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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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The Guardian:
In HK, anti-Beijing publisher Jimmy Lai charged with illegal assembly for attending a protest and intimidation for swearing at a reporter for pro-Beijing paper — Lai, who was arrested with two other activists and later released on bail, has been a major financial patron of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement
Katie Kilkenny / Hollywood Reporter:
Proposed amendment to CA's AB5 for freelancer writers, editors, and photographers removes 35-article cap and requires that contracts state pay rates and more — Amendments to AB 1850 end the controversial 35-submission cap for freelance journalists and requires that companies allow independent contractors to work for other businesses.
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@lorenasgonzalez and leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
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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:
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:
LinkedIn is testing Snapchat-style stories, with plans for wider public tests in the coming months — Nothing says ‘fun’ like corporate stories — LinkedIn is a website that's effectively a mixture between an interactive resume and a college job fair, but that hasn't stopped it from aspiring …
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Forbes, Social Media Today and Input
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 …
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@carsongriffith
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Hillary Clinton to launch a podcast in late spring, co-produced by iHeartRadio and iHeartMedia, featuring her in conversation with a guest — Hillary Clinton is starting a podcast. — The former first lady, secretary of State, and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee is planning to launch …
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Julia Alexander / The Verge:
YouTube community guidelines report: 5M videos and 2M+ channels were removed between Oct. and Dec. 2019; 109K video removals were appealed and 23K reinstated — Of 109,000 removals appealed, YouTube reinstated 23,000 — In three months, YouTube received nearly 110,000 appeals from creators …
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@stokel and @loudmouthjulia
Reporters Without Borders:
Canadian police arrested an American documentary filmmaker wearing a press pass while she was filming indigenous protests; she must appear in court in April — Following the February 24 arrest of documentary filmmaker Melissa Cox, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police …
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Committee to Protect …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
NBCU's Peacock makes a licensing deal with A&E Networks; the content won't be available at launch in April but will arrive later in the year — Peacock, NBCU's upcoming streaming service is expanding its unscripted lineup thanks to a new deal with A&E Networks.
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The Wrap and The Streamable
Bloomberg:
TikTok, with 145M US downloads, claims Chipotle-sponsored #boorito hashtag had 3.9B views; Captiv8: hashtag campaigns cost ~$150K, homescreen takeover $50K/day — Popular creators are paid to promote hashtags as mobile video app develops more targeting tools for advertisers
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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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@hilszy, @fpmarconi and The Boston Globe
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