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Jim Acosta says he is leaving the network after nearly 20 years; sources: Acosta is stepping down after CNN wanted to move his show to the 12am ET slot — The network wanted to move Mr. Acosta to the midnight time slot, a backwater in cable television news.
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The Wrap, Financial Times, CNN, Donald J. Trump on Truth Social, Variety, Mediaite, The Guardian, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Independent, Entertainment Weekly, Hollywood Life, Deadline, So What, The Hill, Daring Fireball, RedState, Breitbart, USA Today, New York Daily News, @gunthereagleman, @ananavarro, TVNewsCheck, Alternet.org, New York Post, @jackiekcalmes, The Daily Beast, New Jersey Online, @jimacosta.bsky.social, @bristei, @miffythegamer, @jkarsh.bsky.social, @brianstelter, IJR, @wutangkids, Cord Cutters News, @jdcocchiarella, @jeffstorobinsky, Mediaite, @brianstelter, @joncooper-us.bsky.social, @atrupar, @chriscillizza, Los Angeles Times, @claytravis, Newser, The Gateway Pundit, Just Jared, Media Play News and Daily Mail
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Paul Krugman says he felt a push toward blandness at The NYT in 2024, toward avoiding saying anything that might rile up some people, particularly on the right — I left to stay true to my byline — As many people reading this know, last month I retired from my position as an opinion writer …
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OpenAI seeks to block India's biggest media organizations from joining a copyright lawsuit that is set to shape the legal framework for AI in the country — Microsoft-backed OpenAI sought to block on Tuesday India's biggest media organisations, including those of billionaires Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani …
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Plagiarism Today, AV Club, Financial Express, The Indian Express, Silicon UK, Hindustan Times, Reuters, Hindustan Times, NewsBytes, The Hindu, The Economic Times, ET NOW on YouTube, The Wire, Digit, @aditi_muses, Inshorts, Devdiscourse News Desk, Times Now, Quartz, Times Now, Inc42 Media, CNBC-TV18, MEDIANAMA, MediaPost, Taipei Times and Reuters
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Bookshop.org starts selling e-books from Bookshop or independent stores via its website and app, starting with 1M+ titles, and plans to add self-published books — Bookshop, a site that lets independent, bricks-and-mortar bookshops sell their books online, is launching an app that will allow the sales of e-books, too.
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Sources: Sky News plans to overhaul its programming and newsroom around paid content, in a strategy dubbed Sky News 2030, citing “largely stagnant” revenue — UK broadcaster is launching new premium model to combat steep decline of linear TV — Sky News has unveiled plans …
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The Desk, City A.M., Advanced Television, @chadbourn.bsky.social, Broadband TV News and @simonowens
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Sources: the UK is considering options to make BBC funding more sustainable, including making households that only use streaming services pay the license fee — - Government in talks to make BBC funding more sustainable — Options also include taxing streaming apps, tiering payments
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@ellenamilligan, @tomwarren.co.uk, GB News, @russellquirk, @alirazamanji99, @ellenamilligan, @politlcsuk, @_adamcherry_ and @ellenamilligan
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Spotify says it paid out a record $10B to the music industry in 2024, up from a then-record $9B in 2023, taking its total to nearly $60B since its 2006 founding — Spotify paid out $10 billion to the music industry in 2024 — some $1 billion more than last year, the previous record …
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The MacArthur Foundation announces $6M+ in grants for 15 independent newsrooms and organizations focused on climate journalism in the United States — The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today announced more than $6 million in grants to support the growing field of climate journalism in the United States.
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MediaPost, Talking Biz News and Grist
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The CBS Evening News debuted a new format on January 27, with a focus on fewer but more in-depth stories, reporters in the field, and nods to 60 Minutes — CBS is once again testing out new ingredients for one of its oldest, most recognizable programs, “The CBS Evening News.”
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People, @kendalljamaal, @bristei, Poynter, @jbusanchez, @bristei, WTOP News, @tvmojoe.bsky.social, @lyonsleep.bsky.social, Deadline, @bristei.bsky.social, TVLine and Adweek
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A look at Hoodview News, a monthly local newspaper in Clackamas County, Oregon, that reflects the views of its owner, who used to work for an anti-LGBTQ+ group — Mike Wiley made his name as communications director for the Oregon Citizens Alliance — an anti-LGBTQ+ group. Now his views drive a local newspaper.
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BBC News Digital Director Naja Nielsen, who joined in 2019, will leave in the coming months to become media director at Swedish public broadcaster SVT — BBC News digital director Naja Nielsen is leaving the corporation after almost six years to join Swedish public broadcaster SVT as media director.
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BBC, @bbcnewspr, Broadcast, @davidclinchnews and Naja Nielsen on LinkedIn
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A look at Good Daily, an AI-generated newsletter network run by one person, aggregating local news across 47 US states without disclosing its use of AI — Good Daily, which operates in 47 states and 355 towns and cities across the U.S., is run by one person.
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@paulguinnessy.bsky.social, @jenniecoughlin.bsky.social, Rodney Gibbs on LinkedIn, Sam Hoisington on LinkedIn, @andrewdeck.bsky.social, @fishnette.bsky.social, @laurahazardowen.bsky.social, @davidakin@mstdn.ca, @amywestervelt.bsky.social, @neeldhan.bsky.social, @joshsternberg.com and r/Journalism