Top News:
Pew Research Center:
Pew Research study of US teen internet usage finds 85% say they use YouTube, 72% use Instagram, 69% use Snapchat, while only 51% say they use Facebook — YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat are the most popular online platforms among teens. Fully 95% of teens have access to a smartphone, and 45% say they are online ‘almost constantly’
Discussion:
Slate, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, VideoInk, The Next Web, Engadget, The Hill, Business Insider, @pewresearch, FOX6Now.com, The Daily Caller, The Wrap, The Verge, @profcarroll, @daniellamicaela, @logandobson, MediaPost, Mashable, @lrainie, CNET, Washington Post, Adweek and Deadline, more at Techmeme »
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Cheddar buys MTV Networks on Campus, a news and entertainment network piped into US college campuses, from Viacom and will rename it CheddarU — Cheddar Inc. wants to be the big cheese on campus. The financial-news streaming service aimed at young people has purchased MTV Networks on Campus …
Discussion:
@ericharris and Multichannel News
RELATED:
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Internet pay-TV service Philo adds Cheddar Big News, Tastemade, and PeopleTV channels to its base package — It's a trend: Philo is the latest internet pay-TV service to plug linear channels from digital-media companies into its low-cost “skinny” bundles. — Philo, whose backers include …
Discussion:
Multichannel News and FierceCable
Tim Mak / NPR:
Reporter Tim Mak posts audio of 2015 legal threats from Michael Cohen: “Tread very fucking lightly” and “I will take you for every penny you still don't have” — Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen is facing legal peril, including an FBI raid of his home and office …
Sara Jerde / Adweek:
New York Media, Pop Sugar, and Rolling Stone join Concert, a digital ad marketplace founded by Vox Media and NBCU — Vox Media claims Concert will reach nearly 90% of internet users — Concert, the digital ad marketplace founded by Vox Media and NBCUniversal, is further expanding …
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, @concert, AdExchanger and Business Insider
Wall Street Journal:
Early data after GDPR shows Google and Facebook are drawing ad money by gathering users' consent for targeted ads at far higher rates than competing services — Digital ad giants are gathering individuals' consent for targeted ads at far higher rates than many competing online-ad services, early data show
Discussion:
@dangillmor, MediaPost, @profcarroll, @kimmaicutler, Fortune and Fast Company, more at Techmeme »
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Once Tronc closes on LA Times sale, sources say clean balance sheet could make Tronc a takeover target; filing says five execs could get $23.5M if Tronc is sold — For a company that's known little but chaos in its short life, the degree of uncertainty is now as high as ever.
Discussion:
@scribeguy, @mattdpearce, @danbeucke, @laobserved, @laura_nelson and @mattdpearce
Ginny Marvin / Marketing Land:
DoubleClick announces advertisers can now buy ad inventory programmatically from Google Play Music, Spotify, SoundCloud, TuneIn, and soon Pandora — Advertisers can buy digital audio ad inventory programmatically on Spotify, TuneIn, SoundCloud and Google Play Music.
Discussion:
RAIN News, DoubleClick Advertiser Blog, Mumbrella, Ad Age and MediaPost
Anna Nemtsova / The Daily Beast:
The staged murder of Babchenko did serious damage to journalism when it's already under attack by rulers who increasingly call investigations “fake news” — MOSCOW — The heartbreaking “assassination” of Arkady Babchenko — in fact a sting set up by the Ukrainian Security Service …
Margaret Harding McGill / Politico:
How Sinclair will keep some control of four TV stations it plans to sell after Tribune deal; ex-FCC chair Tom Wheeler says “it borders on a regulatory fraud” — Sinclair makes side deals that could place Republican-leaning programming on stations it won't own.
Discussion:
@jayrosen_nyu, @timkarr, @michaelschaeff2, @bkingdc and @notaaroncraig
Rebecca Stewart / The Drum:
The Evening Standard denies allegations of payment in exchange for favorable coverage of brands like Uber, saying that all commercial content will be labeled — The Evening Standard (ES) has explicitly denied allegations that it has accepted millions of pounds from brands like Uber in return for …
Discussion:
The Guardian, American Press Institute, Politico, Press Gazette, Guido Fawkes, @adambanksdotcom, @jimwaterson, @tom_watson and openDemocracy
Rich Woods / Neowin:
Microsoft retiring Groove Music apps for iOS and Android on December 1; if installed, apps will stop working; PC, Xbox, and Windows Phone apps will still work — At the end of last year, Microsoft killed off its Groove Music Pass service. The Groove apps themselves continues to function …
Discussion:
Android Police, The Verge, Ars Technica, Engadget and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »
Output Producer, CA — 
News Publishing Specialist, Bengaluru — 
Breaking News Editor, Tokyo — 
Senior Correspondent - Wealth, NY — 
Local Government Reporter, IA — 
Research Director, CA — 
Immigration Enforcement Reporter — 
Jackson Reporter, MS — 
Contributing Parks Ed. - SW, CA — 
Nights & Weekends Blogger, NY — 
AI Content Editor, WA — 
Legislative Reporter, TN — 
Editorial Assistant, FL — 
Elon Musk Reporter, NY or CA — 
Government & Politics Editor, WA — 
Reporter, FL — 
Sports Reporter, WA — 
Energy Reporter, TX — 
Senior Reporter, SC — 
Politics Editor, TX — 
Local Editor - Midwest, Remote — 
Staff Writer, ME — 
L.A. Issues Reporter, CA — 
Senior Editor, Remote — 
Political Newsletter Writer, CO — 
Jackson Reporter, MS — 
Audience Dev. Editor, NY — 
Climate Finance Reporter, VA — 
Breaking News Reporter, NV — 
Fearless Reporter/Producer, IA — 
Reporter II - Technology, Remote — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Senior Writer/Editor, FL — 
