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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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Nieman Lab, AdExchanger, @merrillbro, @merrillbro, @merrillbro, @merrillbro, @alexmleo and CalMatters
Hadas Gold / CNN:
The UK and Canada are giving $4M+ to a new global media defense fund, to be administered by UNESCO, to support, train, and provide legal help for journalists — London (CNN Business)The United Kingdom and Canada are together giving more than $4 million to a new global media defense fund.
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Press Gazette, @jeffjarvis, VICE and The Week
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Survey of 1,660 US 18- to 34-year-olds finds 88% access news at least once per week, 53% once a day, but say they are often not covered accurately — A Knight Foundation survey of 1,660 18- to 34-year-olds, conducted by the University of Chicago's NORC, finds that young adults …
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Knight Foundation, @knightfdn, @niemanlab, @niemanlab and Medium
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
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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@elanazak, @pewresearch, @dada_drummer, @tess_novotny, Splinter and The Wrap
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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@rispolimike, Nieman Lab and @jcstearns
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 …
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 …
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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@nkulw, @zinoman, @nytmag, @dlthings, @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, @lenfestinst, @poynter and Inquirer.com
Max Willens / Digiday:
As video streaming wars heat up, publishers increase revenue with significant affiliate commissions they earn by driving signups to those services — The battle of streaming video has only just begun, but publishers are cashing in thanks to affiliate links.
Meerah Powell / OPB:
Bankruptcy filing: all employees of Oregon's Bend Bulletin must be fired as part of Western Communications' sales deal with Rhode Island Suburban Newspapers — A new court filing outlining the sale of Central Oregon's only daily newspaper shows that all employees of the Bend Bulletin …
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@ryanjhaas, @leszaitz, @newsladykatie, @zachsoroutdoors, @opb, @yo_aaronwest, @meerahpowell and OPB Media
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