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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Chris Cuomo says he is also leaving SiriusXM, where he hosted a regular weekday radio program, to “focus on what comes next” — Chris Cuomo, terminated from a prominent CNN anchor job over the weekend, is giving up another perch. — Cuomo is also leaving SiriusXM …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: CNN's Chris Cuomo U-turn came after NY AG records, a law firm report, and a separate sexual misconduct allegation against him from an ex-ABC colleague — Network boss fired the star anchor on Saturday, leaving a hole in the channel's prime-time lineup
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
BuzzFeed closed down 11% on its Nasdaq trading debut, attaining a market cap of $364M, after raising less than expected from its SPAC — - Company is in talks to make Michael Del Nin its new president — Sector needs ‘strong public company,’ co-founder Peretti says
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Peter Kafka / Vox:
A look at BuzzFeed's rocky transformation into a public company, as Bustle CEO says its fate will determine the fortunes of other digital media companies — “The fate of BuzzFeed is going to determine the fortunes of a lot of other companies.” — The transformation from startup to public company is supposed to be a very big deal.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Yamiche Alcindor is joining NBC News' Washington team; she will give up her role on PBS NewsHour but remain moderator of PBS' Washington Week — Alcindor, who is expected to start with NBC in March, will cover the Biden administration as well as the impact of federal policies on communities across …
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Madeleine Lim / Bloomberg:
Haze Fan, a member of Bloomberg's Beijing bureau, has now been detained for a year as Chinese authorities say the case is ongoing — Haze Fan, a member of Bloomberg News's bureau in Beijing, has been detained since late last year, with no information forthcoming on her case.
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Sources: Disney names Geoff Morrell to the newly created role of chief corporate affairs officer, an expansion of the top communications job held by Zenia Mucha — Morrell, who was also the press secretary for the Pentagon during the Bush and Obama administrations, will succeed Zenia Mucha, who plans to retire at the end of the year.
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Matt Schudel / Washington Post:
Fred Hiatt, The Washington Post's editorial page editor since 2000, dies at 66 — Fred Hiatt, a onetime foreign correspondent who in 2000 became The Washington Post's editorial page editor and greatly expanded the global reach of the newspaper's opinion writers in the era of 9/11 …
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Mia Sato / The Verge:
YouTube publishes its first Copyright Transparency Report, showing H1 2021 had 2.2M+ videos hit with incorrect copyright claims and 729M total copyright claims — Creators have complained about the claims and appeal process — Over 2.2 million YouTube videos were hit with copyright claims …
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
The Financial Times says all editorial staff will get a £5,600 bonus as the paper surpassed its Q4 revenue expectations and will end the year profitable — Financial Times journalists are to receive bonuses of £5,600 this month after the publisher reported profits “well ahead of our business plan”.
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Russell Brandom / The Verge:
Senate confirms Jessica Rosenworcel to lead the FCC, the first female chair in the agency's history, in a 68 to 31 vote — She will be the first female chair in FCC history — On Tuesday, the Senate voted 68 to 31 to confirm Jessica Rosenworcel's re-appointment to the Federal Communications Commission …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Newsmax hires reporter James Rosen, who left Fox News amid sexual misconduct claims, to replace Emerald Robinson, who pushed a vaccine conspiracy theory — The Daily Beast reported last month that Rosen, who was accused of sexual misconduct at Fox News, was in talks to join the rival conservative channel.
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