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Walsh was at home, baking pies with her daughter, when she got the news that MSNBC was dropping her after 12 years -- but she wasn't out of work for long:
Political analyst Joan Walsh joins CNN after being dropped by MSNBC
http://www.ew.com/TV/2017/12/24/joan...pped-by-msnbc/
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This is what happens when someone has too much greed, too much power and a lack of ethics:
Top LA Times, Chicago Tribune exec pays himself $15 million in Christmas Eve surprise
TheWrap, Dec 25 2017
The chairman of the company that owns the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and New York Daily News has awarded himself $15 million in consulting contracts for the publishing conglomerate, according to an SEC filing. The document, which was filed on Friday afternoon ahead of the Christmas break, provides Merrick Media, the consulting firm owned by Tronc Chairman Michael Ferro, with a three-year contract at $5 million per year "to provide certain management expertise and technical services." The document offers no other detail on what those consulting services might entail. However, it notes that Ferro's private jet travel will now be covered by Merrick Media. Ferro's private travel was previously under fire for costing the L.A. Times $4.6 million in 2016 and 2017.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/to...fQC?li=BBnbfcL
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Donald Trump continually attacks the news media with his parrot-like chants of "Fake news! Fake news! Fake news! Awwkkk!" He has done it again, tweeting this on December 30:
"I use Social Media not because I like to but because it is the only way to fight a VERY dishonest and unfair 'press,' now often referred to as Fake News Media. Phony and non-existent 'sources' are being used more often than ever. Many stories & reports are pure fiction!"
"Dishonest"? "Unfair"? "Fake"? "Phony sources"? "Pure fiction"? Really, Donald? Can you cite a few examples? No, of course you can't.
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Kotb officially replaces the disgraced Matt Lauer. (Out of curiosity, I checked to see if there was ever a KOTB radio station. There indeed was: an adult contemporary station in Evanston, Wyoming, 1981-2004.)
Hoda Kotb named permanent co-host of NBC's Today
http://www.money.cnn.com/2018/01/02/...vannah-guthrie
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It would be nice to have a news channel which really is a news channel -- no Anthony Bourdain, no Forensic Files, no Lockup Atlanta or other non-news programs.
PayPal billionaire Peter Thiel is looking to develop a conservative cable network to rival FOX News
http://www.businessinsider.com/peter...network-2018-1
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More than 130 BBC employees support Carrie Gracie on the "gender pay gap" issue -- and the BBC has forbidden them to interview her or to talk about the issue on the air. Not very cricket of the BBC, eh wot?
BBC China editor Carrie Gracie steps down to protest 'secretive and illegal pay structure'
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/...D=ansmsnnews11
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Dickerson has been with CBS News since 2009. In 2015, he succeeded Bob Schieffer as host of Face The Nation. Since March of 2017, he has also served as CBS News' chief Washington correspondent. Busy busy busy!
John Dickerson expected to replace Charlie Rose at CBS This Morning
Variety, Jan 9 2018 9:32 AM
CBS News is expected to name Face The Nation host John Dickerson as the new co-anchor of CBS This Morning, according to two people familiar with the situation, placing the Washington anchor in a role that was previously filled by Charlie Rose. He will join Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell on the program. The show has been without a regular third co-anchor since CBS ousted Rose in the wake of allegations of sexual harassment made against him by employees of his production company as well as staffers at CBS News.
https://www.aol.com/article/entertai...ning/23328561/
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Broadcasting companies have gotten too big. Much too big.
Fox in talks to buy 10 local Sinclair television stations, including in Denver and Seattle
Sinclair needs to sell in order to gain approval for its purchase of Tribune Media.
http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/...v-12487554.php
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In many ways, blogging sites and social media cause more harm than good. Lies, scams and hoaxes can spread throughout the globe in only a few minutes.
HuffPost shuts down its contributor blogging network amid 'tsunami of false information'
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment...formation.html
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Oinounou, who will succeed Steve Capus, served as executive producer of CBSN, the nation's first full-time live streaming network news service. Jeff Glor was a CBSN anchor when the service launched in 2014. He and Oinounou will be a team once again.
Mosheh Oinounou named executive producer of CBS Evening News With Jeff Glor
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mosheh-o...ith-jeff-glor/
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Nobody seems to know exactly what NewTV's plans are. The Los Angeles Times quoted Whitman as saying the new company will apply Hollywood's high production values to "bite-sized digital videos" to attract younger smartphone users. I don't think she meant "bite-sized" to be a pun relating to "digital" -- but it turned out that way.
