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Tracy Connor / The Daily Beast:
After Bret Stephens' NYT column about the “secrets of Jewish genius” drew criticism, the paper edited it to remove mention of a study from an alleged eugenicist — The paper said the columnist did not realize one of the study authors promoted racist views.
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Megan Graham / CNBC:
Vox Media rolls out Forte, a data marketplace to help advertisers reach its audience, says it now has 125M monthly visitors across its 13 editorial networks — - Vox Media's new platform called Forte is designed to help advertisers reach the publisher's expanding audience.
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Mehdi Hasan / The Intercept:
Ivanka Trump should be asked tough questions as she is a senior White House adviser, but Face The Nation treated her as a political pundit and “first daughter” — The morning after Donald Trump became only the third president in U.S. history to be impeached, his senior adviser Ivanka Trump …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Fox News averaged 2.5M primetime viewers in 2019, the most in its 23-year history, making it the most-watched channel on basic cable — Fox News averaged 2.5 million viewers per night in 2019, the most in its 23-year history, making the network the most-watched channel on basic cable.
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Shira Schoenberg / Union-News:
MA court rules that journalists are not liable for defamation when publishing police blotters, regardless of the accuracy of the claims in the police report — The editor of a University of Massachusetts student newspaper cannot be held liable for defamation for publishing information …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
This year was the darkest yet for media in the Trump era, with threats of retribution, the end of White House briefings, and 50% more accusations of “fake news” — Threats of ‘retribution,’ more accusations of ‘fake news’ and the end of the White House briefing made 2019 the darkest yet for journalists in the Trump era.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Seven UK higher education institutions adopted the methods of BBC's 50:50 Project so that journalism students can track gender balance as they learn to report — The BBC is hoping to help improve the representation of women within student journalism by sharing its own methodology relating to on-air gender balance.
Ida Bae Wells / @nhannahjones:
[Thread] NYT Mag writer who spearheaded the 1619 Project reflects on her struggle in newsrooms that hired her for diversity but didn't let her write about race — In 2009, I nearly left journalism. I was punished for wanting to write about race. My pitches were shut down and I could not get a story on the front page of my regional newspaper. Newsrooms were bleeding staff so I had nowhere to go. I felt had to quit or lose my sanity.
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Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter:
Hasbro completes its $3.8B takeover of Canadian studio Entertainment One, originally announced in August — The deal hands the U.S. toymaker popular family brands like ‘Peppa Pig,’ ‘PJ Masks’ and ‘Ricky Zoom.’ — U.S. toymaker Hasbro on Monday closed its $3.8 billion merger deal for Canadian indie studio Entertainment One.
Sean Burch / The Wrap:
Roku's stock has increased 302% since early January, from $32.52 per share; it has been the top performing stock of the year out of all companies worth $5B+ — It's been a wild and lucrative ride for Roku and its shareholders in 2019. — Roku, known for its array of streaming devices …
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Victor Pickard / Nieman Lab:
In 2020, journalism's crisis will be seen as an opportunity to reclaim and reinvent a public good that will include more newsrooms switching to nonprofit status — Victor Pickard is an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication.
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Universal Music Group has sold a 10% stake to a consortium led by Tencent in a deal valuing the world's largest music company at €30B — Parent company Vivendi to offload 10% stake with more deals likely amid music revival — Universal Music Group, the home of stars including Taylor Swift …
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Hannah Frishberg / New York Post:
Report: in January, YouTube will expand limitations on the data that videos aimed at kids can collect and stop showing personalized ads to underage viewers — Children are worth their weight in data to YouTube creators, who're scrambling to stop the Federal Trade Commission from taking that income away.
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