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1:35 AM ET, September 29, 2018

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Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
Tow Center study of digital adaption in local news: Google's reach, from AMP to ads, is pervasive, 12% of outlets don't have a website, 80% have a Facebook page  —  So you want to support local news.  But can you even find the subscribe button on the Daily Planet's clunky website to do so?
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
SEC filing: CBS has received subpoenas from New York city and state officials regarding reports of sexual misconduct by former chairman-CEO Leslie Moonves  —  CBS Corp. is facing investigations by city and state officials in New York stemming from the reports of alleged sexual misconduct …
Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable and The Wrap
Aaron Williams / Washington Post:
A comparison of the lower-third chyrons displayed on MSNBC, CNN, and Fox during the Kavanaugh-Ford hearing sheds light on how they interpreted it  —  As Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford gave their testimony in a hearing that spanned more than six hours on Thursday …
Discussion: @blewis2080
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Freia Nahser / Global Editors Network:
Texas Tribune's Evan Smith and Rodney Gibbs on making the outlet sustainable: multiple revenue sources, non-partisan coverage, welcoming risk, and more  —  The Texas Tribune came into business to solve a problem: the insufficient coverage of public policy and politics in Texas.
Aisha Hassan / Quartz:
Spotify confirms test where it sent emails to some of its Premium for Family users asking them to prove their home address via GPS or lose access to the plan  —  Spotify recently sent an email to some of its “Premium for Family” account users in the US that asked them to confirm their home address through GPS data.
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Filing: Murdochs' compensation for fiscal year soars with Disney deal; $49.2M for Rupert, up 68% YoY, $50.7M for Lachlan, up 146%, $50.3M for James, up 148%  —  The entertainment conglomerate, which has agreed to sell large parts to Walt Disney for $71.3 billion, shows increased stock awards …
H.G. Watson / JSource:
Refinery29 is launching a Canadian version headquartered in Toronto in October with former Chatelaine editor-in-chief Carley Fortune as executive editor  —  Former Chatelaine editor-in-chief Carley Fortune will lead the Canadian edition.  —  Another American outlet is making inroads into Canada.
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Proxy statement: compensation for top executives at Meredith rises over 30% this year after company's purchase of Time Inc.  —  Meredith top brass, who have laid off hundreds since snapping up Time Inc. for $2.8 billion in January, are rewarding themselves generously with compensation jumping over 30 percent this year.
Discussion: @jeremymbarr
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Print readers don't migrate online and read much more content than online ones, according to a study of The Independent's audience after it went online-only  —  A new study of The Independent's 2016 shift to online-only finds that its print readership didn't move to digital when the newspaper did.
 
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