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The NYT's 2020 report: the paper has 1.5M+ digital-only subs but needs to rapidly expand subscription revenue, hints at potential cuts to editing jobs, more — This report, by a team of seven Times journalists, outlines the newsroom's strategy and aspirations.
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama will use his last press conference to highlight his concerns about the restrictions Trump has placed on the media, says outgoing WH Press Sec Josh Earnest — President Barack Obama frequently used his trips abroad to highlight the importance of a free press, making leaders …
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Kyle Pope / Columbia Journalism Review:
An open letter to Trump from the US press corps, on access, airtime, objective truth, dividing the press corps, and more — Dear Mr. President Elect: — In these final days before your inauguration, we thought it might be helpful to clarify how we see the relationship between your administration and the American press corps.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump says he will “pick” which reporters get into future press conferences at the White House and claims reporters will be “begging” for a larger room — said his administration will not move the press briefing room. — “The press went crazy, so I said …
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Howard Kurtz / @howardkurtz:
Trump tells Fox & Friends he won't move reporters out of the briefing room because the press “went crazy” — Trump tells Fox & Friends he won't move reporters out of the briefing room because the press “went crazy”
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Quartz Editor-in-Chief Kevin Delaney says the site is working on a subscription product — Qz.com will remain free. But it's working on a research product. — Quartz, the business news site owned by Atlantic Media, gives away its global economics coverage to anyone who wants to click.
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Quartz:
Business news site Quartz acquires San Francisco-based artificial intelligence research firm Intelligentsia, will work with the team to develop a new product — Quartz has acquired the independent research firm Intelligentsia.ai, which provides research and analysis on artificial intelligence to business executives.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Axios, a cross between The Economist and Twitter, with a vertical news stream resembling FB's News Feed, presenting brief excerpts of stories, launched Tuesday — Chances are, you're not going to finish this article. — The rise of social media has turned us into a legion of swipers …
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
After being criticised by Trump on Twitter, Vanity Fair gained 80K subscribers; Editor-in-Chief Graydon Carter says 2016 may have been the magazine's best year — A month has passed since Donald Trump gave Vanity Fair the social-media equivalent of a middle finger by firing off a tweet about its …
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FishbowlNY, @jdawsey1, @gerryfsmith and The Guardian
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
The centralization of the internet via app stores has made government censorship of the press easier, as shown by the removal of the NYT's app in China — There's a new form of digital censorship sweeping the globe, and it could be the start of something devastating.
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Rick Gladstone / New York Times:
Turkey detains New York Times correspondent Rod Nordland at Istanbul airport and then forces him to fly back to London without providing an explanation — Border officials in Turkey detained a veteran New York Times correspondent as he arrived at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul on Tuesday …
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Nieman Lab, @greekanalyst and @brianstelter
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Sources: publishers think it's unlikely Facebook will renew paid livestreaming deals, as it has been pushing them to focus on creating longer content — Publishers don't expect Facebook to renew the deals it was pushing last spring; now Facebook wants something else.
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