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Lee C. Bollinger / Columbia University:
Columbia University appoints Jelani Cobb as the next journalism school dean, as of August 1; Cobb, a professor at the school, is also a New Yorker staff writer — Dear fellow members of the Columbia community: — It is with great pleasure that I write to announce my appointment of Jelani Cobb …
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
PBS NewsHour anchor Judy Woodruff announces that she plans to step down at the end of 2022; source: Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett are expected to succeed her — UPDATE: Judy Woodruff announced to PBS NewsHour staffers that she will anchor the newscast through the end of the year and then transition …
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Media Development Foundation:
Survey of 39 Ukrainian outlets: 81.6% have applied for grants from international organizations since Russia's invasion and 31.6% tried to get reader funding — In this analytical report, the Media Development Foundation draws a line on what happened to independent regional newsrooms …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Jen Psaki held her last briefing as White House press secretary on May 13, her 224th in ~16 months, more than all of Donald Trump's press secretaries combined — New York (CNN Business)Jen Psaki held her 224th and final briefing as White House press secretary on Friday afternoon.
Peter White / Deadline:
Sources: Netflix is exploring live streaming for its unscripted shows and stand-up specials, which would enable live voting for competitions — EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is going live for the first time. — Deadline understands that the streamer is exploring the launch of live streaming.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix updates its corporate culture policy to say it doesn't “censor specific artists or voices” and that staff should “use good judgment” when spending money — Netflix loves to tout its culture of avoiding rules and minimizing corporate red tape.
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Ron Cassie / Baltimore Magazine:
After shutting down in 2020, alt-weekly Baltimore Beat is relaunching as a bi-monthly, Black-led print newspaper and website thanks to a $1M gift from a charity — Baltimore isn't getting one additional news outlet this summer, it's getting two. — The Baltimore Beat …
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Kara Swisher / New York Times:
Interview with Matt Belloni, founding partner at Puck News, and Ben Smith, co-founder of Semafor, on CNN+, HBO Max, Netflix, Amazon, Apple, and Twitter — (SINGING) When you walk in the room, do you have Sway? — I'm Kara Swisher, and you're listening to “Sway.” It's been a crazy few months for streamers and media.
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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
A look at My Friends My Data, a group of startup founders pushing for legislation to force tech giants like Meta to let creators transfer followers between apps — A new coalition of start-ups is calling on tech giants to allow creators to reach followers on more platforms.
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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
The US DOJ secretly subpoenaed a Guardian reporter's phone info in 2020, as part of a leak investigation into stories about Trump's child separation policy — Newspaper decries ‘egregious’ move by DoJ to obtain details of Stephanie Kirchgaessner as part of investigation into media leaks
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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Analysis: 29 English-language news outlets have 100K+ digital subscribers; the outlets have 30M subscribers in total, led by the NYT, WSJ, and WaPo with 14.1M — The world's largest English-language news publishers now have more than 30m digital subscriptions between them, research from Press Gazette today shows.
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David Ingram / NBC News:
Some local officials forced US schools and libraries to shut down or limit e-reader apps like Epic and OverDrive after conservative parents objected to content — E-reader apps that became lifelines for students during the pandemic are now in the crossfire of a culture war raging over books in schools and public libraries.
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