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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Washington Post names Sally Buzbee as its executive editor; Buzbee, who is executive editor of the AP, will be the first woman to lead the news organization — The Washington Post has named veteran journalist Sally Buzbee of the Associated Press as its executive editor …
Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
NBC says it will not air the 2022 Golden Globes; sources: Tom Cruise returned his three Golden Globes to join the protest against HFPA — EXCLUSIVE: Add Tom Cruise to the chorus of outrage against the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Deadline hears that the actor today has delivered …
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
WarnerMedia joins Netflix and Amazon Studios in refusing to participate in events related to HFPA, saying it regrets tolerating members' behavior — WarnerMedia is joining Netflix and Amazon Studios in refusing to participate in any more events related to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association until …
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Teen Vogue names Versha Sharma, a managing editor at NowThis, as its new EIC — The last person hired as the top editor of Teen Vogue resigned before her start date. Now, the wide-ranging Condé Nast online publication is trying again, with the announcement on Monday that Versha Sharma …
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
A look at CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC in the Biden era, as some say cable news may never again reach the peak of “Trumpified interest” — Four years of chaos turned Americans into TV addicts. A new crop of leaders and stars at CNN and MSNBC—and the old hands at Fox News—are trying to keep them tuning in.
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
The Appeal staff say the outlet announced retaliatory layoffs minutes after a staff email to management announcing a union drive — The nonprofit news site focused on criminal justice reform has a vision for “an America where stability and dignity are within everyone's reach.”
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Bustle Media Group CEO says the company is rebranding as BDG, plans to go public via SPAC later this year, and is hoping to acquire more media brands — Bustle Digital Group is formally rebranding to BDG, its founder and CEO Bryan Goldberg tells Axios. The new logo and name will roll out Tuesday.
Pew Research Center:
Survey: Americans across partisan divides broadly agree on which outlets are the “mainstream media”, including ABC, CNN, NYT, MSNBC, Fox News, WSJ, and NY Post — The term “mainstream media” has long been used to refer to established journalism outlets in the United States.
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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Piano says its largest clients had an average subscription growth of ~58% over the past year; 74% of annual subscribers remain loyal vs 46% of monthly subs — Digital subscriptions have become an increasingly significant business for English-language news providers over the past year.
Kelsey Sutton / Adweek:
Nielsen confirms undercount of viewers amid pandemic, after MRC audit found Nielsen's report of total TV usage in Feb. among adults 18-49 was lowballed by 2%-6% — Measurement firm says television metrics were off by up to 6% in February
Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Facebook says it's testing a prompt that encourages users to open unread articles before sharing them, about a year after Twitter debuted a similar prompt — The new pop-up is being tested starting today — Facebook has announced on Twitter that it will start testing a pop-up that asks users …
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Emily Caron / Sportico:
Just Women's Sports, a media company founded by former pro soccer player Haley Rosen, raises $3.5M seed led by Will Ventures with Kevin Durant among investors — NBA star Kevin Durant and business partner Rich Kleiman's Thirty Five Ventures also participated, alongside Drive by DraftKings …
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