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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
The News Project's publishing platform, which aims to provide “a news business in a box”, goes live with its first customer, CalMatters — CEO Merrill Brown says he founded The News Project to address one of the big problems in the journalism business: “It costs too much to launch and operate news sites.”
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AdExchanger, Nieman Lab, @merrillbro, @merrillbro, @merrillbro, @merrillbro, @alexmleo and CalMatters
Elizabeth Grieco / Pew Research Center:
US newsroom employment fell 25% between 2008 and 2018, down 47% for newspapers, up 82% in the digital-native sector, remaining stable for broadcast and cable TV — Newsroom employment across the United States continues to decline, driven primarily by job losses at newspapers.
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The Wrap, Splinter, @elanazak, @pewresearch, @dada_drummer and @tess_novotny
Amy Kroin / Free Press:
New Jersey governor approves up to $2M for the NJ Civic Information Consortium, a nonprofit to strengthen local media, short of the original $5M pledged — Contact: Timothy Karr, 201-533-8838 — TRENTON — Gov. Phil Murphy has approved up to $2 million in funding for the New Jersey Civic …
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Nieman Lab and @rispolimike
Todd Spangler / Variety:
WarnerMedia's HBO Max is set to launch in spring 2020 with 10K hours of programming including exclusive streaming rights to Friends, CW dramas, and films — Greg Berlanti, Reese Witherspoon sign on to produce movies for HBO Max — Get ready to make “Friends” with HBO Max …
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Larrison Campbell / Mississippi Today:
A candidate for Mississippi governor, Robert Foster, refused a reporter's request for access to a campaign trip unless she brought a male colleague with her — In recent weeks, in an attempt to better inform readers about candidates in the upcoming Republican gubernatorial primary …
Tim Peterson / Digiday:
Facebook tries to become a more reliable source of revenue for video creators by adding retention analytics, expanding its virtual tipping currency, and more — Even by Facebook's own admission, it hasn't been a reliable revenue generator for publishers. But Facebook hopes that isn't the case …
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CNBC, AdExchanger, Adweek and TechCrunch
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Viacom taps Netflix alum Devin Griffin to oversee BET+, BET's subscription video streaming service set to launch in the fall — Devin Griffin will oversee BET+, the subscription video-on-demand platform set to launch in the fall. — BET+, the forthcoming subscription video-on-demand platform set …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Rather than blaming Russia, it's more accurate to pin the broad embrace of Seth Rich conspiracies on Julian Assange, Alex Jones, and Sean Hannity — At a moment when linking 2016 election events to malign Russian intelligence officers has seemingly gone out of style, Yahoo News's Michael Isikoff …
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Columbia Journalism Review, @wiczipedia, @josh_emerson, @pbump, @katestarbird and Mediaite
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Jonah Weiner / New York Times:
An in-depth look at the changing TV landscape as users shift towards consuming media online, pitting old companies like HBO against new companies like Netflix — In their rush to match Netflix, competitors like HBO, Hulu and Amazon are ordering a slew of content — ushering out the age of …
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@nytimes and @carnage4life, more at Techmeme »
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Local newsrooms covering the Delaware River watershed and the Ohio watershed are teaming up with the National Geographic Society to cover the environment — This is the latest of many climate change coverage collaborations — Journalists in local newsrooms are teaming up to cover climate change.
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@kristenhare and Inquirer.com
Patricia Nilsson / Financial Times:
Chinese state broadcaster China Global Television Network hired a former Ofcom director shortly after the UK watchdog opened an investigation into the network — China's state television broadcaster has hired a former director of the UK media watchdog that is investigating the Beijing-controlled group …
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@peterinexile and @niubi
Daniela Flamini / Poynter:
Profile of Congo Check, a 16 member fact-checking project in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where internet access is often limited to Facebook and WhatsApp — In March of this year, a rumor began to spread in Bukavu, a city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo …
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