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Jane Martinson / Guardian:
Director General Tony Hall outlines new plans for “open” BBC, including local news partnerships — BBC will offer staff and content to help local newspapers — Director general plans for an ‘open’ BBC reporting on public services and removed from expansionism
Discussion:
Guardian, @jayrosen_nyu, @uniwave, @mslaura_brown, @ewansc and Observer
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BBC backs replacing licence fee with universal levy — Corporation says it would make more revenue from a German-style charge that applies to all households rather than just those that watch live TV — The BBC is backing a new system of funding that would see all households pay a levy …
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Newspaper publishers could use BBC investment in local news as an excuse to make cuts — The real reason for the BBC's regional newspaper ‘reporting pool’... he BBC's plan to create a pool of up to 100 “public service reporters” is very revealing indeed about the beleaguered state …
Discussion:
@jonhew and @jayrosen_nyu
BBC:
Outling plans for BBC, Tony Hall compares it to Google, wants to help people understand world's information — BBC pledges to become ‘open platform’ for creativity — The BBC has pledged to work more closely with the UK's arts and science institutions to “make Britain the greatest cultural force in the world”.
Discussion:
Broadcast, Journalism.co.uk, Guardian, Sky News, ITV, London Evening Standard, Engadget, Channel 4 News, The Drum, allmediascotland, BT.com and Telegraph
Reuters:
Dutch journalist says she has been arrested in Turkey, but government official says she was detained for her safety in a zone where there was fighting — Turkey says Dutch journalist detained ‘for her own safety’ — A Dutch journalist who in January was acquitted by a Turkish court …
Discussion:
@fgeerdink and European Federation …
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Pagefair's estimate that publishers will lose $21.8B due to ad blocking ignores law of supply and demand, so is likely overstated — Widely Cited Ad Blocking Study Finding $21.8 Billion Loss Is Incorrect — Supply and demand were purposefully overlooked, leading to larger number.
Discussion:
@whatthebit, Business Insider and Fortune
Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Profile of Stephen Colbert as his CBS Late Show prepares for its debut on Tuesday — Stephen Colbert, the Late Night Hope — On a recent Monday night, Stephen Colbert was about as high atop the Ed Sullivan Theater as one can be, looking out over the 200 or so employees of his CBS …
Madalina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Hong Kong investigative news agency FactWire will launch after raising $387K via crowdfunding — Hong Kong investigative news agency to launch after successful crowdfunding — The platform raised more than £370,000 and plans to investigate public affairs issues, publishing in English and Chinese
Press Gazette:
Two jailed journalists return to UK - but Vice ‘extremely concerned’ for Turkish-based colleague who remains in custody — Two British journalists arrested in Turkey on terror charges are in “good health and spirits” after arriving back in the UK, their employer Vice News said.
Discussion:
BREITBART.COM, ITV, TodaysZaman, men and The Wrap
Olga Khazan / The Atlantic:
Mommy blog Dooce's semi-retirement speaks to the challenges of earning money as an individual blogger today — Can Mommy Bloggers Still Make a Living? — The success story of Dooce.com was once blogger lore, told and re-told in playgroups and Meetups—anywhere hyper-verbal people with Wordpress accounts gathered.
Discussion:
@jhatessports, @jessehirsh and @patphelan
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
FOIA site MuckRock launches new efforts to let users track projects and contribute to reporting costs — MuckRock is also debuting project pages that will highlight groups of FOIA requests and let users follow specific stories. — For the past year, Beryl C.D. Lipton has been investigating …
Brian Rohan / Associated Press:
Egypt court releases full ruling in Al-Jazeera English case — CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court released a detailed ruling Sunday on why it sentenced three Al-Jazeera English journalists to three years in prison for airing what it described as “false news” and biased coverage …
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