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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBC News announces that Kristen Welker will become the moderator of Meet the Press on September 17, 2023 — On Saturday, during the NBC News journalist's last time co-anchoring the Saturday broadcast of “Today” with Peter Alexander, those who tune in will see a new promo alerting them to Welker's imminent move.
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@phillyvictor, Philadelphia Magazine, @seangraf, @bristei, @sheshedtrump, Poynter, Adweek and NBC News on YouTube
Mia Sato / The Verge:
A look at AI chatbot Smart Answers that Foundry trained only on Macworld, PCWorld, Tech Advisor, and TechHive content, and offered to their readers on August 1 — By and large, the goal has been: can we make more pages for ads without paying more writers? — Now, a group of tech outlets …
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@harrymccracken, @dsilverman@threads.net and @mr_existant
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: along with Mark Thompson, WBD also considers James Harding, who led BBC News from 2013 to 2017 and then founded slow news outlet Tortoise, to head CNN — The Scoop — Warner Bros. Discovery's search for an outsider to run CNN has taken it to two high-profile veterans of the BBC.
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Insider, Talking Biz News, New York Post, @maxwelltani, @semaforben and Puck
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Nielsen: titles on streamers in the US, Canada, UK, Mexico, and Germany grew 39% over the past two years to 2.35M; number of streamers grew from 118 to 167 — - Average time to find something to watch is now over 10 minutes — Overwhelmed by the choices of movies and TV shows to watch online?
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The Streamable, IndieWire, MediaPost, @akstanwyck, Media Play News and WORLD SCREEN
Michael Schneider / Variety:
The Hollywood Critics Association completes a restructuring and changes its name to The Hollywood Creative Alliance, following allegations of malfeasance — The Hollywood Critics Association, which had recently been hit with allegations of malfeasance and accused of harboring …
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@davidpoland, @blowryontv and @tomsiebert
Michael Geist:
Canada's Bill C-18 is set to take effect no later than December 19, 2023, but the country's broadcast regulator suggests media bargaining can't begin until 2025 — The Bill C-18 legislative process was marked by repeated warnings from the government that this was an urgent issue that justified …
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@wiredwoman, @pagmenzies, @mgeist and @mgeist
Washington Post:
How roiling tensions among a few community members in Marion, Kansas set in motion the police raid on Marion County Record that made headlines around the world — MARION, Kan. — The phone conversation between the journalist and the town's newly hired police chief quickly turned contentious.
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Freedom of the Press …, The Rural Blog, Media Nation, @craigawelch, @marisakabas2, @pauldemko, @coreyhutchins, @washingtonpost, @ruralj, @lewserviss, @amyargetsinger, @ericgarland, @chrisbohjalian, @farhip, @jayrosen_nyu, @_r_o_n_e_, @ZhiZhu@newsie.social, @JaneRLaForge@mstdn.social and Marion County RECORD
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Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: the Barclay family launched a proposal last week to regain control of the Telegraph newspaper group by buying back ~£1B of debt from the Lloyds group — The titles' former owners have secured backing from Middle Eastern investors to table an offer to Lloyds Banking Group worth more than £500m, Sky News learns.
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@markkleinmansky, Bloomberg, Telegraph, @andreas_krieg and The Guardian
David Bauder / Associated Press:
A NORC survey finds a substantial rise in philanthropy for journalism over the past five years and suggests outlets tighten ethical rules governing the spending — There has been a “substantial” increase in philanthropic spending for journalism over the past five years …
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Nieman Lab, @raju, @mpanewspapers, @jeffjarvis, @spj_tweets, MediaPost, Lenfest Institute …, Media Impact Funders and ONA Student Newsroom
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Emails: after the Pentagon complained, Fox News quietly amended and removed a story falsely claiming a dead Marine's family had to pay to transport her remains — The network quietly removed the story based on false claims from a congressman but did not apologize or run a correction
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Mediaite, CNN, @davidfolkenflik, The Week, The Wrap, @jamessurowiecki, @wilson__valdez, @farhip, @maxboot, @johnjharwood, @billkristol, @jjohnsonlaw, @snlyngaas and Boing Boing
Karolle Rabarison / Online Journalism Awards:
The 2023 Online Journalism Awards winners include The Washington Post, The Marshall Project, Honolulu Civil Beat, The Pudding, and Argentina-based La Nacion — Winners across 23 categories were announced on Aug. 17 during a virtual celebration hosted by Imaeyen Ibanga, Presenter …
Ann M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal:
Lawyers for jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appeal a Moscow court's decision to extend his pretrial detention until November 30, 2023 — Appeal follows Moscow court's decision to keep the Wall Street Journal reporter behind bars until at least Nov. 30 while he awaits trial
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