Scoop: Kim Godwin is out at ABC News w/Joe Flint wsj.com/business/media…

NBCUniversal is serious about trying to steal the NBA from TNT. It's prepared to pay an average of about $2.5 billion annually for games on NBC and Peacock. With Amol Sharma and Isabella Simonetti
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Today’s The Wall Street Journal front page
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The Women’s College Basketball Tournament Outshone the Men’s. But It Got 99% Less TV Money. W/Rachel Bachman
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super excited and honored to announce that i’ve been awarded the 21st Nora Magid Mentorship Prize! thank you so much to Stephen Fried and the committee, Anthony DeCurtis, and all the lovely folks who’s helped me get here (and special thanks Pittsburgh Union Progress 📰)
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First quarter cable news ratings.

My colleague Evan Gershkovich has spent ONE YEAR in a Russian prison-- and still has no trial date in sight.

If you could watch, share and help us raise awareness about his wrongful detention, we would be so grateful:

#freeevan #JournalismIsNotACrime

Thank you to colleagues from ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, NBC News, The New Yorker, PBS and the many others who showed their support for Evan Gershkovich by reading his work over the course of 24 hours. We'll keep telling Evan's story. Until he can tell his own. #IStandWithEvan

Our WSJ colleague Evan Gershkovich has been in Russian prison for one year for simply doing his job. Journalism is not a crime. #IStandWithEvan .

Newsmax is interested in pursuing Ronna McDaniel as a contributor, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Inside Ronna McDaniel's days-long tenure at NBC. With Joe Flint
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On Saturday, we broke the news that MSNBC President Rashida Jones told staffers that Ronna McDaniel would not appear on the network. Then, a full-blown on-air mutiny ensued. And now:
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Memo from NBCU News Group Chairman Cesar Conde: 'After listening to the legitimate concerns of many of you, I have decided that Ronna McDaniel will not be an NBC News contributor.'

NBC News leadership mulling future of just hired contributor Ronna McDanial after on-air backlash to adding the former RNC chair as a contributor. Cutting ties soon? Stay tuned. W/Isabella Simonetti
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Just saying...

Rachel Maddow backed up our reporting Joe Flint: “We were told this weekend in clear terms Ronna McDaniel will not be on our air,” Rachel Maddow MSNBC said tonight, adding that some at NBCU are making an effort to 'make it seem like that’s not what happened at MSNBC.”
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MSNBC Chief Rashida Jones reassures network talent and staff that new NBC News contributor and former RNC Chief Ronna McDaniel won't be appearing on MSNBC. W Isabella Simonetti wsj.com/business/media…

Not a bad feeling to have your story on page 1!

Ticking off the NFL. Hiring an F-bomb throwing host. Betting the house on streaming. ESPN's Jimmy Pitaro is stretching outside his comfort zone to secure the sports giant's future. on.wsj.com/3IGB5xd on.wsj.com/3IGB5xd

ESPN Boss Jimmy Pitaro’s Chaotic Race to Remake the Sports Giant - from ⁦Isabella Simonetti⁩ and @RWhelanwsj wsj.com/business/media…