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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
The Financial Times says it has reached 1M paying readers, with digital subscriptions accounting for 75%+ of its circulation — The Financial Times has reached a paying readership of 1m in a new record for the newsbrand that it says has come a year ahead of schedule and on the back of a “strong business performance”.
Discussion:
@lionelbarber
Karen Rundlet / Knight Foundation:
Knight Foundation announces funding for three groups that help news providers: $3.5M for Institute for Nonprofit News, $1M for LION, $1.5M for News Revenue Hub — On March 31, Knight announced a $6 million investment in three organizations helping create a strong support system for local newsrooms across the country.
Discussion:
@jenniferpreston, @knightfdn, @ibarguen, @nickkristof, @newseditoranne, @tglaisyer and @ibarguen
Tom Jones / Poynter:
Q&A with Poynter president Neil Brown on coverage of the Mueller report and triteness of the idea that the report should prompt a reckoning in the media — The Russian investigation is over. Robert Mueller's report has been turned in. And now we begin another investigation: How did the media do in covering this story?
Discussion:
New Yorker, @michaelluo, @adamplayford, @poynter and @williams_paige
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
The BBC is taking over broadcaster UKTV in a ~£200M deal and licensing its natural history and wildlife shows to Discovery for its new global streaming service — Corporation will also license natural history shows such as Blue Planet to US pay-TV giant
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Multichannel News, Adweek, Broadcasting & Cable and @jimwaterson
Ad Age:
ComScore's CEO Bryan Wiener and President Sarah Hofstetter step down after less than a year in those positions, citing differences with the company's board — CEO Bryan Wiener and President Sarah Hofstetter will depart — ComScore's top two executives have abruptly left the company …
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Adweek, PR Newswire, Variety, @sarafischer, Broadcasting & Cable, Wall Street Journal, MediaPost and Beet.TV
Reuters:
People.cn, an arm of China's “People's Daily” paper, expands its AI-powered content scrubbing business for apps like Toutiao, hiring more human censors — BEIJING (Reuters) - People.cn, the online unit of China's influential People's Daily, is boosting its numbers …
Discussion:
@schuldensuehner and Reuters
Alexis Petridis / The Guardian:
Young musicians are racking up millions of streaming plays from teens who discover their songs in the background of YouTube influencer and tutorial videos — Instead of radio or the music press, today's teens are discovering songs in the background of YouTube videos - creating a new breed of superstars unknown to adults
Scott Roxborough / Hollywood Reporter:
Fremantle's parent company RTL Group has named Thomas Rabe, chief executive of German media giant Bertelsmann, as its new CEO — Rabe, who heads up RTL parent company Bertelsmann, replaces Bert Habets, who resigned Monday, citing personal considerations. — Thomas Rabe, CEO …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
April Fools prank stories share many attributes with fake news stories, like using more first-person pronouns, and can help researchers better detect fake news — April Fool's. On Monday morning, be prepared for this year's assortment of April Fool's Day pranks across the web …
Discussion:
@niemanlab, @niemanlab and @niemanlab
Jenni Monet / Columbia Journalism Review:
The US' legacy press has no beat devoted to covering its 573 tribal nations, to which ~2.6M people belong; an Indigenous journalist should be assigned to one — When Senator Elizabeth Warren remarked during a recent campaign event that Native Americans should be “part of the conversation” …
Joseph Lichterman / The Lenfest Institute …:
How an Illinois public radio station and high school students collaborate annually since 1993 to produce audio documentaries on topics of community interest — What was your high school journalism experience like? If you were anything like me — I'll tell you the stories of how I got …
Rosemary Rossi / The Wrap:
Fox News host Jeanine Pirro returned to air Saturday night without mentioning the reason for the two-week absence of her show — Fox News host Jeanine Pirro returned to air Saturday night without mentioning the reason for the two-week absence of her show, “Justice With Judge Jeanine.”
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