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Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Scripps' board members and executives including the CEO are taking 10% to 15% pay cuts with the money saved going to the company's COVID-19 employee relief fund — Top executives and director of the E.W. Scripps Co. are taking voluntary salary and fee reductions as the Coronavirus crisis continues.
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Cincinnati Business Journal and PR Newswire
William J. Broad / New York Times:
Investigation finds a decade-long health disinformation campaign by Russia, using social media and news outlets like RT, to sow confusion and hurt institutions — A decade of health disinformation promoted by President Vladimir Putin of Russia has sown wide confusion, hurt major institutions …
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Never Just Science, Mother Jones, @yaffaesque, @ballouxfrancois, @nytscience, @kenroth, @nytimes, @acgrayling, @politidope, @rasmus_kleis, Boing Boing and Breitbart
Tamar Lapin / New York Post:
On his SiriusXM show, Chris Cuomo says he doesn't want to spend his time “trafficking in things that I think are ridiculous” regarding his CNN show — Chris Cuomo's coronavirus-induced fever may have subsided but the CNN anchor was red hot on Monday.
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CBS News, Talking Points Memo, Breitbart, @ggreenwald, @gaywonk, @meredithshiner, @ggreenwald, @tareq_haddad and Mediaite
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Universal says Trolls World Tour had the biggest opening day and weekend for a digital title, generating around ten times what the next largest VOD release had — Universal announced Monday that “Trolls World Tour,” a sequel to 2016's animated musical, landed the biggest debut for a digital release.
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Fast Company, The Ringer, /Film, @ashleyesqueda, @mediamuseum, @fb_bmb, @laviejoem, @chrisvfeil, @matthewacherry, Vanity Fair, Deadline and The A.V. Club
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Reddit's new transparency hub discloses the identities of its political advertisers since Jan. 2019, how they target users, and amount spent on each campaign — Reddit will begin publicly disclosing its political advertisers and how much money they shell out in a new transparency hub …
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Adweek, Protocol, @viacristiano, The Daily Dot, TechCrunch, Reddit Help, The Verge, Mashable and reddit, more at Techmeme »
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Vox Media to announce furloughs of ~100 employees this week, with possible pay cuts for highest earners and other cuts including freelancers, vendors — - Vox is discussing furloughing about 100 employees as it seeks to cut costs amid coronavirus quarantines.
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Talking Biz News, Business Insider, The Wrap, New York Post, @sdkstl, @raju, @sherman4949 and @freeblackgirl
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
SCOTUS plans to provide a live audio feed of the arguments it will hear by telephone in May to media and to the public, a first — For the first time, the nation's highest court will open a live audio feed as it hears arguments in 10 sets of cases. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced …
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CNN, @kodykinsley, The Hill, Supreme Court …, The Wrap, The Verge and Politico
Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
The comic book industry has been hit hard by COVID-19 as stores close and the distribution of new titles grinds to a halt, creating uncertainty about the future — A key distributor has halted deliveries and shops are shuttered, putting the entire industry in jeopardy: “A lot of people are going to lose their livelihoods.”
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Melville House Books, @peterbakernyt, @ademillo and IndieWire
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Bloomberg launches Screentime, an entertainment vertical, around four pillars: TV and movies, music and podcasting, esports and video games, and influencers — Bloomberg is launching a new entertainment-focused vertical called “Screentime,” the company will announce on Tuesday.
Discussion:
Talking Biz News and Bloomberg
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Interview with NYT's Dean Baquet on why the paper waited weeks to cover a sexual assault allegation against Biden and edited the article to appease his campaign — Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The New York Times, said the article was published when there was enough reporting …
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Newser, The Hill, Mediaite, @ryangrim, National Review, Columbia Journalism Review, @benyt, Fox News, Washington Post, @louisemensch, @justinryoung, @moorehn, Just The News, @alexsalvinews, @krystalball, @ggreenwald, @moorehn, @joshuarolson, @heminator, @byronyork, @evanmcmurry, @sulliview, @briebriejoy, @jackshafer, NBC News, Vanity Fair, Slate, The Bread Line and The Week
CNET:
Sling TV debuts Happy Hour Across America, which lets new users stream its 50+ channel Sling Blue package for free from 5pm ET to midnight — New users can watch live news and more than 50 other channels every night at no charge. — Live TV streaming service Sling TV has been rolling …
Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Filing: Disney signs a one-year $5B revolving credit agreement with Citibank; the company now has access to $13B+ following similar credit agreements last month — The company now has access to more than $13 billion in credit, should it be needed. — The Walt Disney Co. is bolstering …
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Axios, The Kingdom Insider, Seeking Alpha, Deadline, Variety, New York Times and Variety
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