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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Plepler and Levy's exits indicate that AT&T plans to combine HBO and Turner into one entity, contrary to previous comments, which will be run by Bob Greenblatt — HBO's famous boss is going because the TV business is changing. Warner Bros.' boss is staying because the movies aren't going anywhere.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: CNN head Jeff Zucker expected to expand his portfolio to lead AT&T's Turner Sports as part of AT&T's restructuring of WarnerMedia — Jeff Zucker, the leader of cable-news outlet CNN, is about to add sports to his portfolio, giving him expanded oversight of more of the most valuable content …
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Wall Street Journal, The Wrap, @awallenstein and @brianstelter
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Turner Broadcasting President David Levy confirms he is leaving WarnerMedia in about two months
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Ad Age, CNN, Business Insider, @bristei and @richarddeitsch
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
Memo: HBO CEO and Chairman Richard Plepler tells staff he is leaving the company, nine months after AT&T's acquisition of HBO parent Time Warner
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Caysey Welton / Folio:
Dennis Publishing, the UK-based owner of The Week, has acquired 99-year-old Kiplinger Washington Editors Inc.; Kiplinger's COO will become its CEO — Terms of the deal were not disclosed. — Dennis Publishing, the U.K.-based owner of The Week, has acquired 99-year-old Kiplinger Washington Editors Inc.
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Adweek, New York Post, MediaPost and Talking Biz News
Tom Jones / Poynter:
A look back at The Rocky Mountain News, the Pulitzer-winning paper that closed 10 years ago, and how Denver fell from having 500+ journalists to fewer than 80 — Early in 2008, John Temple was excited about the 150th anniversary of his newspaper. The publisher, president and editor …
Jeffrey Schweers / Tallahassee Democrat:
Judge throws out defamation suit against NYT by a professor known for defending genetically modified food, citing “fair report” privilege and public records law — A University of Florida horticulture professor known for his scientific defense of genetically modified foods lost …
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@ericliptonnyt, @careygillam, @morisy, @ericliptonnyt, @adamliptak, @careygillam, @gmwatch, @kevinfolta and @cynthiabarnett
Simon van Zuylen-Wood / Vanity Fair:
Inside Facebook's content policy team, which is made up of several dozen Facebook engineers, lawyers, and PR people who decide what users can post — The company blew it on privacy and fake news. Can it do better against trolls and racists? An exclusive embed with Facebook's shadow government.
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Hmm Daily, @antoniogm, @pt, @antoniogm, @ibogost, @antoniogm, @xixidu and @chronotope, more at Techmeme »
James Walker / Press Gazette:
EU commissioners say Facebook's, Google's, and Twitter's reports on their fight against disinformation don't give enough information on their results — European Union commissioners have accused three tech giants of providing “too little information” in reports on their efforts …
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Sources say Instagram is paying some IGTV creators, but some big influencers stay away due to obstacles like discoverability, monetization, and vertical format — Unlike the wildly popular Insta Stories, the social media juggernaut's new extended video service has struggled to capture the zeitgeist …
Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: TV coverage of Michael Cohen's congressional testimony brought in just under 16M viewers, compared to 20M for Kavanaugh's hearing and 19.5M for Comey's — The former Trump lawyer's grilling by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform was the most watched program on TV Wednesday.
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The Hill, Fortune, @ryanoconn, Contemptor and TVNewser
Caroline O'Donovan / BuzzFeed News:
Amazon removes at least three anti-vaccination documentaries from Prime Video hours after Rep. Schiff sent letter to Bezos regarding anti-vaccine misinformation — Amazon appears to have removed anti-vaccination documentaries from search results on Amazon Prime Video today …
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CNBC, Gizmodo, Variety, @peterhotez, @ceodonovan, CNN, schiff.house.gov, The Hill, Engadget, The Verge and @ceodonovan, more at Techmeme »
MediaPost:
Report: New York Media, parent of New York Magazine, The Cut, Vulture, and more, has decided against seeking a buyer after reviewing its options — New York Media, the parent company of New York Magazine, decided against seeking a buyer after reviewing its strategic options, Dow Jones Newswires reported.
Matthew Iles / Civil:
Civil to launch its blockchain on March 6, with individual and newsroom memberships and the ability to buy CVL tokens accessible via Civil's website — Civil is back and better than ever. Full details below. But let's put first things first: Civil is a community-owned platform …
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