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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Newsweek fires editors Bob Roe and Ken Li, reporters Celeste Katz, Josh Saul, and IBT's Josh Keefe; all linked to investigations of parent company's finances — Newsweek on Monday fired all of its top staff amid turmoil that has upended the newsroom. — In a company meeting …
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Lawrence Bonk / Mediaite:
Newsweek senior writer Matthew Cooper resigns in protest of firings and installation of editors seeking clicks and retweets over accuracy and fairness — What the heck is going on over at Newsweek? In a staff meeting, held earlier today, editors announced that the publication was firing …
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Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Las Vegas Review-Journal killed story in 1998 about Steve Wynn sex misconduct claims and ordered its author to delete it from the newspaper's system — Cocktail waitresses at The Mirage sued over sexual discrimination in the 1990's. Jim Laurie Las Vegas Review-Journal — A 1998 fax.
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Michelle Castillo / CNBC:
Sources: Facebook in talks with media buyers to expand Watch to more individual creators with a revenue split from ads, similar to YouTube — - Facebook has talked to media buyers about expanding Watch to more individual creators and creating an advertising system where everyone would get a split of revenue, similar to YouTube.
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Felice J. Freyer / Association of Health Care …:
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services threatened to ban a reporter from the agency's phone news conferences after he refused to alter a story — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services threatened to ban a reporter from participating in the federal agency's telephone news conferences …
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
New Jersey governor signs executive order requiring ISPs to follow neutrality rules if they sell internet services to state agencies, in effect on July 1 — ISPs can't block or throttle traffic if they sell broadband to state agencies. — New Jersey is enforcing net neutrality …
Vanessa Thorpe / The Guardian:
BBC's public funding method makes it accountable for widespread failings like pay inequality, which is a result of sexism compounded by budget cuts — Carrie Gracie's claim of pay inequality has exposed injustice at the broadcaster, and revealed just how poorly it compares to the commercial rivals it seeks to emulate
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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Audible's new strategy: purchase audiobook rights from agents prior to the sale of other publishing rights and add bonus material to some titles — Audible's pursuit of more audiobook publishing rights could squeeze traditional book publishers in the fastest-growing segment of the market
The Guardian:
Hugh Grant wins damages and admission from Mirror Group that its senior journalists encouraged or condoned “unlawful information gathering activities” — MGN discloses cover-up of three papers' ‘disgraceful actions’ as it settles Hugh Grant privacy case
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Ricardo Lopez / Variety:
Sources: Viacom close to acquiring VidCon, the annual online video conference, will be an independent division of Viacom and retain leadership team, offices — Viacom is close to acquiring VidCon, Variety has learned from individuals with knowledge of the transaction.
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Howard R. Gold / Columbia Journalism Review:
Time Inc.'s demise: the result of poor mergers, leaders unprepared for the digital age, and a risk-averse culture fostered by its own prosperity — Workers prepare to cover up the Time Inc. signage with Meredith Corporation signage at the Time Inc. office building on January 31, 2018 in New York City.
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Mike Farrell / Multichannel News:
Viacom strikes streaming deal with Telefonica to make MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, and others available on the Movistar Play platform in Latin America — Telefonica to stream MTV, Nick, Comedy Central and others to Movistar Play platform — Viacom has reached a streaming video deal …
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