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Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy:
Memo: WaPo Editor Marty Baron encourages staff to seek feedback on social media posts and says the newsroom is reviewing its social media policy from 2011 — News: Marty Baron just sent this email about social media use to The Washington Post newsroom. “It is not always easy to know where to draw the line.” https://twitter.com/...
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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Felicia Sonmez's suspension exposes the tyranny of newsroom social media policies, which often read like hamfisted attempts to reconcile competing impulses
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Eli Glasner / CBC News:
Canadian panel report recommends requiring that “media curators” like Netflix invest in local shows and that they ensure discoverability of Canadian content — Heritage minister has said legislation could be coming within the year — A sweeping new report on Canada's broadcasting …
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Mike Barnes / Hollywood Reporter:
Fred Silverman, the longtime TV programmer who was president of ABC Entertainment and NBC and also worked at CBS, has died at 82 — Known as “The Man With the Golden Gut,” he green-lighted projects like ‘All in the Family,’ ‘Roots’ and ‘Hill Street Blues’ at CBS, ABC and NBC.
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American Press Institute:
Craig Newmark Philanthropies donates $388K to American Press Institute to develop a network of newsroom leaders and others to combat disinfo in 2020 election — The American Press Institute today announced a grant of $388,000 from Craig Newmark Philanthropies to build a real-time network …
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Press Pad, a program that pairs unpaid media interns with London hosts who provide housing and mentoring, runs into criticism for adding a new fee of £600/month — A scheme partnering unpaid media interns with hosts who can provide them with accommodation and mentoring has come under fire …
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Kathryn Hopkins / WWD:
Vogue.com will launch a shopping vertical with curated, shoppable style advice, following the failure of Style.com, Conde Nast's previous foray into e-commerce — Rickie De Sole will lead the push in her newly created executive fashion director role. — Condé Nast is not giving …
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Financial Times:
Sources: Boris Johnson's government will launch a consultation next week on ending criminal penalties for those who refuse to pay the BBC licensing fee — Boris Johnson's government will launch its first strike on BBC funding next week, opening a formal process to lift the criminal penalties on those refusing to pay the licence fee.
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Kate Knibbs / Wired:
A look at CollegeHumor's rise, from a scrappy startup to a digital media player, and its fall, as YouTube and Facebook made its business model obsolete — The company grew from a scrappy startup to a digital media player. Now it's clinging to life after mass layoffs.
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@ashkan, Simon Owens's Tech … and @mschaubach
Stephanie Sengwe / The Streamable:
Jeff Bezos said Amazon Prime members watched twice the number of hours of original movies and TV shows on Prime Video in Q4 compared to the prior year — Amazon released their Q4 2019 earnings report today and announced that the time viewers spend watching Prime Video content is growing.
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John Glenday / The Drum:
Survey finds that 37% of Britons listen to podcasts on a monthly basis as do 54% of households with income of £75K+, 14% of people aged 16-29 listen daily — Shining a light on podcast advertising, DMA research has found that 27% of weekly podcast listeners discover new brands via voice advertising.
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
A record £3.6B was spent on film and TV production in the UK in 2019, with £1.66B spent on shows costing £1M+/episode; £1.3B came from foreign companies — Spending on high-end TV dramas by Netflix and Amazon eclipses BBC, Sky and ITV
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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
France-Antilles, a trio of outlets in French Guiana, Guadeloupe, and Martinique, has been liquidated, making them the first regions of France without a daily — Three French territories situated some 4,000 miles from the country's mainland are about to lose their daily newspapers.
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Reuters:
Verizon adds 790K phone customers in Q4, well above estimates of 525K subscribers, as it benefited from including Disney+ in some of its plans — Verizon Communications Inc on Thursday added more monthly mobile phone subscribers than expected as it benefited from including Disney+ streaming service with some of its plans.
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