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Study: factors affecting trust in news include ad intrusiveness, load times, navigability, up-to-date details, conciseness, accuracy, and more — A new understanding: What makes people trust and rely on news — This research was conducted by the Media Insight Project …
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Amazon to offer $9/month stand-alone streaming option in US in challenge to Netflix; Prime membership now offered monthly for first time for $10.99/month in US — Amazon Ups the Ante on Streaming Video — New stand-alone option for its service is direct challenge to rival Netflix
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Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei and staffer Mike Allen reflect on how real-time analytics increase audience influence of coverage — For News Outlets Squeezed From the Middle, It's Bend or Bust — Earlier this month, a couple of inventive young go-getters at Buzzfeed tied enough rubber bands around …

Publishers confront treacherous online ad business and traffic plateau as audiences count on social feeds to find news — Media Websites Battle Faltering Ad Revenue and Traffic — The business of online news has never been forgiving. But in recent weeks, what had been a simmering worry among publishers …


Sources: Verizon tops pack of Yahoo bidders as deadline arrives; Time, AT&T, others drop out as Daily Mail remains in talks with private equity co-bidders — Verizon Tops Pack of Suitors Chasing Yahoo — Telecom giant looks to build online ad business; Time, other potential bidders won't make offers
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Supreme Court declines to hear appeal by the Authors Guild to challenge Google Books — Supreme Court rejects challenge to Google book-scanning project — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge by a group of authors who contend that Google's massive effort …
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In staff memo, Mashable's new Chief Content Officer Greg Gittrich outlines his plans and vision for the site — What's Ahead: A Memo from Mashable's Chief Content Officer — I've had a great first week at Mashable. I've really enjoyed getting to know you all by spending time in editorial meetings …
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Global streaming music revenues grew 45% to $2.9B in 2015; paying users hit an estimated 68M, up from 41M in 2014 — IFPI Global Music Report 2016 — Global music revenues increase 3.2% as digital revenues overtake physical for the first time — Digital sales contribute 45 per cent …
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Margaret Sullivan's parting advice to The New York Times: maintain editorial control and investigative work, protect credibility, keep clickbait at bay, more — Public Editor No. 5 Is Yesterday's News — FASTEN your seatbelts," goes the line from “All About Eve,” accompanied by a flash of those famous Bette Davis eyes. "
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Publishers say Facebook tells them it is considering testing ads within Facebook Live broadcasts; sources say any product could still be months away — Facebook is promising live-video publishers in-stream ad options — When BuzzFeed went live on Facebook with an exploding watermelon trick, 800,000 viewers watched at one point.
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America now has nearly 5 PR people for every reporter, double the rate from a decade ago — According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, here is how the total American job numbers looked 15 years ago, and today: — 2000: 65,900 news reporters, and 128,600 public relations people
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White House press corps value is questioned, with dwindling core of less intrusive reporters, high travel costs, a leak crackdown, and Obama going direct online — Do we need a White House press corps? — Photo: From behind the podium in the old White House press briefing room (Brendan Smialowski/Getty)
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