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Cannes Lion, a major awards festival and conference in the ad industry, has been canceled after initially being postponed to October — Neither festival nor awards will take place this year. — Cannes Lions has announced it is cancelling the annual Festival of Creativity …
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Ad Age, Mumbrella, MediaPost, Forbes, CNBC, @arvindhickman, Cannes Lions Festival 2020, The Drum, @tobyrolla, @paulmarkbailey, @creature_dan and Campaign
Axios:
Sources: new WH chief of staff discussed hiring Pentagon spokesperson Alyssa Farah or Trump campaign spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany as a new press secretary — White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has privately discussed bringing on Pentagon spokesperson Alyssa Farah or Trump campaign …
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@jonathanvswan, Raw Story, @jonlemire, Politico and Washington Post
Leah Finnegan / @leahfinnegan:
Executive editor of digital publication The Outline says its staff has been laid off in its entirety — farewell @outline. we have all been laid off.
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Variety, @joshuatopolsky, @gaufre, @rachelmillman, @casseylottman, @blanketboat, @gbrotman, @jeremypgordon, @shujaxhaider and @max_read
New Zealand Herald:
Bauer Media New Zealand, publisher of some of the country's most popular magazine titles, shuts down; about 300 people have lost their jobs — New Zealand's biggest newsstand magazines have folded, as Bauer Media NZ abruptly closed its doors permanently as a result of the Covid-19 crisis.
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RNZ Business Headlines, @meljbunce, @judithcollinsmp, @helenclarknz, @theproject_nz, @rudemrlang and Newshub
Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Disney plans to furlough some non-union employees in its parks, experiences, and products unit starting April 19, will pay for health insurance during furlough — - Disney will furlough its non-union park employees starting on April 19. — During the furlough, employees …
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Los Angeles Times, The Wrap, @scottgustin, @scottgustin, @zachhayesyt, @markwillard85, @scottgustin, @scottgustin, @callmenapkins, The Hill, Deadline and Variety
Todd Spangler / Variety:
HBO is offering 500+ hours of free programming, including The Sopranos and Succession, starting Friday, for a limited time via HBO Now and HBO Go — HBO is unlocking its biggest trove of free programming ever — in a goodwill gesture as people look for a diversion during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Amazon Prime Video teams up with SXSW to offer free streaming of films that were to be screened at the canceled festival, likely in late April for 10 days — The films will stream for free on the streaming platform over 10 days, likely in late April. — South by Southwest 2020 …
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The Wrap, Variety, @immyyoume, @sxsw, @primevideo, @thr, @kimmasters, @texasfilmcomm, The Verge, The Hill, Lifewire, Adweek and /Film
Pew Research Center:
Pew: 92% of MSNBC viewers said the media covered COVID-19 at least somewhat well vs. 58% of Fox News viewers; the former were likelier to know the virus' origin — Coverage of COVID-19 has dominated the news and resulted in skyrocketing ratings for the nation's cable news networks.
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@_cingraham, @conradhackett and @rezendi
Steve Waldman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Report for America cofounder's ideas for local news: easing conversion to nonprofit, deconsolidating papers, treating local journalism as a public service, more — Discussions of how to save local news now need to balance two awkward realities. On the one hand, local news organizations need urgent help …
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Poynter, @torystarr3, @cjr, @howardmortman and @stevenwaldman
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
A deep dive into the deal between Apple and Amazon which lets the retail giant process some payments in Prime Video app, and the motivations of both companies — Benjamin Mayo, writing for 9to5Mac yesterday: … I've been digging into this since the news broke, and I think it's even more significant than Mayo suggests.
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The Verge, MediaNama, @tigesavage and @markgurman, more at Techmeme »
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Ofcom warns broadcasters of sanctions if they air false COVID-19 health advice after a radio station aired a baseless suggestion that the virus is linked to 5G — Broadcasters warned they face sanctions if they give airtime to false Covid-19 health advice — British broadcasters …
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Press Gazette, Fast Company, @jimwaterson, @karlbode, @jimwaterson and @alistaircoleman
Syed Raza Hassan / Reuters:
Pakistan re-arrests four men, whose convictions for the 2002 murder of journalist Daniel Pearl were overturned by lower courts, as it prepares an appeal — KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities ordered on Friday four men, including a British militant, convicted of the 2002 murder …
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