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Sources: analysis shows a message from Saudi Crown Prince MbS' WhatsApp account to Jeff Bezos in 2018 included file “highly” likely to have hacked Bezos' phone — Revealed: the Saudi heir and the alleged plot to undermine Jeff Bezos — ‘People are fearful’: New Zealand police admit gang violence is out of control
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Wall Street Journal:
UN officials call for further investigation into the alleged hacking of Jeff Bezos' phone in 2018 by Saudi's MbS, targeting Bezos “principally” as WaPo's owner — Phone allegedly began leaking data shortly after being sent a video file from WhatsApp account linked to Prince Mohammed
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The Information:
Sources: Quibi's CEO Meg Whitman, in an internal meeting, compared reporters' friendly rapport with their sources to how sexual predators groom their targets — Quibi CEO Meg Whitman lashed out against the media at an “all-hands” staff meeting last Thursday, drawing an analogy between reporters …
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is weighing producing original podcasts tied to shows on its TV+ streaming service, including for original shows, and sought pitches last summer — - Apple has approached producers about coming up with ideas — The move is latest signal of Apple's entertainment ambitions
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Journalists faced tough restrictions on the first day of Trump's impeachment trial, and the government controlled the only TV cameras in the Senate chamber — With the government in control of the production, “the emotion” of Tuesday's session was missing, said Chris Wallace of Fox News.
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Hamish McKenzie / Substack Blog:
Substack rolls out new publishing tools for teams including multi-admin access, support for multiple bylines, and author profile pages — Today, we're expanding what's possible on Substack by introducing new tools to allow groups of writers to work together on publications.
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Profile of David Sirota, a former journalist and now a senior adviser for the Bernie Sanders campaign, who amplifies its consistent focus on criticizing media — David Sirota's job is to remind the candidate's supporters why he dislikes the news media. — When the first in-house newsletter …
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@meredithshiner, @ghostpanther, @krystalball, @kerrymflynn, @davidsirota, Politico, NBC News, WHOTV and Breitbart
Netflix:
Netflix Q4 revenue grew 31% YoY to $5.467B and net income rose to $587M, surpassing 100M paid memberships outside the US; global paid net additions totaled 8.8M — Fellow shareholders, We had a strong finish to 2019, with Q4 revenue growing 31% year over year, bringing full year 2019 revenue …
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The New York Times Company:
NYT memo: the Standards department, led by Phil Corbett, will absorb much of the work of the Reader Center; Corbett also will work with the Opinion department — Nothing is more important than maintaining our readers' trust. It's why we long ago established a Standards department to ensure …
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VICE, @sulliview, @kievaliant, @blackamazon, @cascadiansolo, @allanschlosser, @jessicahuseman, @drphilgoff, @adriana_lacy, @vice, @jbenton and @sulliview
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
22 newspapers form the North Carolina News Collaborative, aiming to share content and resources for increased coverage of the news deserts in the state — Last summer, a group of editors in North Carolina gathered in a conference room for some brainstorming. — They covered one wall at the News & Observer with Post-It notes.
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@kristenhare, @poynter and @poynter
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK's largest commercial news publisher Reach unites its regional brands, including 25 daily print titles and 37 websites, to call for action on global warming — Dozens of regional brands owned by Reach, including the Manchester Evening News and Newcastle Chronicle, have joined forces …
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@davidbartlett1 and @leohickman
Andrew Wallender / Bloomberg Law:
Barstool Sports reaches settlement with NLRB that calls for deletion of anti-union tweets from co-founder David Portnoy, removal of other anti-union material — Four months after Barstool Sports co-founder David Portnoy drew criticism for posting anti-union tweets, the company reached …
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