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Ben Smith / New York Times:
A look at Times reporter Maggie Haberman's coverage of Trump's presidency since 2016, with her pieces accounting for hundreds of millions of page views in total — For the last four years, the Times reporter has been the human incarnation of a nation riveted, like it or not, by Donald Trump.
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Quartz CEO Zach Seward and Editor in Chief Katherine Bell will buy back the company from Japanese financial data and media company Uzabase — CEO Zach Seward, Editor in Chief Katherine Bell will buy Quartz from parent company — The co-founder of Quartz and its editor in chief agreed …
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Reeves Wiedeman / New York Magazine:
An in-depth look at the reckoning inside The New York Times, as the paper becomes less dispassionate and more crusading, driven by company-wide Slack channels — On October 23, eleven days before the presidential election, Manohla Dargis, one of the movie critics at the New York Times …
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Bloomberg Media is launching QuickTake, its 24/7 streaming channel, on Monday, with 10.5 hours/day of original content, as 250K pay $40/month for its news — QuickTake service will cover general interest and lifestyle news, starting with 10-and-a-half hours of daily programming
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Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
Sources: amid layoffs at ESPN, executive VP of content, Connor Schell, plans to leave at the end of the year to start his own non-fiction production company — In the wake of ESPN's layoffs, Connor Schell, the No. 2 in charge, is leaving his position at the network at the end of the year, The Post has learned.
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New York Times:
Sources: MSNBC contributor Jon Meacham will no longer be a paid contributor after he failed to disclose on appearances that he helped write speeches for Biden — Mr. Biden urged mask-wearing as he laid out his strategy to fight the pandemic. The incoming administration is starting to make decisions about filling cabinet posts.
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Tom Jones / Poynter:
Media outlets practiced responsible journalism by waiting to be absolutely sure before they called the election in favor of Joe Biden — As Election Day turned into Election Week and closed the curtains on Trump's anti-media presidency, the media shined. — Isn't it ironic?
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Washington Post:
Inside the week that may have permanently ruptured the bond between Trump and Fox News as sources say Trump has vowed revenge on the network — The last day of Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign began just after 7 a.m., as polls opened on the East Coast, with a call to “Fox & Friends …
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Steve Marble / Los Angeles Times:
Alex Trebek, Jeopardy host and trivia master, has died at 80 from pancreatic cancer — Alex Trebek, the master of trivia whose quick wit, easy smile and my-favorite-professor demeanor made “Jeopardy” a welcome guest in the living rooms of America for decades, has died at his home overnight following …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Even though media never fully learned how to cover Trump, its work exposing Trump's abuses has been crucial in holding his administration accountable — As the cowbells clanged, car horns blasted and anti-Trumpers partied Saturday on my New York City street corner not long after TV networks called …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBCUniversal partners with PayPal to help viewers purchase goods from shoppable TV segments and shoppable gift guides featured on Syfy and other sites — Will legions of remote-wielding TV viewers start to think of their set-top box or broadband hub as a kind of shopping cart?
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BBC:
An online petition by former Australian PM Kevin Rudd calling for an inquiry into Murdoch's media dominance has garnered 500K signatures — An online petition by former Australian PM Kevin Rudd calling for an inquiry into Rupert Murdoch's media dominance has got a record number of signatures.
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Two NY Post sources say top editors told some staffers this week to be tougher in their coverage of Trump; Col Allan, the paper's adviser, is retiring next year — Rupert Murdoch's tabloid has turned critical as the president seems headed to defeat. Col Allan, a wizard there, says he plans to retire next year.
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Peter Maass / The Intercept:
With Trump's apparent defeat in sight, the Fox News network and the Murdoch family face far more critical scrutiny than they ever have in the US
With Trump's apparent defeat in sight, the Fox News network and the Murdoch family face far more critical scrutiny than they ever have in the US
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CNN:
Fox News memos direct talent not to call Biden “President-elect” when the race is called and instead say he “has enough electoral votes to win the presidency”
Fox News memos direct talent not to call Biden “President-elect” when the race is called and instead say he “has enough electoral votes to win the presidency”
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