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In an open letter, 13 former White House press secretaries, foreign service and military officials call for the return of regular WH and other press briefings — The last White House press briefing was 301 days ago — In an open letter, a group of 13 former White House press secretaries …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Stephanie Grisham cannot be described as the worst ever White House press secretary, because she may hold the title, but she is not doing that job — Hearing Joe Lockhart talk about his old job as White House press secretary almost seems quaint. — The idealism: “Your main job is to advocate for the press within the government.”
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Ranjan Roy / Margins:
Facebook's corporate comms have felt combative and sloppy since late 2018, and now even rank and file employees are facing public vilification — Ranjan here, writing about how Facebook's communication operations feel completely broken and wondering whether the company's rank and file are okay with becoming the villains.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Trump's allies are trying to raise $250M for a bid for One America News Network, in an effort to shake up conservative media dominated by Fox News — Hicks Equity Partners, a family investment firm tied to Republican National Committee co-chair Thomas Hicks Jr., is pitching GOP donors on possible deal
Ryan Glasspiegel / The Big Lead:
In a letter to the union, G/O CEO says G/O plans to relaunch Deadspin in Chicago as an Onion property and is suspending negotiations over editorial independence — The entire staff of Deadspin walked away from the site in late October, and there have been no stories published there since November 4th.
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Jason Lynch / Adweek:
FX on Hulu to launch on March 2; going forward, FX will premiere 2-3 episodes in the first week, even on its linear networks, then release episodes weekly — Company had ‘hit a ceiling’ as a basic cable network — Key Insights: — For more than a decade, FX Networks has honed its brand as a premium basic cable network.
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
The number of news outlets in a Florida partnership sharing climate change reporting has tripled; some say the partnership makes grant funding easier to get — “On this one issue, we've decided to drop the guns and share consistently.” “Our readers are getting 10 times more stories about climate change than they otherwise would.”
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Derek M. Norman / New York Times:
A look at the Archive of Contemporary Music, one of the world's largest music collections with 3M+ recordings, which must leave its Manhattan space by June — The Archive of Contemporary Music is losing its space in TriBeCa. — In a part of Manhattan booming with trendy green high rises …
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Nancy Tartaglione / Deadline:
Comscore: 2019 global box office revenues hit an all-time high of $42.5B, with non-US markets accounting for $31.1B, including $9.2B in China and $2.2B in Japan — The theatrical business continued to thrive overseas in 2019, hitting a record $31.1B per comScore's latest estimates, and an all-time high of $42.5B globally.
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Damien Cave / New York Times:
Murdoch-owned Australian media outlets echo messages from social media bots and trolls and continue to say climate change policy would have no impact on fires — Critics see a concerted effort to shift blame, protect conservative leaders and divert attention from climate change.
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Peter Kafka / Vox:
Sources: the Chernin Group is in advanced talks to sell a majority stake in Barstool Sports to casino operator Penn National Gaming — Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy at a Harrah's casino event in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 2019. Tom Briglia/ Getty Images
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Isobel Cockerell / Coda Story:
IFJ: at least 15 Iranian journalists and media outlets report that Instagram has suspended their accounts; Instagram says it is complying with US sanctions — After a U.S. drone strike killed Iran's General Qassem Soleimani, Iranians flocked to one of their favorite platforms, Instagram.
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