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Mitchell Armentrout / Chicago Sun-Times:
The Chicago Defender, a 114-year-old African American paper, will stop publishing its print edition and become online-only starting July 11 — The storied African American newspaper will switch to a digital-only platform starting July 11. — The Chicago Defender, the storied African American newspaper …
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BuzzFeed News:
Disney is dominating Hollywood after devouring 20th Century Fox, forcing other studios to change and shaping Hollywood's future for a generation — Between its army of beloved franchises and purchase of 20th Century Fox, Disney controls more of the movie business than any studio in generations.
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@buzzfeednews, @adambvary, @buzzfeedent, @michaelbatnick, @disfanshawn and @buzzfeedent
Priyanka Borpujari / Columbia Journalism Review:
Problems local reporters face when dealing with Western news orgs, who often see them merely as “fixers”, could be addressed by crediting them with a co-byline — In April, Neha Dixit, a journalist in India, received an email from a professor at Northwestern University.
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@ellenbarrynyt, @dickinsonbeth, @mehreenzahra, @francescam63 and @meghara
Motoko Rich / New York Times:
Profile of Isoko Mochizuki, a female Japanese reporter whose persistent questioning style stands out among a compliant media culture and male-dominated politics — TOKYO — Isoko Mochizuki, a reporter for Tokyo's largest regional newspaper, walks into a government news conference pulling …
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@jincoll, @motokorich, @iamdenio, @andreasharsono and @motokorich
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Moroccan journalists discuss digital surveillance, wiretapping, and harassment by the government, driving some to leave the country or the profession — In March 2015, Hicham Mansouri emailed an anti-malware company, suspicious of possible signs that someone was able to access his device remotely, without permission.
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@pressfreedom, @aaschapiro and @allisonlmcmanus
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Mozilla teases $5/month news subscription service offering ad-free browsing, audio readouts, cross-platform article syncing, in apparent partnership with Scroll — Mozilla has started teasing an ad-free news subscription service, which, for $5 per month, would offer ad-free browsing …
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Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
The Economist made 59% of its £333.4M in revenue from subscriptions and circulation in 2018; in May, newsletter referral traffic overtook Twitter referrals — When it comes to content, The Economist takes the view that value trumps volume, a view that extends to its email newsletters.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
A look at Telemundo's growth since NBCU acquired it in 2011, with more investment in journalism, sports, and edgier shows, as well as its rivalry with Univision — MIAMI — Twenty miles west of Miami's glittering oceanfront, closer to the Everglades than to the Fontainebleau hotel …
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@luisfemiami, @nytimesbusiness and @nytimesbusiness
Mediapart:
Mediapart, a French investigative news site, to transfer its capital to a not-for-profit structure to ensure long-term editorial independence — On top of its successful journalistic venture, Mediapart has now come up with its own capitalist invention by placing 100% of its capital …
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@edwyplenel, @kathviner and @rasmus_kleis
Nicholas Quah / Nieman Lab:
Interview with Wondery CEO Hernan Lopez on the importance of having a hit podcast, international expansion, borrowing from the Hollywood production model, more — Welcome to Hot Pod, a newsletter about podcasts. This is issue 216, dated July 2, 2019. — Wondery raises $10 million in Series B funding.
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@niemanlab and @niemanlab
Elisa Shearer / Pew Research Center:
A look at the challenges underlying how the Pew Research Center has phrased questions about Americans' online news habits since 1999 — Elisa Shearer in Pew Research Center: Decoded — At Pew Research Center, we've been asking Americans about their online news habits since the mid-1990s.
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@gijn, @johngramlich and @elisashearer
John McCarthy / The Drum:
Ofcom report: UK commercial TV and radio revenues stayed flat at £11.3B and £572M, respectively, but revenue sources shifted to make up for falling ad revenue — The fortunes of UK TV and radio broadcasters have remained stable in the last year despite continued general declines in the ad market, according to Ofcom data.
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