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While Trump's new briefings draw strong TV ratings, some journalists and health experts worry about airing misleading or wrong information and personal attacks — The president's viewership has rivaled the audiences for hit reality shows and prime-time football. But some worry about misinformation.
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KUOW, a public radio station in WA, says it'll no longer air White House COVID-19 briefings due to misleading info and difficulty of fact checking in real-time
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Fox News anchors, from its supposedly hard-hitting news division, failed to challenge Trump as he repeatedly misled viewers during the coronavirus town hall
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What a stimulus package for journalism should look like, including doubling federal funds for public media and direct support for daily and weekly newsrooms — The coronavirus COVID-19 has upended everything, including business as usual in Washington. In a matter of days …
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W Magazine has furloughed its staff with those working on online content staying on at reduced salaries; the next print issue is postponed indefinitely — The magazine was sold by Condé Nast just last June. — W, the hefty fashion bible known for publishing the adventurous work …
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TV hosts are adapting to realities of covering a pandemic from studios in bedrooms and basements, losing video quality but with a new efficiency and intimacy — New York (CNN Business)Many of America's most popular and influential television hosts are now broadcasting live from bedrooms and basements.
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Governments around the world are using the pandemic to crack down on journalists and implement sweeping restrictions under the guise of combating “fake news” — In his remarks to the media and the public, World Health Organization director general Tedros Adhanom has regularly emphasized …
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App Annie: the Disney+ mobile app was downloaded 5M times in the seven European countries in which it launched Tuesday; service will launch in France on April 7 — Disney Plus zoomed out of gate in Europe and the U.K. on Tuesday, according to third-party data estimates …


Memo: BuzzFeed announces graduated salary cuts in April and May, with staffers in the lowest bracket facing 5% cuts and executives taking 14% to 25% cuts — Some staffers, including executives, will see a nearly 25-percent pay cut. And one source said CEO Jonah Peretti will not take a salary as the crisis continues.
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AMC Theatres has furloughed 600+ employees at its Kansas headquarters, including CEO Adam Aron; staffers get reduced or no pay but keep health insurance access — EXCLUSIVE, Updated: AMC has issued a statement in regards to the news today that it has furloughed 600 employees at its headquarter in Leawood, KS.


Flipboard expands its local news coverage to 12 more US cities, partners with Patch and ProPublica, and adds coronavirus coverage to all 35 supported cities — Earlier this year, personalized news aggregation app Flipboard expanded into local news. The feature brought local news, sports …
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Editors of four city magazines explain how their newsrooms are navigating the coronavirus crisis while reorienting their strategies and keeping readers informed — As the COVID-19 pandemic forces marketers to tighten their advertising budgets and organizers to cancel or postpone events …
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Twitter, which recently updated safety policies for COVID-19, blocked a tweet by The Federalist saying it's time to consider “controlled voluntary infection” — A tweet by conservative online magazine The Federalist, which suggested people should deliberately infect themselves …


Spotify adds a COVID-19 hub directing users to podcasts from the media, launches relief fund, says a feature letting artists fundraise from fans is in the works — Spotify this morning announced a series of new initiatives to address the COVID-19 health crisis across its platform.