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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Digital news survey: the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal get half of US subscriptions; 19% in US paid for online news in the last 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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@rasmus_kleis, Nieman Lab, @ckrewson, @mmasnick, @jayrosen_nyu and Journalism.co.uk
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Internal docs: Fox News has agreed to a ~$15M settlement with Melissa Francis, a former 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.
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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:
Several CBS' Late Show with Stephen Colbert staffers were arrested on Thursday at a US Capitol office and charged 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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CNBC:
Vince McMahon steps back from his roles as WWE CEO and chairman, as the board probes misconduct claims against him; his daughter, Stephanie, will be interim CEO — - 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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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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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 tells Tegna employees she has “no intention” of reducing news or station-level news staff following the completion of its 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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The Guardian:
UK home secretary Priti Patel approves the extradition of WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange to the US; WikiLeaks plans to file an appeal before the high court — Fresh appeal likely after Priti Patel gives green light to extradition of WikiLeaks co-founder
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Sources: Chris Licht is exploring ways for CNN to depend less on TV ratings, including sponsored show segments and a premium CNN website section for subscribers — Throughout much of his career in TV, Chris Licht has obsessed over ratings, often scrutinizing viewership data on a minute …
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The Desk, @gerryfsmith, @bendwalsh, @emmagf, @loudmouthjulia and Adweek
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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