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6:15 AM ET, April 18, 2016

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American Press Institute:
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 …
Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal:
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
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
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 …
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
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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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Departing New York Times public editor reflects on the tension of handling complaints, newsroom defensiveness, and defends Style section trend stories
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Obama backs FCC proposal to open the cable set-top box market to third-party vendors  —  Obama to Help Push for Open Market for Cable Set-Top Boxes  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama will announce on Friday his support for opening the market for cable set-top boxes, singling out the devices …
Chava Gourarie / Columbia Journalism Review:
Journalists should investigate and hold algorithms accountable in addition to reporting about them  —  Investigating the algorithms that govern our lives  —  On March 15, Instagram posted a note on its blog that sent the internet into a frenzy: “To improve your experience …
Discussion: @davewiner
Nicholas Lemann / New Yorker:
Sources: ICIJ didn't ask NYT to collaborate on Panama Papers because NYT previously resisted ICIJ requirement to operate as a co-equal member of a large team  —  The Panama Papers and the Monster Stories of the Future  —  The movie “Spotlight,” which for many journalists provided a jolt …
Discussion: @newyorker
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Secret Service will have a role in credentialing the media for the first time at this year's Republican and Democratic National Conventions  —  Secret Service takes on new credentialing role for conventions  —  A new media credentialing process in place for the Republican and Democratic conventions …
Susan Currie Sivek / MediaShift:
How four professors include tech and business in courses about magazine journalism  —  Teaching Magazine Students More than Magazines  —  Academia may be notorious for adapting slowly to change.  But as magazines have adopted new technologies and approaches, some journalism educators …
Discussion: @drakejmc
The Verge:
The history of content moderation, the laws that govern internet speech, and how safety works online  —  The secret rules of the internet  —  Julie Mora-Blanco remembers the day, in the summer of 2006, when the reality of her new job sunk in.  A recent grad of California State University …
 
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Jay Barmann / SFist:
Journalist and Recode co-founder Kara Swisher says she plans to run for San Francisco mayor in 2023
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