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman will run Jeffrey Katzenberg's new mobile content production company NewTV
http://www.variety.com/2018/digital/...re-1202674576/
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Instead of asking the men to take a pay cut, why couldn't the BBC have raised the women's pay? Huh? Huh?
Several BBC male journalists agree to pay cut after revelations of a gender divide in salaries
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/entertai...ists-1.4505410
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Last week, Newsweek Media Group's chairman and finance manager both resigned. Today, two editors and two reporters were fired and a senior writer resigned in protest. The company released a statement saying they do not comment on "personnel changes." Oh, is that what you call it?
Newsweek fires its top two editors and two senior reporters
http://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverm...Vw#.dyb5mJWQZt
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The Times was owned by the same family from 1884 until 2000 when the paper was sold to the Tribune company in Chicago. Ownership will once again be local. Patrick Soon-Shiong, born in South Africa to Chinese parents, is a former doctor who now lives in Los Angeles and owns several medical research companies. Forbes estimates his wealth at $7.8 billion.
Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong reaches deal to buy Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union-Tribune
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...207-story.html
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Have you noticed that any time a company announces a "restructuring," they're eliminating jobs, never adding jobs? "Restructuring" is a euphemism for "firings" and "dismissals."
CNN to lay off dozens of employees in digital unit
The Wrap, Feb 13 2018 8:57 AM
Even CNN can’t escape the growing pains of online media, with the cable-news giant planning to cut several dozen digital jobs. CNN said the cuts are part of a "restructuring," with some of the employees being moved into new roles. The cuts are expected later this week. Despite enjoying a "Trump bump" in the last two years, CNN has still had a difficult time calibrating its digital strategy. Just last month, CNN pulled the plug on Beme, its video-sharing app it paid $25 million for in late 2016. Although CNN pulled in $370 million last year, the company still fell short of revenue projections.
https://www.aol.com/article/finance/...unit/23360324/
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Russian trolls and hackers meddled in the 2016 Presidential election and there is no reason to think they will not interfere in this year's midterm elections. By publicizing the details of the Russians' fake accounts, publishing their inflammatory rabble-rousing tweets and warning that it could happen again, NBC News is helping to preserve our democracy.
NBC News publishes 200,000 tweets tied to Russian trolls
The Hill, Feb 14 2018 9:08 AM
NBC News today published thousands of tweets created by Russian troll accounts during the 2016 presidential race that were deleted by Twitter after the company tied them to "malicious activity." A database published on NBC's website of more than 200,000 tweets shows Russian attempts to pose as political activists on both sides of the spectrum, with influential accounts masquerading as Black Lives Matter activists and even the Tennessee Republican Party. The hundreds of thousands of tweets ranged from inflammatory subjects such as allegations of Democrats practicing witchcraft and radical anti-police rhetoric to more benign messages, such as praise for former first lady Michelle Obama.
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats warned that Russia would pursue similar tactics in the 2018 midterm elections if not confronted by the U.S. "There should be no doubt that Russia perceives its past efforts as successful and views the 2018 U.S. midterm elections as a potential target for Russian influence operations," Coats told the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday. "We expect Russia to continue using propaganda, social media, false flag personas, sympathetic spokesmen and other means of influence to try to build on its wide range of operations and exacerbate social and political fissures in the United States. Frankly, the United States is under attack."
Last year, Twitter handed the usernames of thousands of Russian-linked accounts to Congress and deleted the accounts and their messages from the platform. NBC News subsequently recovered the deleted tweets with help from three sources "familiar with Twitter's data systems." The accounts are linked to Russia's Internet Research Agency, a "troll farm" that purchased $100,000 in political ads on Facebook through fake accounts during the 2016 race.
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecur...russian-trolls
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I predict the first customer will be Donald Trump.
Fox News to launch Fox Nation subscription-based streaming service targeted at 'superfans'
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...ervice-1086472
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She succeeds John Dickerson, who now co-hosts CBS This Morning.
CBS News names Margaret Brennan anchor of Face The Nation
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...nation-1087356
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The new sports network is available on CBSsports.com and the CBS Sports app for Android, Roku, Apple TV and other platforms.......and it's free! Yay!
CBS launches CBS Sports HQ, a 24/7 streaming network for sports news, highlights and analysis
http://www.cbssports.com/general/new...-and-analysis/
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Mike Gerson and Amy Holmes will host. The goal of the program is to have people talking to each other, not shouting at each other. Good luck with that!
PBS to launch new conservative political talk show In Principle April 13
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/t...-13/381954002/