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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
A look at the Gannett/GateHouse deal, which is far from ideal for either company or their readers; neither company has offered a big vision aside from cost cuts — What will the largest local news company need to do and be to be successful in the 2020s? Neither Gannett nor Gatehouse …
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@niemanlab, @raju, @jayrosen_nyu, @dfmworkers, @daviduberti, @niemanlab, @ryanmartin, Yahoo News and New York Post
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Reuters:
Filing: MNG Enterprises, controlled by Alden Global Capital, reveals a 9.4% stake in New Media Investment Group and says it may vote against a deal with Gannett — (Reuters) - Newspaper chain MNG Enterprises revealed a 9.4% stake in New Media Investment Group Inc (NEWM.N) on Friday …
New York Post:
New Media Investment Group's shares fell ~33% between Monday and Wednesday, after the cash and stock acquisition of Gannett was announced, endangering the deal
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@mattdpearce, @mandy_fries, @mattkatz00, @abbeycrain, @conarck, @dekotagregory, @senyorreporter, @lmower3, @cmonstah, @apantazi, @mattdpearce, @mattdpearce, @gtoppo, @breakinbriks44, @mbayer1248, @ehernandez, @sindap, @chrisvannini, @davidfolkenflik, Awful Announcing, Milwaukee Business Journal and Bloomberg
Lulu Garcia-Navarro / The Atlantic:
The El Paso shooting was the deadliest attack on Latinos in recent history, yet national headlines and TV chyrons downplayed that fact and emphasized Trump — I've been a professional journalist for 20 years. But this week, the media failed Latinos in America during what was perhaps our darkest hour in my lifetime.
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@andreagtrrz, @piya, @nprinskeep, @pistoleraprod, @amandarenteria, @katzonearth, @monica_campbell, @vv4change, @mattdpearce, @miltonjbravo, @seungminkim, @matthewkeyslive, @vvaldiv, @aurabogado, @lourdesgnavarro, Rewire.News, @sheeraf, @jorgeramosnews, PEN America, @melissagomez004, @nkjemisin, @kainazamaria, The Guardian and FiveThirtyEight
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Glow, a platform for podcast creators to set up payment options for fans to fund their shows, raises $2.3M seed from Katzenberg's WndrCo, Greycroft, and others — Glow Technologies, a startup whose platform lets podcast creators set up payment options for fans to fund their shows …
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TechCrunch, Silicon Republic, @michaelfalero, @juleykalantigua, @dangerdave, RAIN News and Tubefilter, more at Techmeme »
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
11 current and past YouTube moderators say popular creators like Logan Paul often get special treatment in the form of looser interpretations of guidelines — Moderators describe a chaotic workplace where exceptions for lucrative influencers are the norm. — SAN FRANCISCO …
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Gizmodo, Business Insider, Ars Technica, Tubefilter, @vyyyper, Engadget, The Verge, @panicsw1tched, @daviduberti, @lizzadwoskin, @fightextremism and @gaywonk, more at Techmeme »
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Interview with “Archie Carter”, a writer who pranked Quillette with a now-pulled essay while posing as a blue-collar member of Democratic Socialists of America — “Archie Carter,” who pretended to be a blue-collar member of the Democratic Socialists of America …
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Jacobin, @clairlemon, @anastasiakeeley, @anastasiakeeley, @anastasiakeeley, @mccormick_ted, @mccormick_ted, @karl_appuhn, @dougbierend, @clairlemon, The Daily Dot, The Outline, Vox and Quillette, Thanks:@albertcatmew
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
With a subscriber miss, ballooning costs, rivals circling, and a dire need for more in-house hits, Netflix is looking like the entertainment giants it disrupted — With a subscriber miss, ballooning costs, competitors circling and an existential need to produce more in-house hits …
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@johnfinnegan247, @thrmattbelloni, Techaeris, @carnage4life, Techaeris and @rahulpuri, more at Techmeme »
Committee to Protect Journalists:
CPJ and RCFP file a FOIA lawsuit seeking docs about a US Customs agent's contact with NYT's Ali Watkins regarding an investigation to identify leakers — Yesterday, the Committee to Protect Journalists and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) filed a lawsuit …
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The Reporters Committee …
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
News UK says The Times and The Sunday Times now have combined paid digital-only subscribers of 304K, up 19% YoY, for a total of 539K paid subscribers — The Times and Sunday Times now have more than 300,000 paid digital-only subscribers between them. — The titles, which both publish …
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The Drum, @georgetrefgarne, @alexmassie, @gilescoren, @eduardosuarez and @dannythefink
Max Willens / Digiday:
Since debuting in May, Vice Media's astrology app Astro Guide has been downloaded 100,000 times; over half who try the free trial end up subscribing for $6/mo. — Like almost every other venture-backed digital media publisher, Vice Media is looking for ways to serve its most engaged readers.
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@austin_rief and @seyitaylor
Pew Research Center:
Study: 46% of adult social media users say they're worn out by the number of political posts and discussions seen on social media, up 9 points from summer 2016 — Well over a year before the 2020 presidential election, many social media users in the United States are already exhausted …
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@facttank, @monicaranders, @pewresearch, Poynter, The Wrap, Mashable and Adweek
Cristina Tardáguila / Poynter:
WhatsApp-advised startup Meedan unveils a tool that auto-responds to fact-check queries from chat apps like Messenger and WeChat if a fact-checked answer exists — The love/hate relationship between fact-checkers and reader-submitted tips from private messaging may soon be a thing of the past.
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Journalism.co.uk, @factchecknet, @meedan and @poynter, more at Techmeme »
Michael Malone / Broadcasting & Cable:
CBS says it is accelerating its rollout of streaming news service CBSN Local to remaining 11 markets by early 2020, ahead of political primaries and elections — Accelerated rollout means local streaming news products in place before primaries — CBS Television Stations and CBS Interactive …
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TVNewser, investors.lionsgate.com, The Wrap, Variety, The Wrap, The Streamable, Hollywood Reporter and The Streamable
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