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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Should Gannett and GateHouse merge, the resulting company would own one in six US newspapers and have increasingly regionalized reporting and business functions — A combined company would own 1 of every 6 daily newspapers in America — and a little more breathing room.
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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Tribune Publishing to pay $56M cash dividend to shareholders, shrinking its cash balance to ~$25M, reducing its appeal to buyers and its ability to acquire — Printing of the Chicago Tribune newspaper, at Chicago Tribune Freedom Center, at 560 W. Grand Ave., in Chicago on Monday May 16, 2016.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Gannett has held merger talks with GateHouse Media, which would unite the US's two biggest newspaper groups; it's also spoken to McClatchy and Tribune — The potential tie-up would bring together the two largest newspaper groups in the country — USA Today publisher Gannett Co …
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Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
Study on behavioral ad targeting finds that publishers only get about 4% more revenue for an ad impression that has a cookie enabled than for one that doesn't — Finding could affect where publishers line up in brewing privacy battles — Are creepy advertisements really necessary to support the free web?
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Fast Company, MediaPost, @antoniogm, @antoniogm, @realhamed, @robpegoraro, @antoniogm, @noahpinion, Marketing Dive, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, @jason_kint and @profcarroll, Thanks:@beet_tv
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Sources: NYT “prefers” its reporters not appear on cable news shows that it perceives as too partisan, including Rachel Maddow's and Don Lemon's — The Times recently yanked one of its journalists from Rachel Maddow amid concerns about cable-news “bias.” Dean Baquet “thinks it's a real issue.”
Katie Kilkenny / Hollywood Reporter:
WarnerMedia, AMC, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and NBCUniversal say they will reevaluate filming in Georgia if a restrictive abortion law goes into effect — A slew of major Hollywood studios with business in the state finally spoke up about how the “highly restrictive legislation” …
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Reed Hastings' representative says he donated to Missouri legislators to support charter schools, after controversy over lawmakers' vote for 8-week abortion ban
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Lisa Richwine / Reuters:
Disney's Bob Iger said it would be difficult to film in Georgia if a new abortion law takes effect: “Many people who work for us will not want to work there”
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Carlos Maza / @gaywonk:
[Thread] Despite policies against harassment, YouTube lets Steve Crowder videos stay up, with repeated attacks on Carlos Maza's sexual orientation and ethnicity — So, I have pretty thick skin when it comes to online harassment, but something has been really bothering me.
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Hannah Ritchie / Our World in Data:
Study comparing causes of death in US with Google searches and NYT/Guardian coverage finds that terrorism and homicide are vastly overrepresented in the media — Our World in Data presents the empirical evidence on global development in entries dedicated to specific topics.
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Nieman Lab, @dancow, @dancow, @dkthomp and @hannahritchie02
David Cohen / Adweek:
The Trust Project, which helps assess news sources, is launching as a nonprofit, with $2.25M via Craig Newmark Philanthropies, Facebook, and the Democracy Fund — It received a $2.25 million infusion from Facebook, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, the Democracy Fund
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Axios, The Verge, @craignewmark, @journethics and @journethics, more at Techmeme »
Katie Kilkenny / Hollywood Reporter:
Study of reviewers on Rotten Tomatoes finds men and women comprise 66% and 34%, respectively, of film critics working for print, broadcast, and online outlets — The latest Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film study of Rotten Tomatoes reviewers found male film critics dominated …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
In interview, Michael Wolff says as a non-institutional reporter it's “silly” to ask subjects for their responses to claims when you know what they will be — “I'm a New York guy,” the author says. “Trump is a New York guy. In the end, we know a lot of the same people.”
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@oliverdarcy, @dicktofel, @dylanbyers, @nytimesbusiness, @isaacdovere, @yashar, @joepompeo, @jayrosen_nyu, The Daily Caller, Washingtonian and Mediaite
Sarah Sluis / AdExchanger:
New York Post CEO Sean Giancola plans to diversify revenue with a commerce program to recommend products and a digital subscription launching later this year — The New York Post promoted Sean Giancola to publisher and CEO in January after Jesse Angelo left the company.
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