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Caleb Ecarma / Vanity Fair:
Sources: Biden deputy press sec T.J. Ducklo threatened Politico's Tara Palmeri after finding out she was reporting on his relationship with an Axios journalist — Deputy press secretary TJ Ducklo lashed out at journalist Tara Palmeri, spurring conversations between Politico's brass and the White House …
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Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy:
Jen Psaki says T.J. Ducklo has been placed on a one-week suspension without pay and will no longer be assigned to work with any Politico reporters — TJ Ducklo has been placed on a one-week suspension without pay, @PressSec says. https://twitter.com/...
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Mathieu Rosemain / Reuters:
Settlement agreements for the copyright dispute between French media and Google show Google will pay $22M annually in total to 121 publications for three years — PARIS (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google has agreed to pay $76 million over three years to a group of French news publishers …
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
Vivendi says it plans to list 60% of its share of Universal Music Group in an Amsterdam IPO by the end of the year, with a minimum target value of €30B — Vivendi plans to list 60% of its share of Universal Music Group on the Euronext market in Amsterdam by the end of the year …
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Kerry Flynn / CNN:
Bookazines, which are in-depth special issues focusing on a single topic and are cheaply produced, are flourishing at publishers; Meredith released 331 in 2020 — New York (CNN Business)Shopping in the pandemic often means buying supplies for working, cooking and exercising at home.
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Paul Glader / Poynter:
Vett News launches Cx, a tool that allows readers to more easily report corrections of online articles to their publishers — We can thank and reward readers who help us improve accuracy rather than treating them as nags. — The path to improve reader trust may be simpler than we realize.
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Michael Pack cited security concerns for not extending J-1 visas, but a memo shows the rationale was to prioritize jobs for US citizens, which VOA does anyway — Nabila Ganinda was awaiting a green light from the U.S. Agency for Global Media. — The agency had hired Ganinda …
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Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
SAG-AFTRA's agreement to represent social media creators is the latest sign that the business of influence has become a key part of the entertainment industry — SAG-AFTRA has approved a new “influencer agreement.” — Social media creators have a new way to join Hollywood's biggest union.
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Margaret Barthel / DCist:
An independent journalist is suing Washington, DC police over his arrest at a racial justice protest and their withholding of his cameras and phone for 10 weeks — Local independent journalist and documentarian Kian Kelley-Chung was one of more than 40 people arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department …
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Aliya S. King / LEVEL:
Roundtable interview with hip-hop journalists who wrote for Vibe, XXL, and The Source in the '90s and early '00s on their turn from journalism to movies and TV — Some of the genre's best and brightest come together to talk about why they made the transition from rap magazines to TV and movies—and how
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Josef Adalian / Vulture:
Seeking to avoid churn, new streamers like HBO Max and Paramount+ are offering attractive deals in exchange for long-term commitment — This story first ran in Buffering, Vulture's newsletter about the streaming industry. Head to vulture.com/buffering and subscribe today!
Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
Most major publishing houses now insist on morality clauses in book contracts as social media has made it possible to unravel a reputation overnight — Morals clauses are despised by many authors and agents, but big publishers insist that they need a way out if a writer's reputation takes a nosedive.
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