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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, @politidope, @yaffaesque, @ballouxfrancois, @nytscience, @kenroth, @nytimes, @acgrayling, @rasmus_kleis, Boing Boing and Breitbart
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
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.
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Talking Biz News and Bloomberg
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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The Daily Dot, Protocol, @viacristiano, TechCrunch, 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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Business Insider, The Wrap, New York Post, @sdkstl, @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
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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Breitbart, @meredithshiner, @ggreenwald, @ggreenwald, @gaywonk and Mediaite
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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The Hill, Mediaite, Columbia Journalism Review, @ryangrim, Fox News, @benyt, National Review, Just The News, @louisemensch, @justinryoung, @moorehn, @alexsalvinews, @krystalball, @ggreenwald, @moorehn, @joshuarolson, @heminator, @byronyork, @evanmcmurry, @sulliview, @briebriejoy, @jackshafer, Vanity Fair, Slate, The Bread Line, The Week, New York Post and Breitbart
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
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, Variety and New York Times
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Following Trump's talk to “reopen America”, media's framing around saving either lives or jobs is dangerous, as public health is necessary in a healthy economy — On March 24, President Trump told a Fox News virtual town hall that he'd love to have America “opened up and just raring to go” by Easter.
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Poynter, Reason, New York Post, The Hill and The Wrap
John Ourand / Sports Business Daily:
ESPN confirms it is asking about 100 commentators to take a temporary pay cut; sources: ESPN is asking talent to take a 15% pay cut over the next three months — ESPN has asked its 100 most highly paid commentators to take voluntary 15% pay cuts over the next three months …
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New York Post, Poynter, Variety, @andrewmarchand, @andrewmarchand, @ourand_sbj, Ad Age, CNN, The Hill, Broadcasting & Cable, TVNewser, Awful Announcing, The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter and Chicago Sun-Times
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