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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Sources suggest Craig Newmark and other funders need a couple more weeks to decide The Markup's future, possibly pulling funding or diverting it to another site — The tech-nerd founder of Craigslist infamously helped to decimate journalism—inadvertently. But he's finding that remaking it is not that simple.
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@joepompeo, @vanityfair and Columbia Journalism Review
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed News:
Profile of Katie McHugh, a writer with white nationalist ties who was fired in 2017 from Breitbart News and who now warns against the alt-right — If you remember Katie McHugh, it's probably because of the tweets. — A short selection: “British settlers built the USA.
Jason Lynch / Adweek:
Hulu is rolling out ads aimed at binge watching; advertisers can offer later episodes ad-free or nod to viewing time by pitching a service like food delivery — Streaming service orders Nicole Kidman series based on book from Big Little Lies author — As Hulu's subscriber base expands yet again …
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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Hulu says it has 26.8M paying subscribers in the US, up from 23M at the end of 2018, not including the 1.3M users signed up through promotions like free trials
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Deadline, CNBC, Variety, MediaPost, TechCrunch, Variety, @natjarv, @xpangler, Exstreamist, Observer, Engadget, Forbes and Reuters, more at Techmeme »
Peter High / Forbes:
Interview with Washington Post's CIO and CPO, Shailesh Prakash, on expanding its Arc publishing tool by selling it as a service, aiming for $100M in revenue — Shailesh Prakash was not sold on joining a media company. He had been at a number of tech-centric companies from Sun Microsystems to Netscape to Microsoft.
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Washington Post, @washpostpr, @raju and MediaPost
Brent Lang / Variety:
Walt Disney Studios promotes Alan Bergman to co-chairman of the studio, serving alongside Alan Horn, who will also take on the title of chief content officer — - Disney Promotes Alan Bergman to Studio Co-Chairman as Alan Horn Adds Chief Creative Officer Role
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The Wrap, Fortune, /Film and TVWeek.com
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Interview with Britain's Daily Express EIC Gary Jones, who's moved the tabloid away from its openly anti-immigrant position and softened its pro Brexit-stance — Marking a year in the job, editor seems to have recanted most things his paper was known for — Which national newspaper …
Katrina vanden Heuvel / Washington Post:
The winners of Hillman Prizes in recognition of outstanding public-interest journalism, to be awarded May 7, attest to the ability of journalism to spur reform — “In a time when this country's highest powers have taken it as their business to demean the work of journalists," …
Kelsey Sutton / Adweek:
Vice to consolidate its 12+ digital brands under Vice.com with some, like Broadly, folded into the site and others, like Motherboard, with dedicated verticals — It's also rolling out its own audience measurement and new blacklist policy — As part of a larger redesign and streamlining …
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Variety, @megancarpentier, @felixsalmon, @derektmead, @xpangler, @kelseymsutton, @djrbtr, @readdanwrite, @kelseymsutton and TVNewser
David Uberti / VICE News:
False sexual assault allegation against Pete Buttigieg on Medium renews questions around exploitation of platforms that let users publish without verification — The publishing platform Medium has tried to position itself as a destination for high-quality writing, selling memberships and hiring journalists.
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@vicenews and @daviduberti
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Indian media group Times Internet reports 450M+ monthly users across its ~36 news, video, and music properties, says its biggest challenge is increasing revenue — Media group now claims 450M users across services including news, video and music — The aggressive push by Silicon Valley companies …
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Music Ally, @sajithpai, @techcrunch, @pankajontech, @miten, Times Internet and exchange4media
Nicholas Quah / Nieman Lab:
A look back at Luminary's bungled rollout, which eroded trust from podcasters; Stitcher and PRX also pulled original shows from the app — Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 206, published April 30, 2019. — Luminary, seven days in.
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VentureBeat, Morning Consult and Awful Announcing
Max Willens / Digiday:
Slate's 30 podcasts had 180M listens in 2018, a 78% increase YoY; Slate's president says audio could represent “nearly half” of the company's revenue in 2019 — Last year, Slate bet big on audio as a way to drive advertising and membership revenue.
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