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Alex Thompson / Politico:
Facebook exec says right-wing drives more engagement because its “populism is always more engaging” as it speaks to “an incredibly strong, primitive emotion” — Throughout 2020, Democrats have denounced Facebook with growing ferocity as a “right-wing echo chamber” …
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Julie Posetti, PhD / International Center …:
How women journalists experience online violence, the types of threats, the ways it manifests, and its link to offline attacks — Content warning: This story includes graphic content that illustrates the severity of online abuse of women. — There is a new front line in journalism safety …
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Taylor & Francis and @sulliview
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Fran Berkman / Digital Content Next:
US media coverage of climate change has dropped since March due to the pandemic, but readership and pageviews of climate change content has remained consistent — It's 2020, and things have gotten to the point that we may not have the bandwidth to pay attention to all the existential threats we're facing at once.
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The Sunday Times:
Sources: Paul Dacre, the former editor of the Daily Mail, is Boris Johnson's choice to become the new chairman of media regulator Ofcom at the end of 2020 — Boris Johnson is ushering in a revolution at the top of British broadcasting by offering two of the top jobs in television to outspoken critics of the BBC.
Constant Méheut / New York Times:
French official says a man has confessed to stabbing two people outside former Charlie Hebdo offices because it printed cartoons mocking Prophet Muhammad — An 18-year-old immigrant from Pakistan was arrested on Friday after the stabbing of two people near the former offices …
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@nytimesworld, @mikeykaynyc, @nytimesworld and Politico
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James McAuley / Washington Post:
France's anti-terrorism office is probing the stabbing of 2 media workers outside former Charlie Hebdo offices, amid a trial of alleged accomplices in the case
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David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Inside eBay's alleged plot that targeted a blogging duo and a Twitter gadfly using cockroaches, porn, death threats, physical surveillance, and pizza deliveries — “People are basically good” was eBay's founding principle. But in the deranged summer of 2019, prosecutors say …
Ian C Sayson / Bloomberg:
After Philippines declined to renew broadcast network ABS-CBN's franchise, the company had to lay off 45% of 11,000 staff and take a ~$115M impairment charge — ABS-CBN Corp.'s chairman emeritus, Eugenio ‘Gabby’ Lopez III, has quit and has relinquished his board seats in the Philippine media company …
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
On Thursday, major papers buried Trump's refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power as the NYT ran the story on A15, WaPo and WSJ on A4, and LAT on A6 — President Donald Trump yesterday refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power after the November election.
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
NBCU: 76% of NBCU viewing for those aged 18-34 and 50% for those aged 50+ comes from streaming and on-demand platforms; 74% of digital content is watched on TV — EXCLUSIVE: NBCUniversal, which has made a series of moves aimed at keeping pace with the increasingly complex video viewing marketplace …
Mark Jacob / Local News Initiative:
The documentary Newstown looks at journalists in the aftermath of the closure of The Youngstown Vindicator and their efforts to keep the community informed — The Youngstown Vindicator, a 150-year-old newspaper, announced in the summer of 2019 that it was closing.
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Pulitzer Center
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: podcast publisher Wondery has hired financial advisers to explore strategic options, including a potential sale, which could bring in at least $200M — - Financial advisers hired to evaluate strategic options — Wondery has gained following with hit shows like ‘Dirty John’
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@kenbensinger, @tzm_tmt, @thestalwart, @lucas_shaw and @lucas_shaw
Jacob Tice / The News Tribune:
Austin Tice's brother pleads for help in putting political pressure on US leaders to find the journalist who vanished 8 years ago in Syria and bring him home — Austin Tice is a freelance journalist for McClatchy and other outlets who has been detained in Syria since August 2012.
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@spj_tweets, @brianstelter, @repderekkilmer, @marcatice, @mcclatchy and @carlibrosseau
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