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James Fallows / Breaking the News:
After Dean Baquet dismissed criticism from “unnuanced voices on Twitter”, The New York Times urgently needs to re-hire a public editor to avoid future missteps — For the New York Times, that means a public editor. — This post started out several days ago as a follow-up to …
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Clare Malone / New Yorker:
Q&A with Dean Baquet on star journalists, the rise of off-the-cuff opinionating in journalism, not caring about the “unnuanced voices on Twitter”, and more — Ahead of his expected retirement, the Times' executive editor reflects on his newsroom's unprecedented growth …
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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Dean Baquet is unable to acknowledge major flaws undermining his newsroom, casting himself as a savior of journalism against Twitter critics and young staffers — Even in the most unrevealing interviews, New York Times editor Dean Baquet's arrogance, cluelessness, and complete disregard for his critics …
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New York Times:
Sources: CNN probe found that Allison Gollust, then a top marketing exec, passed along Gov. Andrew Cuomo's preferred topics to producers before a 2020 interview — An internal investigation found that a top executive, Allison Gollust, had extensive communications with then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
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Timothy McLaughlin / The Atlantic:
Profile of Ronson Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association and an editor of Stand News, which closed after two editors were charged with sedition — In the summer of 2019, Ronson Chan, then an editor for the independent news outlet Stand News, took a delayed honeymoon to Germany with his wife.
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Ben Quinn / The Guardian:
After an acrimonious departure from GB News, Andrew Neil will host a 10-week show on Channel 4; Neil once described C4 as the “broadcasting arm of the Guardian” — Live programme is Neil's first major return to broadcasting following departure from GB News
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Interview with Luca Sofri, founder of Italy's Il Post, an outlet that is member- and ad-funded like the Guardian, with 50K members and a €400K profit in 2020 — Luca Sofri, the founder of Italy's Il Post news website, told Press Gazette how, 12 years after launch …
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Wall Street Journal:
How advertisers are dealing with Meta's ad price increases prompted by Apple's ATT changes, with some shifting their ad budgets to Google, Amazon, and TikTok — Privacy features prompt e-commerce businesses to slash ad spending; ‘Apple has changed the game’ — Facebook was long one of the surest bets in digital advertising.
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Insider:
Sources detail the tumult inside Spotify's podcast division, which is yet to release any shows from marquee deals with Ava DuVernay and others after over a year — - Spotify inked deals with Ava DuVernay, Jordan Peele, and more but many of them have released no podcasts.
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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Journalists should tell their audiences that the media itself is in the crossfire of an information war, amid repeated alarms over a Russian invasion of Ukraine — “With Buildup on Land and Sea, Russia Closes Noose on Ukraine” (two columns, below the fold).
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Walter Cronkite School of Journalism …:
Digital media executive Sree Sreenivasan joins Arizona State University to lead CronkitePro, an education program for journalism and comms professionals — Sree Sreenivasan, an internationally acclaimed journalist, digital media executive and educator, will join Arizona State University's …
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James Hibberd / The Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix announces four comedy specials to be hosted and produced by Dave Chappelle, with a focus on other veteran comedians — The controversial comic will host and produce four comedy specials focusing on other veteran comedians. … The streamer announced Friday the release …
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