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Brian Stelter / CNN:
ProPublica and The Texas Tribune are creating a joint investigative reporting team of 11 people, with a 5-year commitment funded by $5.75M via Arnold Ventures — New York (CNN Business)ProPublica is widely thought to be the gold standard of nonprofit investigative journalism.
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Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Shari Redstone is exploring a plan to launch a Fox News competitor and has spoken with current and former Fox News personalities, including Megyn Kelly — The mogul, who has spoken with former Fox News star Megyn Kelly, may look to rebrand an existing Viacom linear channel to create a conservative-leaning news network.
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Twitter to restrict user interactions with world leaders' tweets that violate its rules, will let users quote-tweet, but not retweet, like, reply, or share — Twitter said it will restrict how users can interact with tweets from world leaders who break its rules.
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BuzzFeed News:
As Facebook says politicians can lie in ads, so far in October it has banned 160+ ads from Trump, Biden, Warren, Sanders, Steyer for profanity and fake buttons — Last week, Facebook announced that it would allow political candidates to lie in ads posted to its platform …
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The Guardian:
Bookstores in Australia are selling Catch and Kill despite Dylan Howard's prior threats to include them in a defamation lawsuit — One online distributor has withdrawn the #MeToo memoir, but other stores have stocked it, and the publisher insists it will not be withdrawn
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Ronan Farrow alleges that Dylan Howard, then-EIC of National Enquirer, ordered a staff member to shred sensitive Trump-related documents in early November 2016
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
On The Vergecast, Twitter Product Lead Kayvon Beykpour says they are exploring “a form of ephemerality” to avoid the risk of old stigmatizing tweets resurfacing — “These are some of the biggest reasons why people don't tweet. Which is why we actually take this very seriously."
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August Graham / Independent.ie:
UK's Telegraph Media Group reports a 61%+ fall in operating profits YoY to £8.1M in 2018 even as subscription revenue rose 10% YoY, making up 54% of revenue — Telegraph Media Group revenues fell by 2.7% last year to £278.1 million. — The owner of the Daily Telegraph …
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Sky launches “Sky News: Brexit Free” channel on TV and YouTube in response to a study that found that 70% of news-avoiding Brits were doing so because of Brexit — Sky News is launching a “pop-up channel” free from any mention of Brexit. — Sky News: Brexit Free will go live …
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Max Willens / Digiday:
The most recent version of Apple's Safari browser prevents sites from detecting when users are using private browsing, following in Chrome's footsteps — Publishers have discovered a new, Apple-shaped hole in their metered paywalls. — The most recent version of Apple's Safari browser …
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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Meredith plans a quarterly lifestyle mag with hosts of Property Brothers for January, after the success of a similar mag it made with Chip and Joanna Gaines — Publisher to launch quarterly publication featuring HGTV's ‘Property Brothers,’ years after creating Magnolia Journal with Chip and Joanna Gaines
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MediaPost, @emilybarske, @mrsilverscott, @meredithcorp and @mrdrewscott
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
About 20 staff members at Reach face layoffs as the UK company integrates teams after its buyout of Express and Star — Some 20 staff are facing redundancy at Reach as the news group continues to integrate teams following its buyout of the Express and Star titles.
Press Gazette:
Head of the marketing arm of UK national news brands: ~19M people read newspapers online daily, a 14% rise YoY, but ad spend on news brands to rise 1.1% in 2019 — The UK's daily digital news readership has grown by 2m on last year, yet the advertising revenue to fund it still isn't following that growth …
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
A look at the investments made by TPG Capital, arguably the premier private investor in media and entertainment, in Vice, CAA, and STX Entertainment — The private equity firm backs CAA, Vice, Spotify, STX and even Cirque du Soleil, a massive bet on diverse entertainment holdings.
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