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Steven Perlberg / Insider:
Memo: NYT's Dean Baquet tells staff Twitter presence is “purely optional”, to “meaningfully reduce” time on the site, and attacking colleagues is “not allowed” — - NYT Executive Editor Dean Baquet said in a memo that Twitter is now “purely optional” for staffers.
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Interview with NYT executive editor Dean Baquet on the details behind the company's Twitter policy, as he encourages staffers to tweet less and report more — “Tweet less, tweet more thoughtfully, and devote more time to reporting,” says executive editor Dean Baquet.
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@laurahazardowen and Mediaite
Variety:
Source: JB Perrette will run Discovery's streaming businesses and Kathleen Finch will oversee its cable networks, except HBO, CNN, and Magnolia, post-merger — Zaslav, as longtime observers predicted, has opted to have a direct-report relationship with the leaders of the businesses …
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Bloomberg, The Wrap, Ad Age, MediaPost, Fox News, @lucas_shaw, The Streamable, @sarafischer, @crazyantguy1970, @xpangler, TVNewser, Adweek, @pkafka, @xpangler and Yahoo News
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Jon Marcus / AARP:
Report for America launches an Experienced Corps for older and retired journalists to serve as editors and mentors in pared-down newsrooms — They're filling the gaps in community news while learning skills and earning money — ChrisAnna Mink was 60 when she started her second career …
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@jayrosen_nyu, @cforman, @reportinghealth, @aarp, @maxresnik, @report4america and @sarafischer
The New York Times Company:
Lydia Polgreen returns to The New York Times as an opinion columnist from Spotify podcast studio Gimlet, where she has been managing director — Opinion announces that Lydia Polgreen is returning to The New York Times as an Opinion columnist. — Few journalists have had as peripatetic a life and career as Lydia Polgreen.
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@nytimespr, @tomgara, @lpolgreen, @liamstack, @basharatpeer, @rcallimachi, @moiradonegan, @zeynep, @katzonearth, @miriamelder and @samdolnick
Greg Evans / Deadline:
Media critic and Press Run founder Eric Boehlert, who wrote for Media Matters for America, Salon, Rolling Stone, and Billboard, dies in a bike accident at 57 — Eric Boehlert, a media critic devoted to calling out right-wing misinformation through his writing at Media Matters for America …
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@soledadobrien, Breaking the News, Public Notice, New York Times, @charlesppierce, Montclair Local News, Esquire, @jonstewart, @hillaryclinton, @sulliview, American Press Institute, The Signorile Report, @froomkin, @brownandbella, @brianbeutler, @maryltrump, @marmel, @vtg2, @normornstein, @froomkin, @jamesfallows, @elaheizadi, @mollyjongfast, @bgr_us, @charlesppierce, @molly_knight, @gregmitch, @joyannreid, @jbf1755, @alexbkane, @nydailynews, @atrupar, @chrisboese, @muellershewrote, @will_bunch, @gregolear, @marynmck, @knopps, @davidcorndc, The Sun, @athenae, @sulliview, @dankennedy_nu, @mattgertz, Media Nation, Billboard, NorthJersey.com, Washington Post, Associated Press and The Wrap
Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg:
Le Monde, which has 425K digital subscribers, launches an English version of its site and plans to hit 1M subs in two to three years, with 25% in English — French newspaper Le Monde is launching an English version of its website on Thursday to win over international subscribers in the runup …
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The Guardian, @atbwebb and Press Gazette
Associated Press:
A Turkish court transfers the trial of 26 Saudis accused of murdering Jamal Khashoggi to Saudi Arabia, raising fears they won't be brought to justice — ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish court ruled Thursday to suspend the trial in absentia of 26 Saudis accused in the gruesome killing …
Reuters:
President Obrador says Mexico's government will channel a quarter of its publicity budget, about $37M, into health insurance and pensions for poorer journalists — President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday said his government would channel a quarter of its publicity budget into paying …
New York Times:
El Salvador passes a law to punish anyone sharing information about gangs with up to 15 years in prison, but the law's vagueness could lead to media censorship — A measure punishing the sharing of information about gangs is so vague, critics say, that virtually anyone can be arrested …
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The Guardian and Al Jazeera
Linley Sanders / YouGov:
YouGov survey of 1,500 Americans: the most trusted news orgs by the left and right are the Weather Channel (52%), PBS (41%), the BBC (39%), and the WSJ (37%) — Americans of opposing political parties are sharply divided on how much they trust the news reported by national media organizations, according to a new Economist/YouGov poll.
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@akiperitz, @linleyann, @carmichaeldave, @michaelsocolow, @donmoyn, @andrewjtobias, @imbernomics, @alexmassie, @bigfatsurprise, @asemota, Substack and Beck of the Pack
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
A look at CNN's war-time staffing in Ukraine, with nearly 80 people on the ground and nearly a dozen CNN anchors hosting shows from Ukraine — With dozens of reporters on the ground, from Christiane Amanpour to Anderson Cooper, CNN gets back to basics in the wake of leadership turmoil.
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@amanpour, @vanityfair, @vanityfair and @joepompeo
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