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Memo: Tronc to cut the New York Daily News newsroom by 50%; Robert York replacing Editor-in-Chief Jim Rich, Managing Editor Kristen Lee also leaving — The layoffs come days after rumors of deep cuts at the storied tabloid. — The New York Daily News, a storied big-city tabloid known …
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If you hate democracy and think local governments should operate unchecked and in the dark, then today is a good day for you. — If you hate democracy and think local governments should operate unchecked and in the dark, then today is a good day for you.
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Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
The meeting in which New York Daily News staffers learned from Tronc that the EIC was ousted and the newsroom was being cut by 50% lasted less than a minute — The meeting lasted less than a minute. By the time it was over, reporters and editors at The Daily News had been told …
Andrew Buncombe / The Independent:
Jack Dorsey, responding to Maggie Haberman's criticisms of Twitter, vows to work on identifying credibility and improving conversations' organization, context — The CEO of Twitter has admitted the platform is no longer a place where nuanced or thoughtful discussion can take place …
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Pew Research Center:
Study: ~36% of largest papers and ~23% of the highest-traffic digital-native news outlets in the US experienced layoffs between January 2017 and April 2018 — Newspaper layoffs have far from abated in the past year, and digital-native news outlets are also suffering losses, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Facebook could recognize Holocaust denialism as hate speech and ban it on those grounds, but trying to censor every falsehood should be noted as a bad idea — To follow Mark Zuckerberg's utterances is to constantly cringe. — Last week was no different.
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Trump tariffs on newsprint cause some newspapers to cut printing days; higher costs will likely lead to redesigns, pricier subscriptions, and fewer pages — The tariffs increase the cost of newsprint by as much as 30 to 35 percent, though the impact on publishers is highly uneven …
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Luke O'Brien / HuffPost:
A look at how alt-right troll Mike Cernovich uses Twitter to target journalists, typically by implicating them in sex crimes against minors — He just took down director James Gunn. Now he's using a trollish rumor about a sex tape to go after journalists. — 106 -
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New York Times:
Sources: feds think National Enquirer owner AMI may have acted more as a political supporter than a news org, raising 1st Amendment, campaign finance questions — Federal authorities examining the work President Trump's former lawyer did to squelch embarrassing stories before the 2016 election …
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Riley Griffin / Bloomberg:
How women's magazines like Glamour and Cosmopolitan are harnessing exploding interest in politics among women and reaping the benefits of growing online traffic — It's not just Teen Vogue. Readers are flocking to the websites of Glamour and Cosmo, and they're responding with aggressive political reporting.
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Gregory Schmidt / New York Times:
Faced with flagging sales, comic book publishers are developing their own streaming platforms, bypassing services like Netflix and Amazon Prime — Comic book publishers are facing a growing crisis: Flagging interest from readers and competition from digital entertainment are dragging down sales.
James Ball / Columbia Journalism Review:
It is time for newsrooms to cover technology extensively, across desks, acting as watchdogs rather than cheerleaders — A lowly tech employee was trying to do some simple task online and found out it was really hard. Inspired by that difficulty, he—and it was almost always a he …
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