Mediagazer: Q&A with David Chavern, president and CEO of the News Media Alliance, on how Google and Facebook are the de facto regulators of the news industry and more (Recode)

8:05 AM ET, March 5, 2019

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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:

Since Trump was elected, Fox News has swerved from being a partisan news network to the closest thing the US has to state TV — Fox News has always been partisan. But has it become propaganda? — In January, during the longest government shutdown in America's history …

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Ronn Blitzer / Law & Crime:

Report: former FoxNews.com reporter Diana Falzone settled lawsuit with Fox News, after suing following demotion over Stormy Daniels story which was spiked — A massive New Yorker report on the ongoing and evolving relationship between Fox News and President Donald Trump included details …

Discussion: @janemayernyer, @zevshalev, @michaelavenatti, @drdenagrayson, @carolecadwalla, @bobcywinski, Mediaite and BloombergQuint

Financial Times:

The Financial Times has acquired a majority stake in Amsterdam-based tech blog and events company The Next Web — 5 March 2019: The Financial Times has acquired a controlling stake in TNW (The Next Web), an events and media company with a focus on new technology and startups in Europe.

Discussion: Digiday, Fast Company, @oliversmitheu, @robertgaal, @steverubel and @m4tt

Cynthia Littleton / Variety:

Q&A with Bob Greenblatt, chairman of WarnerMedia Entertainment, who has been tasked with leading AT&T's forthcoming streaming service — AT&T has just handed the keys to WarnerMedia's most high-profile business initiative to Bob Greenblatt, the seasoned TV executive whose resume includes helping …

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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:

Bob Greenblatt named as chairman of WarnerMedia Entertainment; Jeff Zucker named chairman of WarnerMedia News & Sports and remains President of CNN — The former NBC Entertainment chairman will have oversight of television programming operations including HBO and Turner.

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Ben Collins / NBC News:

On Amazon, a book pushing QAnon conspiracy theories climbs the charts, aided by Amazon's algorithmically generated recommendations — The book is currently No. 9 in all books about politics and No. 1 in all books about “Censorship,” one slot ahead of Ray Bradbury's “Farhenheit 451,”

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Recode:

Q&A with David Chavern, president and CEO of the News Media Alliance, on how Google and Facebook are the de facto regulators of the news industry and more — Chavern's organization advocates on behalf of 2,000 print and online media outlets. — On the latest episode of Recode Decode …

Meg James / Los Angeles Times:

Disney names Fox Networks Group CFO Ravi Ahuja as president of its business operations and CFO of Walt Disney television — Walt Disney Co. is continuing to bolster its television team with Fox executives, this time bringing over Ravi Ahuja to serve as president of business operations …

Discussion: Variety, Multichannel News and Broadcasting & Cable

Dade Hayes / Deadline:
SEC filings show Disney has cut CEO Bob Iger's pay by $13.5M, contingent on the close of the acquisition of 21st Century Fox

Discussion: Observer

Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:

Democracy Fund report details the history and current state of African-American press, including black digital media, and offers recommendations for advocates — “We are watching organizations like Huffington Post determine what Black stories are elevated to national news stories.

Discussion: @niemanlab, @spj_tweets, @niemanlab and @niemanlab

Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:

Source: Jeff Bezos' security chief is preparing a 90-page investigative report that alleges The Enquirer published exposé to curry favor with Saudi investors — “At the end of this, we're all going to look really, really bad,” says Michael Sanchez. — Improbably, given all that's happened, they're still together.

Discussion: @vanityfair and Business Insider, more at Techmeme »

New York Post:

Agents and producers working on streaming projects for Apple complain about how involved and “intrusive” execs, including Tim Cook, have been, leading to delays — Apple's push into Hollywood is off to a rough start — thanks in part to “intrusive” tech executives, including Tim Cook, The Post has learned.

Discussion: @annehelen, @sternbergh, @atnickvega, /Film, CNET, VentureBeat, MacRumors, Fortune, 9to5Mac and Business Insider, more at Techmeme »

Max Willens / Digiday:

More than a year after saying it would introduce a metered paywall, The Atlantic's subscription efforts have faced delays, with no clear timetable for launch — In December 2017, The Atlantic said it was on the verge of putting up a metered paywall. Just a few months earlier …

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