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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 — Separately, federal prosecutors probe whether racy photos of Amazon boss were provided to National Enquirer by his girlfriend's brother
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The Guardian:
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
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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Interview with Glenn Greenwald, after Brazilian officials charged him with cybercrimes, on his reporting that led to charges and his need for armed security now — On Tuesday, Brazilian prosecutors charged the journalist Glenn Greenwald with “cybercrimes” as part of what the government claims was his role in a “criminal organization.”
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Source: Serial Productions, the company behind the true-crime podcast Serial, is exploring a sale, with The New York Times among potential buyers — Serial Productions has one of the best-known brands in digital audio; New York Times considered a potential suitor
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@benmullin, @alexweprin, Optimism of the will, @alanallama, @matt_pc, @lucas_shaw, @asharma and @jyarow
Miami Herald:
McClatchy's Miami Herald outsources printing to Tribune Publishing's South Florida Sun Sentinel starting April 26; 70 production employees to lose jobs — The Miami Herald Media Company announced Tuesday it will move its printing and packaging operations to Broward County.
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Miami New Times, @tomnamako, @katieperalta, @cltledger, @cltledger, @marcacaputo, @marcacaputo, @davidjneal, @sfdb, @nicknehamas, @jerryiannelli, @hshaban and @oneheraldguild
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap:
CBS News names Reince Priebus as a political analyst; Priebus has been RNC chairman and was White House chief of staff for the first six months of Trump's term — Reince Priebus, former Trump White House chief of staff and former chair of the Republican National Committee, has been named a political analyst for CBS News.
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@brianstelter, @froomkin, @ericschultz, The Hill, @paula_dockery, @jamesfourm, @froomkin, Raw Story, @waltshaub, @markos, @davidcorndc, @ruthbenghiat and Broadcasting & Cable
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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TechCrunch, @substackinc, @anutopiaa, twobossydames, @abnormalreturns, @hamishmckenzie, @noahchestnut, @noahchestnut, @cjgbest and @andrewchen
CityAM:
Report: BBC will announce significant cuts to its news operation as reforms are pushed through before next DG's appointment; BBC News channel will be unaffected — The BBC is said to be on the brink of announcing a wave of job cuts in its news division as it looks to revamp its output before the next director general takes the reins.
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@mattkmoore, Press Gazette, @markdistef, The Times, @mechanonplacet, @andywasley, @markdistef, @c_crampton, @birdyword, @charliebeckett, @josephstash, @janemerrick23 and @kate_day
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Journalists say police in Northern Ireland are putting them at risk by failing to share enough details about immediate threats from terrorists and criminals — Police in Northern Ireland are failing to share enough details about immediate threats to journalists from terrorists and criminals …
Joe Otterson / Variety:
Bill Abbott, president/CEO of Hallmark Channel parent Crown Media, is leaving, about a month after Hallmark pulled an ad with a same-sex couple, and backtracked — Bill Abbott is exiting his post as president and CEO of Crown Media, the parent company of Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries and Hallmark Drama.
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Adweek, Los Angeles Times, Ad Age, The Hill and MediaPost
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
A look at the publishers holding events at Davos, including Time, Politico's yet-to-launch Protocol, Quartz, Fast Company, WSJ, and Bloomberg — The global elite has decamped for its annual pilgrimage to clomp around a sleepy Swiss Alpine village. And with them have arrived business …
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Talking Biz News, @edwardshannah, @kerrymflynn and @gbrotman
Mark Jacob / Local News Initiative:
Q&A with Salt Lake Tribune's Jennifer Napier-Pearce about IRS approval to become a nonprofit, why it's an option local newspapers should explore, and more — The Salt Lake Tribune announced in November that it had received Internal Revenue Service approval to become the nation's first legacy newspaper to go fully nonprofit.
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American Press Institute, Poynter, @timafranklin and @pilhofer
Simon Van Zuylen Wood / Wired:
Behind the scenes at Rotten Tomatoes, whose Tomatometer is run by 12 “curators” who read just about every review from a pool of about 4,500 approved critics — Humans, not algorithms, determine those ubiquitous scores. Good ingredients, imperfect recipe.
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