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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Ronan Farrow, while producing revelatory reporting, often omits inconvenient details in his stories and at times suggests conspiracies he cannot prove — He has delivered revelatory reporting on some of the defining stories of our time. But a close examination reveals the weaknesses …
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Dan Kennedy / wgbh.org:
Boston Globe now has nearly 205K subscribers, up from 145K before the pandemic, though most new subscriptions were sold for ~$1/month for the first six months — The Boston Globe now has more than 200,000 digital subscribers, editor Brian McGrory said at a Zoom gathering of the Society …
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@kerrymflynn:
Vice to lay off 55 in the US and ~100 globally, citing the fact that digital organization accounts for 50% of headcount costs but brings in about 21% of revenue — Vice CEO Nancy Dubuc on layoffs: 55 in US + ~100 globally: “The reality is that some tough decisions had to be made primarily around our digital teams. Currently, our digital organization accounts for around 50% of our headcount costs, but only brings in about 21% of our revenue” https://twitter.com/...
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John Koblin / New York Times:
Comedy Central, a factory for A-list comedians, is in decline, losing almost all its top executives and, sources say, shifting to unscripted, cheaper shows — The network that made the careers of Dave Chappelle, Stephen Colbert and Amy Schumer has laid off top executives while looking to make shows that are cheaper to produce.
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Howard Polskin / Columbia Journalism Review:
How Washington Examiner's editorial head Hugo Gurdon increased site traffic with a factory-like team producing over 100 short, digestible news stories per day — At ten thirty on the morning of Thursday, February 13, Hugo Gurdon, editorial director of the Washington Examiner, opened his daily editorial meeting.
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Scott Roxborough / Hollywood Reporter:
Several European countries, including Iceland, the Czech Republic, Poland, and France, have reopened for film and TV shoots with varying safety guidelines — Several European countries, including Iceland, the Czech Republic, Poland and France, have begun to allow film and television production under new COVID-19 guidelines.
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New York Times, Variety, @miafarrow, @erik_hayden, @lexialex and Vanity Fair
Thomas Grove / Wall Street Journal:
Russia's leading business newspaper Vedomosti, whose founders include WSJ and FT, struggles to stay independent amid allegations of Putin's influence on new EIC — One of the country's last independent voices could soon be stifled as Putin expands political control
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@wsj, @whitstillman and @herbscribner
Axios:
US Sec. of State Pompeo alleges that China threatened to interfere in US journalists' work in Hong Kong and warned doing so may risk Hong Kong's status with US — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a statement on Sunday warning China the U.S. would take action if authorities interfere …
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Megan Graham / CNBC:
A reporter set up a bogus news website, scraping stories from CNBC, and says it was shockingly easy to generate ad revenue using various ad tech companies — - In recent years, it's become common for fraudsters to make ad-supported “news” sites with content scraped from legitimate publishers.
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@megancgraham, @profcarroll, @newsceo, @jason_kint, @megancgraham and @slpng_giants
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
French left-wing daily Libération, unprofitable since 1998, says it will shift to non-profit status; Libération owner Altice will cover its ~€50M debt — French newspaper Libération, founded by Jean-Paul Sartre in 1973, is transferring into a non-profit company in a bid to secure a more prosperous future.
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
Trump ratchets up his attacks on a local news reporter, again sharing footage of the reporter being verbally abused by anti-lockdown protesters in Long Island — Four days after the video first caught his attention, President Donald Trump is ratcheting up his attacks on a local news reporter …
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TVSpy, Associated Press, CNN, Commack, NY Patch, The Sun, Deadline and Slate
The Daily Beast:
Insiders wonder if The National Enquirer, besieged by scandals and devastated by the lack of newsstand sales during the pandemic, is in its final death spiral — ‘THE LAST OF THE DINOSAURS’ — As a documentary about the “scandalous” tabloid airs on CNN, insiders ponder whether …
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