Top News:
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Dutch news startup De Correspondent plans to launch in the US in Spring 2018, with $515K grant from the Knight Foundation, Democracy Fund, and First Look Media — It's built a membership-driven model that produces trust, connection, and good journalism. But can it extend that approach to the hurly-burly of the American media market?
Discussion:
Nieman Lab, @jayrosen_nyu, Yahoo! Finance and DemocracyFund
Financial Times:
Ex-Fox News CFO Mark Kranz offered immunity from prosecution in exchange for co-operating with govt probe into payments to women allegedly harassed by Ailes — The former chief financial officer of Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Channel has been offered immunity from prosecution …
Discussion:
Variety, @kt_so_it_goes, @mattgarrahan, @lionelbarber and @gabrielsherman
Dan Solomon / Texas Monthly:
BuzzFeed opens its first Texas office in Austin; Exec Creative Producer Summer Anne Burton and Editorial Director Jack Shepard will work out of it initially — For years, Summer Anne Burton has been expanding the guide to Austin she created as a shareable Google Doc.
Discussion:
@buzzfeedben, @texasmonthly and @annehelen
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The apology from InfoWars' Alex Jones for his bizarre and dangerous Pizzagate lies doesn't fix the damage from his multiple conspiracy theories — A heartfelt apology can be a beautiful step toward healing. — Alex Jones's “Pizzagate” apology doesn't come close.
Discussion:
@ann_neighbors
danah boyd / Backchannel:
Focusing on tech to fix fake news only distracts while allowing underlying issues with a long, complicated history to flourish — Fake news is too big and messy to solve with algorithms or editors—because the problem is....us. — Increasingly, I'm frustrated by (and often antagonistic toward) …
Discussion:
@fredericg, @jonathanstray, @tessawegert, @dskok and @jeffjarvis
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sources: Comcast will rebrand its skinny bundle option as Xfinity Instant TV, priced at $15-$40/month; it will include ESPN and roll out across US in Q3 2017 — Comcast, looking to build another TV on-ramp for subscribers, is rebranding its broadband-delivered “skinny bundle” …
Discussion:
Multichannel News, Reuters and 9to5Mac
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Twitter gives publishers option to run pre-roll ads on Periscope broadcasts — Twitter is announcing a new ad unit — pre-roll ads on Periscope videos. — In a blog post, Periscope Group Project Manager Mike Folgner says the ads will appear in a way that's “organic to how people already consume that content on the platform.”
Discussion:
Fast Company, VentureBeat, Adweek, Variety, Engadget, Recode and 9to5Google, more at Techmeme »
Felicia Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
State Department suspends press briefings and will not resume them for at least two weeks, as Rex Tillerson searches for a permanent spokesperson — With the departure of acting spokesman Mark Toner, the press podium at the State Department will go dark for at least two weeks.
Discussion:
@deray, @isaacstonefish, @heerjeet, @felschwartz, @chrisgeidner, @kendilaniannbc, @beardedstoner, @propublica and Business Insider
Politico:
Playbook: Washington Post, CNN, and McClatchy Newspapers' DC bureau have all increased their security in recent months; CNN did so following threats to staff — DRIVING THE DAY — WE HOPE THIS IS TRUE — Playbook's Palm Beach correspondent Luke Russert sends in this dispatch …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Hulu inks multi-year agreements for Telenovolas, other Spanish-language content from Telemundo, Sony Pictures Television — Hulu has set new multiyear agreements with Telemundo and Sony Pictures Television that will add several hundred episodes of popular telenovelas, as well as nine Pedro …
Discussion:
Broadcasting & Cable
eMarketer and Newsroom Posts:
YouGov survey finds 61% of people trust ads they see, an 11% jump from March 2014; 72% say ads are “honest”, a 16% increase over past three years — Consumers say they trust ads, new survey finds — Trust in key institutions has plummeted in the US, but a new survey finds significantly …
Discussion:
@linkedinb2b, more at Techmeme »
Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider:
The Guardian to file lawsuit in UK against ad tech firm Rubicon Project for not disclosing fees imposed on advertisers buying its ad inventory — The Guardian is preparing to file a lawsuit against ad tech company Rubicon Project, alleging the ad tech vendor did not disclose fees it levied …
Discussion:
@aripap, The Drum, Digiday, @larakiara and @campaignmag
Alec Luhn / The Guardian:
First-person account from an American journalist who was detained by riot police while covering a demonstration in Moscow on Sunday — The treatment of peaceful protesters was shocking — raised my phone to take a photo as riot police suddenly began detaining protesters …
Discussion:
PSFK, New Yorker, The Daily Caller, @brizzyc and Scroll.in
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