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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
ABC suspends reporter David Wright after reviewing Project Veritas footage in which he criticized Trump coverage and ABC News' promotion of Disney content — ABC News suspended one of its veteran correspondents late Tuesday for unguarded remarks he made in a video by operatives of Project Veritas …
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Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Trump's re-election campaign filed a libel suit against NYT for publishing a Max Frankel opinion piece on Russian interference in the 2016 election — The lawsuit claims the Times falsely wrote the campaign had a quid pro quo with Russia.
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Chris Willman / Variety:
RIAA: music streaming grew 13% YoY in 2019 to $11.1B, comprising 79% of music revenue, as digital downloads fell to 8% and paid subscriptions rose 25% to $6.8B — A study just released by the RIAA shows bad and worse news for sectors of the recorded music business like physical media sales …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Minute Media, which owns The Players' Tribune and The Big Lead, raises $40M for a total of $160M, sources say at a $500M valuation — Minute Media is hoping to expand its business by selling publishing software as a service.
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Tim Peterson / Digiday:
Since moving its content team to Amazon Studios, sources say IMDb TV has been in talks to produce original scripted and unscripted shows — This article is part of the Digiday Video Briefing, which features must-reads, confessionals and key market stats. To receive the Digiday Video Briefing, please subscribe.
The Walt Disney Co.:
Bob Chapek has been named CEO of The Walt Disney Company, effective immediately; Bob Iger will serve as executive chairman through 2021 — 1 BOB CHAPEK NAMED CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY Robert A. Iger Assumes Role of Executive Chairman through 2021 Mr. Iger Will Direct …
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Peter Kafka / Vox:
Bob Iger's timing as he steps down is a head scratcher, but Disney is telling Wall Street and consumers that they shouldn't expect anything to change soon
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Samantha Cole / VICE:
Two programmer-musicians algorithmically generated every 8-note, 12-beat MIDI melody in one octave and openly licensed them to help others in copyright suits — Two programmer-musicians wrote every possible MIDI melody in existence to a hard drive, copyrighted the whole thing …
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Jennifer Maas / The Wrap:
AMC Networks posts revenue of $785M, up 1.6% YoY, with operating income of $42M in Q4 thanks to its four streaming services, which have 2M+ subscribers — AMC Networks swung to a loss in the fourth quarter of 2019 due in large part to higher SVOD costs and lower U.S. TV ratings.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Vimeo launches Vimeo Create, an app offered as part of its membership plans with social video creation tools for small businesses and marketers — Vimeo signaled last year its plans to move further into the social video creation and editing space with its acquisition of short-form video editor Magisto.
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Mel Grau / Poynter:
A look at a nearly two year fight by six women at The Boston Globe to get a more robust parental leave policy for the newspaper — Though they never heard the word “no,” it took nearly two years for these six women to get a more robust parental leave policy for the newspaper.
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@nytimescramer, @kgeee, @janellenanos, bookforum.com, Media Nation and Dan Kennedy
Makena Kelly / The Verge:
Twitch suspended some popular channels offering debate commentary after copyright claims by Praxis Political, then reinstated them after finding claims false — ‘I refuse to be silenced,’ one streamer says — On February 25th, CBS News hosted the last Democratic presidential debate ahead …
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Alex Barker / Financial Times:
The upcoming third-party cookie ban in market-leading Chrome will mean changes in adtech, more site-specific direct user tracking, and more power for Google — Complex, unloved and often over-intrusive: few are mourning the demise of the third-party cookie — cross-website trackers that Apple …
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Emily Gould / The Cut:
A writer recalls her time at Gawker in 2007, including Nick Denton's shaming of her online, and how public shaming and online mockery leave lasting marks — Red Sketchbook, 2019. Oil on canvas. 40 x 30 inches. Courtesy the artist and V1 Gallery, Copenhagen. Photo: Courtesy the artist and V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
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Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNN:
A look at The Costco Connection, a monthly magazine for Costco executive members, whose circulation of 14.3M makes it the fourth biggest magazine in the US — New York (CNN Business)Costco relies on a surprising perk to engage its executive members and keep them hooked on their $120-a-year subscription …
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