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Justin Hendrix / Tech Policy Press:
Over 260 health professionals tell Spotify to implement a misinformation policy, after a Joe Rogan Experience episode featured a discredited scientist  —  More than 260 doctors, nurses, scientists, health professionals and others have signed an open letter calling on the streaming media platform Spotify to …
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Laura McGann and Mark Bauman launch Grid, which will examine the day's biggest news stories from different viewpoints, with $10M in funding and 20 journalists  —  The latest media start-up, with millions in funding and a team of more than 20 journalists, aims to bring clarity to weighty issues.
David Folkenflik / NPR:
A look at NPR's staffing issues, including pay gaps and a structure separating podcasts and news, after four hosts, three of them women of color, left in a year  —  In the wake of a trio of departures, news stories and private messages shared among NPR staffers reflected the concern that Black …
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The Texas Tribune CEO and co-founder Evan Smith says he will step down by the end of 2022, after 13 years, and stay on as an adviser into 2023  —  Evan Smith, a longtime force in Texas journalism, said on Wednesday that he would step down as the chief executive of The Texas Tribune …
Variety:
Variety promotes Michelle Sobrino-Stearns, its President and Group Publisher, to the newly created post of CEO, effective immediately  —  She will retain the duties of Group  Publisher.  —  As CEO of Variety, Sobrino-Stearns will oversee both the editorial and business units of the venerable entertainment news brand.
New York Post:
Sources: DirecTV and Dish Network have restarted merger talks, as executives think regulatory concerns over their combined market power have waned  —  DirecTV and Dish Network are in fresh talks to merge after years of on-again, off-again wrangling and multiple clampdowns from federal antitrust officials, The Post has learned.
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
News organizations de-emphasize case counts in their COVID-19 stories as home testing grows, and debate how best to use other stats during the omicron surge  —  NEW YORK (AP) — For two years, coronavirus case counts and hospitalizations have been widely used barometers of the pandemic's march across the world.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sally Buzbee tells WaPo staff that business editor Lori Montgomery was reprimanded for tweeting criticism of an SFGate column condemning Ben Roethlisberger  —  Business editor Lori Montgomery received verbal warning for tweeting about an article that addressed allegations of sexual assault against the quarterback
Sandy Mazza / The Tennessean:
Most Gannett newspapers are ceasing home delivery of Saturday print editions in coming months, offering an e-edition instead  —  Most Gannett Co. newspapers, including The Tennessean, will cease home delivery of Saturday editions, in response to the ongoing dominance of digital news consumption.
 
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
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Mark Jacob / Local News Initiative:
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Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
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