Mediagazer: Digiday Media adds a third brand, Modern Retail, after the launch of Glossy in 2016; subscription revenue for the company is projected to reach $2M+ in 2019 (Sara Fischer/Axios)

11:20 AM ET, June 11, 2019

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Jeff Jarvis / Whither news?:

Publishers, lobbying for laws around the world that will help them extract payments from platforms like Google for linking to news, are ruining the internet — Around the world, news industry trade associations are corruptly cashing in their political capital — …

Discussion: Politico, @alexaborchardt, @froomkin, @jbenton, @telstarlogistic, @peterhamby, @nicolasmagand, @billt and @om, more at Techmeme »

Brian Stelter / CNN:
At US House hearings on Tuesday, newspaper lobbyists will pitch the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act to let pubs jointly negotiate with big tech

Discussion: Reason, The Week, @jbenton and Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin:
[Thread] News Media Alliance study relies on an offhand comment Marissa Mayer made in 2008 to extrapolate how much money Google has made from news publishers

Discussion: @newsceo, @jason_kint, @mathewi, @jordan_rubio, @tomgara and News Media Alliance

Marc Tracy / New York Times:
News Media Alliance study, to be given to US House ahead of hearings, claims Google made $4.7B from the work of news publishers in 2018 via search, Google News

Sara Fischer / Axios:

Digiday Media adds a third brand, Modern Retail, after the launch of Glossy in 2016; subscription revenue for the company is projected to reach $2M+ in 2019 — Digiday Media, the eleven-year old digital media trade publication, is adding a third brand called “Modern Retail,” …

Discussion: Digiday, @bmorrissey and @hilarymilnes

Brian Stelter / CNN:

NYT says it will stop publishing political cartoons in its international edition starting July 1, has been considering its decision for more than a year — A month and a half after The New York Times errantly published an anti-Semitic cartoon in its international edition …

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Kyle Pope / Columbia Journalism Review:

In the US, NPR is the only major media outlet with a full-time public editor; CJR announces appointment of four public editors for NYT, WaPo, MSNBC, and CNN — Last week at Columbia, CJR hosted more than three dozen public editors from around the world, gathered together for their annual meeting.

Discussion: @gabrielsnyder, @nikkiusher, @mantzarlis, @digiphile, @emilyctamkin and @robinhenig

Joseph Cox / VICE:

Facebook has quietly made changes to limit Graph Search over the weekend, following privacy scandals, says it will work with researchers affected by the changes — Facebook's Graph Search allowed anyone to search a wealth of public data on Facebook in very specific ways …

Discussion: BuzzFeed News, TechCrunch, @cward1e, @josephfcox, @wongmjane and @eliothiggins, more at Techmeme »

Mollie Leavitt / The Idea:

Interview with Washington Post editors on their new travel vertical, By The Way, which is launching on June 18 for people who want to “feel like a local” — We spoke with Amanda Finnegan and Emilio Garcia-Ruiz from The Washington Post about By The Way, a new travel product the Post is launching on June 18.

Discussion: Washington Post

Washington Post:

Sources: Zuckerberg contacted Pelosi to discuss viral misinformation, but she, frustrated by how Facebook handled a manipulated video of her, has not engaged — Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg contacted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in recent weeks to discuss …

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Matthew Gault / VICE:

InfoWars agrees to pay Pepe the Frog creator Matt Furie $15,000 in a copyright settlement after using the cartoon on merch — Pepe the Frog will no longer face Alex Jones in court. — Jones and his lawyers have settled with Pepe creator Matt Furie. Furie sued Jones for copyright infringement …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, New York Times, @elizabcking, UPROXX, @egavactip, Gizmodo, The Stranger, Engadget, The Hill, The Daily Dot, Hollywood Reporter and Alex Jones' Infowars

Ben Sisario / New York Times:

Artists are gaming Billboard charts by including free downloads of albums with concert tickets and merch; Billboard plans to tighten bundling rules this year — About half the 39 titles that topped the charts last year were sold as part of ticket or merchandise “bundles.”

Discussion: The Independent, @nytimes, Page Six, PAPER, Music Business Worldwide and VICE

Marc Bennetts / The Guardian:

After public outcry, Russian police drop drug charges against journalist Ivan Golunov, say he will be released from house arrest later on Tuesday — Anti-corruption reporter will not face drugs charges because of lack of evidence — Russian police have dropped all charges of drug dealing …

Discussion: Press Gazette, The Independent, Financial Times, The Moscow Times, @tessaszy, @bbcstever and @miriamelder

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

Seattle-based Glow launches, in beta, its mobile-first podcast monetization platform which enables podcasters to turn listeners into subscribers — It's a common problem for podcasters: you've got a passionate, loyal audience, but at a time when it seems everyone is producing an audio show …

Casey Sullivan / Business Insider:

Interview with veteran journalist Ken Auletta on his forthcoming book on Harvey Weinstein, the reporting process, his career regrets, and more — - Biographer Ken Auletta discussed his upcoming book on Harvey Weinstein in a wide-ranging interview with Business Insider.

Discussion: @casey_biglaw

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