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Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
After a testy interview, All Things Considered co-host Mary Louise Kelly says Mike Pompeo shouted at her, cursed, and asked her to find Ukraine on a map — All Things Considered co-host Mary Louise Kelly claimed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shouted at her, dropped the F-bomb …
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BBC:
BBC's Africa editor Fergal Keane to step down from his role due to PTSD stemming from “several decades of work in conflict zones around the world” — The BBC's Fergal Keane is stepping down from his role as Africa editor due to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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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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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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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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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann launches Byte, a Vine-like short-form video app, on iOS and Android, aims to start its partner program to pay creators “soon” — Two years after Vine's co-founder Dom Hofman announced he was building a successor to the short-form video app, today Byte makes its debut on iOS and Android.
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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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Mansha Daswani / World Screen:
PwC: there were 635 deals in the media and telco space in 2019, down 27% YoY; overall deal value dropped 25% to $91.9B with 4 megadeals accounting for $40.6B — While calling 2019 a “transformative year” in M&A in the media and telco sectors, with several megadeals and a shifting relationship …
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Sam Sabin / Morning Consult:
Survey of 1,996 registered voters finds 94% saw or heard something about Trump's tweets: 72% were aware via broadcast or cable news, 29% were aware from Twitter — Among voters who had heard about any of his tweets, 72% did so through TV and cable news vs. 29% on Twitter
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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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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Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Appeals court reverses a lower court and reinstates a suit challenging constitutionality of sex-trafficking law FOSTA, finding plaintiffs have standing to sue — Judges Found Plaintiffs Have Standing to Sue — SAN FRANCISCO-A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of FOSTA …
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