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An interview with Amna Nawaz, who becomes a PBS NewsHour co-anchor on January 2, on how representation, lived experience, and motherhood shape her career — The NewsHour journalist talked about being the first Muslim Pakistani-American to occupy the anchor seat, and how her identity and parenthood shaped her career.
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@iamamnanawaz, @switchthefuture, @mitrakalita, @19thnews, @billiejeanking, @paurvibhatt, @raju and @vmsalama


A Delaware Supreme Court judge agrees to consolidate Dominion's defamation lawsuit against Fox News, so there won't be a second trial against parent company Fox — A Delaware Supreme Court judge has agreed to consolidate Dominion Voting Systems' defamation suit against Fox News …


Former Twitter employees and people in Elon Musk's orbit detail his erratic leadership; Musk wanted “full access” for Bari Weiss, which staff refused to grant — Musk's intense focus on his social media company purchase has devolved into the culture wars. Meanwhile, Tesla is tanking.
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Between November 22 and December 21, the UK's GB News has, for the first time, averaged more prime time viewers than Sky News, but lags Sky in all-day viewers — GB News managed an average 57,107 viewers in the evenings versus 52,230 for Sky News. — GB News has for the first time averaged …
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@aaronbastani and @suprememercian


NPR's new digital fundraising option lets donors give directly to the NPR Network, its unifying brand, testing NPR's relationship with member stations — Public radio's end-of-year giving campaign is underway, with one big difference this year. People can now give directly to something called …
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@currentpubmedia and @artsjournalnews


The BBC says BBC One had more viewers on Christmas Day than rival subscription VOD services and iPlayer viewing was up 30% YoY over the weekend — BBC claims victory over streaming rivals, as 10.6 million tune in for most watched monarch's address on record
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The Sun, @marksweney and @prof_quiteamess


The UK's Sky could face up to £150M/year ad revenue losses if Ofcom changes its rules to let ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5 extend their prime-time ad breaks — Ofcom reviews longstanding rules that allow pay-TV companies more ad minutes than public service rivals
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@paullewismoney, Advanced Television and @astaniscia86


An interview with Paramount Premium Group CEO David Nevins, who is leaving after 12 years, on high-end TV's rising costs, its business model problem, and more — In the latest Table for Two column, Nevins explains why the coming industry pain will be bad but brief ('We're paying …
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@laceyvrose and @laceyvrose


The Atlantic plans to roll out a dynamic paywall with varying prices in early January 2023, aiming to add about 125K subscribers to reach 1M by the end of 2024 — The Atlantic will roll out out in early January a new dynamic paywall that offers varying subscription prices as it hopes to meet …


The Sun apologizes for a Jeremy Clarkson column about Meghan Markle that prompted 20K+ complaints to the UK's IPSO, but didn't say if the outlet disciplined him — The Sun newspaper says it regrets publishing a Jeremy Clarkson column about the Duchess of Sussex and is “sincerely sorry”.
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Peter Bhatia, the Detroit Free Press' top editor since September 2017, plans to step down in January 2023 in the hopes of reducing the number of Gannett layoffs — Peter Bhatia, the top editor of the Detroit Free Press, told staff Friday that he will depart the company early next year …


A profile of Jenna Bush Hager, a publishing kingmaker due to her Today book club show, who in 2022 started a production company to develop books for the screen — The daughter and granddaughter of presidents is now famous in her own right. Her TV book club is one of the few reliable paths …
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@tamslick, @katierosman, @nytpolitics, @jodyrosen, @ibjiyongi, E! Online, @nickkristof, @markleibovich and @grace_panetta