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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Post-election, as newsrooms face more cuts and an uncertain future financially, journalism's biggest challenge will be combatting the rise of fake news — The last year has turned the United States into a country of information addicts who compulsively check the television …
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Timothy B. Lee / Vox:
Facebook's denial that it's a media company allows it to avoid taking responsibility for bad editorial decisions, like trending fake news stories that go viral — A generation ago, newspapers and television news programs had a lot of influence over what people read and watched.
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Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
Apple News update increases publishers' traffic; CNN's section received 36.5M uniques in September, up from 5M in August; Bloomberg's spiked 500% in October — The traffic picture is improving for publishers on Apple News, but news organizations still have some big hangups when it comes to measurement and monetization.
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Comcast's NBCUniversal will handle ad sales for Apple News in exclusive deal starting in January; Apple says Apple News now has over 70M unique users — It's an exclusive deal, but publishers can still sell their own. — Apple is bringing in help to boost its News app.
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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
WaPo reporter Ben Terris recounts witnessing ex-Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski grabbing reporter Michelle Fields and examines campaign's gaslighting — How an incident in March predicted months and months of gaslighting — “I just want to make sure,” my editor asked me as he closed the door to his office.
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Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
The Economist axed its Pinterest and Tumblr accounts in August, focusing on LinkedIn to build brand awareness rather than drive traffic — In a platform world, publishers face tough decisions on where to place their resources. In August, The Economist faced this head on and axed …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Ex-Cablevision CEO James Dolan, COO Kristin Dolan, launch VC firm Dolan Family Ventures, focused on investments in data, analytics, and tech-based businesses — Now that they're out of Cablevision Systems, Kristin and James Dolan are trying their hand at venture capital.
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Leaked customer-support docs for AT&T's DirecTV Now service reveal details on channels and promos, including giveaways for Apple TV and Fire TV stick devices — AT&T is prepared to go all out on behalf of its new DirecTV Now service: The company is looking to give away Apple TV …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Conservative talk show host Michael Medved's anti-Trump stance costs him his primetime slot in Dallas with Salem Media, which is pro-Trump — The a conservative radio host loses his prime-time slot in Dallas and is left off a national tour. — Salem Media, home of some of the nation's …
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
How Comcast and NBCUniversal used Minions to solidify their merger, which provides a template for looking at AT&T's proposed $85B takeover of Time Warner — Minions, the impish fire hydrant-shaped yellow misfits who exist to serve the world's most evil villains, would appear …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Roundup of 16 breakout media stars who drove the 2016 political narrative, including WaPo's David Fahrenthold, CBS News' Sopan Deb, and NBC's Katy Tur — Presidential election cycles are star-makers. Every four years, viewers and readers turn to the authorities they've known and trusted …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
PBS to launch OddTube, its first digital short-form spin-off, with 20 episodes from Nov. 10 through March 23 on PBS Kids YouTube channel, video app, and website — What do you get when you cross the off-kilter kids-TV series “Odd Squad” with a popular short-form video streaming service?