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Josh Dickey / The Wrap:
Tucker Carlson releases his two-hour interview with the Russian president Vladimir Putin for free on his website and on X — The former Fox News host sat with the Russian president in Moscow — Tucker Carlson released his two-hour interview with Vladimir Putin, the Russian president whose military …
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The Hill, The Guardian, @hitsdiffcap, @elonmusk, The Daily Caller, @tuckercarlson, The Daily Beast, New York Times, PolitiFact, THE DC PATRIOT, Politico, Washington Post, Media Matters for America, Voice of America, Forbes, Vanity Fair, HuffPost, Newser, TechCrunch, Rolling Stone, Reuters, Associated Press and Meduza.io
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Kenneth Li / Reuters:
Thomson Reuters reports Reuters News Q4 revenue rose 11% YoY to $220M, driven mainly by generative AI licensing, and adjusted EBITDA grew 56% YoY to $61M — Thomson Reuters Corp (TRI.TO) on Thursday reported higher than expected profit but sales of divisions impacted total revenue growth …
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Thomson Reuters, The Wrap and Talking Biz News
Heather Hollingsworth / Associated Press:
The city of Minneapolis agrees to pay $950K to settle a suit alleging that journalists were subjected to police harassment while covering George Floyd protests — The city of Minneapolis agreed Thursday to pay $950,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that journalists were subjected …
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Associated Press and The NewsGuild
Eric Fisher / Front Office Sports:
Sources: Sinclair is exploring strategic alternatives for the Tennis Channel, including bringing in an equity partner; Sinclair purchased it in 2016 for $350M — Sinclair Inc. is exploring bringing in an equity partner for the Tennis Channel as well as other strategic alternatives for the network …
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Awful Announcing, @fos, Bloomberg, The Streamable, Bloomberg, @aericfisher and Cord Cutters News
Martin K.N Siele / Semafor:
Sources: Kenya's media giants are weighing a legal fight with the government for awarding a contract to The Star, a newspaper with only 3% market share in 2022 — NAIROBI — Executives at two of Kenya's largest media houses are considering legal challenges to what they believe …
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@semaforafrica and @gengetonedon
Sammy Hudes / The Canadian Press:
Memo: Bell Media plans to sell 45 radio stations and end some TV newscasts in stations such as CTV and BNN Bloomberg, after its parent BCE announced layoffs — Bell Media selling 45 radio stations amid layoffs — Bell Media is ending multiple television newscasts and making other programming cuts …
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Inside Radio, Talking Biz News, @atrachelgilmore, @stephhughes95, @titocurtis, @maritstiles, @edthesock, @michellerempel, @fagstein, @fagstein, @sammyhudes, @craigbaird, @brittlestar, @taranweber, @katiederosayyj, @sammyhudes, @kristinaparts, @seamusoregan, @lazenbyalec, @charlizealcaraz, @mediamorphis, Radio & Television … and Associated Press
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Dow Jones CEO Almar Latour says the company had 3.17M digital-only subscriptions in Q4 2023, up 60% on Q3 2019, and 80% of its revenue comes from subscriptions — Dow Jones, the parent company to the Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch, Investor's Business Daily and Financial News …
Ashley Fetters Maloy / Washington Post:
Q&A with millenial EICs of five fashion outlets on how the job has changed since its heyday, relationships with advertisers, accountability to readers, and more — Town cars are over, transparency has replaced aspiration and diversity finally exists. Top editors talk about leading a style magazine in 2024.
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@laurahazardowen and Florencia Cavallo on LinkedIn
Ben Smith / Semafor:
An interview with Piers Morgan on ending his live broadcast show Piers Morgan Uncensored on News UK's TalkTV to focus on YouTube — The Scoop — The British broadcaster Piers Morgan is giving up his live, daily, hour-long evening news show for a YouTube-first, digitally native …
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The Guardian, The Times, @semaforben, @mediaguido, @nelsabbey, @semaforben, @joshgnosis, @piersmorgan and @chaykak
Thomas Barrabi / New York Post:
News Corp CEO says it is in advanced talks with major AI companies to license its content and that Sam Altman understands “the social importance of journalism” — News Corp — the media giant that owns The Post and the Wall Street Journal — is in “advanced” …
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@edmundlee@threads.net, @edmundlee@threads.net, @johnbuckley_, @katie_robertson, The Guardian and The Wrap
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Bauer Media Group says its UK publishing CEO Chris Duncan is leaving, amid its plans to split print and digital businesses and merge international operations — Bauer is splitting its print and digital operations and moving away from a localised structure.
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Bauer Media Group on LinkedIn, Bauer Media and Jan Rudolph on LinkedIn
Todd Spangler / Variety:
CBS News Digital staffers form a union with WGA East; WGA East also represents workers at CBS News and won a first collective bargaining agreement at MSNBC — Amid a wave of layoffs sweeping across the media industry, writers and editors at CBS News Digital have formed a union with WGA East for the purpose of collective bargaining.
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@cbsdigitalunion, Writers Guild of America …, @wgaeast, The Wrap and The Hollywood Reporter
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