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Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
After a testy interview, All Things Considered co-host Mary Louise Kelly says Mike Pompeo shouted at her, cursed, and asked her to find Ukraine on a map — All Things Considered co-host Mary Louise Kelly claimed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shouted at her, dropped the F-bomb …
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David Welna / NPR:
Pompeo accuses NPR's Mary Louise Kelly of lying in setting up interview, claims post-interview exchange was off the record; NPR CEO says it won't be intimidated — One day after a contentious interview followed by an expletive-filled verbal lashing of NPR host Mary Louise Kelly …
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BBC:
BBC's Africa editor Fergal Keane to step down from his role due to PTSD stemming from “several decades of work in conflict zones around the world” — The BBC's Fergal Keane is stepping down from his role as Africa editor due to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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David W. Cerny / Reuters Institute for the Study …:
Survey of 97 journalists from central and eastern EU: 63% say a politician has publicly criticized them, 64.5% have been harassed, and 22 have had phones tapped — Demonstrators attend a protest rally in reaction to the murder of Slovak investigative reporter Ján Kuciak …
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Matthew Kassel / Mediaite:
As he moves on to become New York Times' writer at large, Jim Rutenberg reflects on writing NYT's media-focused column, Mediator, since 2016 — When Jim Rutenberg began writing the New York Times media column at the start of 2016, on the cusp of Donald Trump's election …
Lauren Fisher / eMarketer:
In 2020, programmatic ad spending on private marketplaces, where a deal exists between publishers and ad buyers, to surpass spending on open exchanges, a first — This year, for the first time, programmatic ad spending on private marketplaces (PMP) will surpass that on open exchanges.
Mansha Daswani / World Screen:
PwC: there were 635 deals in the media and telco space in 2019, down 27% YoY; overall deal value dropped 25% to $91.9B with 4 megadeals accounting for $40.6B — While calling 2019 a “transformative year” in M&A in the media and telco sectors, with several megadeals and a shifting relationship …
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann launches Byte, a Vine-like short-form video app, on iOS and Android, aims to start its partner program to pay creators “soon” — Two years after Vine's co-founder Dom Hofman announced he was building a successor to the short-form video app, today Byte makes its debut on iOS and Android.
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Brent Lang / Variety:
Quibi CEO Meg Whitman apologizes for comparing reporters' friendly rapport with their sources to how sexual predators groom their targets — Quibi CEO Meg Whitman apologized for comparing journalists to sexual predators, saying her remarks did not convey her true feelings about the press.
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Sam Sabin / Morning Consult:
Survey of 1,996 registered voters finds 94% saw or heard something about Trump's tweets: 72% were aware via broadcast or cable news, 29% were aware from Twitter — Among voters who had heard about any of his tweets, 72% did so through TV and cable news vs. 29% on Twitter
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Wall Street Journal:
Amazon claims Prime Video has ~65K titles, but 66% of those are user uploaded, including thousands of short instructional clips and conspiracy theory videos — Streaming service touts its large collection of titles, but a majority are uploads—and questionable films are in the mix
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Tad Walch / Deseret News:
Clayton Christensen, who created the theory of disruptive innovation and influenced CEOs at companies like Apple and Netflix, dies at 67 — Clayton Christensen talks to people after giving his keynote speech at the Governor's Utah Economic Summit at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City on Thursday, April 3, 2014.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Democrats' impeachment trial tactic of repeating the same arguments mirrors the cable news business model of finding news and analyzing it ad nauseam — Steve Doocy isn't famous for self-awareness. He's the blond fellow on the couch of “Fox & Friends.” It's his job to say things that ridicule Democrats and bolster Republicans.
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@oliverdarcy, @blakehounshell, @erikwemple and Mediaite
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