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Alex Barker / Financial Times:
Comcast's NBC and Sky to launch NBC Sky World News, an international news channel, this summer; they will open ten new bureaus worldwide and hire 100-200 staff — Comcast's NBC and Sky will this summer attempt to overturn three decades of CNN pre-eminence in international television news …
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Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Comcast beats Q4 expectations: profit rose 26% YoY to $3.16B on revenue of $28.39B; NBCU revenue fell 2.6% YoY to $9.2B; Sky revenue rose 0.4% YoY to $5.04B — - Comcast beat on both the top and bottom lines in its fourth-quarter results. — The company added 442,000 …
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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 — 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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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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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.
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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Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios:
In a letter to AG Barr, Republican congressman asks DOJ to compel China's state agency Xinhua to register as a foreign agent, as CGTN has already done — A Republican congressman has asked Attorney General William Barr to examine whether Chinese state news agency Xinhua has registered under …
The Paris Review:
Mona Simpson named publisher of The Paris Review, where she has been a member of the board of directors and the editorial committee since 2014 — The Paris Review Foundation is delighted to announce the appointment of Mona Simpson as the magazine's new publisher.
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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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 …
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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