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Ariel Zilber / Daily Mail:
WaPo suspends Felicia Sonmez after she tweeted a story about a rape allegation against Kobe Bryant, responded to criticism, and uploaded abuse sent to her email — Felicia Sonmez (right), who covers national politics for The Washington Post, posted a link to a story about the Kobe Bryant rape case …
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Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap:
The Washington Post says tweets from now-suspended political reporter Felicia Sonmez “displayed poor judgment that undermined the work of her colleagues” — Washington Post reporter Felicia Sonmez was suspended Sunday after tweeting about the 2003 rape case against Kobe Bryant …
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New York Times, @tomgara, Variety, @libbycwatson, @jimwaterson, @gynostar, @carlasosenko and @mskristinawong
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Emily Ramshaw and Amanda Zamora, who stepped down from Texas Tribune in November, launch the 19th, a new media outlet focused on women, with $5M in funding — The idea of creating a new media outlet focused on women came to Emily Ramshaw four years ago during her maternity leave.
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@eramshaw, Nieman Lab, @eramshaw, PR Newswire, @projomike, @eugene_scott, @edokeefe, @ericazucco, @jbenton, @terri_rupar, @jmsummers, @cindi_leive, @eramshaw and @amzam
Edward Snowden / Washington Post:
Charges against Assange arguing interactions with sources can be a crime have created a template for other countries, with Brazil arguing the same for Greenwald — Edward Snowden is the author of “Permanent Record” and is the president of Freedom of the Press Foundation …
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New York Times and Common Dreams
Tim Peterson / Digiday:
ESPN plans to air more than 500 live original shows across its digital platforms and social media this year, more than doubling its output since 2018 — With a new social media star and a fresh studio dedicated to its digital programming, ESPN is upgrading online game viewing.
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The Streamable, @mathewi, @dangillmor and @foss
David Sharman / HoldtheFrontPage:
UK government says Cairncross review's recommendation to create an institution for public interest news would amount to inappropriate government interference — The government has rejected the central recommendation from a report into the future of news provision to set up an “institute for public interest news.”
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Press Gazette, GOV.UK, @jimwaterson, CityAM, expressandstar.com and @jimwaterson
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Initial coverage of Kobe Bryant's death was an illuminating example of how breaking news reports will be wrong due to the drive to be first at any cost — If the media world were ruled by thoughtfulness, rigor and ethics, TMZ wouldn't have broken the news about Sunday's helicopter crash …
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Esquire, @martinonyc, @lesbowen, @satoshijournal and Poynter
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Politico launches AgencyIQ, a new B2B product covering the FDA, with subscriptions costing $25K-$75K/year and plans to expand coverage to agencies like FTC, FCC — Politico is chasing after more subscription revenue by starting on Monday a new business-to-business product covering the Food and Drug Administration called AgencyIQ,
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Talking Biz News, @raju and @gbrotman
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Founder of right-wing Christian site TruNews, who has made anti-Semitic comments, says the White House gave five TruNews staffers press credentials for Davos — The White House granted TruNews, a right-wing Christian site, press credentials for the president's Davos trip after its founder's remarks calling impeachment a “Jew coup.”
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@mattnegrin, @nebraskamegan, @miriam2626, @markszaidesq, @gadyepstein, @paulkrugman and @brianstelter
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: MGM has held preliminary talks with a number of companies, including Apple and Netflix, to gauge whether they're interested in acquiring it — - Apple, Amazon, AT&T, Comcast, Disney and Netflix may be a new “Big 6” among global media companies. — MGM has held preliminary talks …
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The Streamable, The Playlist, @getfandom, @sherman4949, @sherman4949, @dylanbyers and @mattrosoff
Nicole Hemmer / New York Times:
A history of how right-wing media has minimized actions of conservatives and scandalized the actions of Democrats, a practice that began taking shape in the 40s — Right-wing media have been laying the groundwork for Trump's acquittal for half a century. — Ms. Hemmer is the author of …
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@samthielman and @nataliapetrzela
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
From appeals for investment from wealthy people to union organizing, newspaper journalists are trying to save jobs as investors wring profits from the industry — As hedge funds take a greater role in newspaper chains, journalists at the Chicago Tribune and elsewhere are sending out an S.O.S.
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@royalpratt, @mattdpearce, @amlwhere and @baltsunguild
Lynzy Billing / ZORA:
A look at various challenges Afghan female journalists face while reporting in a deeply patriarchal country, where 1,700 out of 10K in its press corps are women — Women reporters aim to remain at the forefront of their stories; now international media outlets need to hire them
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@zoramag, @zoramag, @morganjerkins, @medium and @niemanlab
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