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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.
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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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New York Times, The Nation, @yuanfenyang, @jeff_jacoby, @ron_fournier, @greta, @jbarro, @joshuahol, @baseballcrank, @tomfitton, @mariancw, @bgrueskin, @macaesbruno, Talking Biz News and Poynter
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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CityAM, @maynereport, @maynereport, @thehumphreyker, @jimwaterson, @arusbridger, @hackedoffhugh, @jeffjarvis and @hackinginquiry
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.
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, American Press Institute and Boing Boing
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Harvey Weinstein is convicted on two of the five charges he faced: criminal sexual assault in the first degree and rape in the third degree — The former movie mogul has been convicted in his New York sexual assault trial. — A jury of 12 men and women has convicted former movie mogul …
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Variety, The Guardian, The Wrap, @thr, @thr, @thr, @ashleyn1cole, @lisaocarroll, @deggans, @jclarachan, @edpilkington, @danprimack, Boing Boing and The Week
Sara Jerde / Adweek:
Margaret Chu, previously the EVP for corporate strategy and development at Horizon Media, will become the new CFO of Vox Media — Media agency veteran moves to a media organization — Margaret Chu has been named Vox Media's new chief financial officer, coming over from Horizon Media …
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 …
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@fawcettsociety, @jimwaterson and @david_challen
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
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Inside the final days of HQ Trivia: an acquisition offer from media company Whistle died abruptly amid extreme animosity between founders, staff, and management — The app was America's favorite gameshow until a toxic culture and co-founder feuding drove it off the air. Now, the CEO wants to bring it back.
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@shortformernie, @kurtwagner8 and Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »
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
Crain's Detroit Business:
Crain's Detroit Business names The Detroit News veteran journalist Kelley Root as its executive editor starting March 16 — Veteran Detroit journalist Kelley Root will move across downtown from The Detroit News to join Crain's Detroit Business as executive editor on March 16.
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@kelleyroot, @kat__stafford and @bykaleahall
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