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The Daily Beast:
Washington Post Executive Editor Sally Buzbee asks staff to treat each other with respect and kindness after two reporters argued on Twitter over a sexist joke — Felicia Sonmez and Jose Del Real traded bitter barbs on Twitter about a third reporter, Dave Weigel.
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Sources: The Washington Post suspended reporter David Weigel for one month without pay for retweeting a sexist joke from YouTuber Cam Harless on Friday — New York (CNN Business)The Washington Post has suspended reporter David Weigel without pay for retweeting a sexist joke, a person familiar with the matter told CNN on Monday.
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Michael McGowan / The Guardian:
An Australian federal judge orders Google to pay a former politician $715K for doing “nothing to prevent” YouTuber Friendlyjordies' “abusive” videos about him — Tech giant and comedian Jordan Shanks may face contempt of court charges over videos published during trial
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Axios:
Religion of Sports, a media production startup founded by Tom Brady, Michael Strahan, and Gotham Chopra in 2017, raises a $50M Series B led by Shamrock Capital — Religion of Sports, the sports media production company co-founded by Tom Brady, Michael Strahan and filmmaker and entrepreneur Gotham Chopra …
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
The family of Ehud Yonay, whose 1983 article inspired the 1986 movie Top Gun, sues Paramount Pictures for copyright infringement in the sequel Top Gun: Maverick — The family of the author whose article inspired the 1986 Tom Cruise movie “Top Gun” on Monday sued Paramount Pictures …
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New York Times:
A look at Chris Licht's first moves as CNN chairman: reducing partisanship and, sources say, making morning TV more inviting and revamping Sunday night's lineup — Chris Licht, the new CNN chairman, is encouraging a more nuanced approach to coverage. Some at the network are skeptical.
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Claire Atkinson / Insider:
Sources: Netflix is in talks for US Formula 1 rights, which would mark its first foray into live sports; ESPN, NBCUniversal, and Amazon are also interested — - Netflix is chasing Formula 1 rights in the US, sources told Insider, in its first foray into live sports.
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Variety:
After Hollywood majors withdrew from Russia, some cinemas are turning to illicit screenings, sometimes using different titles and selling handwritten tickets — Russian cinemas have responded to international sanctions over the war in Ukraine by going pirate.
Press Gazette:
Former UK Press Secretary Allegra Stratton, who resigned as an adviser after joking about a Downing Street party, joins Bloomberg as UK contributing editor — Press Gazette's summary of the latest senior job moves and major personnel changes in UK news media. Refresh page for latest updates.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Roku launches Espacio Latino, a hub for US-based Spanish-speaking audiences with hundreds of hours of free programming, in partnership with Telemundo and others — Atención, teleadictos! — Roku has unwrapped Espacio Latino, a new destination for U.S. Spanish-speaking audiences …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Op-eds like Amber Heard's 2018 WaPo piece, which let celebs braid their personal experiences with policy prescriptions, are an assault on journalism — In her now-famous Washington Post op-ed in December 2018, actress Amber Heard wrote, “Then two years ago, I became a public figure representing …
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
FT's rebrand of How To Spend It magazine as HTSI seems like hollow virtue signaling and an attempt to insert a modicum of modesty into hard-core wealth porn — We know, we know: We live in the era of “eat the rich.” Conspicuous consumption is supposed to turn our collectively enlightened stomachs.
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