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Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:
WH press corps reporters discuss risking their health to attend daily press briefings that have provided the most direct access to the president in modern times — The White House briefing room is a low-ceilinged claustrophobic space. Built on top of a swimming pool where Franklin Delano …
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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.
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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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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.
Reuters:
Iraq suspends Reuters' license for 3 months and orders it to apologize, after it published a story saying there were more COVID-19 cases than the official tally — LONDON (Reuters) - Iraq has suspended the licence of the Reuters news agency after it published a story saying the number …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBCUniversal's ad-supported Peacock Premium tier launches for Xfinity X1 and Flex customers on Wednesday; the bulk of Peacock's originals are delayed until 2021 — NBCUniversal's Peacock is ready to start rolling out to Comcast cable customers starting this week as scheduled …
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Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
Amid the pandemic, demand for newsletters, Instagram accounts, and YouTube channels focused on good news has grown, from NatGeo to Upworthy — The coronavirus pandemic has driven interest in uplifting headlines way, way up. — Though it can be hard to see past the daily deluge of devastating headlines …
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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.
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Kali Hays / WWD:
Memo: LA Times is furloughing some non-union, business-side employees up to 16 weeks, and some editorial staff and managers will get pay cuts from 5% to 15% — A company executive told staff that the coronavirus has caused an “unprecedented” decline in revenue for the paper.
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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 …
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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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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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