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Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy:
Memo: WaPo Editor Marty Baron encourages staff to seek feedback on social media posts and says the newsroom is reviewing its social media policy from 2011 — News: Marty Baron just sent this email about social media use to The Washington Post newsroom. “It is not always easy to know where to draw the line.” https://twitter.com/...
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The Daily Beast:
Some former Deadspin writers to blog about the Super Bowl for a pop-up site, Unnamed Temporary Sports Blog Dot Com, sponsored by a password management company — The irreverent “Unnamed Temporary Sports Blog Dot Com” is underwritten by a password-security company and features not-so-subtle digs at Deadspin's bosses.
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Mike Barnes / Hollywood Reporter:
Fred Silverman, the longtime TV programmer who was president of ABC Entertainment and NBC and also worked at CBS, has died at 82 — Known as “The Man With the Golden Gut,” he green-lighted projects like ‘All in the Family,’ ‘Roots’ and ‘Hill Street Blues’ at CBS, ABC and NBC.
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Richard Orange / The Guardian:
Swedish media association has urged the Swedish government to act against China's efforts to undermine press freedom, including denying visas and making threats — Media body says journalists are denied visas, while editors receive stream of threatening emails and phone calls
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World News Publishing Focus …, @johnhemmings2, @penamerica and @kakielgin
Julie Halpert / Current:
Minnesota law giving parties access to voters' affiliations leads some local outlets to consider prohibiting or discouraging voting among their journalists — A change in Minnesota's state voting laws has sparked a debate over how to balance journalistic ethics with one of the most basic civic rights …
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Financial Times:
Sources: Boris Johnson's government will launch a consultation next week on ending criminal penalties for those who refuse to pay the BBC licensing fee — Boris Johnson's government will launch its first strike on BBC funding next week, opening a formal process to lift the criminal penalties on those refusing to pay the licence fee.
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Peter Kafka / Vox:
Part of NYT's allure for Ben Smith is the chance to cover the 2020 election from a healthy old-school media shop, which partially owes its resurgence to Trump — A chat with the paper's newest high-profile hire. — BuzzFeed's Ben Smith is leaving for the New York Times for many reasons.
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@matthewherper, @buzzfeedben, @pkafka, Simon Owens's Tech … and bookforum.com
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Press Pad, a program that pairs unpaid media interns with London hosts who provide housing and mentoring, runs into criticism for adding a new fee of £600/month — A scheme partnering unpaid media interns with hosts who can provide them with accommodation and mentoring has come under fire …
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@the_crox, @jamespiotr and @alexpleasants
Hollywood Reporter:
China has shut down its ~70K movie theaters due to the coronavirus outbreak, leading to a potential $1B loss in the global box office and delayed release dates — Global box office may take a $1 billion-plus hit as the world's second-biggest market shutters 70,000 screens while grappling to contain the outbreak.
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@tedgioia, @thrmattbelloni and Fast Company
Esther Kezia Thorpe / What's New in Publishing:
Why micropayments aren't dead...yet — Far from being a failed experiment, we need to think bigger when it comes to micropayments. — With the rise of subscriptions and paywalls comes the realisation that there's a large chunk of a publisher's audience that they may never be able to effectively monetise.
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Watch Out, America: John Oliver Is Officially a U.S. Citizen Now — HBO's incendiary ‘Last Week Tonight’ host (and recently sworn-in American) returns with plenty to say about Trump's 2020 campaign, Harry and Meghan, his awkward run-in with an AT&T exec ("We sized each other up") …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The Atlantic ended an honorary “contributing editor” list on its masthead after some black staffers objected to adding Rahm Emanuel's name to the list — Last May, the Atlantic announced that Rahm Emanuel, who'd just left his post as Chicago mayor, would be joining the magazine as a contributing editor.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
After Mike Pompeo berated NPR's Mary Louise Kelly and the State Department removed another reporter's credentials, NPR member stations see a bump in donations — People who are outraged about how Secretary of State Mike Pompeo treated NPR's Mary Louise Kelly in an interview last week have a number of ways to vent:
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NPR, The Hill and @nprmontagne
Brian X. Chen / New York Times:
Americans spent $170 on average on streaming TV services in 2019, a 30% increase since 2017, when they spent $130 — The dollars are adding up fast. So here are some tips for pruning the subscriptions you no longer use. — Online subscriptions sure sound cheap, but what do a few bucks …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
A look at the evolution of morning shows as they figure out how to balance hard news with their hallmark lighter tone and their anchors take on more roles — Robin Roberts needs to rely on more than just her journalism training to survive on “Good Morning America.”
New York Times:
The government's prepublication review system, which is checking John Bolton's book, needs reform because it gives agencies unchecked power to suppress speech — The fate of his memoir is up to government censors. That's troubling. — The writers are lawyers at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia.
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