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Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
NFL analyst Tony Romo has agreed to remain at CBS Sports, sources say at $17M per season for at least five years, making him the highest paid TV sports analyst — Tony Romo has agreed to the largest sports analyst contract in TV history, a deal to remain at CBS which will prevent him from reaching …
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Evan Smith / The Texas Tribune:
The Texas Tribune has hired Stacy-Marie Ishmael as editorial director and Millie Tran as chief product officer — These superlative journalists and inspiring role models will be The Texas Tribune's new editorial director and chief product officer, respectively. We're so lucky to have them on our team.
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Laura Bassett / GQ:
Columnist Laura Bassett accuses MSNBC's Chris Matthews of making suggestive comments in 2016 as she prepared for his show, part of a pattern on and off air — The Hardball anchor frequently demeans women guests with objectifying and belittling comments, both on and off air.
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T.C. Sottek / The Verge:
Newsrooms, like WaPo and ABC News, must stop giving in to online trolls using “fairness” and “impartiality” to bait them into failing to protect their reporters — It's time to get smarter about the internet — and fast — In 2018, a reporter at The Verge …
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Hannah Dreier / ProPublica:
Sources: Bloomberg threatened to shutter Bloomberg View after getting a call from his friend, a hedge fund manager who complained about a column criticizing him — Bloomberg gave media advice to the Sacklers and recommended his longtime mayoral spokesman to them. The relationship could shadow his presidential bid.
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@felixsalmon, @carolynyjohnson, @charlesornstein, @thetattooedprof and Talking Biz News
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Sources: BuzzFeed seeks an EIC who can improve its financials with potential candidates including WaPo's Margaret Sullivan and NYT national editor Marc Lacey — In early going, BuzzFeed's pool of editor in chief candidates is a serious-journalist A-list. Gentlemen and women, start your memos …
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@shreeyasinha, @elanazak, @hshaban, @joepompeo, @suraj757, @jessicalessin and @hshaban
Ian Burrell / The Drum:
How Bloomberg Media is integrating Bloomberg TV+ and QuickTake by Bloomberg into its OTT ecosystem and broadening its appeal to reach younger business audiences — As Michael Bloomberg's campaign to win the Democratic nomination and oust Donald Trump from the White House is taking off …
Kyle Pope / Columbia Journalism Review:
As with Trump in 2016, mainstream media is dismissing Sanders, when their job is to report on voters' choices, not to elevate candidates they think should win — The Wednesday morning after the 2016 presidential election, I wrote a piece for CJR criticizing the American press for its coverage …
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@jayrosen_nyu, @rossgarber, @allyssapollard, @allyssapollard, @vb2b, @hshaban, @kylepope, @davidsirota, @allyssapollard, @cjr and @jon_allsop
Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:
After the Weinstein verdict, Hollywood still lacks useful mechanisms to deal with routine abuse and discrimination, pushing victims to seek remedy via the media — Does Hollywood have the will to create mechanisms to deal with less extreme cases? Or was the downfall of a notorious mogul just an anomaly? …
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@melsil, @mrbenjaminlaw and @gretchencarlson
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Google agreed to a temporary contract extension with Sinclair Broadcast to keep Fox Regional Sports Networks and YES Network on YouTube TV, as talks continue — YouTube TV customers for now still have access to Fox Sports-branded regional sports networks and YES Network …
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@teamyoutube, The Verge and Engadget
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
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, Folio and leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
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