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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
How women journalists around the world are targeted by powerful people, commonly by probing and speculating on the woman's personal life and relationship status — Tackling difficult subjects and holding powerful people accountable often triggers online attacks that torment and humiliate women journalists.
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Wall Street Journal:
Source: Vice Media secures $30M+ in debt financing from Fortress; sources: Vice owes millions to vendors and advisers, some of whom have hired debt collectors — Company owes millions of dollars in overdue payments to several vendors, some of whom have resorted to debt collectors
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@jtoonkel, The Information, @niubi, The Wrap, @alexbruell, @tvgrimreaper and @mateirosca
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
An analysis of 12 news outlets' US job postings finds that average pay ranges at some are four times larger than at others; pay ranges widen with experience — Who in US media is hiring and what are the salaries on offer? — Pay transparency remains unusual in UK media, but in parts of the US, it's a legal requirement.
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@pressgazette, @scottnover, @michaelroston, @elliemaeohagan, @pressgazette and @pressgazette
Will Goodbody / RTÉ:
Dublin-based NewsWhip, used by Google, Meta, the BBC, and The New York Times, raised $13M led by AshGrove Capital to grow its media monitoring operations — Newswhip, the Dublin based predictive media monitoring firm, has raised $13m in fresh investment. — The round was led by London-based AshGrove Capital.
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NewsWhip, The Irish Times, Business Post and @paulyq
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Gigi Sohn, Biden's nominee for the last of five FCC seats, faced a third Senate Commerce Committee confirmation hearing amid telecom, media, and GOP opposition — More than a year since she last faced a Senate hearing over her nomination to the FCC, Gigi Sohn returned again on Tuesday …
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Inside Radio, The Hill, Next TV, Wall Street Journal, MediaPost, Light Reading, Fox News, Free Press, Ars Technica, The Verge, Fox News and Radio & Television …
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York appeals court rejects Fox News' bid to dismiss a Smartmatic defamation suit over 2020 election statements and reinstates claims against Jeanine Pirro — A New York state appeals court rejected Fox News' bid to dismiss a multibillion-dollar defamation lawsuit accusing the network …
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Reason, @mjk_4mjk@mastodon.ie, @mollyjongfast, Bloomberg, Insider, @jeremymbarr, @jeremymbarr, @jeremymbarr, Associated Press and Deadline
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Producers of Rust plan a documentary about the completion of the movie, set to resume filming this spring, and cinematographer Halyna Hutchins' life and work — The producers of “Rust” have named a new cinematographer to take over for Halyna Hutchins, who was shot and killed on set in October 2021.
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Elizabeth Dilts Marshall / Billboard:
Hipgnosis signs a deal giving song access to producers using Timbaland's Beatclub, an online marketplace where creators and producers sell their beats and music — Merck Mercuriadis' company gains a partner in film and TV through Beatclub's opportunities portal.
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Music Business Worldwide and Digital Music News
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
The Dallas Morning News plans to reassign the five staff at Al Día on March 1, leaving its Spanish-language outlet to publish just translations and wire stories — Al Día, the Dallas Morning News' Spanish-language sister newspaper, will be disbanded on March 1 …
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@hanaatameez, @niemanlab, @sarahscire, @dallasnewsguild, @rebeccaaguilar, @marcela_elisa and Dallas News Guild
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
The New Republic names Michael Caruso as its CEO and publisher; Caruso says he wants to expand the magazine's events portfolio and experiment with new verticals — Caruso aims to expand its events portfolio and experiment with new editorial franchises — The privately held publisher …
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New Republic, WWD and Talking Biz News
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Fox says its free ad-supported streaming TV service Tubi passed 64M MAUs, up from 51M MAUs in May 2022, and 25M MAUs when Fox acquired the service in March 2020 — Fox's free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) service, Tubi, reached 64 million monthly active users, the company announced today.
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Fox Corporation, @tvgrimreaper, Light Reading, Media Play News, The Streamable, Fox Corporation and Cord Cutters News
Andrew Fedorov / The Fine Print:
Sources and reporting show an Air Mail story defending Armie Hammer was thinly reported, one-sided, and didn't investigate sexual abuse and assault allegations — Content warning: This article contains descriptions of sexual violence and abuse. — “We were pretty skeptical when James Kirchick …