Mediagazer: Washington City Paper says staff salaries will be cut by 40% starting January 1 as owner struggles to find a buyer; staff expect pay to fall below $30K a year (Benjamin Freed/Washingtonian)

9:40 AM ET, December 19, 2017

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ESPN:

ESPN President John Skipper has resigned, citing a substance addiction; George Bodenheimer is taking over as acting chairman of the company — John Skipper resigned as president of ESPN and co-chairman of the Disney Media Networks on Monday. — George Bodenheimer, ESPN's president …

Benjamin Freed / Washingtonian:

Washington City Paper says staff salaries will be cut by 40% starting January 1 as owner struggles to find a buyer; staff expect pay to fall below $30K a year — Staff expect their pay to drop below $30,000 a year, which a source describes as “unlivable.” — Employees of Washington City Paper …

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Maxwell Tani / Business Insider:

Leaked documents: before sale Mashable lost $4.2M in three months through September, was set to miss revenue targets, and relied heavily on digital advertising — - Mashable was in deep trouble financially before it sold for far below its one-time valuation of $US250 million, according to documents reviewed by Business Insider.

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NPR:

Mary Louise Kelly to succeed Robert Siegel as co-host of All Things Considered as of January 17; Kelly McEvers resigns as co-host to focus on Embedded podcast — Mary Louise Kelly succeeds Robert Siegel; Kelly McEvers steps down to host ‘Embedded’ full-time

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Katherine Goldstein / Vox:

Sexual harassment and lack of institutional support has driven some female journalists out of the industry, like ex-Washington Post intern Kate Havard — “I was someone who could have gone somewhere.” — “Damn, you look hot today.” — It was 2013. Kate Havard was a reporting intern …

Jessica Davies / Digiday:

The Telegraph to focus on gaining registered readers rather than mass-reach audience numbers and invest in editorial staff, newsletters, and events — The Telegraph wants to grow its registered readers to 10 million. The goal is to shift away from valuing mass-reach audience numbers …

Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:

The Atlantic to launch a metered paywall in January, which will let readers access 10 free articles per month — By putting up a metered paywall in January, the Atlantic joins a raft of publications that are launching paid products online — Nearly 10 years ago, the Atlantic tore …

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Reuters:
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Filip Struhárik:

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Facebook:
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Thuy Ong / The Verge:

Twitter's new policies on violence, abuse, and hateful conduct do not apply to military or govt entities, appearing to provide a loophole for Trump's tweets — Policies now extend to hateful imagery and to conduct both on platform and off — Twitter says it will now begin enforcing …

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Shona Ghosh / Business Insider:
Twitter suspends Britain First leader who was retweeted by Trump, amid enforcement of new policies that's led to a purge of accounts affiliated with hate groups

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Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat:

Bloomberg launches TicToc, a 24-hour news channel only on Twitter that combines live video, reported segments, and a curated Twitter stream — For for the first time in several years, we can say without irony that Twitter appears to have a slight wind at its back.

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Pew Research Center:

43% of national news posted on Facebook by members of Congress were links to outlets shared mostly by one party; Dems 2x as likely to share news after election — Partisan and ideological divides shape which news outlets legislators share links to on Facebook — Methodological note

Discussion: Axios and Washington Post

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