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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 …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Kavanaugh hearings were a rare collective civic moment as every major network suspended regular coverage and people called C-SPAN to share their reactions — The Senate testimony of Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh unspooled over nearly nine hours on Thursday …
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HuffPost, @alexisgoldstein, @nytimes, @cnnpolitics, @chicagotribune, Politico and CNN
Columbia Journalism Review:
The effects of the media pursuit of Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford show the urgent need for journalists to examine their own behavior and ethics
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Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
Dutch publisher De Correspondent says its 2017 revenue was $4.5M and 94% of it came directly from readers via membership fees, donations, and book sales — There are benefits of getting revenue directly from audiences. But as Dutch subscription publisher De Correspondent is finding, that revenue comes with disclosure obligations.
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The Correspondent, @jayrosen_nyu, @ejpfauth, @the_corres, @editorpublisher and @niemanlab
H.G. Watson / JSource:
Public Policy Forum report shows the total number of newspaper articles in Canada fell by almost half in 10 years, city hall coverage has been most impacted — Public Policy Forum research could indicate that local newspapers are being saturated by wire service stories, rather than featuring local political coverage.
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Nieman Lab and Public Policy Forum
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?
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Columbia Journalism Review, @cjr, @towcenter, @niemanlab, @thelocalnewslab, @janebsinger and @jesseholcomb
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
Center for Media Engagement experiments: readers are more likely to click on links with images, links at the end of an article, and links to related content — Are you more likely to click here? — ....................................... ........................................ ...............over here?
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Center for Media Engagement, @taliastroud, @niemanlab and @niemanlab
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 …
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TheBlaze, @moryan, Broadcasting & Cable and The Wrap
Abigail Geiger / Pew Research Center:
Survey: the percentage of US adults using the internet (89%), smartphones (77%), and social media (69%) has plateaued and remains nearly unchanged since 2016 — The use of digital technology has had a long stretch of rapid growth in the United States, but the share of Americans who go online …
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@pewresearch, 9to5Mac, @newthoughtmktg and @pewresearch, more at Techmeme »
Eric Nuzum / Audio Insurgent:
Despite some worries about falling ad prices, podcasting audiences and ad budgets are growing as the medium matures and moves past the gold rush stage — What tulips, cryptocurrency, and bespoke home-delivered dog food can tell us about the resilience of audio and the madness of crowds
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@internetryan, @mikeisaac, @shgeldz, @kylesgibson, @zkahn, @ericnuzum and @ericnuzum, more at Techmeme »
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.
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Fortune, Softpedia News, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, USA Today, Mashable, VentureBeat, Engadget, The Verge, hypebot and 9to5Mac
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
A look at Spokane's free weekly, the Inlander, which has survived independently for 25 years by focusing on local stories and being wary of expansion — This originally appeared in Local Edition, our newsletter following the digital transformation of local news. Want to be part of the conversation?
Bloomberg:
Profile of Bytedance, a China-based social news and video startup that may soon surpass Uber in valuation if rumored $1.5B SoftBank investment at $75B closes — - Bytedance's said to be valued at over $75 billion in new round — SoftBank is said to plan an investment of about $1.5 billion
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