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Sarah Pulliam Bailey / Washington Post:
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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Spencer Kimball / CNBC:
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
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
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Q&A with Chuck Todd about a Dec 29 edition of Meet the Press focusing on journalism and disinformation with guests like NYT's Dean Baquet and WaPo's Marty Baron — Chuck Todd has had a front-row seat for the spread of disinformation, here's how he sees it happening and the media's role in it
Bloomberg:
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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Madison Feller / ELLE:
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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@maggienyt, @_madisonline, @borjaechevarria, @ellemagazine, @jodikantor, @dhamamdjian, @danielleiat, @mirinfader, @davidfolkenflik and @allmattnyt
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Ashley Feinberg explains how she built a reputation for digging into the hidden online lives of political elites like Pete Buttigieg, Mitt Romney, and others — Ashley Feinberg was pretty sure she'd found Pete Buttigieg's editor account on Wikipedia — the same way the journalist …
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@mikeisaac, @abenedikt, @katie_rayford, @katiedrumm, @rushafrica, @nicoleperlroth, @ericmgarcia, @alex_danco and The Verge
Colleen Shalby / Nieman Lab:
An open conversation in 2020 that answers questions about decision-making in journalism could strengthen media literacy and fix problems with public perceptions — “We've been taught not to be the story, or divert from our priorities to inform the public and protect the truth.
American Press Institute:
Partisans exploited WaPo reporter's “Merry Impeachmas” tweet because they knew most people lack knowledge on how journalists operate and would assume the worst — Reporters are under a microscope today — both on and off the job. — Nearly 25 years ago, after Timothy McVeigh ignited …
Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
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 …
Ben Strauss / Washington Post:
Sports Illustrated staff say morale is deteriorating as experienced journalists continue leaving, as new owner Maven talks up its digital plan to save its 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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James Bennet / The New York Times Company:
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
Matthew Ball:
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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@pkafka and @ballmatthew
John Ourand / Sports Business Daily:
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.