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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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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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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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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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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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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.


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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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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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 …


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.


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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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 …


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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