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Edward Felsenthal / Time:
Time Magazine awards its Person of the Year honor to Jamal Khashoggi, Rappler CEO Maria Ressa, imprisoned Reuters journalists, and Capital Gazette staff — On the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, two young reporters sit in a prison said to be “the darkest hellhole in Burma.”
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Elisa Shearer / Pew Research Center:
Pew: one in five US adults say they frequently get their news from social media, surpassing the number who get theirs from print (16%) for the first time — Social media sites have surpassed print newspapers as a news source for Americans: One-in-five U.S. adults say they often get news via social media …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Eight current and former temporary workers at NPR describe work as financially uncertain and stressful; union says ~21% of NPR's 483 newsroom staffers are temps — Julia Botero was happy to catch on, and determined to stay on, at NPR. After completing an internship at the public broadcasting organization …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Washington Post's Fact Checker introduces a new category, “Bottomless Pinocchio”, reflecting a trend of politicians repeating incorrect info even when disproven — It was President Trump's signature campaign promise: He would build a wall along the nation's southern border, and Mexico would pay for it.
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Mark Anderson / Sacramento Business Journal:
Sacramento-based McClatchy will centralize design and copyediting for its 30 newspapers in Charlotte, NC; staffers “will have the opportunity to work virtually” — Sacramento-based newspaper publisher The McClatchy Co. will consolidate the design and copy editing functions …
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@coreyhutchins and @tibbin
The Daily Beast:
YouTube bans Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes, says his channel was deleted for copyright infringement — YouTube banned Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes on Monday, marking the latest social-media blow for the man who started the far-right men's group. McInnes had amassed more than 220,000 subscribers …
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Scott Moritz / Bloomberg:10 minutes ago
Verizon has slashed the value of its AOL and Yahoo acquisition by $4.6B, says a tough ad market has led to a shortfall in revenue and profit — Verizon Communications Inc. slashed the value of its AOL and Yahoo acquisitions by $4.6 billion, conceding that tough competition for digital advertising …
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
A pitch deck for Jeffrey Katzenberg's mobile video startup, Quibi, says it would spend $2.6B on programming in 2025 if it reached its target of 70M subscribers — Jeffrey Katzenberg has been open about his plans to spend big bucks on programming for Quibi, his upcoming subscription mobile video streaming service.
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@sizpatel, @dherman76 and @digiday
Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:
UK broadcasters have hired private security guards to protect reporters and TV guests outside Westminster, after threats and abuse from pro-Trump protesters — TV networks made the joint decision after an ugly incident involving pro-Trump protesters pursuing a Guardian columnist away from cameras.
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@buzzfeednews, @essexcanning and @markdistef
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Democratic senators are investigating whether Fox News' continued payments to White House communications chief Bill Shine breaches ethics laws — - Four Democratic senators are requesting the White House to hand over documents proving Trump communications advisor Bill Shine …
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@kylegriffin1 and @evan_rosenfeld
NEWS.com.au:
Australian watchdog ACCC posts regulation recommendations regarding digital platforms, like Google: monitor handling of ads and news, ban default browsers, more — The hammer is coming down on Google and Facebook as Australia's top consumer watchdog warns they are becoming too powerful.
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Australian Competition …, Softpedia News, Mumbrella, @danielpmcdermot, Reuters and Sydney Morning Herald
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Inspired by the success of true-crime podcasts like Serial, Katz Networks - a division of E.W. Scripps - is reviving cable network Court TV in May 2019 — The legal network is being relaunched by E.W. Scripps after more than a decade off the air — The E.W. Scripps Company is betting that crime actually does pay.
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