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Washington Post:
Sources: on Nov. 19, 9 days after Zuckerberg downplayed fake news' role in election, Obama appealed to him to take threat of political disinformation seriously — Nine days after Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg dismissed as “crazy” the idea that fake news on his company's social network played …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
How newsrooms in New Orleans and Clear Health Costs crowdsourced medical bills to reveal healthcare cost differences and shady billing practices by providers — “We think of this as a perfect use case for journalism — finding real, good information and displaying it back to the public."
Brian McCollum / Detroit Free Press:
In what's being described as a first-of-its-kind deal, Eminem's music catalog will go public, with investors and fans able to buy shares in it — Want to buy a piece of “Lose Yourself,” “Stan” and “The Real Slim Shady”? — In a potentially pioneering venture, shares in Eminem's entire hit catalog …
New York Times:
How magazine publishers are diversifying from print to invest in events, podcasts, video, and brand partnerships — One evening in mid-September, a gaggle of writers and bon vivant editors gathered by the outdoor fireplace and ivy-covered trellis of a West Village tavern.
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Nielsen sues to block comScore from offering new audience measurement service, alleging it will use Nielsen's data in violation of an agreement between them — Nielsen Holdings filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to block rival ComScore from offering a new service, Extended TV, that will provide TV audience data.
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Davis Winborne / Columbia Missourian:
The brutal treatment of journalists by St. Louis police was a direct attack on constitutionally protected work — Last weekend, I covered the protests in St. Louis along with Ellie Cherryhomes, one of my fellow photojournalism students at MU, and several other press photographers and videographers from news outlets across the country.
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@mattgertz, @wesleylowery, @sethklamann, @blatchfordtr and @macloo
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Mashable has had extensive talks with European media company ProSiebenSat.1 about a sale — Site known for tech and pop-culture stories is pursuing a possible sale — The new-media company Mashable is about to test how much “pivoting to video” pays off.
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Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
A profile of Old Town Media, the new company from three ex-Politico executives which wants to build media platforms and help companies with projects — The company is a little difficult to describe, but its mission is less so: to help a wide variety of news organizations develop new ideas …
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@janebsinger
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Free Speech Project debuts with funding from Knight Foundation to track incidents challenging speech in US, amid rise in state laws curbing speech and dissent — What's the state of free speech in America? — Sanford Ungar, who teaches about it at Harvard and Georgetown, has a simple, depressing answer.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
During the debut of her new morning show, Megyn Kelly Today, Megyn Kelly told viewers she was “kind of done with politics for now” — Megyn Kelly isn't playing politics anymore - at least not on camera. — The former Fox News anchor vowed to put aside the hard-edged interviewing …
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Knight Foundation announces $2.5M in funding to support projects at seven organizations, new commission to tackle declining trust in media, with $2M in support — A lot more resources are going into addressing the problem of the American public's withering trust in media institutions.
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Editor & Publisher
Ariel Stulberg / Columbia Journalism Review:
Analysis of 25 top newspapers shows diversity in paywall strategy as owners seek balance between subscriptions and ad revenue; none adopt hard paywall — The majority of America's largest newspapers continue to employ digital subscription strategies that prioritize traffic, ad revenues …
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