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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
By carving out a loophole to let Chris Cuomo interview Andrew Cuomo on air, CNN created the slippery slope that let him help in his brother's crisis management — After much dithering, CNN leadership finally did the right thing on Tuesday when it put its star anchor Chris Cuomo on an indefinite suspension from the network.
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New York Times:
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”
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”
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
TikTok adds monetization tools for creators, including Stripe-powered Tips and Video Gifts, starting in the US, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain — TikTok is today introducing new ways for its creators to make money from their content. While already, the short-form video platform allowed creators …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Deloitte: 150M+ people will cancel a paid streaming subscription in 2022, leading to a 30% global churn rate, including 38% in the US, driven by Gen Z — The tech giants will need to balance subscriber acquisition with retaining existing customers to avoid losing subs.
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Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC:
Disney appoints Susan Arnold as chair of the board, replacing Bob Iger, who has been set to step down by the end of this year — Visitors attend Disney California Adventure theme park on February 25, 2020 in Anaheim, California. Bob Iger, who was CEO of Disney since 2005 …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK's Archant plans to close two-thirds of its newsrooms by the end of March, after “very low” numbers of staff return because they prefer working from home — Archant is planning to close two-thirds of its newsrooms by the end of March. — It said the “very low” …
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Wudan Yan / Poynter:
A freelancer explores how the deep social responsibility that motivates many journalists also makes them an exploitable labor force and susceptible to burnout — Making journalism part of our identities justifies the passion and purpose that brought us to the profession. It also makes us supremely exploitable.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: SDNY investigated whether the National Enquirer extorted Bezos by threatening to publish his private photos, but closed the probe without charges — Probes by federal officials on phone-hack, extortion claims haven't led to public action — In 2019, Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos accused …
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump allies are launching a publishing imprint, Winning Team Publishing; sources say major publishing houses balked at fact-checking Trump's unwritten memoir — The former president is trying to circumvent the Big Five, having not inked a deal for a memoir.
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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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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Wirecutter Union says it can pay every member for overtime hours missed during the five-day Black Friday holiday strike after raising $43,000 in donations — Every member of the Wirecutter Union will be eligible to receive overtime pay from union organizers for the hours they missed working overtime during …
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Wayne Friedman / MediaPost:
Cross-screen data service Advocado acquires Kantar's BVS ad verification unit — Advocado, a cross-screen data platform, has acquired Kantar BVS business, the ad verification unit of the advertising research company. — Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Riley Van Steward / The Streamable:
HBO launches a free iOS game based on its original series Insecure, after Netflix rolled out free Android and iOS games in November — HBO announced that fans can further explore the world of “Insecure” from creator Issa Rae through a mobile game: Insecure: The Come Up Game.