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John Bowden / The Hill:
NYT offers free digital subscriptions to all US high school students and teachers until September 2021 as part of a partnership with Verizon — The New York Times says it will offer U.S. high school students and teachers free digital subscriptions to the Times's content through next year.
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
ViacomCBS to sell publisher Simon & Schuster to Bertelsmann, owner of Penguin Random House, for $2.175B in cash — Bertelsmann, owner of publishing giant Penguin Random House, was seen as a logical contender for Simon & Schuster. ViacomCBS announced its intent to sell the publishing arm …
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Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
Book publishing has been consolidating to increase its bargaining power in the face of Amazon's dominance, whose lock on the book business must be addressed — In 1960, Dwight Eisenhower's attorney general, William Rogers, read the paper with alarm. He learned that Random House intended …
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@peterlattman, @kyliescottbooks, @victoriastrauss, @franklinfoer and Publishers Weekly
Maya Binyam / Columbia Journalism Review:
A deep look at newsroom diversity over the years, and how unions have begun to push for contracts with binding language for diversity in hiring — Media companies haven't made newsrooms inclusive. Can unions? — For two decades, from its genesis in the mid-nineties, Vice Media branded itself in the image of the dispossessed.
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Sources: Fox producers have been told to avoid booking some regular guests if the latter kept doing Newsmax appearances after being encouraged to stop — New York (CNN Business)Fox News is taking action to stave off newfound competition from Newsmax TV. — Producers on some Fox programs …
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Armin Rosen / Tablet Magazine:
An in-depth look at how The Drudge Report changed over the past few years finds it may have become a conduit for ad fraud and some think Drudge left in 2017 — The Drudge Report has become a conformist shadow of its formerly bratty, oppositional self. Why?
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
Profile of Jennifer Jacobs, a senior political reporter for Bloomberg News, who has come to dominate the White House COVID-19 cases beat — Jennifer Jacobs, a senior political reporter for Bloomberg News, has come to dominate this only-in-2020 beat — If you want to find …
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@tomkeene, @andrewfeinberg, @retogregori, @medresjourno, @bylenasun, @elaheizadi, @davidshepardson and @brianstelter
Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
Interview with Jonathan Swan, the national political correspondent at Axios, on becoming an internet meme, interviewing Trump, migrating to the Biden beat, more — Jonathan Swan, the star national political correspondent at Axios, has built a reputation as one of the most enterprising …
Annie Philip / Nieman Reports:
Q&A with Belarusian journalist Hanna Liubakova about the role that the independent press in Belarus played over the last few months, reporting remotely, more — After a contested election, President Aleksandr Lukashenko cracked down on dissent; professional and citizen journalists responded with innovative coverage
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@niemanreports and @niemanfdn
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Carole Cadwalladr drops a defense of truth in a libel case brought by Arron Banks, but plans a “robust defense” on public interest grounds in a trial next year — Carole Cadwalladr has insisted she will continue to defend her reporting against a libel case brought …
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@carolecadwalla, @carolecadwalla, @carolecadwalla, @nigel_farage and Guido Fawkes
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo News:
Sources: Fox agreed to a 7-figure payout to Seth Rich's family in a deal made in time for Fox News President Jay Wallace and Sean Hannity to avoid depositions — WASHINGTON — Just as star anchor Sean Hannity and other high-profile Fox News figures were due to be deposed about their promotion …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Actor Faizon Love is suing Universal Studios, claiming executives broke promises after Love was omitted from the international poster for 2009's Couples Retreat — Faizon Love was whitewashed from the international marketing for ‘Couples Retreat.’ More than a decade after getting an apology, the actor is suing over what he didn't get.
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