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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube to tighten creator verification in October, focusing on channels with a need for proof of authenticity and clarifying verification isn't an endorsement — YouTube's verification program is getting a massive overhaul, the company announced today, which will likely result in a number …
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism:
Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund makes first grants: $5.25M to three Philadelphia recipients to support new models for local journalism — Fund's first grants to support new local journalism models, advanced technology for newsrooms — The Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund …
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Financial Times:
Amid rising competition and a dramatic fall in US subscribers during Q2, doubts arise over the sustainability of Netflix's debt-driven business model — On a sunny midsummer weekend in Los Angeles, Netflix turned the Santa Monica Pier — one of the city's busiest tourist destinations …
Cristina Tardáguila / Poynter:
Fact-checkers Legal Support Initiative publishes legal guides for fact checkers in the US, Italy, Philippines, and Brazil — Fact-checkers from all over the world are harassed and threatened for the work they do. A response to this situation has long been needed.
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@groundtruth, @poynter and @factchecknet
Steven Zeitchik / Washington Post:
Experts say the enormous amounts spent on old shows like Seinfeld and The Big Bang Theory ignore a key point: we have no way of knowing how much shows are worth — The numbers are enough to make you think it's 1995 and George is first getting mad at Jerry for breaking their pact.
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Nexstar Media completes $7.2B acquisition of Tribune Media, creating the biggest US broadcaster, reaching 39% of US households with TV stations in 115 markets — $7.2B deal creates largest U.S. broadcaster — Nexstar Media said it completed its $7.2 billion acquisition of Tribune Media to create the biggest broadcaster in the U.S.
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Radio & Television … and Variety
Seth Hettena / New Republic:
The Epoch Times, the Chinese paper published in 21 languages, has won a large far-right audience in Europe, especially Germany, by pushing conspiracy theories — In 2017, Stefanie Albrecht, an investigative reporter for German broadcaster RTL, was in the midst of what would become …
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@oneunderscore__, @egavactip, @ffrafaction and theepochtimes.com
Timothy Libert / New York Times:
Study: news sites typically rely more on outside companies for advertising than non-news sites, promoting web tracking, more so in the US than in the EU — The same news organizations that do a great job of reporting on privacy problems — have privacy problems.
Discussion:
@privacyproject and @dr_datenschutz
Patricia Nilsson / Financial Times:
Google is investing “several million dollars” in Project Neon, a three-year partnership with UK news publisher Archant, which will launch three local news sites — Google is investing “several million dollars” into a joint venture with a British local news publisher …
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Press Gazette, Nieman Lab, The Keyword, @mjenkins, @mattlcapon, @updatesneon and Talking Biz News
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Hearst Television says its stations will sell ads based on audience impressions instead of ratings, a method NBCU/Telemundo local stations are using as well — Hearst Television said its stations will begin selling TV ads based on audience impressions, a shift away from traditional ratings.
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Radio & Television …
Katie Deighton / The Drum:
GroupM forms New Majority Ready Coalition with media and tech companies, excluding Facebook, to help brands adapt to US's changing demographics in advertising — The biggest players in US media - Facebook excluded - have formed a cross-industry coalition to better understand multicultural audiences …
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Adweek, MediaPost, Vox, @dollydeighton and Multichannel News
David Cohen / Adweek:
Nielsen Social Content Ratings, which measure talent's promotion of TV shows on social media, now include Instagram in addition to Twitter and Facebook — Facebook and Twitter were already being tracked — The Nielsen Social Content Ratings now measure talent's promotion …
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Variety, Tubefilter, MediaPost, Broadcasting & Cable and The Wrap
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