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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 …
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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 — One More for the Road — By my count, I've had a hand in producing roughly 450 print issues of Washington City Paper since I joined …
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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.
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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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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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 …
RTDNA:
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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Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
Google, Meta, and Amazon's slowing ad revenue growth is due to a return to pre-pandemic consumer behavior, TikTok's rise, Apple's privacy changes, and more — An ad-revenue slowdown comes as consumer behaviors resume pre-Covid patterns — The supercharged advertising growth …
Catholic News Service:
Catholic News Service will close US offices in Washington, DC, and New York by year's end as part of a reorg cutting 21 jobs; the Rome bureau will remain open — This is a screen grab of Catholic News Service's website May 4, 2022. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced to staff …
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fuboTV:
fuboTV Q1: North American paid subscribers up 81% YoY to 1.056M, revenue up 98% YoY to $236.7M, ad revenue up 81% to $22.8M; stock down ~10% after hours — NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—fuboTV Inc. (NYSE: FUBO), the leading sports-first live TV streaming platform, today announced its financial results …
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google plans to shut down YouTube Go, the lightweight Android app launched in 2016, in August 2022, citing performance 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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