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Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Karine Jean-Pierre to replace Jen Psaki as White House press secretary on May 13, becoming the first Black woman and first openly LGBTQ+ person to hold the job — Jen Psaki's deputy will take over her high-profile spot when Psaki departs in the coming weeks, making her the first Black person to hold the job.
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Whistleblowers: Meta deliberately took down Pages for hospitals and other Australian institutions in 2021 as a negotiating tactic over the news bargaining law — When Facebook blocked news pages last year to pre-empt Australian legislation that would force it to pay for content …
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The Guardian issues new social media guidelines: staff are not expected to have a Twitter presence and shouldn't break news or criticize colleagues via tweets — The Guardian has issued new social media guidelines warning that staff who engage in public slanging matches with each other on Twitter could face disciplinary action.
New York Times:
Elon Musk's hate for ads conflicts with Twitter's business model, as ad execs say they will move spending elsewhere if the company relaxes content moderation — Many marketers were already lukewarm on the service. Now, some may move their money elsewhere if the content moderation policies are relaxed.
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
In a town hall, CNN chairman Chris Licht says he does not plan large staff cuts and plans to retain Chris Wallace and Audie Cornish, who were hired for CNN+ — Chris Licht, the new head of CNN global, told employees in a town hall on Thursday that he planned to experiment at the crucial prime-time hour this summer.
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Andrew Kersley / Press Gazette:
NCTJ report: 80% of UK journalists come from professional and upper-class backgrounds, up from 72% in 2016; 42% of the general workforce has such a background — Some 80% of journalists come from professional and upper class backgrounds according to a new report from the NCTJ …
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Survey of 1,780 US TV stations: 20.4% of news directors said staff were attacked in 2021; in the top 25 markets, 31% were attacked, down from 39% in 2020 — More than one in five TV news directors reported there had been an attack on their newsroom employees in 2021, the continuation …
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
AMC Networks reports 9.5M subscribers in Q1, up from 9M+ at the end of 2021; net revenue grew 3% YoY to $712M and operating income rose 2.9% YoY to $174M — The company, led by interim CEO Matt Blank, posted its quarterly results. — AMC Networks, the cable networks and streaming company …
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Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
Researchers say 15+ adtech firms had sufficient data to detect that Gannett provided inaccurate ad auction data to advertisers for nine months but did nothing — Firms that facilitate online-ad transactions had enough information to detect error that affected Gannett's systems for over nine months, researchers say
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Washington City Paper:
Washington City Paper alumni reminisce about the days when printed copies were in demand, as the 41-year-old weekly produces its last regular print edition — We know D.C. Get our free newsletter to stay in the know. — Unsubscribe any time. — I already get the newsletter — One More for the Road
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google will shut down YouTube Go, the lightweight Android app first launched in 2016, beginning in August 2022, citing improvements to the main YouTube app — YouTube Go is shutting down beginning this August, Google has announced this week. The lightweight Android app first launched …
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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
National Geographic names Nathan Lump as its new editor-in-chief; Lump previously worked for Expedia, Travel + Leisure, and NYT's travel section — The journalist most recently led editorial for Expedia and previously was editor in chief of Travel + Leisure.
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