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News Corp names Sunday Times Editor Emma Tucker as EIC of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones, starting on February 1 as the first woman to lead the WSJ — Currently the editor of the Sunday Times in the U.K., Ms. Tucker will assume her new position at the Journal on Feb. 1
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Bookforum announces plans to close after 28 years and that its current December/January/February issue will be the magazine's last — https://twitter.com/...
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Twitter relaunches Blue for $8/month on the web and $11/month on iOS with a checkmark after an account review, 1080p video uploads, an edit button, and more — we're relaunching @TwitterBlue on Monday - subscribe on web for $8/month or on iOS for $11/month to get access to subscriber-only features, including the blue checkmark 🧵 https://twitter.com/...
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK-based LGBTQ+ outlet Pink News adds an “uplifting” stories filter to its app after studies show more consumers avoid news because of its impact on their mood — The LGBTQ+ brand has added an “uplifting” news feature to its new app. — LGBTQ+ brand Pink News has given …
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget:
Twitter rolls out Community Notes, the crowd-powered feature to fact check tweets previously known as Birdwatch, to all users worldwide — Twitter has begun rolling out Community Notes to all of its users globally, the company announced on Saturday. Previously known as Birdwatch …
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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Justin Smith says Semafor is on pace to generate ~30% of its first-year revenue from events arm SemaforX and is planning 40+ events in 2023, up from 15 in 2022 — The publisher, whose inaugural Africa Week begins Monday, will host 40+ events in 2023 — The news and business publisher Semafor …
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Oscar-oriented films flatline at the box office because people have grown comfortable watching them at home, but studios still seem to be grasping for answers — The kind of critically praised dramas that often dominate the awards season are falling flat at the box office, failing to justify the money it takes to make them.
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Michael Levenson / New York Times:
Electric carmakers are dropping AM radios, saying electromagnetic interference causes static and noise, and US radio stations claim to be losing core listeners — Carmakers say electromagnetic interference causes static and noise on AM transmissions, annoying customers.
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
The HFPA announces the 2023 nominations for the Golden Globes, which will air on NBC and stream on NBCUniversal's Peacock in January as part of a one-year trial — The tarnished awards ceremony will air on NBC in January in a one-year trial. But which stars will show up to collect their trophies?
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Analysis: the US and the UK have seen 1,391 editorial layoffs in 2022 so far, including 50% since October and 25%+ in the past month, compared to 527 hires — Of 1,391 redundancies tracked in 2022, half occurred since the last days of September. — Journalist redundancies appear to be rising …
Arjun Neil Alim / Financial Times:
BBC DG Tim Davie calls for “serious public service investment” in the World Service, in face of high spending by Russia and China on their state-backed services — Tim Davie calls for ‘serious public service investment’ in face of high spending by Russia and China
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@arjunneilalim and @hare_brain
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Matt Taibbi and Bari Weiss have performed revelatory journalism about themselves as they promote lies and conservative misinformation through “Twitter Files” — But it is actually a tool of progressive power. While you were hypnotized by viral memes, a cabal …
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