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Karine Jean-Pierre to replace Jen Psaki as White House press secretary on May 13, becoming the first Black woman and first openly LGBTQ+ person to hold the job — Jen Psaki's deputy will take over her high-profile spot when Psaki departs in the coming weeks, making her the first Black person to hold the job.
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Whistleblowers: Meta deliberately took down Pages for hospitals and other Australian institutions in 2021 as a negotiating tactic over the news bargaining law — When Facebook blocked news pages last year to pre-empt Australian legislation that would force it to pay for content …
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Washington City Paper alumni reminisce about the days when printed copies were in demand, as the 41-year-old weekly produces its last regular print edition — One More for the Road — By my count, I've had a hand in producing roughly 450 print issues of Washington City Paper since I joined …
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The Guardian issues new social media guidelines: staff are not expected to have a Twitter presence and shouldn't break news or criticize colleagues via tweets — The Guardian has issued new social media guidelines warning that staff who engage in public slanging matches with each other on Twitter could face disciplinary action.


Elon Musk's hate for ads conflicts with Twitter's business model, as ad execs say they will move spending elsewhere if the company relaxes content moderation — Many marketers were already lukewarm on the service. Now, some may move their money elsewhere if the content moderation policies are relaxed.
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In a town hall, CNN chairman Chris Licht says he does not plan large staff cuts and plans to retain Chris Wallace and Audie Cornish, who were hired for CNN+ — Chris Licht, the new head of CNN global, told employees in a town hall on Thursday that he planned to experiment at the crucial prime-time hour this summer.
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NCTJ report: 80% of UK journalists come from professional and upper-class backgrounds, up from 72% in 2016; 42% of the general workforce has such a background — Some 80% of journalists come from professional and upper class backgrounds according to a new report from the NCTJ …


Survey of 1,780 US TV stations: 20.4% of news directors said staff were attacked in 2021; in the top 25 markets, 31% were attacked, down from 39% in 2020 — More than one in five TV news directors reported there had been an attack on their newsroom employees in 2021, the continuation …
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Google, Meta, and Amazon's slowing ad revenue growth is due to a return to pre-pandemic consumer behavior, TikTok's rise, Apple's privacy changes, and more — An ad-revenue slowdown comes as consumer behaviors resume pre-Covid patterns — The supercharged advertising growth …
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fuboTV Q1: North American paid subscribers up 81% YoY to 1.056M, revenue up 98% YoY to $236.7M, ad revenue up 81% to $22.8M; stock down ~10% after hours — NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—fuboTV Inc. (NYSE: FUBO), the leading sports-first live TV streaming platform, today announced its financial results …


Catholic News Service will close US offices in Washington, DC, and New York by year's end as part of a reorg cutting 21 jobs; the Rome bureau will remain open — This is a screen grab of Catholic News Service's website May 4, 2022. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced to staff …
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Google plans to shut down YouTube Go, the lightweight Android app launched in 2016, in August 2022, citing performance improvements to the main YouTube app — YouTube Go is shutting down beginning this August, Google has announced this week. The lightweight Android app first launched …
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