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7:55 PM ET, April 7, 2022

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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.
Discussion: @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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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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: 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.
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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Zheping Huang / Bloomberg:
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
First Look Media, The Intercept's parent company, lays off 20 people due to pandemic-related setbacks, per a note to staff from CEO Michael Bloom and a source
Alex Pareene / The AP (Alex Pareene) Newsletter:
A parody condemns Substack's VP of comms after she said Twitter staff “worried about Elon Musk pushing for less regulated speech... please do not come work here.”
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Pinterest announces a comprehensive policy to ban ads and posts featuring climate change misinformation or disinformation, a first for a major online platform
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Nielsen: the US had over 817K unique program titles across traditional TV and streaming services in February 2022, up 26% from 646K in December 2019
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Peter Kafka / Vox:
How The New York Times tries to find new kinds of subscribers as its audience ages and how that effort threatens local papers