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Andrew Bucholtz / Awful Announcing:
Sports Illustrated owner Maven has fired longtime soccer journalist Grant Wahl, following Wahl's public criticism of company plans for a permanent staff pay cut — Grant Wahl is far from the only person to criticize Maven's operation of Sports Illustrated, but he may be the first to lose his job after offering those criticisms.
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
An estimated 28,000 workers at US news companies have been laid off, furloughed, or had their pay reduced since the COVID-19 crisis began — Roughly 28,000 workers at news companies nationwide have been laid off, furloughed or had their pay reduced. Some publications that rely on ads have shut down.
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Carrie Sheffield / Just The News:
Voice of America EIC defends its coverage of China after WH newsletter accuses it of speaking for “America's adversaries” by calling Wuhan lockdown a success — VOA chief fires back after official White House newsletter declares: “VOA too often speaks for America's adversaries—not its citizens.”
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Liberty University pressed charges for trespassing against a ProPublica reporter and NYT photographer; a magistrate has signed misdemeanor warrants against them — NEW YORK (AP) — Liberty University has pushed for criminal trespassing charges against two journalists who pursued stories …
Alex Thompson / Politico:
The Young Turks employees voted to unionize on Thursday; in a note to staff, CEO Cenk Uygur continued to oppose the union, but “would respect their choice” — Production and post-production crews at the left-wing news network The Young Turks voted Thursday night to unionize …
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Luke Mullins / Washingtonian:
Memo: Washington Post local government and politics reporter Darran Simon was found dead in his apartment Thursday; Simon joined WaPo last month from CNN — No cause of death has been announced. — Washington Post reporter Darran Simon was found dead in his apartment on Thursday …
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The Wrap:
Source: Valence Media plans staffing cuts of up to $10M at The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard next week, as the media company's losses are ~$18M-$19M a year — The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard are set for deep staffing cuts next week by parent Valence Media in an effort to reduce personnel …
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@benjamingoggin and @ashleyyspencer
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
GeekWire is laying off or furloughing 5 staffers, or about 30% of its 16-person team, primarily in business and sales, and reducing salaries for remaining staff — For the past few weeks, GeekWire has been chronicling the economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the Seattle tech community and the world …
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@frankcatalano, @jseattle, @kslosh and @geoffentress
Sara Guaglione / MediaPost:
CNBC Digital unique visitors in March doubled since Feb., CNBC site reached 1B monthly page views for the first time, while CNBC Pro subs were up 189% since Jan — CNBC Digital hit a record number of unique visitors in March, more than doubling its February record.
Joe Mandese / MediaPost:
Gupta Media: Facebook's worldwide CPM hit an all-time low of $1.95 on Tuesday; the average US CPM has remained below $3 since March 22, its lowest in two years — It's been assumed by most media analysts, media buyer and ad executive surveys, and a variety of pundits that the Big Digital platforms …
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TheStreet, @ashkan, @jason_kint and @ericjhonsa, more at Techmeme »
Ali Younes / Al Jazeera:
Jordan military arrests the owner and news director of satellite TV station Roya TV for a news report on economic difficulties due to lockdown — Roya TV officials arrested for reporting on lack of jobs and money needed by labourers to feed families under curfew.
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Mediaite and Committee to Protect …
Jason Lynch / Adweek:
NBCU, Fox, Discovery, and Disney won't hold their events during upfronts week in May nor will, sources say, WarnerMedia; none have set replacement dates — NBCU, Fox, Disney among presenters postponing their scheduled dates — Key insights: — Several presenters said it's not feasible …
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