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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
The Washington Post plans to cut “a single digit percentage” of its workforce in Q1 2023; Fred Ryan told staff that new hires mean the newsroom will not shrink — New York CNN — — The Washington Post will conduct layoffs in the coming year as it reorients itself for the future …
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Some Washington Post employees say they are outraged at publisher Fred Ryan's handling of a layoff announcement and refusal to take questions at a staff meeting — New York CNN — — Staffers at The Washington Post are livid at publisher Fred Ryan. — That's according to conversations …
Ryan Mac / New York Times:
Twitter updates its private information and media policy with new rules, including suspending accounts “dedicated to sharing someone else's live location” — The suspended accounts include one that followed the private plane of Elon Musk, Twitter's owner.
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Igor Bonifacic / Engadget:
Twitter plans to shut down its newsletter platform Revue and delete all related data on January 18, 2023, after acquiring the company in January 2021
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New York Times:
Leaked emails: VGTRK, Russia's largest state broadcaster, worked with security services to mine right-wing US and Chinese media to craft its Ukraine narrative — Leaked emails detail how Russia's biggest state broadcaster, working with the nation's security services, mined right-wing American news …
Tim Peterson / Digiday:
Five agency executives say Netflix is delivering ~80% of the expected viewers for its ad-supported tier and structured its ad deals to release any unspent money — For as quickly as Netflix brought its ad-supported tier to market, the streamer's advertising business is off to a slow start.
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Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
A profile of political journalist Ron Brownstein, who works from Los Angeles for The Atlantic and CNN, focusing on long-term patterns instead of daily gossip — The man who is perhaps the sharpest observer of America's political divides lives not in Washington but Los Angeles.
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Kristin Robinson / Billboard:
TikTok is helping a new class of music business executives break through and circumvent the notoriously exclusive path that the industry usually requires — The pandemic spurred many young music business hopefuls to join TikTok, now they are some of the industry's most sought-after talents.
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John Ourand / Sports Business Journal:
E.W. Scripps forms Scripps Sports to bid for media rights, maybe including the NWSL, to air on ION Media's broadcast, pay TV, and direct-to-consumer platforms — The E.W. Scripps Co., has emerged as a new bidder for local sports rights, giving MLB, NBA and NHL teams a local broadcast alternative to traditional RSNs.
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Andrew Oxford / Santa Fe Reporter:
Current and former Gannett employees at Gannett's New Mexico newspapers detail just how disastrous years of layoffs and budget cuts have been — National newspaper behemoth's slashing tactics leave fewer journalist covering New Mexico and readers adrift in their communities
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Syrah Vivien J. Inocencio / CNN Philippines:
Frank Cimatu becomes the third Rappler journalist convicted of cyber libel, over a Facebook post, with a sentence of up to five years, five months, and 11 days — Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 13) — Journalist Frank Cimatu has been convicted of cyber liber over a Facebook post …
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Marie-Danielle Smith / Canadian Press:
Canada's House of Commons passes a bill that requires web giants to pay media outlets, and Meta again threatens removing news content from Facebook in Canada — OTTAWA - The House of Commons passed a Liberal bill on Wednesday designed to require web giants to compensate journalism outfits …
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WHDH-TV and Dow Jones Newswires
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
FuboTV says it was a victim of a cyberattack on Wednesday during the France-Morocco World Cup semifinal, which caused a service outage — The attack on the streaming service happened during the critical France-Morocco semifinal match. — The streaming multichannel video provider FuboTV …
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