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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Netflix won only two Oscars despite 24 nominations: Best Supporting Actress for Laura Dern and Best Documentary Feature for American Factory from Obamas' studio — Although Netflix received 24 nominations (the most of any studio) at this year's Oscars, its films only ended up winning two awards.
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CNBC, Variety, @sarahwhit10 and Observer
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Wall Street Journal:
Inside Netflix's aggressive Oscars campaign that's spending an estimated $100M+ mainly to promote two films, while other studios usually spend $5M-$20M per film — With lavish parties, huge billboards, and screenings around the world, awards campaigning may never be the same
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TechCrunch, Associated Press, @filloux, @pkafka, @pkafka, Variety and Observer, more at Techmeme »
Emily Bell / The Guardian:
NYT's success in hitting a target of $800M annual digital revenue, while young startups struggle, lays bare media's disastrous winner takes all state of affairs — A handful of legacy institutions thrive as digital startups face increasing pressures — The financial health of journalism …
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@nicnewman, THEFUTURE, @ndhapple, @chriselliott57, @wblau, @garyfoskett and @baekdal
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Ian Burrell / The Drum:
Inside NYT's London newsroom, which has around 50 journalists and is bringing in five more to handle breaking news for the paper's UK version of Express Desk — In an exam room atmosphere of intense concentration, New York Times journalists edit copy from the Iowa caucuses and update dispatches …
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@jane__bradley, @mattandersonnyt and @lizziepaton
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
A look at New Hampshire's WMUR, a Hearst-owned station watched by 56% of the state's households weekly and which took in ~$40M in political advertising in 2016 — The unsuccessful 1996 and 2000 presidential campaigns of publishing scion Steve Forbes may have faded from memory.
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@stevebattaglio, @latimes, @mattdpearce, @mlcalderone, @stevebattaglio, @latimes and @stevebattaglio
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Journalists should avoid framing politics as a horserace and stop making political predictions in part because there's so little accountability if they're wrong — Of all the lessons the mainstream media should have learned over the past four years, one of them is inexcusably obvious: We're bad at predictions.
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@sulliview, The Week, @jason_pontin, @anandwrites, @dangillmor, @jayrosen_nyu, @nprscottsimon and Politico
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Eight of the UK's 22 audited papers, excluding those in Scotland, are now edited by women, as are four of the ten daily national titles — Fleet Street will have more national newspapers edited by women than at any other time in its history as of next week.
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@hillyjanes, @pressgazette and @jessbrammar
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Sun admits its reporter attended an attack on the home of Manchester United boss, after the club complained that the paper had advance notice of the attack — The Sun has admitted its reporter attended an attack on the home of Manchester United boss Ed Woodward, but said the journalist …
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@skysportsnews, @danroan and @hackinginquiry
David Bauder / Associated Press:
CBS News president called threats against Gayle King “reprehensible” after King was criticized for asking about Kobe Bryant's rape charge in an interview — NEW YORK (AP) — The CBS News chief called threats against journalist Gayle King “reprehensible” Saturday as backlash grew …
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The Hill, @ap, E! Online, USA Today, Fox News, Variety, NBC News, The Wrap, @tonydokoupil, @slpng_giants, @margbrennan, @nrarmour, The Daily Beast, Fox News, Plain Dealer, Deadline, Variety, Newser, Slate, The Hill and The Guardian
Jason Gutierrez / New York Times:
Philippines moves to end the franchise of the country's leading broadcast network ABS-CBN, the latest push by Duterte's admin against critical media outlets — It's the latest push by the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte against media outlets he views as critical of his government.
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@nytimes and @heyitsmemistera
Edmund Lee / New York Times:
A look at the profitable subscription-based tech news site The Information, which Jessica Lessin says is expected to reach $20M in sales by the end of 2020 — Jessica Lessin's online tech publication costs $399 a year and has no ads. Silicon Valley's elite is eating it up.
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Monday Note, @periodistas21, @stevelohr, @niemanlab, @nancyjosales, @mathewi, @moiragweigel, @kantrowitz, @mattdrange, @kelseymsutton, @candacejackson, @kateclarktweets, @jessicalessin, @amir, @sonnybunch, @joshsternberg, @eramshaw, @peterhimler, @anoushasakoui, @buzzfeedben, @theinformation, @goldsmithb, @talkingbiznews, @nickwingfield, @cfarivar and @dylanbyers
@CTGuild / Chicago Tribune Guild:
[Thread] Tribune Publishing's Chicago-area newsrooms are losing more than a dozen staffers who chose to take buyouts in the most recent round of cuts — Today we mark the departures of more than a dozen colleagues, both in and out of the Guild, across all Chicago-area Tribune Publishing newsrooms, who have chosen to take the most recent round of buyouts. We wish them the best in this new era for their careers and their lives.
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News Corp:
News Corp says WSJ passed 2M digital subscribers in Q4 2019, up 13% YoY, while Dow Jones digital subscriptions grew 17% and overall subscriptions passed 3.5M — Dow Jones Surpasses 3.5 Million Subscriptions for First Time — The Wall Street Journal Crosses 2 Million Digital Subscriptions Mark
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Fox Business, @michaelmillerau, @gerryfsmith and News Corp
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