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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Journalists covering the Olympics plan to use burner phones and laptops as they assume total surveillance by the government intent on controlling China's image — Journalists covering the Winter Olympics next month say they'll do their work in Beijing on brand-new cellphones and laptops.
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Andy Hall / ESPN Front Row:
ESPN, which planned to send four reporters to the Winter Olympics in China, says it won't send any personnel due to COVID-19 concerns and related restrictions — Robust remote coverage plans will kick off prior to start of competition — Due to concerns about COVID-19 …
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Christine Brennan / USA Today:
NBC Sports says it won't send any Winter Olympics announcing teams to Beijing due to COVID-19 but still plans “a large presence on the ground”
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix reports Q4 revenue of $7.71B, up 16% YoY, net income of $607M, 222M paid subscribers, and $30B in 2021 revenue, up 19%; stock down 25%+ on weak guidance — Netflix ended 2021 with a slightly lower-than-expected subscriber gain in the fourth quarter, and its stock took a dive with a weak Q1 outlook.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Docs from Congress' January 6 committee show Sean Hannity texted advice for Trump on January 7, 2021, to then WH press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, now at Fox — The Fox News host Sean Hannity had some blunt advice for President Donald J. Trump on Jan. 7, 2021: “No more stolen election talk.”
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
BBC News has the biggest news account on Instagram, with 20M followers, which it says regularly drives 700K+ clicks weekly to its website, 5x more than in 2019 — BBC News crossed 20m followers on Instagram in December - the first news account in the world to do so.
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A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
Memo: David Firestone, NBC News Digital's executive editor and a former NYT reporter and editor, plans to retire in mid-May after 45 years in journalism — NBC News Digital executive editor David Firestone is retiring in mid-May after 45 years in the journalism business, the last five of them at NBC.
Reuters:
Myanmar police arrest three people working for independent news outlet Dawei Watch without giving reasons for the arrests — Myanmar's military has arrested three people working for the independent news portal Dawei Watch, an editor at the publication said on Thursday …
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Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
Meta's content moderators seem unable to distinguish Sri Lankan outlet Tamil Guardian from the long-defunct Tamil Tigers, highlighting risks to press freedom — Facebook's Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy, a vast library of secret rules limiting the online speech of billions …
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AAP:
The Australian Associated Press names former Sydney Morning Herald editor Lisa Davies as CEO, replacing Emma Cowdroy, who will step down but stay at the AAP — Emma Cowdroy to step down from heading Newswire service, which was saved from attempted closure by News Corp and Nine
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Ted Gioia / The Honest Broker:
MRC Data: in 2021, songs more than 18 months old represented 70% of the US streaming market, up from 65% in 2020, meaning the new music market is shrinking — All the growth in the music business now comes from old songs—how did we get here, and is there a way back?
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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
ABC announces a Good Morning America podcast and entertainment podcast Close Up as part of a renewed audio focus, starting on February 9 — A ‘Good Morning America’ podcast and new programming are part of the renewed audio focus. — ABC News is planning a fresh podcast push …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Political reporter Robert Costa is leaving The Washington Post to become a full-time TV journalist at CBS News but will keep collaborating on some Post projects — The longtime Washington Post political reporter will take an on-air role covering campaigns and elections.
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