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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Insiders say Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer's exit from Politico was due to a rift with some colleagues, as they launch their new venture — Politico insiders say the highly influential newsletter authors' exit was the result of long-simmering editorial tensions between the duo and some of their colleagues.
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New York Times, @nilesgapol and @thedailybeast
Siva Vaidhyanathan / New Republic:
Criticism of Facebook must move beyond content moderation issues; the effort to invent and invest in public cultural institutions should be our focus instead — Every day, a Twitter account run by Kevin Roose, a technology reporter for The New York Times, posts a list of the top 10 sources …
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@nikkiusher, @jaredbkeller, Context is King, @psimpsonmorgan, @aleszubajak, @lara_putnam, @mattnavarra, @dickensolewe, @deblebrown, @beingliberal, @davidakaye, @jayrosen_nyu, @verba_et_vertus, @mediamorphis, @paul_framp, @vwpickard, @zacharyos, @brooklynmarie, @jvagle, @aaschapiro, @natematias, @dispositive, @javierpallero, @glynmoody and @sivavaid, more at Techmeme »
Mark Shanahan / The Boston Globe:
How the non-profit VTDigger, which now has 700K monthly readers, and alternative weekly Seven Days are filling the gaps in local news coverage in Vermont — Could their examples hold the key to fixing ‘The Expanding News Desert’? — Anne Galloway wondered if her journalism career might be over.
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Graham Vyse / Voice of America:
Profile of Forbidden Stories, a journalism collective which aims to continue the work of investigative journalists who have been threatened, jailed, or killed — WASHINGTON - Eight years ago, investigative journalist Regina Martínez was found beaten and strangled to death in her home in Veracruz, Mexico.
Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Comscore: North American box office fell 80% YoY in 2020 to $2.3B, behind China for the first time ever, which was down 70% YoY to an estimated $2.7B in sales — For the first time ever, China supplanted North America as the world's top moviegoing market. Yet no country was spared …
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@cassianelwes, @thr, Vanity Fair, Deadline, CNBC, Associated Press and New York Post
James Dobbins / New York Times:
A look at The 830 Times, a 16-page, ad-supported weekly tabloid launched in Del Rio, Texas in November by a PR veteran after the city's last paper shut down — People in Del Rio, Texas, complain that nothing ever happens there. Those are fighting words for the publisher of The 830 Times …
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@thekimkavin, @robcrilly, @nytnational, @jmalewitz, @nytnational and @melaniesill
New York Times:
Small movies like Moonlight, which depend on theaters to find their audiences, are unlikely to have the same success as film releases move to streaming services — We streamed, we watched, we worried. We also wondered what the catastrophe called 2020 will mean for movies.
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Context is King, @nyindieguy, @alecmacgillis, @gabrielsnyder, @caribeauchamp and @kennethturan
Jennifer Jenkins / Center for the Study of the Public Domain:
Books, movies, and songs published in 1925 enter the public domain as their copyrights expire; works include F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby — On January 1, 2021, copyrighted works from 1925 will enter the US public domain,1 where they will be free for all to use and build upon.
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@sarahw, @broknheadphones, @darbyjlyons, Opus, NPR, @dadavies01, @annebillson, @tobalspielmann, @timothynoah1, @apantazi, @timothynoah1, @libraryjournal, @dukecspd, @dukecspd, Fortune, Smithsonian Magazine and The Verge
Rusty Foster / Today in Tabs:
Today in Tabs, a popular media newsletter that closed in 2016, relaunches on Substack — Gather Ye Round, And Hear a Tale of Long Ago — One day in 2013, underemployed and wasting time on Twitter, I tweeted “Today in Tabs,” and Caitlin Kelly replied: — Caitlin Kelly @caitlin__kelly
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@todayintabs, @taylorlorenz, @daweiner, @jenniferdaniel, @fka_tabs, @lpolgreen, @mslopatto, @maxwelltani, @bijanstephen, @taylorlorenz and @waxy
Rachel Olding / The Daily Beast:
The 5 female anchors at NY1 who sued for age and gender discrimination say they have mutually agreed to leave the local news station after settling their suit — Five female anchors at NY1 said Thursday they have “mutually agreed” to leave the local news station after settling their age and gender discrimination lawsuit.
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New York Times, @erinmdurkin, @elehpamer12, @raquelcepeda, @lorenraye, @nmalliotakis, @tinmanic, @adamsank, @rswivth, @jumaanewilliams, @lorenraye, @missbeae, @julieroginsky, @jsoabove, @neilmsbgc, @pdjplano, @moreandagain, @cynthianixon, @nygovcuomo, @ltgovhochulny, @iamsophianelson, @aoc, @tangentialism, TVNewser, @gretchencarlson, @comedydaddy, @wigdorlaw, @yashar, @dianafalzone, @katie_honan, @s_evangelina, @nycspeakercojo, @jimmyvanbramer, @liamstack, @galeabrewer, @vanya42nd, @mcbc, @specificny, Mediaite and The Wrap
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
How the op-ed page became the outrage-generating machine of 2020, 50 years after the New York Times introduced the format — Joseph Epstein says he has a lot of hate mail but no regrets. — A few weeks ago, the veteran writer and former university lecturer dashed off a few hundred words …
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Letter from a Region, @hotlinejosh, @sonnybunch and @sushantsin
Sean Burch / The Wrap:
WaPo publisher Fred Ryan says paper's employees will get a bonus of $2,021 as a sign of “gratitude for your exceptional service through the challenges of 2020” — If you work at The Washington Post, congratulations, you're starting the new year with some extra cash in the bank.
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