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Journalists at the Chicago Tribune say they are worried that Alden Global Capital will impose draconian cuts, as it has elsewhere, hurting local journalism — Journalists worry that a New York hedge fund with a big stake in the paper will impose draconian cuts, as it has elsewhere.
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CNN:
Three Capitol Hill press orgs issue statements supporting CNN's Manu Raju after Sen. Martha McSally's “liberal hack” remark, calling it “inappropriate” — New York (CNN Business)The Capitol Hill press corps on Friday rallied behind Manu Raju, CNN's senior congressional correspondent …
Danielle K. Kilgo / The Conversation:
Study of 2017 Texas newspaper coverage: anti-Trump protests and women's marches got more coverage and more favorable framing than anti-racism protests — The new decade is just days old, but in one respect it is already shaping up like the last one: with mass protests around the world.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Spotify in early talks to buy The Ringer, founded by Bill Simmons, which has a podcast network that had revenue of $15M+ in 2018 — The Ringer, founded in 2016 by former ESPN commentator Bill Simmons, has over 30 podcasts — Spotify Technology SA is in talks to buy sports …
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BBC:
Tony Hall to step down as Director General of the BBC in the summer, after seven years in the role — Tony Hall is to step down as director general of the BBC in the summer, after seven years in the role … You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts.
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Variety:
Disney drops the “Fox” brand for some units, with 20th Century Fox becoming 20th Century Studios and Fox Searchlight Pictures changed to Searchlight Pictures — The mouse has officially killed the fox. — In a move at once unsurprising and highly symbolic …
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
A look at MediaReview, a proposal to create a machine-readable standard for presenting visual misinformation with categories like “missing context” and “edited” — One thing you learn when you start fact-checking is that, while some things are clearly true or false, there's a lot that falls in between.
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@janebsinger, @ndiakopoulos and @nadineajaka
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Privacy experts criticize UK regulator for not taking action against adtech's unlawful targeted ads, saying it imposes cosmetic fixes to a systemic problem — The UK's data protection regulator has been slammed by privacy experts for once again failing to take enforcement action …
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MediaNama and @wolfiechristl
New York Times:
Oprah confirms Russell Simmons pressured her to drop support for a documentary about women who accused him of rape or assault — Ms. Winfrey acknowledged that Russell Simmons pushed her to abandon a documentary about his accusers, but said her own concerns led her to pull support.
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook removes a network of several dozen Pages that were coordinating posts defending a Trump impeachment probe figure, which BuzzFeed first revealed in Nov. — Some of the pages had described themselves as representing groups of supporters of President Trump from different states
Associated Press:
BBC radio presenter Sarah Montague says she has won a £400,000 settlement and an apology from the BBC last year for paying her “unequally for so many years” — Radio 4 presenter also receives apology after ‘long period of stressful negotiation’
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Press Gazette and The Guardian
The Intercept:
Court docs: after a search warrant, Facebook gave Puerto Rico private info from student news outlets; some fear it was a politically motivated search for crimes — As seven University of Puerto Rico students prepare to face trial in February for participating in a nonviolent protest more than two years ago …
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@bruno_j_navarro, @alicesperi, @clauirizarry, @kaitlin_sb and @theintercept, more at Techmeme »
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