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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Reuters Institute: 53% of international publishers say daily news podcasts will be important in 2020, 50% say reader revenue will be main income stream, more — Nieman Lab's not the only one that does predictions for 2020 (oh hey, check out our predictions for 2020!):
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.
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, The Guardian, @jsccounterpunch and Mediaite
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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@sulliview, @jammyjam25, CNN, @bahler_david, @kimmasters, @dangillmor, @karenyourish, @froomkin, @jkonfrst, @eugene_scott and @jason_kint
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CNN:
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
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
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@briangongol, @johnfkirby63, Mediaite, The Week, @capaction, @marston4ca42, @jayrosen_nyu, @prsa, @connieschultz, @robt_gibbs, @hblodget, @joelockhart, @weijia, @reedfrich, @brianstelter, @katierogers, @hblodget, @jonkarl, @acosta, @4lisaguerrero, @elainaplott, @penamerica, The Hill, New York Times, The Wrap, HuffPost and Mediaite
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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@haleywells28, @rainesford and @brianstelter
Mariella Brown / Society of Editors:
Every national UK newspaper editor and several regional and broadcast editors sign an open letter calling on Boris Johnson to review changes to daily briefings — An open letter signed by every national newspaper editor as well as several prominent regional and broadcast editors has been sent …
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@markdistef, @mattkmoore, @markpack and @adambanksdotcom
Leo Schwartz / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of Jesús Cantú, a former journalist and the information chief for Mexico's president who continues to speak for him amid his anti-press rhetoric — Jesús Cantú, a former journalist, speaks for Mexico's anti-press president
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@cjr, @glojo_nyu, @cjr and @cjr
Cecilia D'Anastasio / Wired:
StreamElements: Twitch's “Just Chatting” category for non-gaming streamers was the most popular category for the first time in December with 81M hours watched — After years of ridicule, streamers who ‘just chat’ prove that there's room for gabbing, not just gaming, on the platform.
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@cecianasta and Legendary Live Streaming, more at Techmeme »
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Interview with journalist Nick Martin on starting The Informant, a newsletter and news site dedicated to covering hate and right-wing extremism in the US — “I'd never want to be in the position of doing like The New York Times style of writing about the Nazi next door who sometimes eats at Applebee's."
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The Informant, @nickmartin, @spj_tweets, @nickmartin, @philipdisalvo and @niemanlab
Agence France-Presse:
Two journalists for local TV station Al-Dijla were killed in Basra, Iraq, on Friday, where they had been covering months of anti-government protests — Basra (Iraq) (AFP) - Hundreds of Iraqis on Saturday mourned two reporters shot dead the previous evening in the country's southern city of Basra …
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@trbrtc, @trbrtc and Committee to Protect …
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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Business Insider, Screen, Comscore, Inc., Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap, Business Insider, Variety and Boxoffice
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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@nytimesmusic, @caroloffcbc, @nytimes, @jazzfm91, @joshbonati, CBC News, NBC New York and BrooklynVegan