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The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal — Why are television news networks so enamored with paid Beltway analysts? — Trying to juice ratings in an election year …
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Some NBC News staff raise concerns that the hiring and firing of Ronna McDaniel will damage relationships with GOP sources, making breaking news more difficult — The News — NBC News's dramatic hiring and firing of a former RNC chairwoman this week threatens to undo years of repositioning itself …
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David Zurawik / CNN:
NBCU News Group executives made the only decision they could have when reversing Ronna McDaniel's hire, following the on-air revolt by MSNBC's biggest stars
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Nicola Agius / Search Engine Land:
Google blocked or removed 5.5B ads and 12.7M advertiser accounts for violating its policies in 2023, up from 5.2B ads and 6.7M advertiser accounts in 2022 — The number of advertisers who were blocked or removed due to policy violations nearly doubled compared to the previous year. — Chat with SearchBot
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New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher — The investor Josh Kushner and his wife, Karlie Kloss, have struck a deal with Barry Diller's media company to revive it as a regular print title.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
After more than nine years, London's Met Police apologize and settle with three journalists who were stopped from covering a Black Lives Matter protest in 2014 — The Metropolitan Police has settled with three journalists detained and stopped from covering a Black Lives Matter protest in London in 2014.
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Mediaite, @jasonnparkinson, @nujofficial, Freedom of the Press … and National Union of Journalists …
The Wrap:
Sources: ex-Vice chief Shane Smith is trying to raise money to buy Vice Media back from Fortress, which led a group that bought Vice out of bankruptcy in 2023 — When Vice cofounder Shane Smith disappeared from public view five years ago, it seemed about time.
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Li Yuan / New York Times:
A profile of Wang Xiaoshuai, who decided to defy China's censors by screening his latest film, Above the Dust, in Berlin, despite orders to withdraw it — “I always strive for creative freedom,” Wang Xiaoshuai said. “But it's become impossible because of the circumstances.”
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@liyuan6
Bloomberg:
The Ron DeSantis-appointed board of Disney World's district settles a state lawsuit with Disney, which agrees to revoke changes that limited the board's power — A board appointed by Ron DeSantis to oversee the municipal authority that governs Walt Disney Co. in Florida has voted to settle a state lawsuit against the company.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Martin Scorsese will headline a documentary series about Christian saints for Fox Nation, as it aspires to become a kind of Netflix for conservative audiences — The Oscar-winning director is the latest Hollywood name to sign up for the Fox News streaming platform, joining Kevin Costner, Rob Lowe and Dan Aykroyd.
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Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
Google sends a cease and desist to Gan Jing World, a video platform linked to Falun Gong that embeds and reskins YouTube videos without permission — Google has sent a cease and desist letter to Gan Jing World, a bizarre video platform linked to the Chinese spiritual movement Falun Gong.
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@jason_koebler and @josephcox@infosec.exchange
Hannah Wiley / Los Angeles Times:
Two journalists who were attacked by Minnesota police as they covered the 2020 George Floyd protests for the LA Times settle a lawsuit with the state for $1.2M — Two journalists who were cornered and attacked by the Minnesota State Patrol as they covered protests over George Floyd's murder …
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@assignedmedia, @mollyhf and @12thRITS@mstdn.social
Alexander Martin / The Record:
The Big Issue, which pays UK homeless people to be newspaper street vendors, confirms a cyber incident, after being listed on the Qilin ransomware gang's site — The Big Issue, a street newspaper in the United Kingdom famed for providing homeless people with a legitimate income by paying …
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