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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 …
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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 — The Senate sergeant-at-arms and Capitol Police are launching an unprecedented crackdown on the Capitol press corps …
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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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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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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.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
States Newsroom, a nonprofit supporting 14 newsrooms covering state capitals, plans to expand to 20+ new states in 12-18 months; sites have no paywalls or ads — In the next 12 to 18 months, States Newsroom, a nonprofit company that supports a group of state capital-based, independent newsrooms …
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Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic:
The Atlantic, which once routinely published fiction from writers including Charles Dickens and Eudora Welty, recommits to regularly publishing short fiction — Editor's Note: Read Lauren Groff's new short story, “Birdie,” and an interview with Groff about her writing process.
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Devansh Mehta / International Journalists' Network:
How a citizen journalism platform in India used Bluetooth to distribute news stories via paid messengers' phones in villages with no internet access — In today's media ecosystem, the technology industry sets the rules of the games, with journalism outlets constantly playing catch-up.
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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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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 …
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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 …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Reach, publisher of the UK's Mirror, Express, and Star, expands its hyperlocal news aggregator In Your Area into new regions, creating ten editorial jobs — Reach is expanding its online hyperlocal news aggregator In Your Area into new regions, creating ten editorial roles.
Deputy Ed. - Gen. Assignment Desk, DC — 
EU Technology Reporter, Brussels — 
Breaking News Reporter, NY — 
Harrisburg Reporter, PA — 
Senior Editor - Styles, NY — 
Part-time Editor, Remote — 
Home & Travel Reporter, Ireland — 
Assistant Digital Editor, MA — 
Senior Editor - Visuals (Temporary), DC — 
South Reporter, GA/Remote — 
Private Capital Reporter, London — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Articles Editor, CA — 
Pharma Reporter, Remote US — 
Metro Reporter, TN — 
Higher Ed. Reporter, Remote CA — 
Politics Reporter, Brussels — 
Investigations & Enterprise Ed., WI — 
Social Strategy Editor, NY — 
Business Reporter, TX — 
Senior Narrative Editor, CA — 
News Correspondent, MS — 
Accountability Reporter, NC — 
Editor-in-Chief, NY (flexible) — 
Housing Reporter, OK — 
Writer/AI Content Reviewer, CA — 
Writer/Editor, Remote — 
Political Reporter, TX — 
Afternoon/Night Editor, NH — 
Education Lab Editor, WA — 
Staff Writer, MA/Remote — 
State Worker Reporter, CA — 
Executive Editor, NM — 
Reporter, NC — 
