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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Anguished reactions by some in elite US media about Afghanistan come from people who deeply bought into the war and are suddenly forced to confront its reality — I wrote at the beginning of the week that the lightning collapse of the Afghan Army and the Afghan state, far from making …
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Katherine Huggins / Mediaite:
CNN, Fox News, WSJ, NYT, WaPo, and others have successfully evacuated journalists from Afghanistan, including freelancers and interpreters — Multiple media companies have successfully evacuated journalists from Afghanistan, including Afghan freelancers and interpreters.
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Michael Savage / The Guardian:
UK agrees to visa waivers for more than 200 Afghan journalists who worked with the British media and their immediate family
UK agrees to visa waivers for more than 200 Afghan journalists who worked with the British media and their immediate family
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Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Facebook releases a previously shelved Q1 content transparency report, acknowledging the widespread reach of content casting doubt on COVID vaccines — The social-media platform's Saturday evening acknowledgment comes after a lengthy internal debate over whether to share data.
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New York Times:
Internal emails: Facebook shelved content transparency report in Q1 fearing outcry, as most-viewed link was news article implying doctor died from COVID vaccine
Internal emails: Facebook shelved content transparency report in Q1 fearing outcry, as most-viewed link was news article implying doctor died from COVID vaccine
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: Rachel Maddow has agreed to a new multi-year deal with MSNBC, which will include developing new projects with the network and NBCUniversal — Rachel Maddow will stay at MSNBC, according to two people familiar with the matter, after negotiating a new pact that will keep her at the cable-news outlet beyond 2022.
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Vox Media is weighing several options to finance its expansion, including a SPAC merger or an IPO; Vox says it is buying drinks website Punch — Digital media company is buying a cocktail website founded by Bertelsmann SE's Penguin Random House — Vox Media LLC said Monday …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBCUniversal says it is “assembling a full suite of interoperable measurement solutions”, as Nielsen's national TV ratings come under intense scrutiny — The TV industry has for decades relied on a single yardstick: Nielsen ratings. Now NBCUniversal has suggested it may have to accept multiple measurement benchmarks.
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Jim Friedlich / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
How the bipartisan Local Journalism Sustainability Act in US Congress would publicly fund local media orgs while letting them keep their editorial independence — The Philadelphia Inquirer is unique. The newspaper you are reading is the largest American news publication under nonprofit ownership …
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Zeynep Tufekci / @zeynep:
[Thread] Zeynep Tufekci says her substack will soon turn into a free newsletter for a future book as she joins NYT as an opinion columnist — So the news is out. I'm going to be a regular columnist with the New York Times. I started blogging about a decade ago simply because I had things to say, and thought it would be good to have more academic voices in the public sphere. It's been a journey, for sure. https://twitter.com/...
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
How Russia's crackdown has changed outlets like Meduza, which has an audience of 10M+/month and lost 95% of advertisers after being marked a “foreign agent” — Meduza, a leading independent news site, fights back with jokes and a stunning donation campaign. But can it stand up to the Russian state?
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Mark Stenberg / Medialyte:
This year's media startups are better funded than last year's, yet are similar in their emphasis on subscriptions, newsletters, and relatively small staff — Puck, Off the Record, Confidential and Charter: What they kept and what they tweaked. — A song to read by: “It's My House,” by Diana Ross
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
California Film Commission awards a record $138.8M in film tax credits, up from $109M awarded in 2016, with Netflix alone getting $43.3M — Netflix was the big winner as the California Film Commission awarded a record-setting $138.8 million in film tax credits on Monday.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Memo: DC-based The Hill has been sold to Nexstar Media Group for $130M — The Hill, a Beltway-based print publication that receives significant national traffic to its digital website, has sold to Nextstar for $130 million, Axios has learned. — Why it matters: The Hill's owner …