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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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The Hill, @mattdpearce, @jenniferjjacobs, @aawayne and @s_m_i
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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


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


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


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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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


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.


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 »


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

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


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


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.