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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Survey: The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal get ~50% of US subscriptions; 19% in the US paid for online news in the past year — Most Americans who pay for news now subscribe to more than one outlet, according to a major report on trends in US news media.
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Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Internal documents: Fox News agreed to a ~$15M settlement with Melissa Francis, a former female host who sued the network alleging gender-based pay disparities — Melissa Francis alleged her male colleagues made far more than women. She won an unusually large settlement, according to documents viewed by The Post.
New York Times:
Interviews with over two dozen current and ex-Washington Post staffers show conflict over social media rules, lack of trust in top editor Sally Buzbee, and more — The aim of Sally Buzbee, The Post's editor, is to broaden the newspaper's reach. A year into the job, she's dealing …
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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Police arrest several CBS' Late Show with Stephen Colbert staffers on Thursday at a US Capitol building, charging them with unlawful entry after taping a skit — Among those arrested was Robert Smigel, best known for portraying Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. … Smigel has appeared as Triumph on the Late Show previously.
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The Guardian:
The Times withdrew a story about Boris Johnson without explanation after printing it in some editions; MailOnline and aggregators removed a rewrite of the story — Report had claimed Boris Johnson tried to hire his now wife as chief of staff when foreign secretary, but then it was deleted
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CNBC:
WWE CEO and Chair Vince McMahon steps back from his roles, as the board investigates misconduct claims; his daughter Stephanie will be the interim CEO and chair — - WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon is stepping back from his duties as the company's board investigates alleged misconduct by the executive.
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Jessica Bennett / New York Times:
Q&A with some early Ms. editors and writers on the feminist magazine's early days, when it was hard to sell ads, the term “Ms.” was not used broadly, and more — Ms. Bennett is a contributing editor in Opinion who writes on gender, politics and culture. Previously, she was The Times's gender editor.
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Clare Duffy / CNN:
A look at the AP's decision last week to name Tom Verdin as Democracy News Editor, managing coverage of voting rights, election processes, and more — New York CNN Business — Last week, the Associated Press announced the creation of an unusual new position: a democracy editor.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Q&A with Andy Silvester, editor of UK free daily City AM, which took a print hiatus amid the pandemic: “we were forced to accelerate our digital transformation” — The editor of City AM has said the “underdog” free paper's return to pre-pandemic distribution levels “probably proves a lot of sceptics wrong”.
Al Tompkins / Poynter:
Standard Media CEO Deb McDermott tells Tegna employees she has “no intention” of reducing news or station-level staff after the completion of the Tegna takeover — In a highly unusual move during a takeover, Standard Media CEO Deb McDermott tried to calm rumors and concerns about staff cuts.
Patrick Frater / Variety:
Media Partners Asia: South Korea added ~600K new paid streaming video subscriptions in Q1 2022, down from 1.7M in Q4 2021, for a total of 14.7M in March 2022 — Growth in paid SVOD subscriptions slowed sharply in the first quarter of 2022 in South Korea, one of the most fiercely contested entertainment markets.
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Kelly McBride / Poynter:
The playbook for an editor's probe into fabrication or plagiarism was written after Jayson Blair's scandal; where editors find one case, they often find more — USA Today announced Thursday that it took down 23 stories in which a breaking news writer fabricated sources or other information.
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@claytravis, @kellymcb, @poynter, @kellymcb, @kellymcb, @ksu_thomas and @cernovich
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