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Matt Cohen / Mother Jones:
Sources: Atlantic managers told CityLab staffers that only 7 of 13 full-time staffers and 3 contractors will be rehired after the site's sale to Bloomberg Media — Journalism has had a rough year full of layoffs across the country, and Bloomberg Media, the company owned the latest entrant …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Judge rules against The Wrap, which sued The Information for allegedly poaching a reporter, in contrast to this week's Netflix/Fox ruling on the same issue — Sharon Waxman falls flat in a poaching suit against The Information just as the entertainment industry witnesses the opposite result in a battle between Fox and Netflix.
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Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
The Newseum, an overbuilt edifice and a fine venue for weddings, fell short of its potential to be an educational institution archiving historical newspapers — We are taught from an early age not to speak ill of the dead (unless we write obituaries), so I suppose I should hold my tongue about the demise …
Miriam Berger / Washington Post:
CPJ: 30 journalists are in jail worldwide on charges of “fake news”; 65 of the 120 journalists imprisoned on these charges since 1992 were imprisoned after 2012 — As 2019 draws to a close, there are 30 journalists in jail worldwide on charges of “false news” — or, as it's also called these days, “fake news.”
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Bloomberg:
A look at the rise of Roku, which is valued at $17B and whose stock is up 300% this year, amid escalating competition from Amazon, Google, and others — More than 30 million people use a Roku device to navigate the constellation of streaming TV services. The company's portfolio includes the …
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@bw, @conviva, @riskreversal, @jank0, @lucas_shaw and Mashable
Soraya Roberts / Longreads:
Canada shows what can happen when the media industry shrinks: staffers are overwhelmingly white, while people of color make up over one fifth of the population — I wouldn't call Canada racist. I'm not being nice when I say that, I'm being polite. Canadians are like that.
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@davidsrudin, @sorayaroberts, @michaellejeanf and @cbcjulia
The New York Times Company:
The New York Times names Greg Winter as international managing editor, only the second editor to hold that position at the news organization — Greg, who has overseen some of our best award-winning journalism, will continue to focus on the enterprise and investigative journalism, while also steering the daily report.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Liberty Media, which owns 4.8% of iHeartMedia, is seeking Justice Department permission to acquire a controlling stake in the radio broadcaster — Deal would put nation's largest radio broadcaster under same umbrella as concert promoter and satellite-radio giant SiriusXM
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@kiddchris, @grahamdbryce, @matt and Radio & Television …
Gretchen Carlson / New York Times:
Gretchen Carlson calls on Fox to release employees from NDAs they'd been forced to sign: “buying silence instead of stopping harassment is immoral and unjust” — I still can't talk about what happened to me because of a non-disclosure agreement. — Ms. Carlson is a journalist and author.
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
YouTube has shut down some channels posing as US news outlets, using sensationalist thumbnails and content primarily from CNN; one had 2M+ views in one weekend — Relive your favorite YouTube Moments of 2019 — New York (CNN Business)YouTube channels posing as American news outlets racked …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
About 150 NBC News Digital employees win certification of their union after a vote count at the National Labor Relations Board; the vote was 90-40 — A group of approximately 150 editorial workers who help produce some of NBC News digital content have formed a union, citing a desire to push …
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@nbcnewsguild, @brandyzadrozny, @jeremymbarr, Deadline and Hollywood Reporter
Michael Calderone / Politico:
Over 115 newspaper boards called for Clinton's resignation after the Starr report, while only 6 coastal and national outlets have called for Trump's impeachment — While coastal outlets call for Trump's removal, most of those in states Democrats need to win are still on the sidelines.
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@binajv, @garrettventry, @johncutter, @karoli, @jaketapper and Orlando Sentinel
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