Borders to save the web from forces like fake news — Inventor of web calls on governments and firms to safeguard it from abuse and ensure it benefits humanity
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
E-book and audiobook subscription service Scribd raises $58M led by Spectrum Equity, bringing its total raised to $106M — Digital reading subscription service Scribd has raised a $58 million round of funding led by Spectrum Equity. The new funding round brings the total amount of money raised by Scribd to $106 million.
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
CBS and Viacom say they will close their merger after the market closes on December 4, with the new ViacomCBS stock trading the next day — The companies, controlled by the Redstone family, this summer unveiled the latest entertainment industry mega-deal, which comes 14 years …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
PEN America case studies show effects of meager reporting in Robeson County, NC, and Detroit: “Where there's no competition, there's no pressure to do better” — The local news report that PEN America released this week is packed with the grim statistics you've seen elsewhere …
Alexandria Neason / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at National Association of Hispanic Journalists' “palabra.”, its recently launched news site focusing on long-form journalism about Latinx communities — The National Association of Hispanic Journalists, frustrated by lackluster coverage of the Latinx community in mainstream outlets …
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Dan Bloom / Mirror:
The BBC says it was a mistake to cut a few seconds from a news bulletin, which edited out audience laughter from a Boris Johnson Q&A program, for timing reasons — EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has accepted it made a ‘mistake’ after the News Channel cut down a Question Time clip in a way that removed people laughing at the Prime Minister
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Frame.io, a cloud video collaboration platform used by clients like the BBC, raises $50M Series C, says it has 1M active accounts and ~17,000 paying customers — New York-based Frame.io, a video review and collaboration platform now used by over a million customers, has raised $50 million …
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Frank LoMonte / Poynter:
As college media labs fill a void left by newsroom layoffs, journalists employed by universities who clash with administrators remain on uncertain legal footing — Seeking leads from sources whose stories haven't yet become public is a routine reporting practice.