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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Sources: VOA White House reporter Patsy Widakuswara has been reassigned by the director after she sought to question Pompeo after his speech — The director of the Voice of America ordered the reassignment of a reporter for the international news organization after she sought to ask questions …
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Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
In VOA speech, Secretary Pompeo says VOA too often demeans the US and that “It is not fake news for you to broadcast that this is the greatest nation” ever — - He says broadcaster isn't ‘Vice of America’ focused on wrongs — Whistle-blowers at agency challenged speech aired globally
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David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik:
[Thread] Public radio stations have sent a protest to NYT after the collapse of Caliphate, citing actions of The Daily's Michael Barbaro, presence of Andy Mills — NEWS: Major public radio stations in Los Angeles, DC, Chicago, Seattle, Dallas, Pittsburgh etc send joint protest to NYT in fallout over collapse of “Caliphate” series. They cite “troubling” actions of “The Daily” host Michael Barbaro & presence of producer Andy Mills. /con't
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker:
From June 15, 2015 to the day he was suspended from Twitter, Trump posted 2,520 anti-press tweets, more than one a day, peaking in the last year — By the time the social media platform Twitter permanently suspended his account on Jan. 8, 2021, President Donald Trump had posted 2,520 tweets …
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Sheldon Adelson, GOP megadonor and owner of The Las Vegas Review-Journal, Nevada's biggest newspaper, is dead at 87 — Mr. Adelson drew a cornucopia of cash from casinos and resort hotels and poured money into right-wing causes. — Sheldon G. Adelson, a cabdriver's son who built …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Fox News will replace one of its only nighttime hours of news coverage with a right-wing opinion show, signifying a further shift toward incendiary programming — New York (CNN Business)Fox News Channel is removing one of its only nighttime hours of news coverage and replacing …
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Patrick Frater / Variety:
Study: Asia's online video market passed $30B in 2020 as subscription revenue overtook ads for the first time; avg. growth/year is projected at 12% until 2025 — Asia's online video market surpassed $30 billion for the first time in 2020, according to new research.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Memo: Cumulus Media, which employs some of the most popular right-leaning US talk radio hosts, tells personalities to stop suggesting the election was stolen — After months of stoking anger about alleged election fraud, one of America's largest talk-radio companies has decided on an abrupt change of direction.
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The Guardian:
UK TV streaming customers can no longer stream live sports, like the Premier League, when visiting the rest of Europe as the Brexit transition period ends — UK customers of TV streaming services can no longer watch live sport, including Premier League football, when visiting the rest of Europe …
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Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
Video-sharing site Rumble, popular among conservatives, sues Google, accusing it of diverting traffic to YouTube — Video-sharing site Rumble, citing a Wall Street Journal investigation, alleges Google diverted traffic away from it toward YouTube — Video-sharing site Rumble Inc. accused Google …
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Elaine Low / Variety:
NBCU to debut The Overview, a younger-skewing weekly news show hosted by Gadi Schwartz, on Peacock, starting with three episodes on January 16 — Wearing a dark gray hoodie and framed by neon lights in a garage, NBC News' Gadi Schwartz is forgoing the traditional suit and anchor's desk …
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Apophia Agiresaasi / Global Press Journal:
African Centre for Media Excellence says about half of Uganda's ~50 print outlets shut down due to the pandemic and ahead of this month's presidential election — Publication Date — KAMPALA, UGANDA — Late in November, as this city erupted in flames, reporters from The Observer newspaper rushed toward the smoldering downtown.
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