Europeans choosing Netflix
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The pandemic has tempted more people to subscribe to streaming movies and television. Netflix announced it now has more than 200 million paid members, up more than 30% from 2019.
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Women prefer Facebook for news
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More women than men regularly use Facebook for news, according to a study by the Pew Research Center. 63% of news readers at the site are women versus 35% men.
Journalists threatened by Washington mob
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“The pro-Trump protests in Washington, D.C. — during which a mob broke into the Capitol building and forced journalists, lawmakers, and staff to shelter-in-place for hours — were full of
New editor-in-chief at Reuters
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Stephen Adler, editor-in-chief of Reuters for the past ten years, is retiring. He has informed staff that he will leave in April. He said it was the right time for
Female journalists fear job cuts in pandemic
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The pandemic has affected women disproportionately by job cuts and a regression in equality both at work and at home as they are more likely to be part-time, freelance or
Subscription and e-commerce future for publishers
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2021 will be a year of economic reshaping, with publishers leaning into subscription and e-commerce – two future-facing business models that have been supercharged by the pandemic, the Reuters Institute
INMA appointing new board members
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The International News Media Association´s (INMA) European division announced new appointments to its Board of Directors. The Board has appointed two new members to its Executive Committee alongside the current
MSNBC appointing its first black female President
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Rashinda Jones, news executive at NBCUniversal, has been appointed President of MSNBC succeeding Phil Griffin. She will be the first Black executive to run one of the nation’s big cable-news
Women say TV primary source for news
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Women are more likely than men to report that they use TV news programmes as their primary source for news. None of eleven markets in a study by Reuters Institute
42 journalists killed in 2020
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Forty-two journalists and media workers have been killed while doing their jobs in 2020, according to the International Federation of Journalists. A further 235 are in prison in cases related