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The White House releases an Open Government National Action Plan, committing to ease getting FOIA tech for agencies and improving the FOIA.gov user experience — Today, the Biden-Harris Administration released the U.S. Government's Fifth Open Government National Action Plan to advance a more inclusive …
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Rachyl Jones / Observer:
Reuters will let staff work from home three days a week in 2023 as part of its deal with NewsGuild, which represents 300 Reuters journalists and photographers — Reuters employees can work from home three days a week. — Thomson Reuters Corp. and NewsGuild, which represents …
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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Avatar: The Way of Water passes $1B in global ticket sales in 14 days, $317.1M in North America and $712.7M overseas; Spider-Man: No Way Home hit $1B in 12 days — “Avatar: The Way of Water” has sailed past $1 billion in global ticket in just 14 days, becoming the fastest movie this year to cross the coveted box office milestone.
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Steven Allen Adams / newsandsentinel.com/:
West Virginia Public Broadcasting dismissed Amelia Knisely, a part-time reporter who covered child welfare issues, after pressure from the US agency she covered — CHARLESTON — West Virginia Public Broadcasting has parted ways with one of its reporters after alleged retaliation …
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Sophie Zeldin-O'Neill / The Guardian:
A look at the growing popularity of live podcast shows, up 2,000%+ since 2013, which podcasters and radio show hosts say help expand their listenership — Funny, frank and intimate ... in recent years, the live versions of audio shows have shot up by 2,000%. Now, comedians are selling out auditoriums nationwide
Al Jazeera:
Bulgaria protests to Russia after Moscow put Bellingcat journalist Christo Grozev on a “wanted” list; Bulgaria's prime minister called the move “unacceptable” — Bulgaria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned Russia's ambassador to protest against Moscow's decision …
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Theo Wayt / The Information:
Source: Amazon has discussed a standalone app for watching sports, decluttering the Prime Video app; Andy Jassy recently reaffirmed Amazon's streaming ambitions — Amazon has discussed doing a stand-alone app for watching sports content, people briefed on the conversations told The Information.
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Evan Smith / The Texas Tribune:
John Thornton, the venture capitalist who founded the nonprofit Texas Tribune in 2009, is stepping down from the organization's board — The visionary venture capitalist had the idea for our nonprofit news org and put the people and money in place to bring it to life. We would not be here today without him.
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@texastribune, @jaredlpatterson and @sewellchan
Jenni Reid / CNBC:
A look at ABBA Voyage, the hit London concert performed by 3D digital avatars of ABBA created from motion capture, as its producers plan a global expansion — - ABBA Voyage, which sees digital avatars of the four-piece Swedish band ‘perform’ a 90-minute concert created from motion capture …
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
Siblings discuss what it's like to work together in the media industry, including finding motivation amid rivalry, separating work and family, and more — Media can be a family business. Take some of the most recognizable surnames from the industry: Murdoch, Cox, Hearst, Newhouse, Sulzberger.
Kate Conger / New York Times:
Twitter resolves widespread service errors that affected its website, mobile app, and API; Downdetector shows the issues began at around 7pm ET on December 28 — The issues surfaced several days after Elon Musk said he had shut down one of the company's major data centers.
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Q&A with Geoff Bennett and Amna Nawaz, PBS NewsHour co-anchors starting on January 2, 2023, and executive producer Sara Just on the program's plans and more — Beginning Jan. 2, the long-running PBS evening news program will debut with new co-anchors and a new approach.
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