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David Brooks resigns from Aspen but will remain a volunteer at a project there; NYT to add disclosures about the relationship to his past and future columns — David Brooks has resigned from his position at the Aspen Institute following reporting by BuzzFeed News about conflicts of interest between …
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Months after Nexstar debuted an “unbiased” NewsNation, ratings are abysmal and staff say they fear it's becoming a “mini Fox News” with Bill Shine's involvement — Two top editors at the channel's new prime-time newscast resigned amid staff complaints of a right-wing tilt …
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@katie_robertson, @benyt, @notaaroncraig and The Desk


Editorial Board: Biden should have already given a press conference by now, as his 15 most recent predecessors held one within their first 33 days in office — Opinion by Editorial Board — WHITE HOUSE press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday that President Biden would hold a news conference “before the end of the month.”
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Sources: CNN and NYT are collaborating on a multipart documentary series about Rupert Murdoch, with a goal of releasing it in 2022 — CNN and the New York Times are collaborating on a multipart documentary series about Rupert Murdoch, according to people familiar with the matter …
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@lucas_shaw, @business, @jeffjarvis, Insider, TVNewser, Vanity Fair and Politico


Former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger apologizes to Maíria Cahill for a 2014 Greenslade piece, says he's “let down” by Greenslade's silence on IRA sympathies — This newspaper's former media commentator should have been transparent about his sympathies


In an Instagram post, HFPA commits to making “transformational” reforms, including hiring an independent diversity expert to consult on its membership policies — The Hollywood Foreign Press Association issued a statement on Instagram Saturday evening, promising “transformational change” …
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The A.V. Club, @variety, IndieWire, The Wrap and Deadline


SimilarWeb: nearly every big US news site saw its traffic drop by more than 20% from January to February, with interest in politics coverage down 28% — Nearly halfway through President Biden's first 100 days, data shows that Americans are learning to wean themselves off of news — and especially politics.


Some popular YouTubers are building their own video sites, like Floatplane and Nebula, to help other creators publish and monetize niche video content — Whether he's showing off astronomically expensive computer gaming hardware or dumpster-diving for the cheapest PC builds possible …


News orgs' focus on audience engagement exposes journalists to abusive comments from readers, an aggravation compounded by a lack of guidance on how to respond — They're just telling them, 'You suck and you're ugly and you're biased and your hair sucks.'"


Profile of Marc Lacey, who runs NYT's Live coverage, a constantly updating stream of news as stories break; he holds a prominent spot among NYT Black leaders — In recent weeks, ever since Marc Lacey started running the Live platform at the New York Times, Sandy, his labradoodle, has been getting more walks.
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@cjr, @cjr, @simonowens, @kerrymflynn, @cjr, @marclacey and The New York Times Company, Thanks:@fevenmerid


Reader-owned news co-ops like The Devil Strip in Akron, OH, offer a chance of success for local news sites in places where existing approaches struggle or fail — It's a perfect civic storm: Our battered democracy is as fragile as it has been since the Civil War, trust in crucial institutions is in tatters …
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@kaplanlarry, @tomstites, @npquarterly, @npmichael and @dangillmor


The Marshall Project is testing allowing readers to send articles to people in prison by mail, postage paid, in partnership with nonprofit Ameelio — We all know the traditional social share buttons — email this, tweet that, etc. — but The Marshall Project has a new one at the top of their most recent article.