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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 …
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IFPI:
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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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Verizon tops pack of Yahoo bidders as deadline nears; 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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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. "
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Mike Rosenberg / Muck Rack Daily:
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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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 …
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