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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Henry Blodget lays out Insider's growth targets for the next five years: 1M paid subscribers, up from ~200K now, doubling news staff to 1,000, and more — Henry Blodget, co-founder and CEO of Business Insider/Insider Inc., summoned his staff last Thursday for a start-of-the-new decade meeting …
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@nichcarlson, @media_evan, @jim_edwards, @kerrymflynn, @hblodget, @kerrymflynn and Talking Biz News
Brianna Sacks / BuzzFeed News:
A Michigan reporter wrote that a state senator objectified and humiliated her; the senator has now apologized, and senate leaders called for an investigation — “It's so normalized. You hear something and you don't take the time to say something," Allison Donahue said.
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Michigan Advance, Newser, USA Today, Detroit Free Press, @brettkelman, @donahual, @donahual, @repdebdingell, @katelouisewells, @nprmelissablock, @donahual, @historylivesdet, @sjdemas, @bri_sacks, @stephanielily, @thedailydetroit, @bri_sacks, @apstamm, @michiganadvance, @donahual and @donahual
Elaine Low / Variety:
Sources: Vice Chairman of NBCUniversal Content Studios George Cheeks has stepped down, to succeed Joe Ianniello as the head of CBS within ViacomCBS — George Cheeks, vice chairman of NBCUniversal Content Studios, has stepped down after nearly eight years with the company and is poised …
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Deadline, Wall Street Journal, @jbflint, Deadline, @marcellacomedy, @kimmasters, MediaPost and The Wrap
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Nexstar to launch News Nation, a three-hour primetime nightly national newscast, broadcast from Chicago on the WGN America cable channel, in mid-summer — Nexstar Media Group, the nation's largest owner of TV stations, plans to overhaul the primetime lineup of the WGN America cable channel …
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter:
[Thread] HBO to air a documentary in March on “fake news” and the impact of disinformation, directed by Andrew Rossi and executive produced by Brian Stelter — HBO just announced something I've been working on for a couple of years: A documentary titled “AFTER TRUTH: DISINFORMATION AND THE COST OF FAKE NEWS.” The film will premiere on TV and online this March. Directed by @a_rossi!
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TVWeek.com, @craigsilverman, @byronyork, @brianstelter, @adrianbono, @a_rossi, @erinleecarr and @brianstelter
Dana Goldstein / New York Times:
Some publishers issue multiple versions of textbooks with different narratives of US history in CA and TX, partly due to political pressure from the states — TWO STATES. EIGHT TEXTBOOKS. TWO AMERICAN STORIES. — American history textbooks can differ across the country, in ways that are shaded by partisan politics.
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@anandwrites, The Rural Blog, @alfonslopeztena, @deetwocents and The Curtain
Ryan J. Foley / Associated Press:
For the second year in a row, the Republican-controlled Iowa Legislature has denied press credentials to a journalist whose writing is critical of its policies — FILE - This 2015 file photo provided by Rudicil Photography shows Laura Belin in Windsor Heights, Iowa.
James Vincent / The Verge:
In a Q&A, Jack Dorsey discusses Twitter's thinking around an edit button and says “we'll probably never do it” — You've got to live with your mistakes, which include joining Twitter — Twitter users have been asking for the option to edit tweets ever since the service launched in 2006 …
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Fortune to go behind a paywall next month as part of a major overhaul that will see its print magazine cut back to 10 times a year and a redesign of its site — Fortune is going to go behind a paywall next month as part of a sweeping redesign of the magazine and website.
Discussion:
Talking Biz News, @talkingbiznews, The Wrap and @editorialiste
BBC:
In New Year's speech to staff, Tony Hall says BBC will move more of its news operations out of London, focus on big themes like climate change and AI, and more — Introduction — A very happy new year and welcome to Central Square - our new home right in the heart of Cardiff city centre.
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Press Gazette, @colingeorgebbc, @fchowdhury_1, @bbcnorthpr, @rasmus_kleis, @ninathescoop and @hadas_gold
Thomas K. Arnold / Variety:
Report: subscription streaming spending rose to $15.9B in the US in 2019, up 23.7% YoY and accounting for 63% of home entertainment market which rose to $25.2B — Consumer spending on home entertainment rose 8.4% to a record $25.2 billion in 2019, spurred by the at-home sector's biggest growth engine …
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@springer, @zakiscorner, The Wrap and The Streamable
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
McClatchy skips a $12M debt payment and misses a pension payment, making a deal with the US pension agency that allows continued talks; next deadline is Feb. 18 — Newspaper publisher is working on debt-equity swap deal, government takeover of pension fund
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Sacramento Bee, McClatchy Co and @jamesvgrimaldi
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