News diary 22 December – 4 January: Mamdani becomes New York mayor, elections in Kosovo and Myanmar, and Stranger Things ends
A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda for the festive period, from the team at Foresight…
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Lobby journalists ‘furious’ as No 10 scraps afternoon briefing
Political journalists warn over loss of scrutiny.
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Facebook tests charging creators and businesses to post more than two links per month
News publishers reportedly excluded from the test on their own pages.
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‘Now I know I have made a change’: Interview with Marie Colvin Award winner Malak A Tantesh
Tantesh won Marie Colvin Award and New Journalist of the Year for reporting from Gaza.
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Google removes unified pricing rules that hit publisher ad yield in 2019
Google deprecation of unified pricing in Ad Manager follows US and EU rulings against its adtech business.
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GB News apologises to Meghan Markle’s mother over false prison claim
Carole Malone attributed the false claim to “misinformation” she had seen online.
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DMGT ‘determined to proceed at pace’ in Telegraph deal
Daily Mail owner has secured funding to facilitate purchase of The Telegraph.
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Trump files lawsuit against BBC over ‘deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory’ editing
BBC accused of “intentionally” misrepresenting Trump in the editing of a speech for Panorama.
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