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CNN suspends Chris Cuomo pending further evaluation, saying new docs point to a “greater level of involvement in his brother's efforts than we previously knew” — The cable news network's top-rated anchor was an enthusiastic adviser to Andrew Cuomo in the last 18 months of his governorship.
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Newly released records show Chris Cuomo used his media sources to track the progress of Ronan Farrow's reporting about Andrew Cuomo and find info on accusers — - Chris Cuomo was actively in touch with a top aide to his brother Andrew Cuomo about incoming reports that detailed alleged sexual harassment …
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Kris Holt / Engadget:
Twitter bans sharing private images and videos without consent, with exceptions for newsworthiness and public figures, will remove reported offending media — Twitter has expanded its private information policy to include media, meaning that users are not allowed to share photos or videos …
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
EU plans to introduce a Media Freedom Act next year to prevent large media groups from buying smaller rivals and to thwart government interference as in Hungary — The European Commission plans to introduce rules next year to prevent a few large media groups from acquiring smaller rivals …
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Molly Killeen / Euractiv:
EU announces European Newsroom, launching in January and bringing together 16 news agencies in a Brussels hub to facilitate cross-border collaboration — The Commission has announced its support for developing a “European Newsroom”, gathering news agencies in Brussels to collaborate in reporting on EU affairs.
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Jon Lafayette / nexttv.com:
MoffettNathanson: the number of pay-TV households will drop from 83M today to 73.2M by 2024, as cord-cutting continues at a 4% to 5% annual pace — Sports and live news viewers put pay TV floor at 53 million, down from 83 million in 2021 — The number of pay TV homes will drop …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Vox Media signs deal for WNYC to distribute Today, Explained on public radio and poaches NPR's Noel King as editorial director and co-host for the show — Vox Media has inked a deal with WNYC, a member station of NPR, to distribute its flagship podcast “Today, Explained” to public radio stations across the country beginning next year.
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Seb Joseph / Digiday:
UK's Association of Online Publishers debuts a protocol to help members contact other publishers if citations for the member's exclusive content are missing — In the absence of links to original sources, the significant impact on publishers' traffic, and the associated revenues, are irrefutable.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK analysis of 48K online news articles and 5.5K TV clips mentioning Muslims or Islam: 47% of TV clips and 60% of articles made negative associations with Islam — The editors of The Sunday Times and Daily Mirror have backed a report that found almost 60% of online news articles …
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Future, owner of Marie Claire and TechRadar, reports pre-tax profit doubled to £107.8M and revenue rose 79% YoY to £606m in FY 2021 — Shares in owner of Marie Claire, Techradar and GoCompare rise 15% after forecast of higher profits — Staff at Future, the owner of magazines …
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Karen Rundlet / Knight Foundation:
Knight Foundation will fund NewsMatch for three more years with $3.5M; INN: in 2020, NewsMatch helped 260 nonprofit newsrooms raise $47M+ — An interesting trend emerged in U.S. journalism in 2016: concerned citizens began sending unsolicited donations to newsrooms to support journalism outlets.
Poynter:
Alden nominates three directors for Lee Enterprises' eight-person board, like it did before acquiring Tribune; nominees will be considered at Lee's next meeting — Alden previously gained seats on the board of Tribune Publishing as part of its strategy for acquiring control of that company.
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American Press Institute and The NewsGuild - CWA