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Dylan Byers / NBC News:
Sources: Kimberly Godwin, executive vice president of CBS News, is in final negotiations with Disney to become head of ABC News — Disney has found the next president of ABC News. — Kimberly Godwin, the executive vice president of CBS News, is in the final stages of negotiations with Disney …
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@jasminestylestv, @iamamnanawaz, @franklinleonard, @tiareports, @dylanbyers, TVNewser, The Hill and Variety
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Nielsen says the pandemic shrunk the size of its TV consumer panel, but it defends its viewership data and says streaming's rise doesn't offset linear TV's fall — The media industry's go-to authority for measuring audiences acknowledged on Friday that the recent coronavirus pandemic bent its yardstick …
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Columbia Journalism Review, Variety, nielsen.com, Adweek, MediaPost, @arianapekary, @jayrosen_nyu, @bristei and @bristei
Kathimerini:
Greek veteran crime reporter Giorgos Karaivaz was shot and killed near Athens in what appears to have been a planned ambush — A television reporter was gunned down outside his home in the southern Athens suburb of Alimos on Friday. — According to preliminary reports, Giorgos Karaivaz …
The Markup:
YouTube blocks advertisers from using terms like “Black lives matter” to find videos to advertise against but was letting them use phrases like “White power” — “Black power” and “Black Lives Matter” can't be used to find videos for ads, but “White power” and “White lives matter” were just fine
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@heidiekmassey, @hypervisible, @asankin, @kimgoodwin, @schemaly, @blackamazon, @joshsternberg, @farai, @daiwaka, @morganicink, @rachelsklar, @s_m_i and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Richard J. Tofel / Second Rough Draft:
The potential rescuers of individual Tribune newspapers should stop printing the papers and go all digital, right away, to cut major costs of standalone outlets — Welcome to Second Rough Draft, a newsletter about journalism in our time, how it (especially its business) is evolving, and the challenges it faces.
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@cleonardnews, @tom_mallory, @ckrewson, @ckrewson, @peterhimler and @joegermuska
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Print circulations of WSJ and USA Today fell 19% and 60% respectively from Q1 2020 to Q2/Q3 as hotels closed, accounting for the majority of the decline — USA Today lost more than half of its print sales as US newspaper circulations were hit by the Covid-19 crisis last year, Press Gazette research has found.
Johnny Diaz / New York Times:
A look at Telemundo's Club Mundo Kids, a new Spanish-language show for kids that comes amid a wider push to reach Latino audiences — “Club Mundo Kids,” a new TV series debuting on April 10, is the latest result of a push for programming that uses Spanish to reach Latino audiences.
Discussion:
@exilecontent, @uscannenberg, @xtinatini, @fbiannunez, @richlightshed and @itsdavidford
Peter White / Deadline:
A feature documentary about examining the evolution of American journalism from Dan Rather's perspective is in the works — EXCLUSIVE: A feature documentary about legendary media figure Dan Rather is in the works. — Original Productions, the Fremantle-owned producer of shows such as Deadliest Catch …
Discussion:
@wavelengthprods and C21Media
Timothy Garton Ash / The Guardian:
A look at the erosion of press freedom in Poland with independent media losing public sector advertising, a proposal that targets foreign media owners, and more — A planned ‘coronavirus tax’ on revenues and attacks on foreign-owned media threaten to cut away democracy piece by piece
Discussion:
@markhennessy, @fergallenehan, @ecfr, @kenroth, @bdstanley, @fromtga and @jayrosen_nyu
Brian Stelter / CNN:
In a letter to Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott, the head of the Anti-Defamation League called on her to fire Tucker Carlson for invoking “white replacement theory” — New York (CNN Business)The Anti-Defamation League is calling for Fox News to fire Tucker Carlson.
Discussion:
Vanity Fair, The Hill, Insider, Mediaite, @emilyctamkin, Anti-Defamation League, New York Magazine and The Daily Beast
Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal:
Study: Facebook algorithms disproportionately show certain types of job ads to men and women, reflecting the concentration of that gender in a position or field — Researchers found the platform's algorithms promoted roles to certain users; company pledges to continue work in removing bias from recommendations
Sahil Patel / Wall Street Journal:
Community, which lets public figures, media outlets, and brands text with fans, raises $40M from Salesforce Ventures, bringing its total raised to $90M — The platform for brands and celebrities seeks to expand to more large marketers and small businesses — Community.com Inc. …
Discussion:
@spicyfusilli and Variety, more at Techmeme »
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