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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
HuffPost EIC Lydia Polgreen is stepping down and joining Gimlet Media as head of content “later this spring” — MOVING ON — HuffPost Editor in Chief Lydia Polgreen is leaving the news outlet to join podcasting company Gimlet Media as the head of content, The Daily Beast has confirmed.
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Sharareh Drury / Hollywood Reporter:
Hachette drops Woody Allen's memoir following a staff walkout on Thursday, says it will return all rights to the author — “At HBG we take our relationships with authors very seriously, and do not cancel books lightly," the publishing company said in a statement.
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Dozens of Hachette Book Group staffers stage a walkout over an imprint's plans to publish Woody Allen's memoir, in solidarity with Ronan and Dylan Farrow
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Megan Graham / CNBC:
SXSW, which was scheduled for March 13-22, has been canceled due to concerns over the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak — - SXSW was canceled after a string of high-profile cancellations including Twitter, Facebook and TikTok. — The conference had been scheduled to take place between March 13 and 22.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
AT&T's WarnerMedia, which includes HBO, CNN, and Warner Bros., scales back its participation in SXSW, saying it decided “not to move forward with activations” — UPDATED: AT&T's WarnerMedia scaling back its participation in SXSW 2020 in Austin, Texas, joining a growing list …
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Julia Alexander / The Verge:
Quibi will offer a free 90-day trial for users who sign up before it launches on April 6 with 50 shows and movies; Quibi will cost $4.99 with ads, $7.99 without — Longer than what Disney Plus current offers — Quibi is finally almost here, and in an effort to entice people …
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Washington Post:
Study: 86K+ Facebook pages ran at least one political ad that was not properly disclosed, and ~20K ads had been purchased by “likely inauthentic communities” — The Facebook ad purchased by a page called “Angry Buckeyes” in December seemed ordinary at first …
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Reuters:
Sources: Gray Television makes an ~$8.5B bid for Tegna, including debt; Tegna has also attracted attention from Apollo Global Management; Tegna stock up 22%+ — (Reuters) - U.S. regional TV station operator Gray Television Inc (GTN.N) has made an offer to acquire larger peer Tegna Inc …
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Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Trump campaign is suing CNN for libel over an opinion article by a contributor who said the campaign is keeping open the option of seeking Russia's help in 2020 — It's the latest in a string of similar lawsuits against media organizations.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Thrillist President Ocean MacAdams, who joined the company in 2017, is leaving; Chief Content Officer Meghan Kirsch will head the company — Ocean MacAdams has departed Group Nine Media's Thrillist, the lifestyle digital media brand covering food, drink, travel and entertainment, after two and half years, Variety has learned.
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Sources: Meredith is shutting down a studio behind an upcoming Apple+ show, laying off 10 staff; it will no longer produce or license shows to outside clients — A Meredith video production unit behind a new Apple+ show called “Home,” set to debut next month, is shutting down.
Alex Emmons / The Intercept:
Sen. Wyden and Rep. Khanna introduce bill narrowing the scope of the Espionage Act so journalists can't be prosecuted for soliciting and publishing information — Almost a year after the Trump administration unsealed an indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange …
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
The News Leaders Association, formed by merging the American Society of News Editors and Associated Press Media Editors, postpones 2020 meeting to spring 2021 — The News Leaders Association — formed by the merger of two newspaper editors' associations — has canceled its 2020 annual conference …
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