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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
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
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Kris Holt / Engadget:
Twitter bans sharing private images and videos without consent, with exceptions for newsworthiness and public figures, and will remove content that users report — 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:
The EU will propose a Media Freedom Act next year to prevent large media groups from buying smaller rivals and to thwart government interference like 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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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Vox Media signs a deal with 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” …
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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:
Executives at digital media companies that want to go public are closely watching investors' response to BuzzFeed's expected stock market debut on December 6 — Digital media companies considering going public are watching BuzzFeed's expected stock market debut next week to see how investors will respond.
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Insider, @bmorrissey and @pressgazette
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Twitter should consider changing its business model as its ad revenue remains weak, despite its locked-in userbase, indispensability, and impenetrable moat — From CNBC: … On one hand, congratulations to Twitter for its first non-messy CEO transition in its history; on the other hand …
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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.
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@alxterrell and @martinsfp
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Future, the 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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GlobeNewswire News Room and The Drum
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Analysis: 60% of 48K online news articles and 47% of 5.5K TV clips in the UK mentioning Muslims or Islam made negative associations with the religion — The editors of The Sunday Times and Daily Mirror have backed a report that found almost 60% of online news articles made negative associations …
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Spectator, The Guardian, @pressgazette, @stopfundinghate, @unzela_ and @domponsford
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.
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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