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Health risks and privacy issues prevent journalists from reporting inside hospitals, leading to conspiracy theories as some cast doubts about lack of visuals — The coronavirus pandemic has been likened to a war. But journalists are largely absent from the harrowing, heartbreaking front line of this crisis: hospitals.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Bustle closes The Outline a year after acquiring it, amid broader layoffs of 24 people and pay cuts; Josh Topolsky to explore “alternative paths” for the site — YouTube Beauty Guru James Charles on Launching His ‘Instant Influencer’ Reality Show and Coping During COVID-19
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Sara Jerde / Adweek:
G/O Media, parent of Gizmodo, Kotaku, Jalopnik, Deadspin, and Lifehacker, has laid off 14 people, or less than 5% of its staff — It's not the first media company to announce layoffs today — G/O Media laid off 14 people—less than 5% of its staff—today in what it characterized as a “small restructuring.”
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H.G. Watson / JSource:
Canadian fast-food chain Mary Brown's Chicken & Taters partners with Postmedia to drop newspaper paywalls in April, part of an effort to serve the public — Fried chicken chain partnership lets newspaper company drop paywall in April — We live in unprecedented times.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The daily TV appearances of Chris Cuomo with Gov. Cuomo have become compelling viewing but critics question the journalistic propriety of the familial episodes — A month ago, it would have seemed unlikely — ridiculous, even — that the most riveting duo in America would be the Empire …
Columbia Journalism Review:
Report on the values and practices of online conservative news orgs in the US, based on interviews with 22 journalists and editors at 14 conservative news sites — EXECUTIVE SUMMARY — Through much of the 20th century, the US news diet was dominated by journalism outlets that professed …
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Marcela Turati / Nieman Reports:
How Mexican journalists are covering COVID-19, in a climate where the government presents contradictory messaging and the president accuses the press of bias — Reporters are looking to each other for support while covering these contradictory messages — More than one Mexican journalist found themselves perplexed.
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Julie Reynolds / DFM Workers:
Sources: Alden Global Capital's MNG has quietly laid off or furloughed staff across its local newspapers this past week, including 13 layoffs at the Denver Post — At the Denver Post, the newsroom staff has shrunk by 70 percent in just a few years. But on Friday, when those remaining believed …
Ben Strauss / Washington Post:
With live sports canceled, pro athletes and sports teams turn to video game streaming as a means to deliver new content to fans and find new sources of revenue — Miami Heat forward Meyers Leonard settled into the custom upholstered chair in front of three large TV screens on a recent night in his home theater.
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Sara Guaglione / MediaPost:
Variety launches Variety Intelligence Platform, a subscription product offering analysis to high-level media professionals, for $399.99/year or $39.99/month — The entertainment trade Variety has launched a digital subscription offering. Aimed at media industry professionals …
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Manori Ravindran / Variety:
Ampere: unscripted projects in development across 160 streamers grew from 24% in December 2018 to 51% a year later — Against the backdrop of a global pandemic, during which millions of self-isolating individuals are tuning into home entertainment, the trends shaping global content have never been more evident.
Abhilash Kumar / Counterpoint Research:
Global online music streaming grew 32% YoY in 2019, reaching 358M total subs; Spotify led with 31% market share of paid subs, followed by Apple Music at 19% — - Spotify continues to be the market leader and recorded a 23% YoY growth in total revenue during CY 2019.
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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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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
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
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