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Rupert Murdoch suggests Facebook pay carriage fees similar to the cable TV model to recognize trusted publishers — News Corp today issued the following statement from Executive Chairman, Rupert Murdoch: — “Facebook and Google have popularized scurrilous news sources through algorithms …
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Howard Kurtz, host of Fox News show “Media Buzz”, is releasing a tell-all book on chaos inside the White House, to hit stores January 29 — In late July, the White House had just finished an official policy review on transgender individuals serving in the military and President Trump …
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: YouTube Live has ~300,000 subs, and Hulu's Live TV service has ~450,000; both services trail DirecTV Now and Dish Sling, which have millions of subs — - Hulu and YouTube both launched live TV services last year, in an effort to take on cable channels.
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Pavlena Todorova / Press Gazette:
Journalist James O'Brien steps down from role at BBC Newsnight, citing reluctance to stop criticizing Brexit and Trump — James O'Brien has parted ways with BBC's Newsnight. — The broadcaster is an open critic of Brexit and US President Donald Trump, views which he airs on his daily LBC radio show.
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Vice Media will investigate allegations by ex-TV host Billie Porter that her then boss at Vice gave her alcohol and drugs as a minor, requested sexual act — Vice Media is investigating new accusations of sexual misconduct from former British TV Host Billie JD Porter.
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Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter:
Canada's Rogers Communications has terminated a $100M joint venture with Vice Media, which includes a Viceland Canada 24-hour cable channel — The Canadianized TV channel from New York City-based Vice Media has been bleeding revenue and subscribers. — Canadian cable and mobile giant …
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Karen K. Ho / Columbia Journalism Review:
The Marshall Project's staff survey shows 43% of editorial staff identifies as black, Asian, Latino, or of two or more races, and women make up 48% of newsroom — Simone Weichselbaum, staff writer and diversity chair at The Marshall Project. Courtesy photo.
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Jesse David Fox / Vulture:
Netflix Will Release a Series of 15-Minute Stand-up Specials in 2018 — A few months ago, New York and L.A.'s comedy communities were abuzz. It seemed like every stand-up was putting themselves on tape. Sure, every once in a while you might see a couple of folks taping for late-night submissions …
Corey Hutchins / Columbia Journalism Review:
Digital First Media's Denver Post launches $11.99 per month paywall after taking down previous paywall in 2015 — THIS WEEK, DENVER POST STAFFERS rallied around their paper's new $11.99-per-month paywall, optimistic that the move might bring more resources to a beleaguered Post newsroom.
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Google's decision to use page speed to rank sites in mobile search results is likely to negatively impact the WSJ, Mail Online, Reuters, CNN, and NBC News — Google has been using page speed to rank sites for desktop search results, and now it's getting ready to do the same for mobile.
Sridhar Pappu / New York Times:
Profile of Nicolle Wallace, anchor of MSNBC's 4pm show “Deadline: White House” and an ex-aide of George W. Bush's White House — How a former aide to George W. Bush and campaign strategist for John McCain's 2008 presidential run has became a somewhat unlikely TV star at MSNBC.
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Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
Google CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki pledge to closely monitor each service for fake news, ahead of US midterm elections — Pichai: it's fair to be worried about artificial intelligence — CEO says work is changing and training is needed for new jobs
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