Mediagazer: The UK-based Daily Telegraph stops publishing its long-running China Watch section, which was funded by China Daily and written by Chinese state journalists (The Guardian)

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.

Discussion: Cincinnati Business Journal and PR Newswire

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.

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, The Kitchen Pundit, CBS News, Talking Points Memo, Breitbart, @ggreenwald, @gaywonk, @meredithshiner, @ggreenwald, @tareq_haddad and Mediaite

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 …

Discussion: Metaviews, @yaffaesque, @ballouxfrancois, Never Just Science, @nytscience, @kenroth, @nytimes, @acgrayling, @politidope, @rasmus_kleis, Mother Jones, Boing Boing and Breitbart

Ty Pendlebury / 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 — Live TV streaming service Sling TV has been rolling out a bunch of promotions in response to coronavirus stay-at-home orders nationwide, and the newest one could be its best yet.

Discussion: Variety, The Streamable and Mashable

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.

Discussion: Fast Company, The Ringer, /Film, @ashleyesqueda, @mediamuseum, @fb_bmb, @laviejoem, @chrisvfeil, @matthewacherry, Vanity Fair, Deadline and The A.V. Club

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.”

Discussion: @peterbakernyt, @ademillo, Melville House Books and IndieWire

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Verizon Media is giving away $10M in digital ad inventory to groups responding to the COVID-19, with a focus on mental health, as well as to the CDC and WHO — Telco's digital media division also launches Yahoo Life wellbeing-focused vertical — Verizon Media is giving away $10 million …

Discussion: Multichannel News

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 …

Discussion: Adweek, The Hill, Protocol, @viacristiano, TechCrunch, The Daily Dot, Reddit Help, The Verge, Mashable and reddit, more at Techmeme »

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 …

Discussion: @kodykinsley, @riogringa, @erikwemple, CNN, The Hill, Supreme Court …, The Wrap, The Verge and Politico

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: Bloomberg and Talking Biz News

Megan Graham / CNBC:

Roku withdraws 2020 financial outlook, expects higher Q1 revenue after Q1 streaming hours grew 49% YoY and net users rose to an estimated 39.8M, up 3M from Dec. — - Roku said Monday that it was withdrawing its full-year 2020 financial outlook due to economic uncertainties around the Covid-19 pandemic.

Discussion: The Streamable, Multichannel News, Forbes, Deadline and The Week, more at Techmeme »

The Guardian:

The UK-based Daily Telegraph stops publishing its long-running China Watch section, which was funded by China Daily and written by Chinese state journalists — Content from China Watch, written by state journalists, has also been wiped from website — The Daily Telegraph has stopped publishing paid …

Discussion: @methorley, @methorley, @methorley, @methorley, @methorley, @methorley and @rasmus_kleis