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Agence France-Press:
Der Spiegel to file criminal complaint against Claas Relotius after it emerged the reporter may have embezzled donations for subjects of one of his articles — Bookmark — BERLIN: Influential German news weekly Der Spiegel said Sunday (Dec 23) it would file a criminal complaint …
Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:
A look at Joel Kaplan's growing sway at Facebook as he pushed against News Feed changes designed to reduce polarization, promoted The Daily Caller partnership — Joel Kaplan, a former White House aide to a Republican president, has emerged as Facebook's protector against allegations of political bias …
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Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Printing presses have struggled to keep up with the demand for books during holiday season, creating a backlog that has led to stock shortages of popular titles — This year has been, much to everyone's surprise, a blockbuster for the publishing industry. Despite the relentless news cycle, readers have bought books in droves.
Bryan Curtis / The Ringer:
After John Skipper, the creativity he promoted as head of ESPN has been supplanted by a return to sports news and dedication to data to guide content decisions — Something feels familiar—and safer—about the Worldwide Leader in Sports. It isn't an accident.
Thomas Baekdal / Baekdal Plus:
A look at The Correspondent's successful crowdsourcing campaign to raise $2.5M, and how it was rescued by a last minute appearance on The Daily Show — As you probably already know, The Correspondent succeeded with their crowdfunding campaign to launch an international site.
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@scottlamb
Max Willens / Digiday:
Salon is testing alternative revenue models, from an ad-free subscription to a partial paywall coming in 2019, as traffic falls 78% over last two years — More than a decade ago, Salon bet that readers would be willing to pay for an ad-free, subscription version of its site.
Pete Brown / Columbia Journalism Review:
A content analysis of mobile news alerts in 2018 shows their number and length rose since 2017; companion case study confirms shift from just breaking news — EXECUTIVE SUMMARY — In 2017, we did a deep dive into mobile push alerts, publishing a report in collaboration …
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@lauraelizdavis, @mariekshan, @towcenter and @steverubel, Thanks:@steverubel
Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica:
Internal documents and Civil's co-founder shed light on how the blockchain-based journalism startup bumbled its ICO and left many partners disappointed — CVL should've been worth ≥$0.75, Civil CEO said. Internal docs show far less. — In March 2018, Matthew Iles—the head of Civil …
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Nisha Chittal / Vox:
How Instagram has helped indie bookstores, which have grown 35% between 2009-2015, as it creates community and attracts customers via photogenic displays — Stores like Books Are Magic and the Last Bookstore are benefiting from love on #bookstagram. — The internet is killing independent bookstores.
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@voxdotcom, @fountainbkstore, @michelleobama and @therippedbodice
Gina Masullo Chen / American Press Institute:
Study of use of DocumentCloud: embedded documents largely served as proof of claims but few journalists included explanations of how documents were verified — Anti-press sentiment, fueled in no small part by President Trump, has left news organizations looking for new ways to bolster lagging trust.
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@ginamchen
Zoe Sullivan / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the threats facing Brazil's media: more violence against journalists, an at-times hostile president-elect, accelerating digital disruption, and more — The day after he captured Brazil's presidency in a run-off, Jair Bolsonaro spoke with Globo News, Brazil's largest television network.
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@freedomofpress
Glenn Fleishman / Smithsonian:
On January 1, copyrighted works from 1923 will enter the public domain, 21 years after the last mass expiration of copyright in the US, which predated Google — A beloved Robert Frost poem is among the many creations that are (finally) losing their protections in 2019 — “Whose woods these are, I think I”—whoa!
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@mikecarlucci, @alexplank, @jasonleopold and @soulellis
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