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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
In email to WSJ's top officers, 53 members of WSJ's China staff urge the paper to apologize for “sick man” headline that led China to expel three WSJ reporters — The Wall Street Journal's China staff is urging the newspaper to apologize for a headline that prompted …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
In the “Trump Unbound” era, media should abandon its phony fairness that gives “both sides” of an argument equal time, regardless of their truth or merit — When Donald Trump was elected, the media spent months figuring out how to cover a far-from-ordinary presidency.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Fox Corp has expressed interest in acquiring ad-supported streaming service Tubi in a deal that could be valued at more than $500M — Entertainment giants have been scooping up ad-supported video platforms to complement subscription offerings — Tubi or not Tubi.
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Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
Alphabet-owned Jigsaw launched a digital magazine about disinformation called The Current, which wants to “explore today's digital threats and solutions” — Jigsaw, a unit of Google previously known as Google Ideas, recently launched a digital magazine called The Current …
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@cjr and Boing Boing
Mike Bloomberg for President:
Mike Bloomberg says Bloomberg LP identified 3 NDAs over the past 30+ years about comments he allegedly made to women, who will be given a release on request — I've had the company go back over its record and they've identified 3 NDAs that we signed over the past 30-plus years with women …
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Filing: The Sun recorded a loss of £68M for the 12 months ending July 2019, after spending £54M on legal fees and damages related to the phone hacking scandal — Accounts show parent firm still spending an eighth of revenue dealing with phone hacking
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Los Angeles Times:
Twitter is suspending 70 accounts linked to Michael Bloomberg's campaign for violating its policies, citing platform manipulation and duplicative content — Michael R. Bloomberg's presidential campaign has been experimenting with novel tactics to cultivate an online following, or at least the appearance of one.
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Andy Cush / Pitchfork:
Spotify users are uploading unlicensed songs to the app's podcast section, though they don't profit from it; Spotify is working on the issue — Browse Spotify's section for featured music podcasts, and at first you'll find what you'd probably expect. Last week, the top five slots were filled …
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@cushac, @jrichmanesq, @tostenburks, @jasonpwoodbury, @yayyab and @jumonsmapes
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Samira Ahmed and BBC reach an undisclosed financial settlement over equal pay claim as BBC decides not to appeal against the employment tribunal ruling — Tribunal previously ruled Ahmed should have been paid same rate as Jeremy Vine — The BBC has decided not to appeal …
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
The Wall Street Journal launches the Experience Report, a new vertical focused on the business of events with SAP as its sole sponsor — On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal is launching a new vertical dedicated to covering events, called the Experience Report, which will have SAP as its sole sponsor.
Lyndsey Gilpin / Columbia Journalism Review:
A dearth of local newspapers in the three states crossed by the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline is allowing the pipeline's developers to shape the narrative — The proposed path of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline snakes 600 miles through West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina.
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Delia Cai / Deez Links:
Q&A with Daily Beast media reporter Max Tani about the meta nature of reporting on reporters, cultivating sources, and competing in such a fast-paced beat — Happy Friday, Deezers! Today's interview is with Daily Beast media reporter Max Tani, who talked about the rather meta nature …
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@taylorlorenz, @jeremymbarr, @gerryfsmith and @maxwelltani
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