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2:15 PM ET, November 25, 2019

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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.
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
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%.
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 …
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
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.
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 …
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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
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 …
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.
 
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Bobby Allyn / NPR:
SCOTUS declines to review 4-3 ruling from Maryland court that refused a new trial for Adnan Syed, whose case gained widespread attention from the Serial podcast
Helene Fouquet / Bloomberg:
Huawei sues for defamation in Paris after a researcher, broadcast journalist, and telco expert say on TV that it spies against the West and is state controlled
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Ruth Michaelson / The Guardian:
Egyptian security forces raid offices of Mada Masr, one of the few independent news websites in the country, detains, then releases a number of staffers