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Napp Nazworth, politics editor of Christian Post, says he has quit his job as the site has decided to publish a pro-Trump editorial bashing Christianity Today — The decision by Christianity Today to publish an editorial describing President Trump as “immoral” and calling …
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Editor-in-chief of Christianity Today says the magazine has gained three times as many subscribers as it's lost after he called for Trump's removal from office — - Christianity Today Editor in Chief Mark Galli acknowledged to MSNBC on Sunday that the magazine has lost subscribers in the wake …
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The New York Times says it does not think corrections to its 1619 Project are warranted, in response to a letter from five historians that requested corrections — Five historians recently wrote to the New York Times Magazine, asking the architects of its comprehensive 1619 Project …


Saudi Arabia sentences five people to death and convicts three others to 24 years in prison for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi — The dissident journalist was murdered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul — Saudi Arabia sentenced five people to death and convicted six others for the murder …
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Sources: earlier this year, YouTube considered screening all videos for kids under 8 in YouTube Kids but dropped the idea to avoid looking like a media company — YouTube spent 2019 answering critics with some of the most drastic changes in its 15-year history.
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NYT announces Quartz founding editor and co-CEO Kevin Delaney is joining NYT's Opinion for six months to help lead the department's “next big project” — Kevin, the founding editor and co-C.E.O. of Quartz, is joining Opinion for six months to help lead the department's next big project.
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@gabbystern, @moonalice, @1bobcohn, @moorehn, @delaney and @raju


Profile of NYT investigations editor Rebecca Corbett who oversaw the Weinstein investigation and helped inspire The Wire, where she played a cameo as an editor — Like many women in media who spend hours hunched over stories, tracing the news and pursuing stories, the
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@borjaechevarria, @mirinfader, @maggienyt, @jodikantor and @danielleiat


Sports Illustrated staff say morale is deteriorating as experienced journalists continue to leave, while new owner Maven talks up its digital plan to save brand — In one of his first staff meetings as the new chief executive of Sports Illustrated, in early October, Ross Levinsohn laid out a bold vision for the iconic sports magazine.
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Sources: Bytedance is considering setting up a global headquarters for TikTok outside of China, as part of its effort to shake off its Chinese image — Singapore, London and Dublin are among cities being considered; no U.S. city made shortlist — Bytedance Inc. is considering setting …
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NBC Sports indefinitely suspends former NHL player and on-air analyst Jeremy Roenick for sexually suggestive comments about coworkers during a Barstool podcast — NBC Sports has suspended Jeremy Roenick following comments the NHL studio analyst made on a Barstool Sports podcast about other on-air personalities at his network.


A deep dive into Disney+'s successful launch, including marketing, longterm focus, and major investments to secure back catalog and big shows like The Simpsons — For all of Disney's success in the media industry and with Disney+, its SVOD lessons are remarkably conventional and broadly applicable.
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@ballmatthew and @pkafka


An analysis of millions of articles from the 2010s shows how big stories evolved, via patterns of words linked with news terms like “Facebook” or “immigration” — A lot can happen in a decade — to people, companies and countries. In the 2010s, reputations were burnished and destroyed.
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