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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Tribune Publishing adds Alden Global Capital's co-founder, Randall Smith, to board, giving Alden 3 of 7 seats, and caps Alden's stake at 33% for another year — Tribune Publishing has struck a deal with its largest shareholder, Alden Global Capital, that adds the hedge fund's co-founder …
CNN:
Of the top 25 Facebook advertisers in 2019, which include Uber and Netflix, only three, Microsoft, Starbucks, and Pfizer, have said they are pausing ad spending — New York (CNN Business)Hundreds of companies have promised to halt advertising on Facebook and its sibling platform Instagram …
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Reuters:
400+ advertisers suspend Facebook ads for a month, as sources say talks with some advertisers broke down; Zuckerberg has agreed to meet with boycott organizers — NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Advertisements for more than 400 brands including Coca-Cola and Starbucks are due to vanish …
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Jacob Silverman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Over 15 journalists describe covering Facebook, which they say lies on the record, has ghost-written op-eds, and has demanded quote approval for interviews
Over 15 journalists describe covering Facebook, which they say lies on the record, has ghost-written op-eds, and has demanded quote approval for interviews
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J. Clara Chan / The Wrap:
LA Times food editor Peter Meehan has resigned after a series of tweets on Monday alleged that he fostered an abusive workplace environment for his staff — The Los Angeles Times' food editor, Peter Meehan, has resigned from the paper after being accused on social media of fostering an abusive work environment for his employees.
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VICE:
Over 40 sources detail discontent at Los Angeles Times, which hired Norman Pearlstine to fix a chaotic newsroom; some staff are frustrated at too little change — Two years ago, a billionaire owner asked Norman Pearlstine to reinvent a storied American newspaper. Some in his own newsroom say he's fallen short.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Twitter removed a picture from a Trump tweet after receiving a DMCA complaint from the NYT, which owns the rights to the photo taken in 2015 by Damon Winter — Twitter has removed a picture from a tweet by President Trump on Tuesday after it received a Digital Millennium Copyright Act …
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New York Times:
NY appellate judge rules that Simon & Schuster can go ahead with publishing Mary Trump's book, reversing a lower court that had temporarily halted publication — The decision reversed a lower court's ruling that had temporarily halted publication of the book by the president's niece …
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The BBC is laying off 450 people, representing a sixth of BBC England staff, to save £25M, per NUJ, and axing regional news show Inside Out — Well-known local presenters to lose jobs and concerns raised about news quality — The BBC is to make 450 staff working on its regional programmes …
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Maiysha Kai / The Glow Up:
Following the publication of an open letter alleging mistreatment, misconduct, and mismanagement at Essence, the outlet names Caroline Wanga interim CEO — The pioneering and still most prominent media brand for Black women will once again have one at the helm—at least, for the immediate future.
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Meghna Rao / Nieman Lab:
Profile of Lokal, a geographically focused news app in India with original reporting in four languages produced using an existing infrastructure of stringers — Lokal founders Jani Pasha and Vipul Chaudhary were convinced that what India's non-English speaking internet population needed …
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins, says it will no longer publish Ed Henry's book, Saving Colleen, after he was fired over sexual misconduct claims — The network announced Wednesday that the rising on-air star had been fired after an investigation into allegations of misconduct.
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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News says it has fired America's Newsroom anchor and former chief White House correspondent Ed Henry over sexual misconduct claims
Fox News says it has fired America's Newsroom anchor and former chief White House correspondent Ed Henry over sexual misconduct claims
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Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Unable to tour, some musicians are selling or borrowing against rights to future royalties, as rights are increasingly seen as “a sound alternative asset” — Unable to tour, artists tap their catalogs for income as music rights increasingly are seen as ‘a sound alternative asset’
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Nick Summers / Engadget:
UK's Competition and Markets Authority calls for a “pro-competition regulatory regime” to monitor Facebook, Google, and other digital ad giants — The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has called on the UK government to create “a new pro-competition regulatory regime” …
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