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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 …
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.
Discussion:
knightfoundation.org and Editor & Publisher
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Lauren Easton / Associated Press:
Associated Press announces $245K from Knight Foundation for fact-checking initiative, will hire journalists, integrate local fact checks, analyze consumer data — The Associated Press announced today an effort to enhance its fact-checking and ability to debunk misinformation with $245,000 …
Lorelei Marfil / WWD:
Fashion and street style photographers form an “unofficial union” to protest lack of pay from the commercial use of their pics by brands, influencers, bloggers — The #NoFreePhotos initiative kicked off earlier this week. — Out and about at Paris Men's Fashion Week
Discussion:
thecut, New York Times, Financial Times, Quartz, Vogue.com.au, The Fashion Law, @emiliapetrarca, @conniewang, @thefashionlaw and @tesscagle
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 …
Discussion:
Financial Times, Bloomberg, Business Insider, PR Newswire, CNBC, Billboard, Rolling Stone and Variety
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.
Discussion:
@rafat, Talking New Media, @jimrutenberg, @deniselaw_ and @nytimes
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 …
Discussion:
@janebsinger
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."
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube debuts new marketing tools, new ad tech that can target using Google Maps and app install data, and offline ad impact measurement tools with Nielsen — YouTube today introduced a series of new tools for marketers, one of the more notable being “Director Mix,” a technology that allows …
Discussion:
Ad Age, MediaPost, Adweek, Inside AdWords, AdExchanger and Business Insider
Anuj Srivas / The Wire:
Sources: Hindustan Times EIC Bobby Ghosh's exit was preceded by government objections to coverage, Ghosh's social media views and lack of Indian citizenship — An internal email also shows HT is distancing itself from the ‘Hate Tracker’, a key initiative of Bobby Ghosh's that the BJP and its supporters were unhappy with.
Discussion:
@ghoshamitav, @pbhushan1, India Legal and NewsBytes App
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.
Discussion:
Variety
Talking New Media:
Former TheAtlantic.com editor JJ Gould to succeed Eric Bates as New Republic editor; Bates to continue as editor-at-large — Gould will succeed Eric Bates who has resigned from his post as editor but will continue with the magazine as editor-at-large — New York, NY — September 25 …
Discussion:
MediaPost
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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