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Ann Telnaes / Open Windows:
Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer-winning cartoonist at WaPo since 2008, quits, saying WaPo killed her cartoon showing Bezos and other execs currying favor with Trump  —  Democracy can't function without a free press  —  I've worked for the Washington Post since 2008 as an editorial cartoonist.
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Sources: layoffs affecting “many dozens of employees” are expected at The Washington Post this week; star reporter Josh Dawsey is leaving WaPo for a job at WSJ  —  The Washington Post is expected to lay off dozens of staffers this week, Status has learned.
Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Amazon says Prime Video has exclusively licensed a Melania Trump documentary, directed by Brett Ratner in his first film after facing #MeToo allegations in 2017  —  The studio has confirmed that its Prime Video has exclusively licensed an upcoming documentary film on the former and incoming first lady that will be directed by Ratner.
John Koblin / New York Times:
A profile of Dick Wolf, the Law & Order creator who is debuting his show On Call on Amazon Prime Video, as streamers gravitate towards his style of programming  —  Dick Wolf says “On Call,” his first show for Amazon Prime, is part of a strategy to make his company “a player for the years to come.”
Discussion: @jeffjarvis and The Streamable
NPR:
Q&A about “newsfluencers”, or news influencers, and journalism with TikTok creator V Spehar and Summer Harlow of Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas  —  A Pew Research poll taken during the 2024 presidential campaigns showed that 20% of Americans now get their news from social media influencers on various apps.
Financial Times:
China Film Administration: China's 2024 box office sales fell ~23% YoY to $5.8B, as a lack of blockbusters and an ailing economy saw consumers turn to streaming  —  Lack of blockbusters, pandemic aftereffects and hard economic times blamed for 2024 slump  —  China's box office takings fell …
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
After backlash, Meta says newly viral AI profiles on Facebook and Instagram were created in 2023 in “an early experiment”, and it is deleting the profiles  —  Earlier this week, Meta executive Connor Hayes told the Financial Times that the company is going to roll out AI character profiles …
Jacob L. Nelson / Columbia Journalism Review:
How journalists for the American Jewish press are covering the growing polarization in the Jewish community since the October 7 attack, and its challenges  —  Since Oct. 7, journalists for the American Jewish press have watched their community fracture while wondering how—or even if—they can put back the pieces.
Ruth Comerford / BBC:
President Biden awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Anna Wintour, who has been serving as editor-in-chief of Vogue since 1988  —  Vogue editor Dame Anna Wintour, U2 frontman Bono and billionaire George Soros are among those who have received America's highest civilian honour from outgoing President Joe Biden.
Sarah Honosky / The Asheville Citizen Times:
Asheville Blade and two of its reporters file a federal lawsuit against Asheville over the journalists' arrests in December 2021 as police cleared demonstrators  —  ASHEVILLE - A local news outlet and two of its reporters have filed a federal lawsuit against the city over the journalists' Christmas night arrests three years ago.
Rodney Ho / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia Public Broadcasting introduces a new logo and unveils a five-year strategic plan, including growing its donor base by 25% from the current 87,000  —  Under Bert Wesley Huffman for 18 months, the statewide media operation preps for the future.  —  Georgia Public Broadcasting …
Trishla Ostwal / Adweek:
Memo: Sameer Singh, TikTok's general manager for North America's ads team, is leaving the company at the end of February, as the company faces a ban in the US  —  Sameer Singh will remain at the company until the end of February  —  Sameer Singh, TikTok's North America head of ad sales …
Discussion: Ad Age and Business Insider
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Wall Street Journal:
Many advertisers on TikTok say they will shift ad dollars if and when a US ban actually takes effect, as the yearslong saga has dulled any real sense of urgency
 
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