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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
JPI Media to put 350 employees on furlough with those remaining at work getting a temporary pay cut of up to 15% for three months from April to June — JPI Media, owner of the Yorkshire Post and Scotsman titles, is putting 350 employees on furlough and cutting the salaries of those who continue working by up to 15 per cent.
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The Independent:
The London Evening Standard furloughs some employees, cuts pay over £37.5K by 20% for all others, and suspends ES Magazine as advertising “slowed dramatically”
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
City AM furloughs most of staff, suspends the digital replica of its newspaper, will keep publishing on CityAM.com; staffers that remain will get 80% of salary
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
UK newspaper publishers call on advertisers to rethink the addition of coronavirus-related words to ad blacklists, as they face a digital revenue loss of £50M
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Former Hulu chief Jason Kilar is named CEO of WarnerMedia, giving him oversight of Warner Bros., HBO, the Turner cable assets, and HBO Max — Former Hulu chief Jason Kilar has been named CEO of WarnerMedia. — Kilar succeeds John Stankey, who was upped earlier this year to AT&T president and chief operating officer.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
McClatchy says it will put its paywall back up around some coronavirus news to balance its duty to keep people informed with its need to increase subscriptions — McClatchy will put its paywall back up around some coronavirus news as it aims to balance its duty keep people informed with its need …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN and MSNBC refused to air the full Trump briefing Tuesday as it became a confounding mishmash of misinformation, scientific advice, and chest-beating bravado — It was 7:12 p.m. on Tuesday night when President Trump lost MSNBC. He was responding to a question about whether he'd gotten more serious about the coronavirus.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
WaPo, NYT, CNBC, and others have stopped sending reporters to Trump's daily COVID-19 briefings, concerned about health risks and the lack of new information — There have been a lot more empty seats at President Trump's daily press briefings — but no, news organizations aren't boycotting …
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The Information:
Sources: YouTube is planning to release Shorts, a rival to TikTok inside YouTube's main app, by the end of the year — YouTube is planning to release a rival to TikTok, the hugely popular video-sharing app, by the end of the year, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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@aaravmeanspeace, more at Techmeme »
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts says the company has set aside $500M for pay and benefits of employees whose jobs have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic — - Comcast CEO Brian Roberts announced he has set aside $500 million for employees whose jobs have been affected by the coronavirus.
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Deadline, The Hill, @carlquintanilla, @thedomino and @stevekopack, more at Techmeme »
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Time and the Benioffs pledge no layoffs for 90 days and say it will continue growing with new hires and investment in consumer products and long-form video — Several publishers, including BuzzFeed, Group Nine Media and Vice, recently announced pay cuts and benefit reductions to their staffs.
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@sampjacobs, @keithgrossman, @niemanlab and @kerrymflynn
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
COVID-19 has gravely accelerated the need for newsrooms to confront issues like need for talent, appropriate staff size, and cutting print days, among others — As local newspapers' businesses hit the skids, they're finding themselves careening right now into a future they'd thought was still several years away.
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Kara Swisher / New York Times:
How Kara Swisher's mom, a Fox News fan, believed the network's misinformation about COVID-19, and how she eventually listened to others as the pandemic worsened — The network spent too long spraying its viewers with false information about the coronavirus pandemic.
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@seanhannity, @seanhannity, The Wrap, @felixsalmon, @kazweida, @socialterri, @hilaryr, @tomwatson, @andylassner, @perrettreport, @mr_lincoln, @karaswisher, @karaswisher, @ginaspadafori and New York Post
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Advance, owner of Conde Nast, to buy The Ironman sports group for $730M — The family behind storied magazines like The New Yorker and Vogue has agreed to buy The Ironman sports group, known for its intense races. — As part of its diversification effort away from ad-supported media …
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PR Newswire and Bloomberg
Committee to Protect Journalists:
CPJ expresses concern over reports that Iran banned printing and distribution of newspapers; Yemen, Oman, Jordan, and Morocco have imposed similar bans — Washington, D.C., March 31, 2020 — The Committee to Protect Journalists today expressed concern over Iranian authorities' decision …
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