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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Fox Business says Trish Regan Primetime is “on hiatus until further notice” after Regan's on-air dismissal of coronavirus as “another attempt to impeach” Trump — The host of “Trish Regan Primetime” told viewers this week that concerns about the coronavirus were “yet another attempt to impeach the president.”
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Publications dependent on revenue from event ads, like alt-weeklies, are hit hard by coronavirus; Seattle's The Stranger says it's lost ~90% of its income — In a memo to staff, The New York Times called the coronavirus “an enormous story, a once-in-a-generation crisis that inevitably touches everyone's lives.”
Variety:
Sources: Universal Music Group chief Lucian Grainge has been hospitalized after a positive COVID-19 test — Universal Music Chairman and CEO Lucian Grainge has been hospitalized after testing positive for coronavirus, multiple sources exclusively told Variety.
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Interview with Cristina Tardáguila, the associate director of the International Fact-Checking Network, on international efforts to fight COVID-19 misinformation — New York (CNN Business)A global network of researchers and journalists spanning 40 countries has issued …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
How NYT reported on a months-long investigation into lawyers of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged victims guided by an unreliable source and ultimately exposing little — Audio will be available later today. — The intriguing tale began in mid-September with an invitation for two New York Times reporters …
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Interview with John Paton, chairman of the UK's Independent Digital News and Media, on traffic and revenue growth at digital-only news outlet The Independent — Four years ago it seemed the death of The Independent's print edition was the sad end to a brave but ultimately futile journalism story.
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Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Disney is releasing Frozen 2 on Disney+ three months early starting Mar. 15 in the US, Mar. 17 in four other countries, citing “challenging period” for families — The Walt Disney Company is taking the edge off of “social distancing” from the coronavirus this weekend …
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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix shuts down physical production, prep of scripted TV and film for two weeks in US and Canada as networks and studios also pause production on many shows — ABC's 'Grey's Anatomy,' Apple's ‘The Morning Show’ and CBS' ‘NCIS’ have taken a two-week hiatus; Disney TV Studios shut down 16 pilots …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sports broadcasters face diminished ad revenue and questions over rights payments with the suspension of the NBA, NHL, and MLS and cancellation of March Madness
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Allyson McCabe / NPR:
As music listening habits move away from radio, “sync placement” on TV ads and shows have become an important way for new artists to have their music heard — As listening habits have shifted away from radio, visual media have become more important for discovering new music.
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@nprmusic
Rachel Piper / Better News:
Q&A with Rachel Piper, digital news director at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, on how the paper drove subscriptions by making journalists its brand ambassadors — Here's an idea to steal and adapt: Ask the journalists in your newsroom to tell readers about the value of their work …
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Adele Peters / Fast Company:
Uncensored Library, a Reporters Without Borders project in Minecraft, lets people anywhere read articles from censored journalists and get info on press freedom — In countries where censorship is standard practice—such as China, where articles and social media posts about COVID-19 …
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Broadcom sues Netflix for infringement of eight patents dealing with video playback and data transmission, claims cord-cutting reduced demand for Broadcom chips — Broadcom, a leading manufacturer of semiconductor chips for cable set-top boxes, filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Netflix on Friday.
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