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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
PBS NewsHour anchor Judy Woodruff announces that she plans to step down at the end of 2022; source: Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett are expected to succeed her — UPDATE: Judy Woodruff announced to PBS NewsHour staffers that she will anchor the newscast through the end of the year and then transition …
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Lee C. Bollinger / Columbia University:
Columbia University announces Jelani Cobb as next journalism school dean, starting August 1; Cobb, a professor at the school, is also a New Yorker staff writer — Dear fellow members of the Columbia community: — It is with great pleasure that I write to announce my appointment of Jelani Cobb …
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Media Development Foundation:
Survey of 39 Ukrainian outlets finds ~81% have applied for international aid since the invasion began and only 31% try to get reader funding — In this analytical report, the Media Development Foundation draws a line on what happened to independent regional newsrooms in the first two months after Russia's full-scale invasion
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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
The US DOJ secretly subpoenaed a Guardian reporter's phone info in 2020, as part of a leak investigation into stories about Trump's child separation policy — Newspaper decries ‘egregious’ move by DoJ to obtain details of Stephanie Kirchgaessner as part of investigation into media leaks
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix updates its corporate culture policy, adding that it avoids censoring specific artists and that staffers should vow to spend money wisely — Netflix loves to tout its culture of avoiding rules and minimizing corporate red tape. But of course, the company does have operating guidelines …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Jen Psaki held her last briefing as White House press secretary, her 224th briefing in about 16 months, passing all of Donald Trump's press secretaries combined — New York (CNN Business)Jen Psaki held her 224th and final briefing as White House press secretary on Friday afternoon.
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Ron Cassie / Baltimore Magazine:
After shutting down in 2020, alt-weekly Baltimore Beat is relaunching as a bi-monthly, Black-led print newspaper and website using a $1M gift from a charity — Baltimore isn't getting one additional news outlet this summer, it's getting two. — The Baltimore Beat, which had emerged …
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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Analysis: 29 English-language news outlets have over 100K digital subscribers; in total, the outlets have 30M subscribers, led by NYT, WaPo, and WSJ with 14M — The world's largest English-language news publishers now have more than 30m digital subscriptions between them, research from Press Gazette today shows.
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@julianborger and @wturvill
Center for Journalism and Liberty:
Case study of public health messaging in Illinois during the pandemic shows decimation of local news and distrust of media has led officials to rely on Facebook — Local health officials could once rely on local newspapers, radio stations, and other legacy media to reach their communities.
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David Ingram / NBC News:
Some local officials have forced schools and libraries to shut down or restrict e-reader apps like Epic and OverDrive after objections by conservative parents — E-reader apps that became lifelines for students during the pandemic are now in the crossfire of a culture war raging over books in schools and public libraries.
Bevin Fletcher / Fierce Video:
Comcast Cable president of advertising Marcien Jenckes will lead the Comcast-Charter joint venture to build a streaming service on 4K devices and smart TVs — Charter and Comcast have tapped advertising executive Marcien Jenckes to head up the partners' recently announced streaming platform joint venture.
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
UK's Ministry of Justice publishes “reporters' charter” listing journalists' rights in court, including remote access and ability to post on social media — The Ministry of Justice has published a “reporters' charter“, a document listing in one place the “rights” journalists should be afforded during court reporting.
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@pressgazette and @emilywilsonuk
Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Disney CEO Bob Chapek weighs going “more aggressively into the DTC area of ESPN” but doesn't share specifics and says linear networks are “huge cash generators” — Disney isn't ready to ‘pull the trigger’ on its linear cable network
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Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Disney's streaming subscribers hit 205.6M globally in Q2: Disney+ added 7.9M subscribers to reach 137.7M, Hulu added 300K to 45.6M, and ESPN+ added 1M to 22.3M
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