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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
The Village Voice is ending its print edition, will focus on digital operation — The company is doubling down on its digital operation. — Peter Barbey, who purchased the legendary alt-weekly The Village Voice in 2015, has decided to no longer produce a print edition.
Discussion:
@grynbaum, Folio, @benmullin, Ad Age, Poynter, Variety, Vulture, @staceykanderson, @benjysarlin, @clarajeffery, @pamelacolloff, @maggieserota, @jasongay, @maxlinsky, @tracyskillz, @robicellis, @tcarmody, @tcarmody, @evepeyser, @richard_florida, @sarahljaffe, @edmundlee, @jessiesingernyc and @lpolgreen
Michael J. Socolow / Washington Post:
A reflection on Gawker and its journalism, like its coverage of Trump long before his presidential campaign, a year to the day since it was forced to close — Gawker wasn't perfect. But in the age of Trump, it's hard not to miss its voice. (Henri Grivot/AP) — One year ago today, Gawker shut down.
Discussion:
Nieman Lab and The Daily Caller
Sruthi Gottipati / The Guardian:
Kim Wall's disappearance is a reminder that the safety of female journalists is not an issue restricted to developing countries — Kim Wall has reported on stories around the world. But she was to disappear in a country known for gender parity: Denmark — met Kim last year.
Discussion:
@hyltonanne, @rorypecktrust and @gosruthi
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BBC:
Copenhagen police say a woman's headless torso has been found in the search for missing Swedish journalist Kim Wall; it has been sent for forensic analysis — A woman's headless torso has been found by police searching for a Swedish journalist who went missing during a trip with a submarine inventor.
Discussion:
cphpost.dk, NPR, Business Insider, Gizmodo and The Guardian
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Medium will pay writers based off number of “claps” they get, from subscribers' $5/mo. fee, redesigns its logo, and introduces a metered paywall — At the beginning of the year, Medium announced a big change: 50 staffers were being laid off as the company shifted away …
Discussion:
Fast Company, @ziyatong, @kenjennings, 3 min read, The Verge and @benmullin, more at Techmeme »
Max Willens / Digiday:
HuffPost's homepage traffic is up 23% YoY since unveiling its tabloid redesign in April — This spring, HuffPost's new editor-in-chief, Lydia Polgreen, announced that she wanted the Oath-owned title to become a grand tabloid for the underserved. — It appears to be resonating with HuffPost's core audience.
The Daily Beast:
Sources: fired CNN contributor Jeffrey Lord, who was sacked after tweeting a Nazi salute, is in preliminary talks to join Breitbart — It's been nearly two weeks since Jeffrey Lord, the former Reagan administration official and pro-Trump political commentator, was sacked from his contributor job at CNN.
Discussion:
TVWeek.com, The New York Observer, The Wrap and Mediaite
Bill Adair / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of PolitiFact as it hits its 10th anniversary, with partners across 11 states, a Pulitzer Prize, and revenue that sustains its fact-checking — PolitiFact made this prop Truth-O-Meter for a 2007 promotional music video (watch it below). Courtesy photo.
Discussion:
@mattwaite, @billadairduke, @glennkesslerwp and @billadairduke
The Guardian:
Activist group Avaaz launches first steps of a judicial review to challenge Ofcom over its report declaring the Murdochs “fit and proper” owners of Sky — Avaaz threatens to challenge regulator's ruling that Sky would remain ‘fit and proper’ to hold broadcasting licence if it was bought by 21st Century Fox
Discussion:
Press Gazette, Bloomberg, @arusbridger, @annettedittert, @pguk10 and Telegraph
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
In sweeping masthead shakeup, media veteran Ross Levinsohn named publisher and CEO of the LA Times, as Jim Kirk of the Chicago Sun-Times becomes interim editor — In a dramatic shakeup at the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago-based parent company has installed new leadership and plans to invest …
James Warren / Poynter:
Q&A with American Prospect publisher Amy Lambrecht on how the interview with Bannon has affected the magazine — Amy Lambrecht, publisher of The American Prospect, faces a tough challenge every day: How can she make her magazine stand out in a wickedly competitive media universe …
Discussion:
@benmullin
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Die Welt's head of social media sheds light on how the strategy of engaging with readers in comments on its Facebook page is helping bolster ties with readers — “The ability to recognize a brand — this is a huge thing right now. We don't want people to say, 'I read this on Facebook.'"
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