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David Robb / Deadline:
WGA East files complaint with NLRB, accusing NBCU of union-busting by reassigning employees from its shuttered, unionized Peacock unit to NBC News Studios — UPDATED with NBCUniversal response, 1:49 PM: The WGA East today accused NBCUniversal of “union busting” in a dispute over the shuttering …
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VICE, Writers Guild of America … and Multichannel News
Steve Herman / Voice of America:
Trump calls Voice of America's work “disgusting”, threatens to adjourn Congress so he can appoint his candidates to posts, including head of the agency over VOA — WHITE HOUSE - U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to adjourn Congress because lawmakers have not approved …
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Elaina Plott / New York Times:
Sources: in early March, Trump discussed hosting a daily, two-hour radio show from the White House but dropped the idea so as not to compete with Rush Limbaugh
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBC News tests a version of its Nightly News for kids and teens between 6 and 16, streaming on YouTube today and likely to appear at least twice a week — Lester Holt is about to discuss hard news with a softer touch. — The “NBC Nightly News” anchor will lead an experimental version …
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@bristei, @alexweprin, @donlday, @rebel19, @loudmouthjulia, @david_schwab, @nbcnewspr and TVNewser
Financial Times:
Financial Times cuts senior staff pay by 10% and UK's Daily Telegraph will move non-editorial staff to a 4-day week from May 1 with a 20% pay cut — Telegraph also makes cost savings as news groups are hit by falling advertising and print sales — The Financial Times …
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Columbia Journalism Review, @jbenton and @mathewi
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
WarnerMedia says it reached a multi-year deal to bring HBO Max to Charter subscribers in May; current HBO subscribers will get access for no extra charge — In a significant milestone before it launches HBO Max next month, WarnerMedia has set a deal with Charter Communications …
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Broadcasting & Cable, Business Wire, CNET, The Streamable, Multichannel News, Hollywood Reporter and Variety
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
In a memo, Advance Local's CEO Caroline Harrison announces temporary pay cuts, furloughs, and suspension of 401k matches at its newspapers — The company's CEO said the cuts were ‘necessary to take some immediate steps to mitigate our losses and protect our long-term viability.’
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@carla_astudi, @johnhammontree, @jdale_shoemaker, @karenkasler, @bobbyolivier, @j_schneider and al.com
Luke Ottenhof / The Guardian:
A look at Means TV, a worker-owned, leftist entertainment media cooperative supported entirely by its 3,700 subscribers, most of whom pay $10 per month — The entertainment media cooperative considers itself a ‘post-capitalist’ streaming service - and a critical counterweight to rightwing media
Megan Graham / CNBC:
IAB survey of 200+ US publishers: 98% expect lower 2020 revenue; 88% of news publishers had buyers ask to cancel campaigns and 86% said advertisers paused ads — - Most online publishers in the U.S. polled in a new Internet Advertising Bureau survey say they've had advertisers cancel or pause ad campaigns with them.
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The Wrap
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
WBUR, the Boston NPR affiliate, raised $1M in just 13 hours after scrapping a planned eight-day pledge drive due to the pandemic — The coronavirus pandemic and the public's appetite for local coverage of cases, hospitals, and economic impacts are forcing public radio stations around …
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@ona, @niemanlab and WBUR
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
NYT redeploys people to write COVID-19 obituaries, in a series called Those We've Lost to the Coronavirus, a solemn echo of its 9/11 series, Portraits of Grief — After 9/11, the New York Times' inaugurated a long-running series called “Portraits of Grief,” featuring short obituaries of people …
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@gwenfaviles, @writerwong, @byclaycarey, @vfhive and @mlcalderone
Christopher Baxter / Nieman Reports:
As state capitals gain extraordinary power in the pandemic, newsrooms like Spotlight PA, which provide accountability reporting, deliver a vital public service — Times of extraordinary government power require extraordinary accountability reporting — Armed with expansive emergency powers …
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@cbaxter1, @jamesgeary, @lenfestinst, @aaschapiro and @niemanlab
Sara Jerde / Adweek:
Axios launches an iOS app with Facebook as a launch partner, after moving up the launch due to an uptick in traffic surrounding COVID-19 — Facebook is a launch sponsor — Under normal circumstances, Axios is still weeks away from releasing its app. The more time to beta test, the better.
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@jarroddicker, @derjarjour, @kerrymflynn and MediaPost
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