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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Top media outlets normalized Trump's often incoherent press briefing Wednesday on the coronavirus, downplaying his campaign-style insults and slinging of blame — Here is some of what Donald Trump had to say Wednesday evening at a briefing intended to inform and reassure the American public about a public-health emergency:
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Barbara Allen / Poynter:
Layoffs are under way at newspapers owned by Gannett; one employee has tracked at least 24 newsroom staffers affected, with 40 pressroom positions cut — Layoffs continued Thursday at Gannett newspapers, which recently merged with GateHouse to form the nation's largest newspaper chain.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Discovery names Hulu's Lisa Holme head of direct-to-consumer content strategy, in charge of commissioning and acquiring US content — Lisa Holme, a Hulu veteran who had been leading its international expansion strategy, has joined Discovery in a newly created role to oversee content …
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Deadline and Multichannel News
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Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Discovery to grow Dplay, its on-demand European streaming service, to 18 countries in 2020; Joyn, its ad-supported German streaming service, has 7M users
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Discovery reports Q4 earnings of $476M, up 77% YoY, on revenue of $2.87B, up 2% YoY; ad revenue grew 1% and distribution 5% thanks in part to carriage on MVPDs
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Variety, @thr, @thr, The Wrap, Broadcasting & Cable, Discovery Communications and The Streamable
New York Post:
Carson Griffith, tapped in January 2019 to revive Gawker, sues the Daily Beast over a story she claims portrayed her as racist and homophobic — A former Gawker editor has sued the Daily Beast over an explosive exposé last year that portrayed her as racist and homophobic …
Elizabeth King / Columbia Journalism Review:
As publications shutter, freelance journalists and writers have begun seeking organized-labor protections, of which rate-sharing is a cornerstone — For many workers, openness about pay has helped to make conditions more equitable. Still, they fear retribution.
Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
YouTube TV is dropping Fox Regional Sports Networks and YES Network on February 29, calling the move “a reflection of the rising cost of sports content” — Just before the start on baseball season, YouTube TV is about to lose 21 Fox Regional Sports Networks and YES Network beginning February 29th.
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
The Boston Globe partners with Applied XLabs, which aims to help newsrooms automatically gather and process data and generate insights — Applied XLabs is a new startup building tools that can automate data-gathering for journalists — and eventually, for knowledge workers in other industries.
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The Boston Globe, @hilszy and @fpmarconi
James Hale / Tubefilter:
YouTube says it is testing a way for creators to sell ads directly to brands “with whom they already have a relationship” — In the perhaps not-too-distant future, YouTube will let creators sell ad space on their own videos. — “We're experimenting with a new way for creators …
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@profcarroll, @taylorlorenz, @digiphile and The Verge
LaToya Drake / The Keyword:
Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge opens applications today for projects focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion in journalism — Most communities in North America are diverse. They are comprised of people of various ethnicities, income levels, and countries of origin.
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Digiday, @markyk and @googlenewsinit
iQIYI, Inc.:
iQIYI reports Q4 revenues reached $1.1B, a 7% increase YoY, as membership grew 21% to 106.9M subscribers — iQIYI, Inc. (Nasdaq: IQ) ("iQIYI" or the “Company"), an innovative market-leading online entertainment service in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK regulator IPSO dismisses five complaints from the ruler of Emirate of Sharjah about nine stories in the Sun, Mail, and Metro newspapers on his son's death — The ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah has lost complaints about coverage of his son's death in the Sun, Mail and Metro newspapers …
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@ipsonews
New York Times:
Pakistan to review new internet censorship rules after a group representing Facebook, Google, and Twitter writes a letter threatening to leave the country — The battle is the latest skirmish between internet companies and governments over who decides what content should be online.
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