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Max Tani / Semafor:
News media personalities including Andrew Ross Sorkin, David Remnick, Rachel Maddow, Mehdi Hasan, and Bari Weiss reflect on the things they got wrong in 2024 — The News — The news media is wrong all the time — though not exactly as its loudest critics claim.
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RedState, Daily Caller News Foundation, @tomscocca.bsky.social, Fox News, @lawrencehurley.bsky.social, @tomscocca.bsky.social, @jayrosen.bsky.social, @colbyhall, @mikeisaac, @drboguslaw, @adriana_lacy, @mikeisaac, @startledn, @julito77.bsky.social, @drewsav, @jrrosenb, @stryker1, @ericnewcomer, @maxwelltani, @wilson__valdez, @kevincollier.bsky.social, @dorajfacundo, @semaforben, @mikeisaac, @those_who_fail, @timodc, @shawnhils, @10hourmix4sleep, @manicghosts, @jamellebouie.net, @thekennymiles, @imavip, @tiagodf.bsky.social, @nkulw, @karlbode.com, @simonowens.bsky.social, @conorsen.bsky.social, @ericnewcomer, @nkulw, @dorajfacundo, @emily_sundberg and Rolling Stone
The Guardian:
Tortoise Media reports a pre-tax loss of £3.8M for 2023, down from previous year's loss of £4.6M, after reducing spending and cutting some staff — Company that has agreed to buy the Observer reports a pre-tax loss of £3.8m for 2023 after shedding some roles
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@shattenstone.bsky.social, Financial Times, @tmgeor and @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
Callum Parke / London Evening Standard:
UK High Court documents show hedge fund manager Crispin Odey is seeking at least £79M from the Financial Times in libel damages over sexual assault allegations — Mr Odey is suing the publication over allegations that he had sexually assaulted multiple women, which he denies
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The Independent and The Times
Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Howl CEO Li Haslett Chen steps down from WBD board, opening the way for a high-profile addition to the board in 2025 amid plans to spin off TV assets — The tech exec's exit could open the way for a high-profile addition to the studio's board of directors in 2025 amid plans to possibly spin off its legacy TV assets.
Reuters:
Iran confirms the arrest of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala; Italy declines to say whether the case might be linked to the arrest of an Iranian in Italy — Iran confirmed the arrest of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala for “violating the laws of the Islamic Republic”, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.
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Committee to Protect …, Le Monde, CityNews Halifax, The Guardian, Middle East Monitor, European Federation …, JURIST and Newser
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
A federal appeals court upholds a $5M judgment against Trump after a jury found Trump liable in 2023 for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll — A jury handed down the award after finding Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer
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New York Times, Deadline, NPR, CNBC, Reason, The Hill, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, Civil Discourse …, TMZ.com, Washington Examiner, Los Angeles Times, Hollywood Life, The Post Millennial, The Gateway Pundit, @itsalexberg.bsky.social, Wall Street Journal, Axios, New York Daily News, ABC News, Wonkette, CBS News, One America News Network, @htownjenny.bsky.social, The Wrap, HuffPost, Daily Mail, Benzinga, New York Post, Raw Story, @jonzoidberg.bsky.social, UPI, CNN, Rolling Stone, @blu2b4u.bsky.social, @jassaskott.bsky.social, @chitownhustler.bsky.social, Fox News, Forbes, Scripps News, Politico, New Republic, Washington Times, Bloomberg and Mother Jones
Daryna Antoniuk / The Record:
Telegram blocks access to channels belonging to major Russian state-owned news outlets, including Rossiyskaya Gazeta and RIA Novosti, across much of Europe — The messaging app Telegram has blocked access to channels belonging to major Russian state-owned news outlets across much of Europe …
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@therecord_media, Agence France-Presse, The Guardian and The Kyiv Independent
Rachel Hall / The Guardian:
UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy urges YouTube, TikTok, and other streaming services to promote higher quality educational content to children — UK culture minister says government wants to ‘open a dialogue’, but will intervene if platforms do not comply — The UK culture secretary …
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UnHerd, @seatradelaw and @nickcope4
William Christou / The Guardian:
A look at Syria's state news agency Sana, which led Assad's propaganda effort for the past 13 years, as its journalists hope for freedom after the regime's fall — For years reporters at Syria's state news agency had to toe the line. As life in Syria grew harder, so did the their work
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Townhall, @aronlund.bsky.social, @waterblusky.bsky.social, @mediaevan, @alexjrowell, @abujamajem, @matthew_petti and New Yorker
New York Times:
How the Epoch Times promotes Shen Yun, a touring dance group that is a moneymaker for the Falun Gong religious movement, with 17,000 glowing articles since 2009 — A publisher that rose to prominence promoting right-wing conspiracy theories has also served as sword and shield for the dance group and the religious movement behind it.
Ivan Oransky / Retraction Watch:
All but one member of the editorial board of Elsevier's Journal of Human Evolution resign, to protest changes like eliminating “support for a copy editor” — All but one member of the editorial board of the Journal of Human Evolution (JHE), an Elsevier title, have resigned …
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Ars Technica, @cmkeithw.bsky.social, @mmarek.bsky.social, @lameensouag.bsky.social and Slashdot
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Industry executives say media companies expect ad spending to stabilize in 2025 and even grow for platforms with sports and live events — The advertising market has positive momentum going into 2025 — especially for media companies with sports rights and tentpole live programming.
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@mediaevan, MediaPost and The Guardian
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