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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
AG Merrick Garland met off-the-record with execs from WaPo, CNN, and NYT on Monday, after saying he would tighten DOJ policies on obtaining reporters' records — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday said he would tighten Justice Department's policies on obtaining records from lawmakers and reporters …
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Sources explain how The New Yorker union was organized, initially sidelining the mag's writers, who then felt wary of joining despite a need for better benefits — The 96-year-old magazine, known for its revered writers and sophisticated audience, is being consumed by a labor dispute.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
YouTube will stop accepting ads for its masthead ad unit from certain verticals, including election and political ads, alcohol, gambling, and prescription drugs — The masthead is often the platform's most expensive and sought-after ad unit.
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Dow Jones union: the company's new policy mandates staff get EIC's approval before talking to book publishers and a license to use their own reporting in books — For reporters, side gigs have long been a minefield. — I don't even mean the very real ethical issues that can come with $75,000 speeches …
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Alex Woodward / The Independent:
Reality Winner's attorney says she has been granted an early supervised release from prison due to exemplary behavior, as her family seeks a pardon from Biden — NSA whistleblower housed in residential re-entry centre as she completes five-year sentence — Former intelligence specialist …
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BBC:
BBC inquiry finds there was no evidence journalist Martin Bashir was rehired by the BBC to cover up the circumstances around his Diana interview — There was no evidence journalist Martin Bashir was rehired by the BBC to cover up the circumstances around his Diana interview, a BBC inquiry has found.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
BuzzFeed launches Summer Writers' Challenge, offering for the first time to pay for user-contributed content, up to $10,000 per post depending on its page views — BuzzFeed wants to spark a summer wave of viral quizzes, listicles and more — created by its own fans — by offering …
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BBC's Ukraine correspondent walks out of a news conference in Minsk where Belarusian authorities paraded the detained opposition blogger Roman Protasevich — Authorities in Belarus have paraded the detained opposition blogger Roman Protasevich at a news conference in Minsk …
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Alex Barker / Financial Times:
Sources: UK government is planning far-reaching reforms to protect public service media by reducing Google, Amazon, and Samsung's bargaining power — Ministers want to ensure prominence of channels such as BBC and ITV on smart televisions — Google, Amazon and Samsung's bargaining power …
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Julia Horowitz / CNN:
British channel GB News launches and will attempt to emulate the format of heavily-opinionated US cable TV networks like Fox News and MSNBC — London (CNN Business)GB News wants to make one thing very clear: The upstart TV channel does not see itself as the British Fox News.
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Rudy Takala / Mediaite:
NYT has corrected a March 19 story that referred to the satirical website Babylon Bee as “misinformation”, after the sites' operators threatened legal action — The New York Times corrected a story referring to the satirical Babylon Bee website as “misinformation” …
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Yvonne Villarreal / Los Angeles Times:
Latino TV writers, who account for only 8.7% of TV writers in the US, continue to face obstacles despite the apparent success of shows like Selena: The Series — What was supposed to be Gladys Rodriguez's dream job began in early 2019. The TV writer, then 37, received a call about consulting …
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