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The Independent:
FT reporter Mark Di Stefano accessed confidential Zoom calls at The Independent and Evening Standard where staff were informed of pay cuts and furloughs — Media correspondent eavesdropped on Zoom meetings as staff were told sensitive news of pay cuts and furloughs during pandemic
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Guido Fawkes:
The Financial Times has suspended media and technology correspondent Mark Di Stefano — The Financial Times has suspended recently hired Mark Di Stefano as media and technology correspondent. The tenacious reporter joined from Buzzfeed where he covered media and politics.
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Talking Biz News, @marksweney and @jeffjarvis
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Report: more than four out of five newspapers in the US did not qualify for Paycheck Protection Program loans because of how their companies are structured — More than four out of five newspapers in the U.S. are not eligible for the government's Paycheck Protection Program …
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Jacob Knutson / Axios:
White House reverses course after initially canceling today's coronavirus press briefing; WH did not hold a briefing over the weekend — White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tweeted Monday that President Trump will hold a coronavirus press briefing, after announcing earlier …
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
As Condé Nast struggles to find a successful business model amid COVID-19, former editors Graydon Carter and Robert Gottlieb still draw large pension checks — The theatrical flourishes and lavish lifestyles of the great media figures of a generation seem ill suited to the moment.
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Pew Research Center:
Pew survey of US adults: while 92% say they are following COVID-19 news, 69% of those over 65 are doing so “very closely” compared to 42% of 18-29-year-olds — An overwhelming majority of all U.S. adults (92%) said in late March that they were fairly or very closely following news …
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Andy Lack / NBC News:
The chairman of NBC News and MSNBC says Trump has put the “bully in bully pulpit” by attacking reporters but “the heart of journalism has never been stronger” — At this dark hour, Americans are scared. They're hungry for accurate information and the unvarnished truth.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube to host a free digital film festival from May 29 to June 7, with 20 partners including Cannes, Tribeca, Sundance, Berlin, and Venice film festivals — With COVID-19 shuttering film fests worldwide, YouTube has stepped in to launch a 10-day digital film festival this spring with 20 partners …
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Deadline, The Streamable, The Wrap, @lornatee, @madayo and @lucas_shaw
Kristi Eaton / Poynter:
Hobbyist publications are thriving by dedicating content related to the pandemic and creating a sense of a community among readers under stay-at-home orders — Health, food, and home and garden titles, among others, have seen an abundance of readers and social media engagement in the pandemic
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@niemanreports and @weegee
Eryn Carlson / Nieman Reports:
A look at “speculative journalism”, used to give audiences an insight into complex or abstract events and imagined futures, and its potential drawbacks — This narrative technique can help audiences think about the future in more concrete terms.
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@leahbecerra, @niemanreports, @niemanreports and @louiegilot
Joe Hagan / Vanity Fair:
In his first interview since leaving MSNBC, Chris Matthews admits he made a sexist comment to a guest that led to his early retirement — Biden has to absorb Sanders's ideas “to his heart.” Klobuchar is his ideal V.P. And the article that hastened his exit was “highly justified.”
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Tom Phillips / The Guardian:
Brazilian media reports that federal investigators identified President Bolsonaro's son as one of the alleged key members of a “criminal fake news racket” — Claims risk damaging Brazilian president already reeling from resignation of justice minister
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@alfonslopeztena, @ericmgarcia and Foreign Policy
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