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Pew Research Center:
Pew: 85% of Republicans and Republican leaners think the national news media has a negative effect on the country, up from 76% two years ago and 68% in 2010 — Republicans increasingly say colleges have negative impact on U.S. — Republicans and Democrats offer starkly different assessments …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
The White House asked the White House Correspondents' Association to release a statement criticizing a reporter's story, WHCA President Jeff Mason has claimed — The White House asked the White House Correspondents' Association to single out a reporter and criticize an article, WHCA President Jeff Mason said Monday evening.
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Source: The NYT is undecided on whether to participate in Facebook's Instant Articles subscriptions, with the paper seeing no “great upside” to being involved — Facebook is moving ahead on plans to let people subscribe to publications through Instant Articles.
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
News Media Alliance, with members including NYT, WaPo, and News Corp, seeks antitrust exemption from Congress to negotiate collectively with Google and Facebook — Google and Facebook continue to gobble up the digital advertising market, siphoning away revenue that once paid for the quality journalism …
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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
A Pulitzer-winning NYT story that relied heavily on a Russian news site offers a case study in how foreign correspondents re-report articles by local media — The Times' prize-winning story relies heavily on two articles in Meduza, a Russian news site based in Latvia.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Despite a tumultuous year, Fox News has remained number one in every key TV news ratings measure — A few days ago, a TV journalist was verbally sparring with Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House deputy press secretary - and it wasn't one of the usual suspects.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Time Inc. Vice-Chairman Norman Pearlstine is retiring from the company later this month, after which he plans to work as an adviser for early-stage media firms — Publishing industry veteran Norman Pearlstine is retiring from Time Inc. this month, after which he plans to work as an adviser …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Reuters redesigns its website, adding content widgets to each article, tracking readers interest to deliver more relevant stories, and cutting page load by 50% — Despite his last name, Isaac Showman isn't a fan of big, dramatic website unveilings. — That's why, if you visit Reuters.com this morning …
Adam K. Raymond / Vulture:
How spammers, ripoff artists, and even superstars juice their numbers on Spotify with covers, tricky song titles, silent tracks, and large albums — A few weeks after the release of Kendrick Lamar's “Humble,” the hard-charging lead single on his fourth album Damn., the song landed at No. 1 on Billboard's streaming chart.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Nielsen Music Mid-Year Report: on-demand audio streams in the US up 62.4% year-over-year to 184.3B in the first half of 2017 — A new report from Nielsen out this week paints a picture of the booming on-demand audio streaming business, pointing to a significant increase in consumers' use …
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Chinese government has told state-run telecoms to block individuals' access to VPNs by February 1, 2018 — 2018 deadline to stop individuals from accessing global web — Tightening controls come amid Xi's goal of “cyber-sovereignty” — China's government has told telecommunications carriers …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox News Signs Former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer as Contributor — Senior TV Editor @bristei — Ari Fleischer joins the ranks of former White House press personnel enjoying a significant presence at the nation's TV-news outlets. The former White House press secretary under …
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