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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump says Fox News “is doing nothing to help Republicans, and me, get re-elected”, drawing an explicit link between the network and electing Republicans — In his tweet, the president makes explicit the subtext at which he's hinted in the past, when offering complaints about how Fox had …
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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Tribune Publishing shareholders have elected 2 Alden Global Capital representatives to the board; Alden is barred from raising its Tribune stake until June 30 — Shareholders of Tribune Publishing elected two representatives of hedge fund Alden Global Capital to the newspaper chain's board Thursday …
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
WH Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany says in a briefing that reporters “desperately” want churches and houses of worship to stay closed, prompting pushback — After Donald Trump characterized houses of worship as “essential services” and called upon governors to open them …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Larry King to launch his first-ever podcast The Millionth Question, a celebrity interview show, in mid-June under a multiyear contract worth at least $5M — TV interviewer's first podcast to be produced with son Chance King and Jeff Beacher's 4Forty4 Media — Larry King is gearing up to launch his first-ever podcast.
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
The layoffs and paywall at The Atlantic suggest Laurene Powell Jobs is happy to subsidize the enterprise but not interested in making it a gift to the masses — Billionaires who are brave enough to enter the publishing space don't mind losing money on it—they call it “investing”—until the day they do.
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Ben Smith / @benyt:
Memo: The Atlantic is laying off 68 people across divisions, or about 20% of its staff, after collapse of its events business, with the rest getting pay cuts
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Audible is in talks to acquire celebrity podcasts and is considering selling original shows individually and Amazon Music will add podcasts soon — Under growing pressure from Spotify, the e-commerce giant is looking to spend big in podcast land — In recent months, Audible …
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Ken Stone / Times of San Diego:
A federal judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit against MSNBC and Rachel Maddow from One America News Network; OANN's owner says the network will appeal — A San Diego federal judge Friday dismissed a $10 million defamation lawsuit filed by the owners and operators of San Diego-based …
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
HBO says it is donating $1M to the Los Angeles Emergency COVID-19 Crisis Fund, using money that had been allotted for its Emmys after-party and campaign events — With the Emmy ceremony likely shifting to a remote ceremony this year, HBO is taking some of the money it normally spends …
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Sara Rafsky / Columbia Journalism Review:
New York journalists describe how reporters in the city changed beats to become health reporters and organizations reallocated resources to cover COVID-19 — In early January, the Tow Center for Digital Journalism published my report, “Media Mecca or News Desert?”
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Washington Post:
WaPo's ad tech platform Zeus enters partnership with the Local Media Consortium, an alliance of 3,500+ local media outlets from 90 media companies — Zeus Performance, the industry-leading advertising framework and revenue technology stack built by The Washington Post …
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Hadas Gold / CNN:
Sources: State Dept. is asking all US-based employees of CGTN to fill out detailed questionnaires with personal info, alarming American employees of the network — London (CNN Business)The State Department is asking all US-based employees of Chinese state TV network CGTN to fill …
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Mark Schoofs / BuzzFeed News:
Memo from Mark Schoofs, who has returned to BuzzFeed News as EIC, on plans for the future including launching teams to cover inequality and fast-moving stories — Hi. I'm Mark Schoofs, and I'm the new editor in chief of BuzzFeed News. I just started in this job a couple days ago, but this isn't my first time around here.
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