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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Eight current and former temporary workers at NPR describe work as financially uncertain and stressful; union says ~21% of NPR's 483 newsroom staffers are temps — Julia Botero was happy to catch on, and determined to stay on, at NPR. After completing an internship at the public broadcasting organization …
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Inspired by the success of true-crime podcasts like Serial, Katz Networks - a division of E.W. Scripps - is reviving cable network Court TV in May 2019 — The legal network is being relaunched by E.W. Scripps after more than a decade off the air — The E.W. Scripps Company is betting that crime actually does pay.
George Civeris / Columbia Journalism Review:
At the Tow Center, academics, professors, and industry experts define the term “influencer” which can encompass staff with large followings at media outlets — The rise of social platforms has brought with it a new kind of celebrity: the digital influencer.
Literary Hub:
Q&A with Meghan O'Rourke, who has been appointed editor of The Yale Review following a year-long national search — After a year-long, national search, Peter Salovey, President of Yale University, has announced the appointment of Meghan O'Rourke—poet, memoirist, and editor—as the next editor of The Yale Review.
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@meghanor, @kjavadizadeh, @lithub, @metlandia, @sarahw, @juliaturner, @blakebaileyon and @yalereview
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
A review of 13 European digital native news publishers finds that ad revenue remains vital and that newer outlets focus on quality to attract paying audiences — “It was around this time last year that things were starting to look a little dicey for the media industry's once breathlessly …
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@niemanlab, @niemanlab, @jppereira0 and @raju
Marcela Kunova / Journalism.co.uk:
Kingston University releases Discover Leveson, a free resource with audio and visual content and transcripts from the UK inquiry into press ethics and practices — Kingston University released a cutting-edge archive of the landmark public inquiry, inviting press and society to question the role of media in our lives
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Sources: Les Moonves' lawyers are preparing to file a suit against CBS over leaks to the New York Times about the investigation into his conduct — Disgraced media mogul Les Moonves is threatening to sue CBS over recent leaks of lurid details about his alleged sexual misconduct, The Post has learned.
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@damonlinker, TVWeek.com, CNN, @daltonreport, Washington Post, TVNewser, Fortune and The Intercept
NEWS.com.au:
Australian watchdog ACCC posts regulation recommendations regarding digital platforms, like Google: monitor handling of ads and news, ban default browsers, more — The hammer is coming down on Google and Facebook as Australia's top consumer watchdog warns they are becoming too powerful.
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Australian Competition …, @danielpmcdermot, Reuters and Sydney Morning Herald, more at Techmeme »
Andrew McCormick / Columbia Journalism Review:
5,000 copies of jailed Reuters reporter Wa Lone's children's book, Jay Jay the Journalist, have been distributed to Myanmar schools, libraries, and monasteries — In Myanmar, it used to be said that the best education could be found in prison, where intellectuals, artists, and journalists abounded.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Sources: Apple acquired Platoon, a UK-based startup that uses analytics to source talent like musicians and writers to produce, distribute, and sell their work — Spotify has made some significant moves to bypass record labels and work directly with artists, and there are signs that Apple …
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CNBC, @mralexlawson, @jonesjourno, Publishers Weekly, @shellypalmer, @ingridlunden, Fortune, Music Business Worldwide, Telegraph, AppleInsider, The Verge, MacRumors, 9to5Mac and RAIN News
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
Knight survey of 10K high schoolers: 49% don't trust the news media to accurately report the news, 59% said they used a messaging app as a news source — Have we lost the teachers but kept the high schoolers (for now)? It's a tie. — 49 percent of high school students and 51 percent …
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@frankrebecca, @niemanlab, @niemanlab and @niemanlab
Sam Eichner / Columbia Journalism Review:
Publishers like NYT, New York, The Atlantic, and BuzzFeed expand and revamp books coverage for a digital audience with larger sections, newsletters, book clubs — If it occasionally feels like nobody reads books, anymore—that we are indeed witnessing the slow death of the literary novel …
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Fox News host Pete Hegseth was paid about $10K by MI Republicans to speak at an event with a US Senate candidate, who Hegseth later repeatedly interviewed on TV — Fox News host Pete Hegseth was paid roughly $10,000 by Republicans in Michigan to speak at a fundraising event with then-Senate candidate John James.
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