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Summer Said / Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Arabia sentences five people to death and convicts three others to 24 years in prison for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi — The dissident journalist was murdered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul — Saudi Arabia sentenced five people to death and convicted six others for the murder …
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Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
The New York Times says it does not think corrections to its 1619 Project are warranted, in response to a letter from five historians that requested corrections — Five historians recently wrote to the New York Times Magazine, asking the architects of its comprehensive 1619 Project …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Bytedance is considering setting up a global headquarters for TikTok outside of China, as part of its effort to shake off its Chinese image — Singapore, London and Dublin are among cities being considered; no U.S. city made shortlist — Bytedance Inc. is considering setting …
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Chris Welch / The Verge:
Dish ups the price of both of Sling TV's packages, Orange and Blue, by $5 to $30 each per month, while adding Fox News, MSNBC, and HLN to Sling Blue — The cheap days of Sling TV are over — The cheap days of Sling TV are over. Dish's internet TV service is raising the price …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Journalism too often treats the center as inherently sensible, despite eventual solutions regularly being outside the boundaries of what either party favored — The media has a bigger problem than liberal bias. — John F. Harris is about as mainstream as the mainstream media gets.
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Spencer Kimball / CNBC:
Editor-in-chief of Christianity Today says the magazine has gained three times as many subscribers as it's lost after he called for Trump's removal from office — - Christianity Today Editor in Chief Mark Galli acknowledged to MSNBC on Sunday that the magazine has lost subscribers in the wake …
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Pablo Boczkowski / Nieman Lab:
If Trump gets reelected, November 4, 2020 will be a day of reckoning for mainstream journalism and beliefs about the media's political power in setting agendas — “These notions of media theory are premised on an information-centric view of the power of communication.
Stephanie Sengwe / The Streamable:
Starz will stay on Comcast's Xfinity TV in last minute deal, as parent firms announce Lionsgate content will be on Peacock and NBCU content will be on StarzPlay — Comcast and Starz have finally reached a new carriage deal days before their Dec. 31 deadline.
Joni Deutsch / Nieman Lab:
For podcasting to remain open and vibrant, there needs to be an emphasis on making content accessible, more democratization of tools to build podcasts, and more — “2020 will undoubtedly be a big podcast year for movie stars, presidential candidates, and the like.
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American Press Institute:
Survey: Americans likelier to understand national issues than local ones; 42% of those paying for news understand important issues vs. 31% of those not paying — The vast majority of Americans value their right, as well as that of the press, to question authority figures.
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
NYT and WSJ alumni to launch DealPro, a Boston-based weekly magazine focused on in-depth and investigative stories about China's economic rise, in mid-February — DealPro, a new weekly magazine co-founded by a group of former New York Times and Wall Street Journal writers and editors, is planning to launch soon.
Errin Haines Whack / Nieman Lab:
2020 prediction: with racism on the ballot in 2020, race and gender will drive political news, even if women still get covered as a special interest group — Errin Haines is the Associated Press' national writer on race and ethnicity. — For many of my peers in political journalism …
Kaya Yurieff / CNN:
YouTube creators have started openly discussing feeling burned out; YouTube says it doesn't take upload frequency into account when recommending new videos — New York (CNN Business)For eight years, Kati Morton, a mental health expert, has used YouTube to discuss sensitive issues ranging from eating disorders to anxiety.
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