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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Fox News opts for opinion programming over airing impeachment trial and broadcast networks stick to regular programming, unlike CNN and MSNBC — New York (CNN Business)Executives at Fox News shielded the channel's audience on Wednesday night from the impeachment trial proceedings playing …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Democrats' impeachment trial tactic of repeating the same arguments mirrors the cable news business model of finding news and analyzing it ad nauseam — Steve Doocy isn't famous for self-awareness. He's the blond fellow on the couch of “Fox & Friends.” It's his job to say things that ridicule Democrats and bolster Republicans.
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Tad Walch / Deseret News:
Clayton Christensen, who created the theory of disruptive innovation and influenced CEOs at companies like Apple and Netflix, dies at 67 — Clayton Christensen talks to people after giving his keynote speech at the Governor's Utah Economic Summit at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City on Thursday, April 3, 2014.
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Brent Lang / Variety:
Quibi CEO Meg Whitman apologizes for comparing reporters' friendly rapport with their sources to how sexual predators groom their targets — Quibi CEO Meg Whitman apologized for comparing journalists to sexual predators, saying her remarks did not convey her true feelings about the press.
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Emma Tucker named Sunday Times editor, the first woman in the role since 1901 — Times deputy editor replaces Martin Ivens, who joins Times Newspapers board — The Sunday Times has appointed Emma Tucker as its first female editor in more than a century.
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Joe Lucia / Awful Announcing:
Minute Media, which bought The Big Lead and The Players' Tribune in 2019, has acquired FanSided from Meredith Corporation — We've been wondering what the future holds for Fansided for months now, dating back to Authentic Brands Group's purchase of Sports Illustrated last May. Fansided wasn't part of that deal.
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Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Trump and surrogates have poured attention on some local talk-radio hosts like Virginia's John Fredericks, a tactic that pays off with on-air support and praise — RICHMOND — With breakfast from McDonald's in his left hand and his softsided briefcase rolling behind him …
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Wall Street Journal:
Amazon claims Prime Video has ~65K titles, but 66% of those are user uploaded, including thousands of short instructional clips and conspiracy theory videos — Streaming service touts its large collection of titles, but a majority are uploads—and questionable films are in the mix
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Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Interview with Kary Antholis, a former HBO executive who now publishes Crime Story, a true crime site and podcast covering crime stories centered in LA — And hopefully to make some good TV along the way. Kary Antholis' site Crime Story uses “a much more thematic, character-driven …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK Culture Secretary launches investigation into whether DMGT's £49.6M purchase of the i paper adversely affects plurality of views in the UK newspaper market — Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan has formally intervened in Mail and Metro owner Daily Mail and General Trust's £49.6m purchase of the i paper from JPI Media.
PBS NewsHour:
Jim Lehrer, a longtime PBS news anchor who moderated a dozen presidential debates and wrote about 20 novels, has died at 85 — PBS NewsHour co-founder Jim Lehrer, a giant in journalism known for his tenacity and dedication to simply delivering the news, died Thursday at the age of 85.
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Li Yuan / New York Times:
As coronavirus spreads, many media outlets in China that played key roles in revealing the 2003 SARS outbreak have been silenced or sidelined by government — Beijing has responded faster to the new threat than it did with SARS, but it still silences and punishes those who veer from the official line …
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