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Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
How WaPo published “The Afghanistan Papers”, which includes interviews with key figures critiquing the US war in Afghanistan, after years of legal battles — The path to The Afghanistan Papers started with Michael Flynn. — In the summer of 2016, as the retired Army general became renowned …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Berkeleyside to launch a journalism venture in Oakland in spring 2020 with $3.12M in funding from the Google News Initiative and the American Journalism Project — A new Oakland, California-based journalism venture will launch next spring with $1.56 million in funding from the Google News Initiative (GNI), executives tell Axios.
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Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
American Journalism Project announces its first 11 recipients, with $8.5M distributed among them, comprising 15-30% of their 2020 budgets; AJP has raised $46M — “The grants will fund an organization's first dedicated revenue positions, or grow an existing revenue team.
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
How Recode's Open Sourced, a just-launched, Omidyar Network-funded project, aims to explain the consequences of tech using reader questions to guide coverage — Yes, social media companies are irrevocably altering our way of life, our information streams are more tainted than ever …
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Diana Falzone / Vanity Fair:
Fox Nation host Britt McHenry sues Fox News and former co-host George Murdoch, alleging sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and retaliation — McHenry alleges she received multiple sexually explicit text messages from her ex-Un-PC cohost, Tyrus, and that the network did not adequately address the situation.
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Sara Jerde / Adweek:
Bloomberg has bought The Atlantic's CityLab, its first acquisition since Businessweek in 2009; CityLab will continue to operate as a standalone site and brand — The brand will continue to operate as a standalone entity — Another media acquisition is afoot.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Neither of the sources in credits for the Richard Jewell film mention any romantic tie between reporter Kathy Scruggs and the FBI agent thought to be her source — The newspaper reporter character in “Richard Jewell,” director Clint Eastwood's new movie about the 1996 Olympic bombing in Atlanta …
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Warner Bros. says AJC's claims of defamation in the film Richard Jewell are “baseless” and plans to defend against them, says the film already has a disclaimer
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Tali Arbel / Associated Press:
In Q&A, Gannett execs say digital innovation can make classifieds relevant again and that investments from shareholders demanding returns lead to new approaches — In this Aug. 13, 2019, photo Gannett CEO Paul Bascobert poses for a photo in McLean, Va. The Associated Press spoke recently …
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Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Fortune to launch a paywall in Jan., with a three tier membership program from $5/month, but will offer news, second-day takes, and sponsored content for free — In January 2020, Fortune will finally launch a paywall it has wanted to build for more than two years.
Committee to Protect Journalists:
CPJ 2019 prison census: 250+ journalists are imprisoned globally, and the top three countries putting reporters behind bars are China, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia — For the fourth consecutive year, at least 250 journalists are imprisoned globally as authoritarians like Xi Jinping …
Emma Goldberg / New York Times:
A look at the decline of feminist digital media, as sites like Feministing, The Establishment, and others have closed in the past year or are about to close — Soon after Anna Holmes took on the job of building the website Jezebel, in 2007, she set it apart from established publications …
Kerry Flynn / CNN:
Source: Verizon Media Group, which includes Yahoo, AOL, TechCrunch, and HuffPost, is laying off 150 staffers this week, or about 1.4% of its workforce — New York (CNN Business)Verizon Media Group is laying off 150 staffers this week, which means the telecom company's 2019 is ending much in the same way it started.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Magna Global: global TV ad sales fell 4% in 2019, the steepest decline since 2009 with European TV channel viewership between 18 and 49 dropping 7-8% — - Global ad sales still rise, thanks to technology firms — TV viewership falls sharply in U.S., Europe and Asia
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