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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Facebook says it will invest $100M to support the news industry during COVID-19: $25M in emergency funding for local news and $75M in additional marketing spend — With grants and marketing spending, the social media giant hopes to support outlets doing essential local reporting but struggling with a drop in advertising.
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Gannett CEO announces furloughs and pay cuts across the company, says other execs will take a 25% pay cut and he won't take a salary until the cuts are reversed — The mass-media company, which owns many large newspapers including USA Today, announced Monday that the coronavirus downturn has forced the company to make deep cuts.
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James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Trump has turned his coronavirus briefings into create-your-own-reality TV with the structure, intrigue, drama, rhythm, and characters of a weekly reality show — The coronavirus briefings have given Donald Trump a regularly scheduled reality show again — or, rather, a create-your-own-reality show.
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Sources: on an internal call, Jeff Zucker defended airing Trump briefings live, arguing that viewers need to hear Trump answer tough questions from journalists
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Tampa Bay Times:
The Tampa Bay Times to temporarily cut print editions to Sunday and Wednesday, says digital subscription gains are not enough to make up for advertising losses — Chairman and CEO Paul Tash says “extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures.” — The Tampa Bay Times …
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The Guardian:
Hungary passes a draconian coronavirus law that allows PM Orbán to rule by decree and includes jail terms of up to five years for spreading “misinformation” — Fears over coronavirus legislation that gives no time limit for state of emergency
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Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
Disney says senior executives will take temporary pay cuts with Bob Iger forgoing his entire salary and recently named CEO Bob Chapek taking a 50% pay cut — CEO Bob Chapek will take a 50 percent pay cut. — The Walt Disney Co. said on Monday that executive chairman Robert Iger will forgo …
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
It's time for a painful shift that means abandoning most for-profit local papers with poor business models for a national network of nimble new online newsrooms — The coronavirus is likely to hasten the end of advertising-driven media, our columnist writes. And government should not rescue it.
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TheStreet:
Maven anticipates revenue to drop by $30M in 2020 and will lay off some staff, with Sports Illustrated journalists representing 6% of the overall cost reduction — Maven Media Brands (MVEN) said Monday it will be laying off employees and senior management will see a 30% reduction …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fox News, which “parted ways” with Trish Regan, should now let go of Sean Hannity who spouted the same harmful nonsense as Regan but to a much bigger audience — Recent personnel actions at Fox just happen to have fallen when people turn away from their phones and laptops.
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Nesrine Malik / The Guardian:
Interview with Mehdi Hasan, whose hard-hitting interviews on Al Jazeera English become regular viral hits, on why US media is almost “irredeemable” and more — Mehdi Hasan: 'Most people ask the question and move on. I don't' — The political interviewer on how he made it in the US …
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Vice will no longer match 401k contributions, freezes promotions through July, cuts salaries for top staff including the CEO, and will furlough some top execs — STAY AFLOAT — Vice Media will cut salaries for top staff and halt retirement benefit-matching following the economic downturn spurred by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Megan Graham / CNBC:
Premium publishers like CNBC and NYT, seeing cutbacks in ad spending during COVID-19, ask ad tech companies to exempt them from coronavirus-related filters — - Online publications are seeing huge jumps in traffic, but many advertisers are blocked from appearing near content mentioning coronavirus.
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