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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
One year after launch, Slate Plus has 9,000+ subscribers, generating around $500K a year — One year in, Slate draws 9,000 paying subscribers — For Slate, getting readers to pay for content was going back to the future. Back in 1998, it was one of the first sites to try a paywall, which quickly failed.
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Julia Turner / Slate:
Slate launches metered paywall for non-US readers, five free stories a month, cites inability to monetize international readership through domestic ads revenue — Hello, International Reader — We're launching a paywall for users abroad. Here's how it will work.
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Apple to launch Flipboard-like app, publishers will host content on it, and keep 100% of advertising they sell; Newsstand is going away — Apple To Launch New Flipboard-Like App, While Newsstand Goes Away — Apple plans to announce a free, Flipboard-like product that will show consumers samplings …
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Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Clinton Donated $100K to New York Times Group the Same Year Paper Endorsed Her — A little-known private foundation controlled by Bill and Hillary Clinton donated $100,000 to the New York Times' charitable fund in 2008, the same year the newspaper's editorial page endorsed Clinton …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
New York Times spokesperson rejects Free Beacon report on Clinton donation, says it is preposterous
New York Times spokesperson rejects Free Beacon report on Clinton donation, says it is preposterous
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Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
CNN launches Courageous, a new studio producing branded content for advertisers — CNN Unveils New Studio to Produce Content for Advertisers — CNN is creating an in-house studio that will produce news-like content on behalf of advertisers, a move that reflects marketers' growing desire …
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Josh Kalven / Medium:
Publishers create captioned videos for Facebook, where auto-play videos are muted by default — How Facebook Is Bringing Back The Silent Newsreel — In 2013, the developers and designers at Facebook made a significant change to their user experience. — Frustrated with the level …
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Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider:
Publishers haven't shared any Instant Articles on Facebook since the initial launch
Publishers haven't shared any Instant Articles on Facebook since the initial launch
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Nasser Karimi / Associated Press:
Jason Rezaian's mother says reporter is “very tired, very distressed” — Detained Washington Post Reporter Back in Iran Court — The mother of detained Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian said Monday her son is “very tired, very distressed” as the journalist returned …
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Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat:
Sony Music CEO confirms launch of Apple's music streaming service tomorrow — Sony Music CEO Doug Morris said in an interview on stage today that Apple will announce its new music streaming service tomorrow at its World Wide Developers Conference. While observers have long-expected …
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Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
Larry Kramer steps down as USA Today publisher, joins board of new Gannett — USA Today publisher Larry Kramer is leaving the newspaper to take a seat on the board of Gannett's new publishing company. — Kramer, who was named publisher and president of USA Today in 2012 …
Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
In extensive profile, Chris Hughes discusses his fall from grace after buying The New Republic — The Complex Power Coupledom of Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge — Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes and political activist Sean Eldridge were once the ultimate team, but Hughes's controversial purchase …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Showtime's Standalone Streaming Service Coming To Roku, PlayStation Vue — When Showtime debuted its standalone streaming service aimed at cord cutters last week, there was some speculation that Apple had scored another exclusive for its platform, similar to its deal with HBO NOW …
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Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic:
Both the New York Times and Washington Post will soon make web-traffic data available to reporters, and that's a good thing — Should Journalists Know How Many People Read Their Stories? — Soon, reporters at two of the country's leading newspapers will have access to the most basic type …
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Alan Rusbridger / Columbia Journalism Review:
Life after Snowden: Journalists' new moral responsibility — Editor's note: This is a chapter in Journalism After Snowden: The Future of Free Press in the Surveillance State, a forthcoming book from Columbia University Press. … Journalism after Snowden?
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Alan Rusbridger on hacking, Snowden, Wikileaks and losing £300m to make The Guardian financially secure
Alan Rusbridger on hacking, Snowden, Wikileaks and losing £300m to make The Guardian financially secure
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bookforum.com, @heathermallick and @pressgazette