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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Source: White House press secretary Jen Psaki is in exclusive talks to join MSNBC after she leaves in May — White House press secretary Jen Psaki is in exclusive talks with MSNBC to join the network after she leaves the White House around May, according to a source close to the matter.
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Brent Lang / Variety:
Will Smith resigns from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and says he will accept any additional consequences the academy's board deems appropriate — Will Smith, facing possible expulsion or suspension after he assaulted Chris Rock during last Sunday's Oscars telecast …
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Washington City Paper plans to end its regular print edition after May 5 and will cut five staffers; the outlet will occasionally publish special print editions — https://twitter.com/...
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Savannah Jacobson / Columbia Journalism Review:
WNYC removes 45 stories from wnyc.org and Gothamist.com; 42 contained “unattributed passages” and three had been “published on other websites by the author” — WNYC removed forty-five stories from its websites, wnyc.org and Gothamist.com, according to an announcement …
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Matt Tamanini / The Streamable:
Parks Associates: the number of US households signing up for OTT streaming video directly from the services' websites fell from 41% in Q1 2020 to 29% in Q3 2021 — A new study from market research and consulting company Parks Associates, Data-Based Decision Making for Video Services …
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
A deep look at the benefits of content moderation in open forums, and how creating spaces where more people feel free to talk can support free speech — Obviously over the past few years there's been all of these debates about the content moderation practices of various websites.
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Shraddha Chakradhar / Nieman Lab:
A look at the tense relationship between Oregon politician Greg Smith and local newspaper Malheur Enterprise, which Smith wants to buy after it investigated him — “I was tired of getting poked in the chest for not doing anything wrong. And it was like, 'You know what?
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Angela Fu / Poynter:
Over 75 unionized journalists at the Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald, and Bradenton Herald stage a 24-hour walkout on Friday to protest long contract negotiations — Journalists at the Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald and Bradenton Herald are walking out after over a year and a half of first contract negotiations
New York Times:
Shealah Craighead, Trump's chief White House photographer, planned to publish a book but was preempted by Trump, who published his own with no photo credits — The former chief White House photographer made plans to publish a book of Trump photos. The former president had other plans.
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Anna P. Kambhampaty / New York Times:
A look at @depthsofwikipedia, a viral social media account created by 22-year-old Annie Rauwerda that shares bizarre, amusing, and surprising Wikipedia snippets — On @depthsofwikipedia, Annie Rauwerda is compiling some of the crowdsourced site's most bizarre pages.
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
In a 3-0 decision, the DC appeals court rejects former congressman Devin Nunes' effort to revive a $250M lawsuit accusing The Washington Post of defamation — A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected former congressman Devin Nunes' effort to revive a $250 million lawsuit accusing the Washington Post …
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Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
Michael Grade is formally confirmed as Ofcom chair, despite some MPs warning that has a “clear lack of depth” of knowledge about social media and online safety — Former BBC chair will lead watchdog even though report said his knowledge of social media and online safety clearly lacked depth
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Andrew Kersley / Press Gazette:
Newly named Ofcom chair Michael Grade tells MPs that he will “leave his opinions at the door”, after previously accusing Ofcom staff of being “woke warriors”
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Jessica Toonkel / The Information:
Sources: at a recent employee town hall and a management offsite meeting, Netflix executives cautioned employees to be more mindful about spending and hiring — Netflix is tightening its belt. — In two separate meetings over the past few weeks, Netflix executives cautioned employees …
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Alik Sardarian / openDemocracy:
Some Western journalists in Ukraine do not listen to locals' warnings, don't bother to provide protection for fixers, and go into dangerous places needlessly — As international media try to cover the horror of Russia's attack on Ukraine, they are failing the people who are helping them do it: Ukrainian journalists and producers
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Marina Adami / Reuters Institute for the Study …:
A look at the initiatives by news organizations in Poland, Germany, and Italy to inform Ukrainian refugees how to access services, adapt to customs, and more — News organisations in Poland, Germany and Italy have launched initiatives to provide displaced people with useful information
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
A judge rules against editor Moira Donegan, the creator of the viral Shitty Media Men list, in her attempt to block the libel suit against her using Section 230 — A libel lawsuit over a widely circulated Google spreadsheet listing men in the news media who had allegedly committed sexual assault …
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Tim Baysinger / Axios:
Ex-Jalopnik journalists David Tracy and Jason Torchinsky launch The Autopian, an automotive news outlet, with backing from an LA car dealer, the sole investor — Exit Content Preview — On Friday, a pair of ex-G/O Media staffers — David Tracy and Jason Torchinsky — launched The Autopian …
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@jasontorchinsky and @kerrymflynn
Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency:
Maks Levin, a photojournalist covering the war in Ukraine who went missing near Kyiv on March 13, is found dead — Police found Ukrainian photojournalist, documentary photographer Maks Levin dead near the village of Huta Mezhyhirska in Kyiv region. He left four minor sons, a wife, and elderly parents.
NABJ:
The NABJ schedules a meeting with CNN executives for next week following criticism of a social media photo showing a lack of diversity in CNN+'s “War Room” — The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) has scheduled another meeting with CNN executives in the aftermath …
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