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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Bob Woodward defends his decisions to wait to reveal Trump's early pandemic comments: he aimed to provide fuller context than could occur in a news story — Two waves of outrage greeted the news on Wednesday of Bob Woodward's latest White House chronicle, a book entitled “Rage.”
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Kerry Flynn / CNN:
The Atlantic has added 325,000 paid subscribers since launching a paywall a year ago; 20,000+ signed up over last weekend after Jeffrey Goldberg's post on Trump — New York (CNN Business)President Trump wrote The Atlantic off as a “dying” magazine last week after it published an explosive story …
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Lauren Harris / Columbia Journalism Review:
Tow Center introduces COVID-19 Cutback Tracker, an interactive map and searchable database that tracks media cuts since the start of the pandemic — Since March of 2020, the Tow Center for Digital Journalism has been collecting data on cutbacks to US newsrooms happening amid the novel coronavirus pandemic …
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Evette Alexander / Knight Foundation:
Survey: those whose top news source is social media are less likely to vote than newspaper readers; people are more engaged with national news than local news — A new Knight Foundation report finds that chronic non-voters' news diet may help shape whether or not they vote on Nov. 3.
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Joan Summers / Jezebel:
The freelancer who wrote a glowing Marie Claire cover story on Chrissy Teigen accepted a job with Teigen, a fact noted only in a small disclaimer at story's end — Marie Claire has debuted a new Chrissy Teigen cover story that, among other things, is meant to promote her new recipe and cooking website, Cravings.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Megyn Kelly to launch production company Devil May Care Media, which will back podcasts and other shows on current events, starting with her own podcast — Megyn Kelly isn't on a mainstream news outlet at present, but that isn't going to keep her from broadcasting.
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Wall Street Journal and The Wrap
Peter White / Deadline:
ViacomCBS signs three-year deal with iHeartMedia to create dozens of original podcasts as well as shows that leverage ViacomCBS IP like Yo! MTV Raps — ViacomCBS is expanding its podcast business with a three year deal with iHeartMedia. — The deal will include the return of Yo!
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Reuters:
Secretary Pompeo criticized China's People's Daily for refusing to carry an op-ed by a US ambassador for allegedly being “seriously inconsistent with facts” — BEIJING (Reuters) - China and the United States traded attacks about who best understands press freedom as Secretary …
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
NBCU veteran Bonnie Hammer moves into the NBCU vice chairman role; Universal Television chief Pearlena Igbokwe becomes head of TV content for NBCUniversal — Universal Television chief Pearlena Igbokwe has been elevated to head of TV content for NBCUniversal as part of the broader shakeup of NBCU's senior executive ranks.
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Adam Jacobson / Radio & Television Business Report:
Meredith Corp. seeks shareholder approval to allow a possible split of its national assets, including magazines, from local assets, including 17 TV stations — There's nothing imminent to expect. It is not in response to any specific conversations or events.
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PR Newswire
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Google's Area 120 launches Fundo, an app for creators to host small paid online events, available now in the US and Canada; Google takes a 20% cut of revenue — Fundo has been in beta for the past year with a few hundred “trusted testers,” who can set the price for access to online events …
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The Verge, Engadget and The Keyword, more at Techmeme »
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sony plans to release nearly 40 podcasts this year and is developing 100+ originals, says it is the biggest investment in podcasting ever by a major music label — - Sony Music is backing several podcasting ventures in new push — Company plans to release more than 40 podcasts this year
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