Mediagazer: The closure of the Baltimore City Paper is a reminder that declining revenues pose a far greater threat to the news industry than Donald Trump (Ross Barkan/The Guardian)

1:10 PM ET, July 18, 2017

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Ross Barkan / The Guardian:

The closure of the Baltimore City Paper is a reminder that declining revenues pose a far greater threat to the news industry than Donald Trump — mid the litany of laments over how Donald Trump's nearly-there or full-blown fascist White House is ending the free press as we know it …

Discussion: Washington Post, Media Nation, @dabeard and @janebsinger

Tim Peterson / Marketing Land:

Snapchat launches its Snap Publisher self-serve ad creation tool, which can convert horizontal videos and websites into vertical video ads — Snap Publisher enables brands to edit a horizontal video into a vertical one or to have have Snapchat's computer vision technology do the work.

Discussion: Street Fight, Tamebay, socialbarrel.com, Tubefilter, Variety, Business Insider and The Drum

Hadas Gold / Politico:

Memo: Sinclair's VP of News Scott Livingston lambasts recent coverage of the company and accuses the NYT and WaPo of bias — An executive at local broadcast TV giant Sinclair defended the company and lashed out against what he called “biased” news organizations that have …

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Kelly Fiveash / Ars Technica UK:

UK government announces that porn websites will have to verify UK users are aged 18+ by April 2018; users may be asked to verify with credit card details — UK gov't brings in online porn watchdog to police site operators and force compliance. — The wobbly, squabbling, minority Tory government …

The Atlantic:

The Atlantic promotes Deputy Editor Matt Thompson to executive editor; staff writer Adrienne LaFrance appointed editor of the magazine's site — The Atlantic announced today the promotions of Matt Thompson and Adrienne LaFrance to two of the company's top editorial positions.

Discussion: Mediawire, @ericmgarcia, @jcstearns, @bourreelam, @nprmonkeysee, @aeisman, @sophiegg, @edyong209 and @megangarber

Mike Allen / Axios:

Bob Woodward has confirmed he's working on a Watergate-themed movie with actor Robert Redford who portrayed him in All The President's Men — Robert Redford (age 80) and Bob Woodward emerged last night from Avra Madison on 60th Street in New York City. Redford played Woodward in the 1976 movie, “All the President's Men.”

Discussion: @mccanner

Radiotopia:

Ear Hustle, a podcast from Radiotopia co-created by San Quentin inmates Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams, exceeds 1.5M downloads in its first month — Since launching June 14th, Ear Hustle has doubled the number of advertisers — Radiotopia, the award-winning podcast network from PRX …

Discussion: Nieman Lab and @radiotopia

Joe Concha / The Hill:

Megyn Kelly's Sunday news magazine show draws its lowest ratings since its premiere peak of 6.2M on June 4, dropping to 3.1M viewers last Sunday — Megyn Kelly's Sunday news magazine this week registered its lowest ratings since its debut on June 4, according to Nielsen Research.

Discussion: @fleshandbrand, @deray, @theanalogkid74, Variety, @ericgarland, @shannonrwatts and The Wrap

A.J. Katz / TVNewser:

ABC News launches The Briefing Room, a live digital program focusing on White House press briefings and political reporting from DC — ABC News is launching The Briefing Room today, a new, live digital program focusing on “White House press briefings and the latest political reporting from Washington …

Discussion: ABC News Public Relations, @rickklein and Broadcasting & Cable

Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:

Streaming service fuboTV says it is adding Fusion TV to its entry-level fubo Premier bundle — Univision channel is part of $34.99 tier — Streaming service fuboTV said it was adding Fusion TV to its entry-level fubo Premier bundle. — Fubo, which emphasizes sports programming …

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Netflix reports Q2 revenue of $2.79B, vs. $2.76B expected, and total streaming subs grew 5.2M to 104M, vs. 3.2M expected; stock up 10%+ — Netflix added 5.2 million overall streaming subscribers in the second quarter of 2017, dramatically beating investor expectations for both U.S. and international growth.

Discussion: Forbes, Broadcasting & Cable, IndieWire, Fortune, Ad Age, Reuters and Recode, more at Techmeme »

Max Willens / Digiday:

Politico Pro has 20K subscribers and generates 50% of the site's annual revenue — On Monday, Politico is expected to announce a series of updates and a new product for Politico Pro, its subscription service, including a legislation compass that tracks the progress of bills making …

Discussion: @digiday, @flipping_pages, @byersalex, @digiday, @bryandbender, @michaelkruse and @talkopan

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