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CBS News on Monday announced its much-anticipated plans for a total revision of the network's daily newscasts, with big changes both in the morning and at night https://t.co/7mmsf92XlG
— CNN Business (@CNNBusiness) May 6, 2019
Facebook Invites Journalists to See New 'War Room,' Won't Let Them Ask Workers Questions https://t.co/oVxKFEnpfQ via @gizmodo
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) May 6, 2019
.@nytimes editorial page editor James Bennet has recused himself from 2020 election coverage following the announcement that his brother Senator Michael Bennet intends to run for president. Full statement follows. pic.twitter.com/w7UiX85gDQ
— NYTimes Communications (@NYTimesPR) May 2, 2019
Recode officially joins Vox, which purchased it in 2015, with Samantha Oltman, formerly of BuzzFeed News, as editor in chief (Vox)https://t.co/XS6uEPxcPyhttps://t.co/Dg3tgU6SqC
— Mediagazer (@mediagazer) May 1, 2019
Inside the Shrinking Newsroom of the Paper That Shapes the Primaries https://t.co/Q7Y3aDVk7d via @politicomag
— Mathew Ingram (@mathewi) April 30, 2019