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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
The New York Times editorial staff is planning a 15-minute walkout today at 3pm to protest pending newsroom cuts — New York Times reporters on Thursday sent a letter to the paper's top editors to protest the oncoming cuts to the newsroom's editing staff. — The letter, addressed …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Copy editors ask NYT Executive Editor Dean Baquet and Managing Editor Joe Kahn to compromise on cuts, softening planned reduction of 109 editors to 50-55 — New York Times copy editors facing staff cuts or new jobs in a re-imagined editing system sent a letter to the newspaper's …
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Tony Romm / Recode:
White House confirms Trump nominated Brendan Carr, FCC general counsel and Pai ally, for FCC GOP slot; he named Jessica Rosenworcel for Democratic slot earlier — Carr is an ally of agency chairman Ajit Pai, and previously worked in the telecom industry. — (Update, 8:29 p.m. ET: The White House confirmed Carr's nomination.)
Jeff John Roberts / Fortune:
Canada's top court rules that Google can be compelled by lower courts to remove search results worldwide, causing concern among civil liberties groups — The Supreme Court of Canada ruled against Google on Wednesday in a closely-watched intellectual property case over whether judges can apply …
Daniel Holloway / Variety:
Source: MTV News restructures to focus on short-form video, cutting about a dozen jobs as it shifts from long-form journalism, adding video staff — MTV News is being restructured with an eye toward creating more video and short-form content for a younger audience, Variety has learned.
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Kelsey Sutton / Mic:
Bret Stephens, a conservative columnist for The New York Times, has joined MSNBC and NBC as an on-air contributor — Bret Stephens, a conservative columnist from the New York Times, has joined MSNBC and NBC as an on-air contributor.
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Jeff Baumgartner / Broadcasting & Cable:
Nuvyyo debuts the Tablo Engine, an Android TV-based DVR app that lets consumers watch and record live TV from local broadcast networks — DVR app/tuner combo lets consumers watch and record TV on the Nvidia Shield — Nuvyyo, the company behind a lineup of over-the-air DVRs …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Vice Media's Motherboard retracts two articles on Trump's animatronic presence at Disney Parks' Hall of Presidents, citing factual errors, questions on sourcing — NY Digital Editor @xpangler — Vice Media's Motherboard tech site has retracted two articles — supposedly revealing discord …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Donald Trump and his allies believe he's gained a tactical advantage in his war with the media, thanks to CNN resignations and Sarah Palin's NYT libel suit — White House staffers were ‘elated’ when they heard that three CNN journalists had resigned over a botched story.
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Adi Joseph / USA Today:
Q&A with Yahoo NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski, who is joining ESPN, on his new role, layoffs at the network, and more — Adrian Wojnarowski has 1.8 million followers on Twitter, yet the hard-core NBA fans who swarm to his breaking news reports may not know what he looks like.
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
The UK government says it intends to call in the Competition and Markets Authority for a further six-month examination of Rupert Murdoch's Sky takeover bid — Culture secretary Karen Bradley announces decision after Ofcom warns of potential for Murdoch to ‘influence the overall news agenda’
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Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Analysis of EU's Google antitrust fine: digital monopoly definition and focus on promoting competition are good but punishing Google for being best is misguided — The European Commission levied a record €2.42 billion ($2.73 billion) fine on Google yesterday for having …
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