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In 2019, participants on a NYT trip with reporter Donald McNeil Jr. complained he used racist and sexist language; a probe was conducted and he was reprimanded — The paper's top COVID reporter joined a group of students on a trip to Peru in 2019. Participants alleged he repeatedly made racist comments.
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Sources: Facebook is developing newsletter tools for journalists and writers, including tools to help build followers, curate email lists, and offer paid subs — Here's what you need to know: — After an outcry, Robinhood says it will allow users to trade GameStop again on Friday.
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Gene Park / Washington Post:
When journalists parachute in to report on an unfamiliar topic like video games, stereotypes and broad generalizations often obscure important issues — Reporters need to understand what video games are before they write stories about video games. That's because video games are more than just a medium.
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Bijan Stephen / The Verge:
YouTube is testing the ability to make short clips, from 5 to 60 seconds, of livestreams or videos, starting today on desktop and Android devices — Another standard live-streaming feature makes its way over to the online video giant — YouTube is introducing clipping …
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Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap:
ABC News President James Goldston is stepping down on March 31 after 17 years with the network — ABC News president James Goldston is stepping down after 17 years with the network. Of those 17 years, he spent seven as president. — In a memo to staff sent Thursday, he said his last day with the company will be March 31.
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
WaPo, LAT, Reuters, Wired, Vox, and HuffPost are seeking new leadership as the pipeline from regional papers has slowed and promising stars have left the field — When Martin Baron announced his upcoming retirement from The Washington Post on Tuesday, it made clear what is either a crisis …
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Wall Street Journal:
NYT promotes Cliff Levy to deputy managing editor, where he will develop procedures to vet stories from the audio unit, following the Caliphate controversy — Cliff Levy is promoted to deputy managing editor, will develop procedures for vetting audio content in interim role
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Kathy Gannon / Associated Press:
Pakistan's Supreme Court orders release of the man convicted in the beheading of Daniel Pearl and dismisses the appeal of his acquittal — ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the release Thursday of a Pakistani-British man convicted and later acquitted in the beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.
Jenny Singer / Glamour:
A look at the female Wikipedia editors working to make the site more equitable in terms of gender as ~90% of editors are men and ~20% of bios are about women — About 90% of the people who write Wikipedia are men. A brilliant team of women is making sure that we have a place in greatest collection of knowledge in human history.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Comcast Q4: Peacock has 33M sign-ups; cable revenue up 6.3% YoY to $15.B; NBCU revenue hit $7.5B, down from $9.15B a year ago, Sky revenue up 3.3% YoY to $5.2B — Comcast said fourth-quarter profit increased thanks to customer interest in broadband and wireless services …
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Mariam Cheik-Hussein / AdNews:
Google added a pop-up to Search in Australia, pushing against the proposed news media bargaining code, which would make Google pay news publishers for links — Google is showing Search users in Australia a new pop-up to warn them about the implications of the news media bargaining code …
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Bloomberg:
UK court rules that News UK can't claim back VAT paid on digital news services through 2016; digital news services have been exempt from VAT since May — A News Corp. unit won't be able to claw back six years of taxes on its digital news operations, a London court ruled on Thursday.
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Facebook says it expects to face “more significant advertising headwinds” in 2021, due to changes in iOS 14 and “the evolving regulatory landscape” — While Facebook's fourth quarter earnings report included solid user and revenue numbers, the company sounded a note of caution for 2021.
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
US political campaigns say that bans by Facebook and Google on political ads have hamstrung them during a crucial fundraising window ahead of the 2022 midterms
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