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Tony Arnold / WBEZ Chicago:
Chicago Public Media names Matt Moog as new CEO, as its board votes to pursue an acquisition of the Chicago Sun-Times — URL Copied! — In an unprecedented maneuver to try and “secure the future” of one Chicago's two daily newspapers, Chicago Public Media's board of directors voted Wednesday …
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Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios:
LinkedIn has blocked the profiles of several US journalists on its Chinese platform, citing “prohibited content” without specifying what it was — LinkedIn blocked the profiles of several U.S. journalists from the company's China-based platform this week, citing “prohibited content.”
Mark Stenberg / Medialyte:
As recipe publishers adopt grocery commerce, or g-commerce, some sites sacrifice intuitive design to add more ads for ingredients and tools, curdling utility — An untimely pop-up can be the difference between over-easy and over-cooked. — A song to read by: “John the Baptist,” by John & Beverley Martyn
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Kerry Flynn / CNN:
Some former Ozy employees say they were overworked to the point of exhaustion: “They brought in very talented, motivated, excited people and just used them up” — New York (CNN Business)Around midnight one Saturday late last year, Eva Rodriguez, 24, had trouble breathing.
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Katty Kay, a former BBC anchor who recently joined Ozy, resigns, citing NYT's reporting on the company
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Axios:
Sources: in an extremely rare move, SV Angel, led by VC Ron Conway, informed Ozy that it will give up stock acquired in 2012
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Angelique Jackson / Variety:
Profile of Agnes Chu, president of Condé Nast's multimedia arm, Condé Nast Entertainment, who aims to transform the unit into a full-fledged production company — On the second Monday of September, just one week ahead of her one-year anniversary as president of Condé Nast Entertainment …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Mark Thompson and Maria Ressa to co-chair the International Fund for Public Interest, which wants to raise $100M for media in low- and middle-income countries — Former New York Times CEO and BBC Director-General Mark Thompson is teaming up with Filipino journalist and press freedom advocate Maria Ressa …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The dearth of coverage of the memo outlining how Pence could void the 2020 election points to the mainstream media's blasé attitude to the attempted coup — In a normal world, the “Eastman memo” would be infamous by now, the way “Access Hollywood” became the popular shorthand in 2016 …
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Ofcom says British TV and radio broadcasters remain “woeful” at promoting staff from diverse backgrounds to senior management positions — Recruitment of people of colour and disabled staff into junior roles yet to be replicated at senior level
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The Moscow Times:
Russia adds EIC of investigative outlet The Insider to its wanted list for allegedly illegally crossing the border; federal agents raided his parents' house — Russian authorities added prominent investigative journalist Roman Dobrokhotov to the country's wanted list, his lawyer said Thursday …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Interview with New Yorker archives editor Erin Overbey, who has worked at the magazine for 27 years, about her tweet thread on the magazine's lack of diversity — Erin Overbey took on a painstaking research project for herself in 2019. Combing through back issues of the New Yorker …
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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Spotify says podcast creators using its Anchor service can now add interactive polls and Q&As to their programs — But you have to be on Anchor — Spotify is making podcasts on its platform more interactive. The company announced today that podcasters who create their shows in Anchor …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
NYT hires Lulu Garcia-Navarro, formerly host of NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday and Up Next, to anchor a new Opinion podcast — The New York Times on Thursday said it has hired Lourdes “Lulu” Garcia-Navarro, the former host of NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday and a former co-host of NPR's morning news podcast …
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