Mediagazer: Irish broadcaster RTE to release a show in five languages, following in the footsteps of Wondery and iHeartMedia, which announced similar plans in August (Nicholas Quah/Nieman Lab)

Sara Fischer / Axios:

A look at how media outlets are responding to COVID-19: remote work and interviews, shifting conferences to virtual forums, talk show tapings without audiences — Newsrooms are creating contingency plans to make sure that they can adequately inform the public about the novel coronavirus while keeping their own employees safe.

Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:

CBS News says a third New York-based staffer has tested positive for COVID-19; the person had worked with two other employees who previously tested positive — “Yesterday was a day where we were tested,” CBS News president Susan Zirinsky told employees in a memo on Thursday.

Discussion: @jesspatterson, Deadline, MediaPost and Adweek

Kristen Hare / Poynter:

How local newspapers in San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa, and Philadelphia are covering coronavirus, which has become a local story — When global becomes local: — On Thursday, Feb. 27, journalists at The Seattle Times held a meeting to talk about how they'd cover the coronavirus.

Discussion: @kristenhare, @yamphoto, @poynter and @kristenhare

Playbill:

Broadway theaters suspend all performances starting at 5pm today through April 12, under the direction of NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo — The closure is effective at 5 PM tonight, and will last through April 12. — Broadway theatres will go dark beginning 5 PM, March 12, by order of Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Discussion: Variety, Crain's New York Business, New York Post, @sdkstl, @stephaniejblock, @anaismitchell, @ditzkoff, IndieWire and Broadway News

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:

Source: Byron Allen has made an all-cash bid on Tegna worth about $8.5B, which values the broadcaster at $4.4B — Tegna is one of the biggest broadcasters in the industry — Budding media mogul Byron Allen has made a bid for broadcaster Tegna Inc. that values the owner of 62 local television stations …

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable, Los Angeles Times, Deadline, Variety and MediaPost

Rebecca Rubin / Variety:

MPA: global entertainment market reached a record $100B+ in 2019: box office hit $42.5B, digital and mobile entertainment brought in $58.8B, up 14% YoY — The global entertainment market — consisting of theatrical and home entertainment — has surpassed $100 billion in revenues …

Discussion: The Streamable, Numlock News, Wall Street Journal, The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter and IndieWire

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Comscore announces a partnership with Twitch to measure activity like minutes spent and content minutes per ad minute, starting with audiences in US and Canada — Measurement firm Comscore announced this morning a partnership with Amazon-owned game streaming site, Twitch.

Discussion: MediaPost and Comscore, Inc.

Nicholas Quah / Nieman Lab:

Irish broadcaster RTE to release a show in five languages, following in the footsteps of Wondery and iHeartMedia, which announced similar plans in August — Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 249, dated March 10, 2020. — Spotify's Gimlet Media hires a new head of content.

Reporters Without Borders:

RSF reveals 2020 list of the world's 20 worst digital predators, companies and government agencies that use digital technology to spy on and harass journalists — To mark this year's World Day Against Cyber-Censorship, celebrated on 12 March, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) …

Discussion: The Guardian and @richards1052

CNN:

Univision's Jorge Ramos, possibly exposed to COVID-19, withdraws as a moderator for Sunday's Democratic debate, which has moved from Arizona to Washington, DC — (CNN)The Democratic debate scheduled for Sunday will be moved from Arizona to Washington, DC, the Democratic National Committee announced Thursday.

Discussion: Axios, @mlcalderone and Vanity Fair

Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:

Rupert Murdoch, who at 89 still exerts influence at Fox News, could save lives and viewers by ordering the network to emphasize the seriousness of COVID-19 — The insidious feedback loop between President Trump and Fox News is no secret. — When Trump says “jump,” the network leaps into action.

Discussion: New York Times, @andrewkirell, Vanity Fair, @samseder, @badfoxgraphics, The Week, Poynter, @normative, Columbia Journalism Review, @k8brannen, @_arianna, @walshfreedom, @johnupton, @maxboot and The Daily Beast

Peter White / Deadline:

CBS All Access to launch Tooning Out the News on March 16; animated characters will mock the news of the day in short daily segments and a weekly full episode — Animated anchor James Smartwood will start mocking the news later this month after CBS All Access set a premiere date for Stephen Colbert …

Discussion: @_brittanyv, @davezatz and Mediaite

Reuters:

Source: Brian Lesser has resigned as chief executive of AT&T's advertising unit Xandr, which launched a TV ad-buying tool earlier Wednesday — (Reuters) - Brian Lesser, chief executive of AT&T Inc advertising unit Xandr, has resigned, according to a source familiar with the matter …

Discussion: Adweek, Variety, Ad Age, @pkafka, MediaPost, Ad Age, @hcoster, @pkafka, @pkafka, @pkafka, The Wrap, AdExchanger and AT&T

Discussion: AdExchanger, Ad Age, @simonjharris, @bristei, Broadcasting & Cable, Broadcasting & Cable, Beet.TV, MediaPost, Reuters and Adweek