Mediagazer: Interviews with two R&D managers on their daily routines, specific projects, and the future of news: Tristan Ferne of BBC and Kourtney Bitterly of NYT (Global Editors Network)

12:30 PM ET, February 3, 2019

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Daniel Funke / Poynter:

Snopes pulls out of Facebook partnership, says Facebook's closed, manual fact-checking entry system is too labor intensive and fails to benefit the whole web — Snopes is no longer debunking misinformation in partnership with Facebook. In a statement published Friday …

Discussion: @steevill, @kimlacapria, @rmac18, @samtlevin, @samtlevin, @shortformernie, @sarahfrier, @tmclaughlin3, @tarletong, @bendwalsh, @dpfunke, BBC, Bloomberg, The Guardian, Adweek, Engadget, The Verge, Boing Boing, CNBC and Mashable, more at Techmeme »

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:

AP says it is “not currently doing fact-checking work for Facebook”, after Snopes said it also stopped; both leave possiblity for future collaboration open — Snopes, which recently rebuffed reports that its relationship with Facebook was strained, has stopped working for the program …

Discussion: The Atlantic, Snopes.com, @shiraovide, Mediaite, Snopes.com and Fortune

Nick Evershed / The Guardian:

The Guardian Australia publishes its first story written by an automated system called Reporter Mate, which automates analysis and writing of formulaic stories — Guardian Australia has just published its first automated article but reporters fear not - you're still needed for a while yet

Discussion: Columbia Journalism Review, The Guardian, @whatthebit, @paulbradshaw, @ndiakopoulos, @petersterne and @petersterne

Peter Kafka / Recode:

Source: Spotify in advanced talks to acquire popular podcast producer Gimlet for $200M+; Gimlet would be Spotify's first purchase of an original content maker — Spotify wants to break out of the music streaming business. Gimlet, the company behind shows like Crimetown and Reply All, can help.

Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:

Vice to lay off 10% of staff, or ~250 people, across the company as part of restructuring effort; weekly “Vice” show on HBO also ending — The cuts, which will impact around 250 people, are part of new CEO Nancy Dubuc's strategic plan to tighten spending and achieve profitability.

Maura Judkis / Washington Post:

The Washington Post is airing a 60-second ad during the Super Bowl's fourth quarter on Sunday, with Tom Hanks describing journalism's importance to society — The Washington Post will debut its first Super Bowl commercial — a message underscoring the importance of newsgathering …

Discussion: USA Today, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, @ahmed, @rsf_en, @emilyaheil, @postbaron, Big League Politics, The A.V. Club, KTLA, CNBC, @jason_kint, @maurajudkis, @maurajudkis, Deadline, Adweek, Variety, Skift Table and The Week

Chuck Strouse / Miami New Times:

Memo: McClatchy is offering a voluntary early retirement program to about 450 employees, says it will be a one-time opportunity — This morning, Craig Forman, CEO of McClatchy Company, emailed all staff to say about 10 percent of the newspaper chain's employees would be offered voluntary buyouts.

Discussion: Poynter, Charlotte Magazine, @lindseywasson, The Hill, @poynter, @karlbode, @hannahallam, @sulliview, @cliomiso, @parkermolloy, @charlesapple, @jeffdomingues, @stevejanoski and @romenesko

Los Angeles Times:

Two press photographers, who had documented the migrant caravan, say authorities denied them entry into Mexico due to flagged passports by an unknown government — Two U.S. immigrant rights attorneys and two journalists who have worked closely with members of a migrant caravan in Tijuana …

Discussion: @mariaskennedy, @humanrights1st and @latimes

Global Editors Network:

Interviews with two R&D managers on their daily routines, specific projects, and the future of news: Tristan Ferne of BBC and Kourtney Bitterly of NYT — For most publishers around, there is a constant need to reinvent the ways to present news, fight digital challenges, and satisfy an audience.

Variety:

Amazon spent over $41M at the Sundance Film Festival to buy three films — They came. They saw. They bought a lot. — That's more or less the story of the 2019 edition of the Sundance Film Festival. It was a return to the free-spending days of a couple of years ago …

Discussion: The Wrap, Deadline, Business Insider and /Film

Dalit Shalom / Times Open:

NYT's “The Daily” episodes will now come with transcripts created by 3Play transcription software; transcripts of other Times podcasts are coming in the future — Dalit ShalomBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing — It's an introduction familiar to many: “From The New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.

Discussion: @arainert, @mznewman, @mikiebarb, @amcowana and RAIN News

Alex Williams / New York Times:

Graydon Carter, former editor of Vanity Fair, starts Air Mail, a digital news platform for worldly cosmopolitans, with Alessandra Stanley, former NYT reporter — The former editor of Vanity Fair is going digital. — Graydon Carter, the former editor of Vanity Fair, is starting Air Mail …

Discussion: @joehagansays, @sheivach and @petersterne

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Nick Statt / The Verge:
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Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:
Nina Burleigh, author of the Melania Trump article for which The Telegraph apologized, is demanding the newspaper retract its apology, claiming defamation

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Bloomberg:
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
In interview with Trump, NYT journalists and publisher try explaining the global effect of “fake news” claims but his focus shifted to his personal grievances

Taylor Soper / GeekWire:
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Discussion: Amazon.com, Inc. - IR, On my Om, RAIN News, @xpangler, Marketing Land and San Francisco Chronicle, more at Techmeme »

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The Pentagon hasn't done an on-camera press briefing since May; formerly daily State Department briefings averaged six per month in last three months of 2018

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George Steer / Financial Times:
Nvidia closed down 10% on Friday, falling the most since March 2020 and losing more than $200B of its market value, as investors pull back from AI bets

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