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  Ken Yeung

  

  Judy Woodruff Announces Plans To Step Down As Anchor Of ‘PBS NewsHour,’ Will Transition To Reporting And Special Projects

  Deadline - Ted Johnson

  UPDATE: Judy Woodruff announced to PBS NewsHour staffers that she will anchor the newscast through the end of the year and then transition to …

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  Ken Yeung

  

  EXCLUSIVE Google paying more than 300 EU publishers for news, more to come

  Reuters - By Foo Yun Chee

  BRUSSELS, May 11 (Reuters) - Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google has signed deals to pay more than 300 publishers in Germany, France and four other EU countries for their news and will roll out a tool to make it easier for others to sign up too, the company told Reuters. The move to be announced publicly …

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  Ken Yeung

  

  Politico published the Roe v. Wade draft opinion after an ‘extensive review process.’

  The New York Times - Benjamin Mullin and Katie Robertson

  Correction: May 3, 2022 This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: A previous version of this article misstated when the former chief executive of Politico left his post. Patrick Steel left before Politico’s sale to Axel Springer, not after. Politico’s top editors and …

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  Ken Yeung

  

  Exclusive: Decrypt splits from parent, raises $10 million

  Axios - Sara Fischer

  Decrypt, a media company that focuses on covering cryptocurrency and web3, has spun out from its parent company after raising a $10 million series A …

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  Ken Yeung

  

  NBC News says parts of 11 articles were plagiarized.

  The New York Times - Katie Robertson

  NBC News said on Monday that it had found instances of plagiarism in 11 articles written by a reporter over the past year. In a note on its website, the network said that an editor’s note had been placed on each article and the plagiarized sections had been removed. “In all cases, the passages were …

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  Ken Yeung

  

  Vice Media has hired financial advisors to seek a buyer, may sell itself in pieces, sources say

  CNBC - Alex Sherman

  Vice Media, the digital media company once valued at $5.7 billion, has hired bankers to seek a sale, according to people familiar with the …