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Jane Wakefield / BBC:
Reuters Institute study: usage of Facebook for news has declined in a number of countries including the US, as messaging apps like WhatsApp gain popularity — Fewer people are using Facebook to discover and discuss news, as messaging apps such as WhatsApp gain in popularity, a study has suggested.
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Colin Deppen / The Incline:
Longtime Pittsburgh Post-Gazette cartoonist Rob Rogers says he was fired after going public with claims the paper rejected cartoons for political reasons — Update: 4 p.m. (Editor's Note: This is a breaking story and will continue to be updated.) — Rob Rogers said he felt editorial management …
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@rob_rogers, Poynter, @eleanorstrouser, CBS Pittsburgh and Common Dreams
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The Nib:
Ten of the anti-Trump cartoons by Rob Rogers that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette refused to publish — The paper suddenly won't run the work of veteran cartoonist and former Pulitzer finalist Rob Rogers' work for being too critical of Trump. But we will.
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Columbia Journalism Review and Washington Post
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
MacArthur Foundation awards $1M to Chicago nonprofit journalism lab City Bureau and $650K each to Free Spirit Media and Chicago Public Media — City Bureau, a 3-year-old nonprofit journalism lab on the South Side, will receive a $1 million grant from the MacArthur Foundation …
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@city_bureau, City Bureau, Current, @chrbelanger, @sebastian_hwc, Chicago Business, @bechang8 and @bellwak
Jacqueline Alemany / CBS News:
Sources: White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and deputy press secretary Raj Shah to exit the Trump administration; Sanders to leave at year's end — Two of the most visible members of the Trump administration are planning their departures, the latest sign of upheaval in a White House marked by turmoil.
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Politico, Mediaite, Fox News Insider, Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The Week, @milbank, @anniekarni, @presssec, Fortune, The Hill, @bradmossesq, @tedlieu, New York Magazine, @talkingnewmedia, Mediaite, @joncoopertweets, MarketWatch, KUTV-TV, Daily Express, @andylassner, @poniewozik and fox13now.com
Tow Center for Digital Journalism:
Survey: 86% of journalists felt social media contributed to a decline in trust in journalism, half said social media strengthened relationship with audience — This report is part of an ongoing, multiyear study by the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism School …
Discussion:
Nieman Lab and @mattnavarra
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
News outlets should make sure to qualify and identify Trump's tweets as false in their headlines to avoid acting simply as retweets promoting his viewpoint — Consider this headline. — In one sense, the headline is true. President Trump did indeed say that there is no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea.
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Chicago Sun-Times, @pbump, The Week, @dannagal, @jayrosen_nyu, New York Magazine, @jayrosen_nyu, The Daily Caller, NPR, The Intercept and New York Times
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Thousands of debunking articles by Sean Rice of business2comunity.com deleted after site was contacted with evidence of serial plagiarism and story idea theft — Business2community.com deleted close to 6,000 articles by Shawn Rice after being contacted by BuzzFeed News.
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@profcarroll, @mat and @craigsilverman
Jack Sullivan / CommonWealth Magazine:
DFM-owned Boston Herald to outsource ad design and news page layout to Colorado headquarters, eliminating at least half the copy editor and design positions — THE NEW OWNERS of the Boston Herald have told staff they will outsource all the paper's advertising design and news page layout functions …
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Media Nation
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Nuzzel launches NuzzelRank, which uses reader data, signals about engagement and authority, and business influencers to rank the authority of top news sources — Everyone from Elon Musk to AdBlock Plus wants to tell you which news sources are worth trusting. Now news aggregator Nuzzel is joining in.
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Columbia Journalism Review
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Pandora is partnering with Snapchat to stream music on the app via its new developer tool, Snap Kit — Pandora is partnering with Snapchat to stream music on the app via its new developer tool, Snap Kit. — Why it matters: It's an example of how Snap's developer tools can be used …
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MarketWatch, Business Wire, Billboard, The Verge, hypebot and Engadget, more at Techmeme »
Mat Honan / BuzzFeed:
Inside the Open Markets Institute Conference attended by politicians and media execs who discussed the role of Facebook and Google in the media industry — You can't bust a trust if the trust busts you first. — Reporting From Washington, D.C. — The rising anti-Trust movement gathered Tuesday …
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WWD, @joshconstine, @buzzfeednews and @kantrowitz, more at Techmeme »
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