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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
UK competition agency launches investigation into how Google and Facebook collect and use user data and if they've abused their power to dominate the ad market — Competition watchdog to investigate potential abuse of power and control of user data — The UK competition watchdog has launched …
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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Survey of news media employment between January and June 2019: thousands laid off or offered buyouts; the industry is on course for its worst year since 2009 — Between January and May this year, approximately 3,000 people working in the news industry were laid off or offered a buyout.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Breitbart News has continued to lose advertisers and traffic, bottoming out at 4.6M unique visitors in May, down from 17.3M at the start of 2017, per Comscore — In January 2017, Breitbart.com was flying high. Donald Trump, the candidate it had backed during the 2016 campaign, was sworn in as president.
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Kali Hays / WWD:
Sources: W staffers were first given one day to sign on to work for Future, later extended to two; all contracts stipulate a three-month “introductory period” — Goodbye Condé Nast and “Summer Fridays.” Hello a “revenue-comes-first” editorial outlook. — Saoirse Ronan on W's cover in 2019
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Jezebel, @amguarnieri_ and @mattdpearce
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Guardian News and Media reported a median pay gap of 4.9%, favoring men, in April 2019, down from 8.4% in 2018, and 12.1% in 2017 — The publisher of the Guardian and Observer newspapers has cut its gender pay gap by 40 per cent in the past year. — Guardian News and Media reported a median pay gap …
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Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
A look at the measures WSJ has implemented to fight deepfakes, including forming a 21-person team for detecting them and holding training sessions for staff — To combat the growing threat of spreading misinformation ahead of the U.S. 2020 general election, The Wall Street Journal has formed …
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@jonathanstray and @rjcc
Meredith Lerner / CREW:
Heather Nauert reported a salary from 21st Century Fox while working for the govt despite an ethics waiver contingent upon not having financial interest in Fox — Heather Nauert, a former State Department spokesperson and President Trump's original pick to replace Nikki Haley …
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@underoak
Tess Bonn / The Hill:
In a survey of 1,000 American adults, 33% said the news media was “the enemy of the people” while 67% said it was an important part of democracy — One-third of Americans say the news media is “the enemy of the people,” according to a new Hill-Harris X poll survey.
Discussion:
The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Devjyot Ghoshal / Reuters:
Three major Indian newspaper groups say the government has cut ads in retaliation for negative coverage; Telegraph publisher says it has experienced a 15% drop — NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's government has cut off advertisements to at least three major newspaper groups in a move that executives …
Seb Joseph / Digiday:
Sources: WPP to stop participating in Accenture-supervised ad pitches starting in 2020, as WPP says Accenture could use the data to undercut its pitch price — A spat between WPP and Accenture is turning ugly. The agency group is refusing to share its media data with Accenture for a media audit …
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@tinafegent and @digiday
John Koblin / New York Times:
Talk shows have struggled on Netflix, which has canceled three so far, because the format is based on timeliness and on creating a habit in viewers — Netflix upended the entertainment business by successfully moving into nearly every genre — scripted dramas, comedies, stand-up specials …
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Fox News, @nytimesbusiness, @gavinpurcell, @gavinpurcell, @gavinpurcell, @gavinpurcell, @gavinpurcell, @gavinpurcell, @gilbertcruz and @koblin
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
IJR, launched in 2013 by former Republican operative Alex Skatell, lays off four staffers as it prepares to transition to nonprofit status in the fall — Independent Journal Review, a millennial-focused website that soared in popularity during the 2016 election for its viral news with a conservative bent …
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