Mediagazer: NYT's The 1619 Project, a collaboration between journalists and scholars, shows how historically informed journalism provides crucial context to reporting (Ricki Morell/Nieman Reports)

7:10 AM ET, January 23, 2020

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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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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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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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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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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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The Seattle Times:

Giving the world's largest media companies an antitrust exemption under the guise of helping local journalism may jeopardize local media's very existence — Local newspapers are experiencing a steady decline in traditional print-advertising revenue as technology giants like Google …

Ricki Morell / Nieman Reports:

NYT's The 1619 Project, a collaboration between journalists and scholars, shows how historically informed journalism provides crucial context to reporting — Historically-informed journalism provides crucial context to reporting — When Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Jeff Gammage writes …

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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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Dyaning Pangestika / The Jakarta Post:

Indonesian officials detained Philip Jacobson, a US editor for conservation site Mongabay, saying he broke visa rules; journalism orgs are denouncing his arrest — The Alliance of Independent Journalist (AJI) and the Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN) …

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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.

Discussion: @substackinc, TechCrunch, @abnormalreturns, @noahchestnut, @noahchestnut, @cjgbest, @anutopiaa, @hamishmckenzie, @andrewchen and twobossydames

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 …

Discussion: @edwardshannah, @gbrotman, @kerrymflynn and Talking Biz News

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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