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Stephen Shankland / CNET:
Google says it will phase out support for third-party cookies in Chrome within two years — Google's Chrome team, advancing its web privacy effort, later this year will begin testing the “privacy sandbox” proposals it unveiled in 2019. The Chrome tests, which Google announced Tuesday …
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Annette Thomas named CEO of Guardian Media Group, parent company of the Guardian and the Observer; she will start in March — Annette Thomas will take up role at Guardian and Observer parent company in March — The former head of one of the world's largest specialist publishers …
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Nieman Lab, The Guardian, Press Gazette, Talking Biz News, The Drum, @rydermc, @annettekthomas1 and @rasmus_kleis
The New York Times Company:
NYT passes $800M in annual digital revenue, a category of revenue it's doubled since 2015, adds 1M+ net digital subscriptions, has 5M+ overall subscriptions — - It passed its goal of $800 million of annual digital revenue a year ahead of schedule. In 2015, when digital revenue was around $400 million …
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@kimseverson, @scribeguy, @rasmus_kleis, @laurenpelley, @markhorowitz, @abgutman, @edmundlee and @cliffordlevy
Bloomberg:
Sources: the US Department of Labor plans to restrict how media access major market-moving economic data at official release times, possibly creating logjams — - Labor Department plans to remove computers from media lockups — Move could spur arms race among traders for access to numbers
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The Hill, Talking Biz News and @katiadmi
Katherine Tully-McManus / Roll Call:
Capitol Hill reporters object to planned restrictions during impeachment in the US Senate, questioning whether rules go beyond safety concerns to limit coverage — Press pens and no walking and talking draw criticism from press corps advocates — Senators look to clear legislative deck …
Sara Jerde / Adweek:
Bob Cohn named president and managing director of The Economist to oversee the print business and expand its subscription and digital offerings — With a focus on print, subscriptions and digital offerings — Bob Cohn, formerly the president of The Atlantic, has been named …
Discussion:
Talking Biz News, MediaPost and @1bobcohn
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Sensor Tower: Disney+ was downloaded 30M+ times in the US in Q4 2019, besting TikTok; Disney+ now has 41M+ installs and generated ~$97M in revenue to date — U.S. consumers have shown strong interest in Disney's new family-friendly streaming service, Disney+, according to new data from Sensor Tower …
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Variety, Multichannel News, MediaPost, Sensor Tower Blog, Music Business Worldwide and @yoda, more at Techmeme »
Anna Orso / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Lisa Hughes named publisher of the Philadelphia Inquirer, the first woman to head the newspaper; Hughes was formerly VP publisher of the New Yorker — The Philadelphia Inquirer announced Tuesday its chief executive officer, publisher Terrance C.Z. “Terry” Egger, will retire and be replaced next month …
Discussion:
Lenfest Institute …, @joshk, @s_m_i, @dmastrull and @notesfromhel
Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
Iran's initial denial of its role in downing the Ukrainian jet has led to a crisis of confidence in state media, as presenters at state broadcaster IRIB resign — Presenter Gellare Jabbari apologised to Iranians ‘for the 13 years I told you lies’ — At least two presenters working …
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Fox News, Newser, @juliahahntv, @toulastake, The US Sun, Breitbart and Reason
AllAccess.com:
iHeartMedia announces a restructuring to “modernize operations”, with layoffs affecting on-air hosts, program directors, and others in multiple cities — iHEARTMEDIA has revamped the organizational structure of its Markets Group that it says will put markets into three divisions …
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Variety, Syracuse Post-Standard, @blainestewart, RadioInsight, @marissarmoss, @maradavis, @joeovies and @kerrymflynn
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon Publishing's big paychecks and powerful marketing tools attract authors like Dean Koontz and Patricia Cornwell, though bookstores shun Amazon books — Dean Koontz, Patricia Cornwell are among the blue-chip writers whose books the tech giant is not just selling but publishing
Discussion:
@paulpage and @1pcornwell
Michael Schneider / Variety:
Two TV academies ask the US secretary of state to waive entry restrictions for award-winning documentarians, citing the case of Syrian filmmaker Feras Fayyad — In a rare joint action, both TV academies have banded together and sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo …
Discussion:
@brianstelter
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
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@barackobama, Variety, @billywaynedavis, @blakehounshell, Deadline, Slate, Variety and Radio Times
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