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David Beard / Poynter:
After BuzzFeed's cuts to its audio team and Panoply's exit from podcast content, creators re-evaluate podcast revenue potential and audience measurement — Moving from one shiny object to another: “Everybody wants a ‘Serial,’ but nobody wants to spend ‘Serial’ money,” says one veteran podcast editor.
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: as financial pressures rise, Mic Network Is considering an acquisition offer from a media company, among other strategic options — Mic Network board met last week to consider offer, as financial pressures mount — Digital publisher Mic Network is considering an acquisition offer …
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@mathewi, @jbenton and @benmullin
Veronica Villafañe / Media Moves:
Cox Media Group announces the sale of Mundo Hispánico to Mundo Hispano Digital Network, a tech-focused media company created to target the US Latino community — Mundo Hispánico has new owners. Cox Media Group sold the Atlanta-based Spanish language weekly paper …
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Motherboard:
Facebook says it is reviewing its policies on white supremacy, white nationalism, and white separatism after a backlash from civil rights groups — “Facebook ignores centuries of history, legal precedent, and expert scholarship that all establish that white nationalism and white separatism are white supremacy."
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Allison Jackson / Agence France-Presse:
Thirteen journalists have been killed in Afghanistan in 2018, the highest number killed in the country in a single year since the start of the war — Moments after Afghan journalist Samim Faramarz wrapped up his live report on the latest suicide attack in Kabul, a car bomb exploded just metres away …
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
Report on how France handled misinformation and document leaks ahead of its 2017 election offers recommendations to governments, media, and civic organizations — If France could stop misinformation, could the U.S.? — A newly-translated-to-English report reflects on how the country handled misinformation …
D. Victoria Baranetsky / Columbia Journalism Review:
Study on data journalism: threat of Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and other penalties hinder stories and restrict info; denial of access rises with FOIA requests — The way journalists tell stories is changing. The law is changing, too. — INTRODUCTION
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CBC News:
Torstar Corp. announces it has agreed to acquire iPolitics Inc., a political website based in Ottawa, with the deal expected to close about October 1 — Newspaper publisher says plan is to expand Toronto Star coverage of Parliament Hill — Torstar Corp. announced Thursday that it has signed …
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Canada NewsWire Group, @paulvieira, @susandelacourt and @mariekewalsh
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
How the nonprofit Carolina Public Press has shown slow, steady growth from its start in 2011 covering western North Carolina to statewide coverage now — Angie Newsome launched Carolina Public Press on a sunny spring day in 2011. She doesn't remember much about that first story she published …
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@johnnewsomnr, @jkristufek and @kristenhare
Jordan Cohen / The New York Times Company:
The New York Times hires Kirsten Danis, who has been the managing editor of The Marshall Project since 2015, as the deputy Metro editor for investigations — Kirsten Danis, who has been managing editor of The Marshall Project since 2015, is becoming deputy Metro editor for investigations.
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:
Hulu rolling out an updated web interface designed for watching shows on a computer that shows more options and controls — A new design meant for a mouse — Hulu is rolling out an updated web interface today for its users that's based on the updated UI it introduced last year for its live TV service subscribers.
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
AT&T responds to the DOJ's appeal of the case allowing AT&T to buy Time Warner, saying DOJ has failed to show the merger is harmful to competitors or consumers — AT&T has filed its response to the government's appeal of its acquisition of Time Warner, a 58-page catalog of what the company …
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
RIAA: revenues from streaming up 28% YoY to $3.4B in H1 2018, accounting for 75% of recorded music revenue; 75% of streaming revenue comes from subscriptions — The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) issued a bullish mid-year report today: Total revenue from recorded music rose 10% …
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The Verge, Rolling Stone, Music Business Worldwide, RIAA, Billboard, VentureBeat and Music Ally, more at Techmeme »
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
ESPN says it has signed up more than 1M paying subscribers for ESPN+, its $4.99 a month streaming service launched in April — For $4.99 per month, ESPN+ offers a range of sports programming; doesn't offer live ESPN channels — ESPN said it has signed up more than one million paying subscribers …
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Matthew Belloni / Hollywood Reporter:
Interview with Disney CEO Bob Iger about Disney's upcoming streaming service, ESPN's politics problem, and how #MeToo changed the company
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