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Makena Kelly / The Verge:
Following criticism, Twitter rolls out a notice for tweets from political figures, verified users, and accounts with 100K+ followers that break its guidelines — The platform has been criticized for letting politicians break the rules without consequence — Today, Twitter is rolling …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Bustle Digital Group buys media brand Nylon, formerly a print magazine, for an undisclosed sum; its previous owner will become a minority BDG owner — Bustle Digital Group's Bryan Goldberg is back with more M&A: In the latest prong in Goldberg's roll-up strategy, BDG closed a deal to buy Nylon …
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Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
The Correspondent outlines its pre- and post-launch budget; it plans to hire five full-time journalists around the world and at least five freelancers a month — With just over 90 days until its official launch, the English-language — remember, not just U.S. — expansion of De Correspondent …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Washington Post moves into Spanish language journalism with twice-a-week podcast and opinion columns — New York (CNN Business)The Washington Post's next expansion is in another language. The company's newsroom is launching a twice-a-week Spanish language podcast and the opinion section is beginning to publish pieces in Spanish.
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Simon Owens / What's New in Publishing:
Bundled news subscriptions struggle because publishers have no incentive to advertise bundles over their own offerings, and bundles have no exclusive content — Earlier this month, a company called Mogul News launched a news app that curates article content from three media outlets: Bloomberg, The Financial Times, and The Economist.
Kelly McBride / Poynter:
How editors weighed competing values in deciding to post the photo of drowning victims Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his daughter Valeria at the Rio Grande — Editor's note: You can see the photo this column references by scrolling all the way to the end of this story.
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Charlie McGee / Wall Street Journal:
CEOs in S&P's communications services sector, which include media, telecom, and social networking companies, posted a median CEO pay of $22.6M — Their median compensation of $22.6 million last year ranked as the highest for any S&P 500 sector — Media titans came under heavy scrutiny …
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FCC probes whether Sinclair “engaged in misrepresentation” as it sought to buy Tribune Media; probe involves station spinoff plans in Chicago, Dallas, Houston — Local TV station operator could be facing significant fines or even loss of broadcast licenses
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Publishers Association finds UK physical book sales fell by £168M, or 5.4%, in 2018, while audiobook sales surged by 43% to £69M — Publishers hit by surprise 5.4% fall in 2018 - but warn against proclaiming terminal decline — UK book sales fell for the first time in five years in 2018 …
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Carol LeBlanc / smithsonianmag.com:
Michael Caruso, editor in chief of Smithsonian Magazine, will step down at the end of June — It is with fondness and appreciation for his accomplishments that I announce that Michael Caruso, the Editor in Chief of Smithsonian magazine and the Vice President of Live Events, is stepping down from his position at the end of June.
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
The Office will move from Netflix to NBC's new streaming service in 2021; a source says Netflix was willing to pay up to $90M/year, but NBC offered $100M — KEY POINTS — NBC announced Tuesday it is taking back The Office from Netflix when the show's contract expires in 2021.
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Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
The opening of a Chinese war movie, The Eight Hundred, was abruptly canceled amid a growing crackdown on works insufficiently in tune with Xi Jinping's ideology — BEIJING — It is not at all that rare for censors to wreak havoc on films here in China — cutting, say, several scenes from …
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