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Bethany Minelle / Sky News:
2020 Oscars nominees are the least diverse since the 2015 #OscarsSoWhite backlash, with no female best director nominees and only one black nominee for acting — It's the least diverse line-up since the #OscarsSoWhite backlash in 2015, after which the academy diversified their membership.
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Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times:
Netflix leads Oscars with 24 nominations, in part due to The Irishman's 10 nods, including best picture; Disney came second with 23 nods, followed by Sony's 20 — Can Netflix translate awards nominations to wins this time? That'll be the question in the entertainment industry …
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@barackobama, Deadline, Variety, Breitbart, Variety and @blakehounshell
Patrick Cremona / Radio Times:
Joker leads Oscars with 11 nods including best picture, becoming the most nominated comic-book movie ever, surpassing The Dark Night's 8 nominations in 2009 — The 11 nominations scored by Todd Phillips' film surpassed the record set by Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight more than a decade ago
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Washington Post, Slate and Slate
Joshua Benton / @jbenton:
[Thread] A rebuttal of Lawrence Lessig's newly filed lawsuit against the NYT, in which he alleges that a headline and opening paragraph in a story defames him — This is just so disappointing: @lessig is suing The New York Times for the new legal category of “clickbait defamation.” 1/x https://twitter.com/...
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Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
Behind the bipartisan bill that would exempt news orgs from antitrust laws to let them band together in negotiating with tech giants — Lawmakers from both parties blame companies like Facebook and Google for the struggles of local newspapers. — CORNELIA, Ga. — When a sport utility vehicle swerved …
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American Press Institute, @flitteronfraud, @stanfordc, @scottwongdc, @davidhulen and The Rural Blog
Hannah Natanson / Washington Post:
VA lawmakers propose a bill that would limit public high school administrations' ability to censor student journalists, following similar laws in other states — Kate Karstens knew she'd nailed the story when the Yale-bound son of a school board member confessed to skipping class more than two dozen times — without consequences.
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@erichoov, @haleywells28, @fenitn, @rainesford, @brianstelter and @robinhanson
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Fox Television Stations debuts Fox Soul, an ad-based online channel aimed at African Americans with live original talk and informational shows from 6-10PM PT — Fox Television Stations has unveiled Fox Soul, an ad-supported streaming channel that blends original talk and lifestyle series …
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The Wrap, Broadcasting & Cable, The Streamable, Deadline and Los Angeles Times
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Study: 53% of international publishers say daily news podcasts will be important in 2020, and 50% say reader revenue will be the most important income source — Nieman Lab's not the only one that does predictions for 2020 (oh hey, check out our predictions for 2020!):
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@jeffjarvis, @risj_oxford, @kate_musgrave, @adriana_lacy, @ronaldvasquezg8, @filip_struharik, @filip_struharik, @dcnorg, @risj_oxford and @marklittlenews
Howard Polskin / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of NewsBusters, a website with dozens of contributors that watch national news media and write about the segments they allege show bias toward liberals — Every morning at seven, Kyle Drennen, thirty-four, settles into his living room in suburban Fairfax, Virginia, with a bowl of cereal and turns on NBC.
Matt Stieb / New York Magazine:
President Trump tweeted on Sunday that Iran should “let reporters roam free”, in a rare show of support for the press — One of the many curiosities of the first Twitter presidency is Trump's direct outreach to the Iranian people online. After an apparent de-escalation …
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Breitbart and New York Post
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Profile of Brianne Pfannenstiel, The Des Moines Register's chief political correspondent, whose role is pivotal in part due to the importance of the Iowa caucus — Every four years, the top political correspondent at The Des Moines Register has a big role to play. Now it's Brianne Pfannenstiel's turn.
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Tribune says it's offering voluntary buyouts to staff with eight or more years of service, to avoid “company-wide reductions of the workforce as a last resort” — Tribune Publishing, the parent company of the Chicago Tribune and the struggling New York Daily News …
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CNN and Chicago Tribune
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
In an interview with Laura Ingraham, Trump says he's been talking to “a very, very good writer, reporter”, Bob Woodward, for an upcoming book — In his Friday interview with Fox News' Laura Ingraham, President Trump let slip he's been talking to Bob Woodward for an upcoming book.
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Poynter, @jsccounterpunch, The Guardian and Mediaite
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