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9:25 AM ET, February 3, 2020

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New York Times:
Des Moines Register, CNN cancel release of final Iowa Poll results ahead of caucuses, after Pete Buttigieg's campaign complained he wasn't included in one call  —  The release of the highly anticipated survey was canceled after complaints from Pete Buttigieg's campaign that he was not included in at least one phone call.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
A look at Iowa Starting Line, a small local news site in Des Moines that has rivaled The Des Moines Register for scoops and influence ahead of the Iowa caucuses  —  Iowa Starting Line began as a man and his laptop.  It's now a rare success story in the ailing world of local news.
Adam Sherwin / inews:
BBC to launch a range of new podcasts including a Panorama podcast and Americast, a podcast about the 2020 Election with Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis  —  A ‘deep dive’ investigative Panorama podcast series will also be launched via BBC Sounds app  —  The BBC is launching a range of new podcasts …
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Profile of The Dispatch, the newly launched conservative media outlet targeting the “center-right” with fact-based original reporting instead of cheap hot takes  —  Jonah Goldberg, the conservative author and longtime fixture at National Review, used to have a go-to metaphor …
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
A look at the Minneapolis Star Tribune's strategies for maintaining print revenue and growing paid digital subscribers as it aims for 150K digital subs by 2025  —  The paramount business goal for many newspapers in 2020, metros especially, is building out a paid digital subscription base.
Sahil Patel / Wall Street Journal:
Super Bowl ad prices: Fox charged up to $5.6M for 30 seconds of TV ad time during the game and, sources say, sought $300K-$400K for streaming-only ads  —  Fox's streaming-only ads for the Super Bowl were priced between $300,000 and $400,000 for 30 seconds of ad time
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Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
Roku says it has settled its carriage dispute with Fox to distribute Fox channels on the Roku platform ahead of the Super Bowl
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
In interview, Dean Baquet says NYT won't take sides in its reporting, favoring “sophisticated objectivity” over labeling lies: “let somebody else call it a lie”  —  While technically acknowledging that “on the one hand on the other hand” reporting is “not the best way” …
Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal:
Gaana, the most popular music-streaming service in India, has 152M monthly users, over half of Spotify's global user base, double Apple Music's global count  —  Gaana, which means ‘song’ in Hindi, has used its large library of local music and low prices to beat the competition
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Report: UK National newsbrands took in £1B in ad revenue in 2018, down 2.7% YoY, with online ad spend comprising £318M; ad spend projected to fall 2.5% for 2019  —  Advertising spend with national newspapers will continue to fall year-on-year in 2020 despite quarterly growth, according to new estimates.
Taylor Mulcahey / International Journalists' Network:
Interview with Wendi C. Thomas, founder of MLK50, a Memphis outlet covering poverty and power, on the challenges of launching and funding a publication  —  As the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. approached in 2018, journalist Wendi C. Thomas wanted to do something to mark the moment.
 
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Bryan Curtis / The Ringer:
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Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
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Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News:
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Tim Dams / Variety:
A look at the effects of Brexit on the UK film and TV industry's access to talent and funding; UK films and TV will count towards European content quotas
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
How iHeartMedia's job cuts affected hundreds of on-air DJs, and how the company is using music-mixing AI tech built by startup Super Hi-Fi
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap:
Hulu CEO Randy Freer is leaving the streaming service as Disney continues the reorganization of its direct-to-consumer business
Julia Alexander / The Verge:
Carlos Maza is leaving Vox to focus on his YouTube channel full time, talking about topics like Fox News and the election and using Patreon to find supporters