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Sources: the US is debating how severely to respond to Beijing expelling three WSJ reporters, weighing whether to oust Chinese journalists and, if so, how many — - Options include expelling many of China's reporters in U.S. — The U.S. is weighing whether to expel Chinese journalists …
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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, @yuanfenyang, @greta, @jbarro, The Nation, @baseballcrank, @joshuahol, @tomfitton, @jeff_jacoby, @ron_fournier, @mariancw, @bgrueskin, @macaesbruno and Talking Biz News
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Harvey Weinstein is convicted on two of five charges: criminal sexual assault in the first degree and rape in the third degree; he will be sentenced on March 11 — The former movie mogul has been convicted in his New York sexual assault trial. — A jury of 12 men and women …
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New York Times, Fast Company, @rosemcgowan, Variety, Fox News, The Wrap, The Wrap, Mediaite, The Guardian, @samitsarkar, The Week, @kimmasters, @gabrielsherman, @jane__bradley, IndieWire, @ronanfarrow, @jeremylittau, @molly_knight, @scottfeinberg, Vox, @deggans, @thr, @jclarachan, @ashleyn1cole, @thr, @blakehounshell, @danprimack, @davidfolkenflik, @variety, @lisaocarroll, @thr, @emilynussbaum, @edpilkington and The Wrap
Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Sources: in a meeting, The Young Turks co-founder Cenk Uygur urged staff not to unionize, arguing a union doesn't belong at a small, struggling news network — In a tense meeting with employees, Cenk Uygur argued that a union doesn't belong at a small news network struggling to make profits.
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@jamieson, @tytunion, @lauren_steiner, @dsa_losangeles, @marcushjohnson, @therealdvorak, @mattdpearce, @jkfecke and @freedaaron
Mark Di Stefano / Financial Times:
FOIA docs: 8 BBC staffers are still disputing their pay and have lodged claims with the employment tribunal, while another 38 are being heard internally by BBC — Disclosure comes as broadcaster settles with presenter Samira Ahmed — The BBC still faces dozens of potentially costly pay disputes …
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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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Washington Examiner, @sulliview, @laurahelmuth, @justinmclachlan, @mehdirhasan, @leonardpittsjr1, @sewellchan, @dangillmor, @froomkin, @svdate, @tomtomorrow, @oliverdarcy, @brithume, @byronyork, @jrubinblogger, ABC News, Breitbart, Media Matters for America, Talking Points Memo, The Hill and Slate
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.
Nick Turner / Bloomberg:
Netflix says it will launch top 10 lists to rank the most popular shows and movies, updated daily, after testing the feature in Mexico and the UK — - Top 10 lists will be rolled out after tests in U.K. and Mexico — New feature will appear in the service and be updated daily
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Netflix Media Center, TechCrunch, @netflix, The Verge, @baekdal, @readdanwrite, @thefienprint and The Playlist, more at Techmeme »
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, @thehumphreyker, @jimwaterson, @arusbridger, @hackedoffhugh, @jeffjarvis, @maynereport, @hackinginquiry and @maynereport
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, Boing Boing and American Press Institute
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Nickelodeon and Time to launch “Kid of the Year” awards hosted by Trevor Noah, with honorees offered the chance to work as kid reporters for Time For Kids — Time Magazine created a franchise out of its annual “Person of the Year” issue. Now it hopes to do something similar for the younger set.
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Broadcasting & Cable
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: Shep Smith has held exploratory talks with CNN, ABC News, and MSNBC about future work; Smith's Fox News non-compete is said to expire in June or July — Shepard Smith hasn't greeted TV-news viewers since leaving Fox News Channel in October of last year.
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