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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 …
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 …
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
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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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.
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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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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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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Syrah Vivien J. Inocencio / CNN Philippines:
Frank Cimatu becomes the third Rappler journalist convicted of cyber libel, over a Facebook post, going to prison for 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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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
FuboTV says its service experienced a cyberattack on December 14 during the France-Morocco 2022 World Cup semifinal that caused a multi-hour 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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