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Peter Kafka / Recode:
A year after his announcement that Facebook would feature less news, Zuckerberg says he wants to create a tab to surface quality news, could pay publishers — The Facebook CEO floated a “news tab to surface more high-quality news,” and said he's willing to write checks to support it.
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Frederic Filloux / Monday Note:
By joining Apple News +, the US magazine industry could lose 50% of its revenue per reader, with ARPU dropping from $120 per year per reader to $59 — Apple digital kiosk is a terrible deal for the news industry. No wonder most newspaper publishers won't join. 1 . The math, from the industry perspective
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Nick Statt / The Verge:
One week with Apple News+: it is great value for those who enjoy reading magazines but its design and news delivery mechanisms are messy and inconsistent — There's a lot to evaluate about Apple's new News Plus subscription service, including if it's a good deal for the media business …
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, MediaPost, Wall Street Journal, AdExchanger, PR Newswire, @sarafischer, Variety and Beet.TV
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.
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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?
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New Yorker, @williams_paige, @michaelluo, @adamplayford and @poynter
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”.
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@ferdigiugliano, @mattbrittin, @emilybell and @chloencornish
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, @samuelbailey and @jimwaterson
Willa Paskin / Slate:
While Sean Hannity promotes “deranged” factual interpretations on Fox News, Rachel Maddow's show also indulges in conspiracy theories around Mueller and Trump — I tuned in to Maddow's show after the Mueller investigation ended. It has not been pretty.
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 …
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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
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@space_odxity, @adamwalton, @screenspace_uk, @_joshedwards_ and @laurasnapes
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Critics comparing Mueller coverage to that of the Iraq war have based their argument on cherry-picked examples and a false assumption about the Steele dossier — Barr gave Trump and media critics a fresh rallying cry. And the Steele dossier is back in vogue. Does anybody really know what's going on here?
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@grahamdavida, @timobrien, @timobrien, @timobrien, @timobrien, @sulliview and NBC News
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