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5:00 PM ET, March 24, 2020

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 Top News: 
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Anthony Fauci conceding in an interview that Trump often provides inaccurate information is the best argument for not airing Trump's briefings on live TV  —  During a Saturday news briefing, President Trump fielded a question about the coronavirus timeline.
Patrick Frater / Variety:
The Olympics postponement means hundreds of hours of lost programming and lost revenue for NBCU, which had sold 90%+ of its ad inventory, valued at $1.25B+  —  The Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo will be postponed for a year, until 2021, Japan's Prime Minister Abe Shinzo announced Tuesday.
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
The coronavirus pandemic is shaping to be much worse for news media than the 2008 financial crisis, which saw a 19% decline in newspaper revenue in the US  —  The journalists at BuzzFeed News are proud to bring you trustworthy and relevant reporting about the coronavirus.
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Mozilla launches Firefox Better Web with Scroll for Firefox tracking protection and Scroll's ad-free browsing experience for $2.50/mo. for the first six months  —  Mozilla just announced a new initiative called Firefox Better Web with Scroll, which combines the tracking protection built …
The New York Times Company:
NYT, WSJ, WaPo publishers call on China to reverse its expulsion of their journalists: “the media is collateral damage in a diplomatic dispute”  —  The Chinese government's decision to expel American journalists amid a global pandemic threatens the world's access to critical information …
Vijaya Gadde / Twitter:
Twitter is donating $500K each to the Committee to Protect Journalists and the International Women's Media Foundation  —  All around the world, we've seen our service connecting people with the authoritative health information they need to protect themselves and their loved ones.
Instagram:
Instagram to remove some coronavirus-related content and accounts from recommendations and Explore, with exceptions for credible health organizations  —  People who search for information related to the coronavirus or COVID-19 on Instagram will start to see an educational message connecting …
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Nielsen says news viewing in the top 25 markets was up 6.9% for the week of March 9 compared to the week of February 3, with a ~10% increase in ages 18-54  —  Nielsen said even kids are watching newscasts  —  Local news is seeking an increase in viewing as people seek the latest information on the Coronavirus crisis.
Discussion: TVNewsCheck and MediaPost
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
UK's Newsquest, with ~200 newspapers and magazines, is furloughing a “significant number” of staff, who will get 80% of their salaries; others get pay cuts  —  Newsquest is placing a “significant number” of its staff on furlough while all those who remain will face a wage cut in action to …
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
WHCA says a member of the press corps has a suspected case of coronavirus and reduces briefing room to a pool of 14 reporters  —  The White House Correspondents' Association said that a member of the press corps has a suspected case of the coronavirus and is advising journalists and others …
Discussion: Reuters and NPR
 
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Andrew Chung / Reuters:
SCOTUS sends Byron Allen's $20B racial bias suit against Comcast back to lower courts, says Allen must prove that the contract was denied solely due to racism
Discussion: Bloomberg and Forbes
New York Times:
Facebook internal report: US users are reading more COVID-19 content from “higher-quality” sources based on its ranking of top publishers adopted last year
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Twitter withdraws Q1 guidance due to COVID-19, says it expects Q1 revenue to be down YoY but the number of monetizable DAUs has hit 164M, up 8% QoQ and 23% YoY
Poynter:
During the pandemic, newsrooms should remove paywalls so as not to miss the short window of opportunity to build trust and show the significance of their work
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How Twitch is becoming an increasingly valuable way for independent electronic musicians to connect with their fans through live streaming recording sessions
Peter Kovacs / The Advocate:
The Times-Picayune and The Advocate to temporarily furlough about a tenth of their 400-member workforce with the rest on four-day workweeks
Todd Spangler / Variety:
VidCon cancels its US edition, scheduled to run from June 17-20, due to the pandemic, and says it is looking to stage the event sometime in the fall
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon opens up free streaming access to more than 40 children's shows, including its original series, to all customers worldwide with an Amazon account
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Woody Allen's memoir was released by Arcade Publishing; Allen alleges Hachette vowed to publish it despite him “being a toxic pariah and menace to society”