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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Insider Inc. is in talks to buy a controlling stake in newsletter startup Morning Brew, in a deal that values the company at $75M+ — Startup Morning Brew has popular email newsletter on business and finance — Business Insider parent Insider Inc. is nearing a deal to acquire …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBC News to host a Trump town hall, moderated by Savannah Guthrie, on Thursday evening, at the same time ABC News is broadcasting a similar event with Biden — The dueling town halls were set in motion last week after Trump's presidential campaign refused to take part in the second …
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Columbia Journalism Review:
Survey of 1,406 journalists during COVID-19: 11% experienced censorship, 61% felt increased commitment to work, 70% affected by at least one austerity measure — A survey reveals the hardships of covering a life-or-death story—and what challenges will linger
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
DOJ has sued a former adviser of Melania Trump, claiming she breached an NDA by publishing a scathing book; one expert called the suit an abuse of DOJ resources — The Justice Department on Tuesday sued Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a former adviser and confidant of first lady Melania Trump …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google launches Journalist Studio, a suite of tech-powered tools, including Pinpoint, designed to help reporters work with large data sets — Google is putting A.I. and machine learning technologies into the hands of journalists. The company this morning announced a suite of new tools …
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Jack Mirkinson / Discourse Blog:
Discourse Blog leaves Substack to start its own independent website, following an announcement in September — Welcome to the all-new Discourse Blog. — Welcome to Discourse Blog. Again. — We've made something of a habit of introducing and reintroducing ourselves, and now …
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Hollywood Reporter:
Top Bollywood filmmakers and industry unions file a lawsuit against two TV news channels spreading allegations following the suspected suicide of an actor — Stars including Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar have come together in a lawsuit against two news channels …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK's JPI Media says it had pre-tax loss of £47.7M in 2019 on revenue of £145.9M, of which £52.2M came from newspaper sales and £72.5M from advertising — Regional publisher JPI Media has revealed its first financial statement since buying Johnson Press' assets …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Bloomberg Media made $30M+ last year from its New Economy Forum, which makes up for more than half of the company's total live events business — Bloomberg's New Economy Forum, going virtual this year for the first time, is on track to challenge the likes of the World Economic Forum, The Aspen Ideas Festival and others.
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Reuters:
YouTube says it will now ban any content with claims about COVID-19 vaccines that contradict consensus from local health authorities or the WHO — (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's GOOGL.O YouTube said on Wednesday it would remove videos from YouTube containing misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines …
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
How Dan Baum, a reporter who died last week, helped birth Media Twitter in 2009 by describing his experience working at New Yorker in a series of tweets — The journalist Dan Baum died last week. I haven't found an obituary anywhere, but it's been confirmed by friends and former employers, like Harper's.
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Ashley Spinks / @ashleyinfloyd:
[Thread] A reporter who ran a one-person weekly newsroom in Virginia says she was fired for giving an interview about owner Lee Enterprises' job cuts — An update: I got fired today for doing this interview. Less than 24 hours before the Press goes to print. The paper is not finished, don't know how it will be. On a personal level: it's 3 days before my wedding, which my superiors knew. They couldn't even wait for next week. 1/x https://twitter.com/...
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@ashleyinfloyd, @gabrieljr, @lesliestreeter, @apantazi, @ashleyinfloyd, @pierceall, @oliviakrauth, @pgcornwell, @paulszoldra, @ajfriedenberger, @eileenguo, @wjeffreybrown, @cvillenewscom, @lawrencehurley, @kevinhbell, @tinafbarbour, @markberman, @baekdal, @courtneymabeus, @ashleyinfloyd, @gmoomaw, @tatecurtis, @andyparas, @franklomonte, @saragregory, @jakefmooney, @clarajeffery, @mizzousundevil, @meghin_, @timcarman, @lawrencehurley, @bobstep, @alisonkgraham, @mffisher, @ricsanchez, @jelogan, @rachelwalexande, @patrickmwilson, @dcbigjohn, @hunterw, @dsmith_tucson, @cairo67unedited, @davidfolkenflik, @andybechtel and WVTF
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
How The 1619 Project, a collection of provocative magazine articles about the ways slavery shaped our nation, helped fuel a culture war in an election year — One morning in mid-September, Nikole Hannah-Jones woke to a text message from a friend noting an unusual event on President Trump's schedule …
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