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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 …
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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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Wall Street Journal, Deadline, MediaPost, @jbflint, @kimmasters, @marcellacomedy 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 …
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Wall Street Journal, TVNewser, Broadcasting & Cable, @alexweprin, @marcusleshock, @benbradleytv and @austinkellerman
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
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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The Atlantic, @remolino, @stephygrossman, @ecosondu, @penamerica and MediaPost
Katherine Tully-McManus / Roll Call:
Capitol Hill reporters object to planned restrictions during Senate impeachment trial, 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 for the impeachment trial …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Guardian closed its Cities section after grant money from the Rockefeller Foundation, which funded its coverage over six years, came to an end last month — The Guardian has closed its Cities section after grant money funding the newsdesk's coverage over six years came to an end last month.
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@usmanahmad_iam, @amandakhurley, @ariellacohen and The Guardian
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.
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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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The Wrap and The Streamable
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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@buxmontnews, @jesseholcomb, @newsbyschmidt, @joncampbellgan, @niemanlab and @sarafischer
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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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.