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3:20 AM ET, December 26, 2018

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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  —  BERLIN: Influential German news weekly Der Spiegel said Sunday (Dec 23) it would file a criminal complaint against a disgraced reporter …
Craig Mod / Wired:
Although the functionality of digital books has largely remained the same for 10 years, technology has improved everything that goes into publishing a book  —  THE FUTURE BOOK was meant to be interactive, moving, alive.  Its pages were supposed to be lush with whirling doodads, responsive, hands-on.
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 …
Daniel Frankel / Multichannel News:
Google says Android TV has now been deployed by 100+ pay TV operators worldwide and is used by “tens of millions” of customers, mostly in Europe and Asia  —  Google's open video operating system proliferates as AT&T readies deployment of set-top powered by platform in the U.S.
Jean Marbella / Baltimore Sun:
Six months later, the Capital Gazette mass shooting still resonates, among family, the Annapolis community, and the news industry  —  Capital Gazette editor Rick Hutzell talks about his staff honor of being recognized by Time magazine as Person of the Year.  (Kevin Richardson / Baltimore Sun video)
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  —  In 2017, we did a deep dive into mobile push alerts, publishing a report in collaboration with the Guardian Mobile Innovation Lab …
Discussion: @cjr, Thanks:@steverubel
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.
Discussion: @noahpinion
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.
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.
Discussion: @scottlamb
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 …
Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu
 
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