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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


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


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


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


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 »


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


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


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


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.
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Talking Biz News and Bloomberg


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


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 …


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