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Damian Carrington / The Guardian:
The Guardian updates style guide to recommend “global heating” instead of “global warming”, and “climate emergency, crisis or breakdown”, over “climate change” — From now, house style guide recommends terms such as ‘climate crisis’ and ‘global heating’
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Press Gazette, @cwharlow, @greenpeaceuk and @markdistef
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Digital First Media's bid for Gannett may have failed this time, but industry executives continue to say they expect mergers among the big newspaper chains — This hostile takeover didn't work out. But the thinking of industry executives remains dominated by the inevitable merging of America's big newspaper chains.
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@dfmworkers
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Nathan Bomey / USA Today:
Gannett shareholders voted to reject board nominees put forth by MNG Enterprises, also called Digital First Media and backed by Alden Global Capital — Gannett shareholders have voted to reject MNG Enterprises' board nominees, siding with the USA TODAY owner as it attempts to fend off …
Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg:
London-based TI Media, formerly called Time Inc UK, sells its music magazines NME and Uncut to Singapore's BandLab Technologies — BandLab Technologies, a Singapore-based social music platform, has agreed to acquire British music magazines NME and Uncut from TI Media for an undisclosed amount to expand its global music media business.
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Press Gazette
Knight Foundation:
Survey of 4K+ college students: 45% don't have much confidence in the media to report news accurately, and 14% don't trust it at all — Views on free speech versus promoting an inclusive society sharply divide based on gender, race, sexual orientation, political affiliation and religion
Discussion:
@lorelleespinosa
Paul Wallbank / Mumbrella:
Internal email: News Corp says it has passed 500K paid digital subscribers in Australia, eight years after it launched a paywall for The Australian — News Corp says it has passed the 500,000 paid digital subscribers milestone in Australia. — News Corp Australia's executive chairman …
Theodore Schleifer / Vox:
Sources: Quora, which has 300M+ MAUs, is raising a $60M round led by Valor Equity Partners at a valuation of $2B, and told investors it had $20M in 2018 revenue — According to some, the financing round for the question-and-answer platform speaks to the high valuation for virtually everything these days in the tech sector.
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@pt, @teddyschleifer, @felixsalmon and @teddyschleifer, more at Techmeme »
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Sources: Quibi execs have met with digital publishers, including Insider Inc., Group Nine, Refinery29, and iHeartMedia, to pitch ideas for daily video content — Jeffrey Katzenberg's billion-dollar video startup Quibi will be centered on expensive video series from high-profile directors …
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MediaPost, @eringriffith, @cityofthetown and Digital TV Europe
Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept:
Three French journalists faced government interrogation, and now possibly jail time, after using a secret document to report on France's ties to the Yemen war — Journalists in France are facing potential jail sentences in an unprecedented case over their handling of secret documents detailing …
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@rj_gallagher, @rj_gallagher, @skynebula and @rj_gallagher
Drew Magary / The Concourse:
Deadspin columnist and GQ correspondent Drew Magary recounts his near-death experience with a subdural hematoma and his struggle with recovery — Or dare I say... given away? I am the least reliable narrator when it comes to the story of my brain exploding.
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@drewmagary, @bruce_arthur, @megreenwell, @timmarchman, @drewmagary, @garretthaake, @ashleyfeinberg, @jeremylittau, @pattymo, @domcosentino, @barry, @michaelsclair and @david_j_roth
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Crackle, sold by Sony Pictures to CSS Entertainment in March, reports revenue of $11M and operating profit of $3.5M in Q1; sources say it was burning cash — For the first time, financial results for Sony Pictures Television's Crackle have been made public — and the free …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sony Music has formed a joint venture with Adam Davidson and Laura Mayer, both veteran podcast producers, to create and distribute original podcast programming — Sony Music Entertainment is diving into the red-hot podcasting biz. — In its first move into the space …
Makena Kelly / The Verge:
White House launches tool to solicit information from people who had social media accounts suspended or banned and who suspect political bias behind the actions — 'If you suspect political bias caused such an action to be taken against you, share your story with President Trump'
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Casey Newton / The Interface:
As the definition of “bias” expands to include instances where social media users don't have the desired outcome, it's harder for platforms to say there is none
As the definition of “bias” expands to include instances where social media users don't have the desired outcome, it's harder for platforms to say there is none
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@jayrosen_nyu, @tarletong, The Verge, New York Times, Techdirt, MediaNama, @jack, @attackerman and @mrjamesob