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Haroon Siddique / The Guardian:
A UK judge rules against Arron Banks in his libel case against Guardian journalist Carole Cadwalladr; the lawsuit was criticized as an attack on free speech — Guardian journalist was being sued for defamation over Brexit backer's ‘covert relationship’ with Russia
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John Koblin / New York Times:
Nielsen ratings: 20M+ people watched the first prime-time hearing of the January 6 investigation; Fox News' counterprogramming drew a 3M average, about normal — The number is in the ballpark of big television events like a “Sunday Night Football” game. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
A profile of James Goldston, the former ABC News president who is helping the House's January 6 committee produce TV-ready segments for its public hearings — James Goldston was a longtime producer at ABC News and then its president for seven years. — As news organizations scrambled …
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Wall Street Journal:
Study: some streaming devices keep playing content when TVs are off, leading to ~17% of ads being shown when users can't see them, costing brands $1B+ per year — Lack of communication between TV sets and streaming devices causes estimated waste of over $1 billion in ad dollars
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Brier Dudley / The Seattle Times:
The pandemic closed more mills, worsening the US local journalism crisis via a 30%+ rise in newsprint prices over the past two years, leading to more cutbacks — Everyone is affected by the rising cost of necessities. It's even worse when you're already on the edge of bankruptcy.
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James Welsh / The Angry Editor:
A Q&A with Thomson Reuters Foundation deputy EIC Barry Malone on the need for diversity in newsrooms to cover a diverse society, protecting journalism, and more — Three Questions with Barry Malone, deputy editor-in-chief for the Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Nathan Solis / Los Angeles Times:
Journalist Yashar Ali files a defamation lawsuit against Los Angeles Magazine, claiming the outlet's June 2021 profile of him “contains many factual errors” — Journalist Yashar Ali has filed a defamation lawsuit against Los Angeles Magazine one year after the publication ran …
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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
FIPP: China's Caixin leads the world ranking of non-English digital news subscriptions with 850K subscribers, followed by Nikkei.com, Bildplus, and Le Monde — A Chinese business and finance site has been named as the world's largest digital subscription news brand outside the US and UK.
Kate Linthicum / Los Angeles Times:
A profile of Óscar and Carlos Martínez, brothers working for Salvadoran investigative outlet El Faro who published reporting on President Bukele's gang ties — Carlos Martínez peered over his brother Óscar's shoulder as they proofread the investigation they were about to publish …
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Tory Shepherd / The Guardian:
The Sydney Morning Herald removes a column that outed Australian actor Rebel Wilson and the author, Andrew Hornery, has apologized — SMH columnist admits mistakes after complaining about being gazumped on story about Wilson's new girlfriend Ramona Agruma — Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: some US news outlets prepare for shortfalls as Meta weighs ending fees for news; annual fees averaged $20M+ for NYT, $15M+ for WaPo, and $10M+ for WSJ — Social-media company pays more than $10 million a year to a handful of news organizations to feature their content on its news tab
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David Pegg / The Guardian:
A look at proposals to reform English media law on defamation, privacy, confidentiality, copyright, and data protection used by oligarchs to suppress journalism — Boris Johnson has vowed to level the playing field on which oligarchs stifle those who scrutinise them. How can he do it?
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