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11:10 PM ET, February 29, 2020

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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 …
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.
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.
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Byte plans to start paying creators in April, offering $250K in total across four payouts to 100 selected creators, launching a new payment pool every 120 days  —  For 100 creators to start  —  Byte plans to start paying creators in April, offering $250,000 in total payouts to the first group of creators in its partner program.
Discussion: Forbes and Engadget
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 …
eMarketer:
eMarketer: in the US, TikTok is expected to grow 21.9% YoY to 45.4M MAU in 2020, down from 97.5% growth in its breakout year of 2019  —  More than 20% of social users will use TikTok this year … After nearly doubling its US user base last year, growth for TikTok will slow in the coming years …
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 …
Reuters:
France's César Awards faced protests and several walkouts as an absent Roman Polanski won best director, in a country where #MeToo has gained little traction  —  PARIS (Reuters) - Roman Polanski cast a shadow over France's Cesar Awards on Friday even as he won best directing for his film …
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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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Stem Disintermedia launches Scale for musicians, an alternative to deals with record labels that take ownership of music, offering financing at 5% to 25%
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
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
Discussion: The Wrap
Bloomberg:
TikTok, with 145M US downloads, claims Chipotle-sponsored #boorito hashtag had 3.9B views; Captiv8: hashtag campaigns cost ~$150K, homescreen takeover $50K/day
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:
LinkedIn is testing Snapchat-style stories, with plans for wider public tests in the coming months
Discussion: @caseynewton, Marketing Land and Forbes
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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
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
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
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