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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Daily Caller's CheckYourFact.com, a Facebook fact-check partner, faces criticism for labeling “false” 2 stories on Trump and COVID-19, raising process concerns — Who fact-checks the fact-checkers? Did Trump call coronavirus the Democrats' “new hoax”?
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Mary McNamara / Los Angeles Times:
NYT's Ben Smith breathlessly praises his new employer in his first column, with self-congratulatory hyperbole, describing a problem without offering a solution — The New York Times just debuted its new media critic, Ben Smith, with the headline “Why the Success of the Times May Be Bad News for Journalism” …
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Reed Richardson / Mediaite:
The White House banned audio and video recording of a COVID-19 media briefing with Mike Pence on Tuesday, stoking criticism — Five days after the Trump administration promised to be “aggressively transparent” about its response to the coronavirus outbreak, the White House ignited backlash …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Politico Europe, which has about ten journalists based in London, will expand the UK team by adding four new reporting and editing roles — Politico Europe is expanding its UK team after identifying a “massive opportunity for policy-focused coverage” post-Brexit.
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Washington Post:
Sources: Chris Matthews planned to retire after the 2020 election but was forced out of MSNBC following weeks of embarrassments — On Monday night, Chris Matthews gathered with the crew of his long-running MSNBC show “Hardball,” his family and the network's president, Phil Griffin …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Chris Matthews abruptly announces his retirement amid his MSNBC talk show Hardball, after a string of recent controversies
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R.T. Watson / Wall Street Journal:
Quibi says it has closed a second round of financing worth $750M that includes about $400M raised at the end of 2019, bringing its total raised to $1.75B — Closing $750 million financing round brings total raised to $1.75 billion — Short-form video streamer Quibi said it has closed …
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Tim Peterson / Digiday:
Sources: Roku has talked with media and entertainment companies about producing original shows for its ad-supported Roku Channel — This article is part of the Digiday Video Briefing, which features must-reads, confessionals and key market stats. To receive the Digiday Video Briefing, please subscribe.
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Hollywood Reporter:
Sony Pictures Entertainment closes its offices in London and Paris as well as Gdynia, Poland as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus — Work sites in London, Paris and Poland will be closed this week as cases of the disease continue to increase in Europe.
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Sources: American Media cut many digital jobs at its celebrity titles on Friday, with nearly all of Radar Online's digital staffers laid off — The popular entertainment and gossip website Radar Online was decimated by cutbacks within the parent company's digital operations that have left …
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Alison Flood / The Guardian:
London book fair, scheduled for March 10-12 with ~25K attendees, cancelled over coronavirus fears; Amazon, Hachette, others have already pulled out of the fair — Around 25,000 publishers, authors and agents were due to attend the fair next week, where deals for biggest books are struck
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New York Times:
Ronan Farrow says he won't work with Catch and Kill publisher Hachette Book Group again, after its division announced plans to publish Woody Allen's memoir — The author of “Catch and Kill,” which was published by a division of Hachette Book Group, said he wouldn't work with the company again …
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Jane Martinson / Tortoise Media:
A deep look at the feud between Telegraph Media Groups's Barclay brothers, as their companies' recent struggles shine a spotlight on the reclusive press barons — They fought for Brexit and were kingmakers for Boris Johnson, but at their moment of glory, things are getting ugly for the secretive businessmen and their families
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