Here are the top media industry stories we’re following this week:
The Big News:
- Zika virus “spreading explosively” (CNN)
- Barbie now comes in three different, “realistic” shapes (USA Today)
- DeLoreans are getting another chance at life – after 35 years (Mashable)
- NASA remembers 30 year anniversary of Challenger tragedy (NASA)
- Abe Vigoda passes away (ABC News)
Scooptastic:
Check out some of Cision Blog’s top scoops of the week, including:
- Tasting Table Adds Two (Cision Blog)
- Indy Star Loses Reporter Jeff Swiatek (Cision Blog)
- One Departs, One Joins Chicago Magazine (Cision Blog)
- The Daily Meal Adds Christian Kogler (Cision Blog)
SuperBowl Sunday Preview:
- Amazon to run its first Superbowl ad (Re/code)
- PR lessons learned from the 2015 Super Bowl (O’Dwyer’s)
- Super Bowl ad teases create social media frenzy (WCBS-TV)
- Twitter gears up for Super Bowl 50 (SiliconBeat)
- Super Bowl to be available on digital media (The Dickinson Press)
Tech Corner:
- Former Twitter product head Kevin Weil is joining Instagram (Re/code)
- Google Glass goes dark on social media accounts (CNBC)
- Twitter hires CMO Leslie Berland (Adweek)
- Cosmopolitan editor in chief Joanna Coles joins board of directors at Snapchat (TechCrunch)
- Yahoo to shut Argentina and Mexico offices (Reuters)
- Google computers defeat human players at 2,500-year-old board game (Bloomberg)
Politics Primer:
- Five takeaways from last night’s GOP debate (POLITICO)
- Bloomberg’s potential presidential run has already prompted Bloomberg editor to quit (Huffington Post)
- MSNBC and Union Leader schedule unsanctioned democratic debate in advance of primary (TIME)
- Trump vs. Megan Kelly (POLITICO)
- Vox and Morning Consult join forces on new polling project (FishbowlDC)
Journo Spotlights:
- GLAAD announces Media Awards nominees (CNN)
- Mizzou professor who blocked student reporters charged with assault and suspended (USA Today)
- Journalists at The Middletown Press will soon no longer have an actual newsroom (Poynter.)
Sold!
- Nexstar buys Media General for $2.12B after Meredith withdraws (Broadcasting & Cable)
- Sinclair buys Tennis Channel for $350M (TVNewsCheck)
- While not confirmed, reddit user reports Microsoft now owns Surfacephone.com (The Verge)
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