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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Sources: Felicia Sonmez criticized WaPo editors during a staff town hall, revealing that she is barred from writing anything about sexual misconduct or #MeToo — DRIVING THE DAY — It was supposed to be an upbeat town hall to rally the newsroom, as Washington Post leaders highlighted …
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss joins Stewart Bainum in Tribune bid, with plans to own Chicago Tribune; source: each plans to put up $100M towards the $650M bid — The philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss has teamed with the Maryland hotel executive Stewart Bainum in a bid …
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Jon Harris / Morning Call:
A mystery bidder, identified as “Bidder C”, has offered $30M-$40M for Morning Call Media Group to owner Tribune Publishing, recently acquired by Alden Global — An unidentified bidder has offered to buy The Morning Call Media Group for $30 million-$40 million …
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@davewiner and @mcallguild
BBC:
Brazilian court orders President Bolsonaro to pay $3,500 in damages to a reporter, after Bolsonaro suggested last year that she offered sex for information — A Brazilian court has ordered President Jair Bolsonaro to pay compensation to a journalist after he made degrading comments about her.
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France 24, CNN, Newser and @lionelbarber
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
A look at Colour Entertainment, a 20-year-old nonprofit dedicated to helping executives of color in the entertainment industry climb the corporate ladder — Colour Entertainment founders speak publicly about the 20-year-old organization for the first time — Executives of color …
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@biatchpack
New York Times:
Indian digital news pubs, which pursue aggressive journalism in a compliant media landscape, fear Modi's government is empowering trolls with its new media laws — Online portals have practiced aggressive journalism in a mostly compliant media landscape. But trolls and the government could now be empowered to stop them.
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Kevin Roose / New York Times:
Bidders for the NFT of Kevin Roose's NYT column, which sold for ~$560K, share their motivations, including fun, self-promotion, and a signal of support for NFTs — Bidders say they had many different motivations, including fun, self-promotion and a signal of support for the NFT market.
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@marclacey, @ron_fournier, @flitteronfraud, @kaibrach, @jacknicas, @smdiehl, @neilcybart, @mlcalderone and @kevinroose
Todd Spangler / Variety:
News Corp will acquire the consumer arm of educational publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for $349M in cash and will combine it with HarperCollins Publishers — The Rupert Murdoch-controlled company said it expects the deal to close in the second quarter of calendar 2021 …
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Wall Street Journal, @blackamazon, @markdistef, Business Wire, @jeffreyt1, @thelincoln, @pkafka, @jasonhirschhorn, @dabeard and Reuters
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Inside Harper's, which has struggled in the digital era but is nonetheless America's most interesting magazine and offers one of media's oddest workplaces — The publication of the “Harper's letter” attracted huge attention. Most people had stopped reading the magazine, which is stranger and better than you might expect.
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@dankennedy_nu, @thomaschattwill, @jim_edwards, @annehelen, @nytimes, @rupertmyers, @clarajeffery, @sopandeb and @thomaschattwill
Nabila Ahmed / Bloomberg:
Australian media giant Nine says it suffered a cyberattack that disrupted live programming on Sunday; the company is working with Australia's cyber intel agency — Australia's largest locally-owned media business, Nine Entertainment Co., said it suffered a cyber-attack that disrupted its live television programming on Sunday.
Aaron Sankin / The Markup:
How Digital Advertising Alliance's AdChoices tool, which launched in 2010 to let users opt out of personalized ads, is undermined by its cookie-based approach — Let's just say it leaves a lot to be desired — Last year, while reporting a story about how the digital advertising industry burrowed …
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@themarkup and @dangillmor, more at Techmeme »
James Finn / VTDigger:
A Vermont reporter's resignation, allegedly due to pressure from board members over her coverage, signals need for ethics standards for nonprofit outlets — CHARLOTTE — Since a widely respected reporter quit her job at Charlotte's local nonprofit newspaper two weeks ago …
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@coreyhutchins, @niemanlab, @vtdigger and @vtdigger
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