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International Journalism Festival:
The 2020 International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy has been canceled due to concerns over COVID-19; the next festival is still planned for April 2021 — We announce the cancellation of the 2020 International Journalism Festival due to the public health risks caused by COVID-19.
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Embattled MSNBC host Chris Matthews was absent from the network's live coverage of South Carolina primary results on Saturday — The MSNBC host was nowhere to be found on air a day after he was accused of sexual harassment. — A day after he was accused of sexual harassment by a journalist …
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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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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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Bill Siemering / Current:
Fifty years after NPR's founding, 37M people listen weekly to its stations, 99M consume its content on some platform monthly, and its podcasts have 23.7M MAUs — In 1905, 10 years before the invention of educational radio in the state of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin President Charles Van Hise provided …
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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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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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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 …
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Pew Research Center:
Pew: 73% of US adults think journalists should be watchdogs over elected officials; 59% of Republicans say they're going too far in the role now vs. 14% of Dems — Nearly three out of four U.S. adults (73%) say that, in general, it's important for journalists to function as watchdogs over elected officials.
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Alexis Self / Prospect Magazine:
Profile of Popbitch, a UK celebrity gossip email newsletter that has published weekly for over 20 years and whose circulation has surpassed the Daily Telegraph — It's Britain's greatest gossip newsletter. So how did Popbitch become the highlight of thousands of Thursday afternoons—without getting sued out of existence?
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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.
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 …
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