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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Poll: 12 of the 15 most polarizing US brands are national news media; the gap between how Republicans and Democrats view CNN and Fox News has grown since 2018 — News media companies make up 12 of the 15 most polarizing brands in America today, according to a new Morning Consult poll provided to Axios.
Discussion:
Morning Consult, Fast Company, @byjackkelly, @mattgrossmann, @raju, @mcrowdermeyer, The Wrap, MediaPost and New York Post
BBC:
Meghan Markle sues Mail on Sunday over a claim that it unlawfully published one of her private letters; Prince Harry complains about “relentless propaganda” — The Duchess of Sussex has begun legal action against the Mail on Sunday over a claim that it unlawfully published one of her private letters.
Discussion:
The Guardian, Press Gazette, sussexofficial.uk, Breitbart, BuzzFeed News, @victorialive, @cccburysted, @kristenmeinzer, @peterjukes, @adilray, @monitarajpal, @scobie, @scobie, @scobie, Deadline and Harper's BAZAAR
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen:
Reuters Institute director says journalism is divided between a conservative rearguard and the vanguard, who accept uncertainty and need for change in the field — “The truth is hard” — I've come across this quote repeatedly in the past year, most frequently in the form of ads for the New York Times at various media events.
Discussion:
American Press Institute, @rasmus_kleis, @emilybell, @jayrosen_nyu, @cristianlupsa, @vassgatov, @dabeard, @nikkiusher, @_silversmith, @davidbauer, @svaradarajan, @emilybell, @kathyenglish, @sambrook, @jburnmurdoch, @vassgatov, @gteresa, @chanders, @chanders, @jayrosen_nyu, @emilybell, @meeraselva1, @brizzyc, @chanders, @rasmus_kleis, @jbenton, @rasmus_kleis, @jeffjarvis, @emilybell, @rasmus_kleis and @emilybell
Steve Lohr / New York Times:
Ad tech firm MediaMath debuts Source, an initiative to clean up the digital media supply chain, with 16 ad tech firms, ad agencies, and publishers participating — A group of 16 companies — including leading ad tech firms, ad agencies and publishers — is trying to help clean up the murky world of digital advertising.
Discussion:
Broadcasting & Cable, PR Newswire, @nytimesbusiness, @danr917 and Mobile Marketing Magazine
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Guardian Media Group CEO David Pemsel to leave the news publisher in spring 2020 to join the Premier League — Clubs say Pemsel hired because of his ‘straightforward style and personal integrity’ — The Premier League has appointed the Guardian's David Pemsel as its new chief executive.
Discussion:
Press Gazette, Daily Mail, Telegraph, CityAM, @jeffjarvis, Mediatel Newsline, @henrymance and @danroan
Amy Kaufman / Los Angeles Times:
The real-life journalists behind characters in three films at the recent Toronto International Film Festival talk about their stories being adapted into movies — Even as she was reporting it, Jessica Pressler had the sense that her story about a group of strippers-turned-criminals was the stuff movies are made of.
Discussion:
@latimesent, @sararivae, @latimes and @jpressler
Sara Fischer / Axios:
IAC's Dotdash buys Liquor.com, a digital media company focusing on spirits and entertaining, its fourth niche acquisition in 2019 — Dotdash has acquired Liquor.com, a digital media company that focuses on cocktails, spirits and entertaining, executives tell Axios.
Discussion:
@dsoneil, @neilvogel, @kerrymflynn and MediaPost
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Newseum:
Newseum says it will close on Dec 31, 2019 after more than 11 years and nearly 10M visitors — After more than 11 years and nearly 10 million visitors, the Newseum will close on Dec. 31, 2019. Thank you to everyone who has visited, especially the members, donors and Founding Partners whose support made it all possible.
Discussion:
Adweek, KRTV-TV, Curbed DC, @bethfertig, @aishamoodmills, @brianstelter, @raju, @robstoneonfox, @extrabaggs, @owillis, @cathjsweeney, @genepark, @velocciraptor, @laura_nelson, @dabeard and @brfreed
Jacob Bernstein / New York Times:
Profile of Sara Moonves, the daughter of Les Moonves, who was named W magazine's editor-in-chief in June upon its sale to Future Media — Sara Moonves, the new editor in chief of W, has been around the limelight all her life. Now the attention is on her.
Discussion:
@jessicaschiffer and @media_evan
Tom Grundy / Hong Kong Free Press HKFP:
Veby Mega Indah, the Indonesian journalist who was shot in the face with a police projectile in Hong Kong on Sunday, to lose sight permanently in one eye — Veby Mega Indah, an Indonesian journalist who was shot in the face with a police projectile on Sunday, will end up permanently blind in one eye, according to her lawyer.
Discussion:
Fox News
Kip Dooley / NewsMatch:
NewsMatch 2019 fundraising campaign: nearly 200 nonprofit newsrooms participating, 49 for the first time, donations up to $1K matched, running Nov. 1-Dec. 31 — In 2016, 54 news organizations participated in the first NewsMatch campaign, a swiftly organized matching gift campaign created …
Discussion:
NewsMatch, @ssuttell and @jcstearns
WJLA-TV:
Reporters Without Borders protested the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and Trump's indifference towards it by projecting messages on the Newseum in DC on Wednesday — Advocacy group Reporters Without Borders, a French non-profit that advocates for global press freedom, protested the murder …
Discussion:
Press Gazette, @rsf_en and The Guardian
Ed Pierce / Journal Tribune:
Maine's Journal Tribune to end its 135-year run on October 12, citing lack of profitability with declining subscribers and loss of advertisers; 6 staff laid off — BIDDEFORD —Masthead Maine CEO Lisa DeSisto, publisher of the Journal Tribune, has announced that it will close the newspaper …
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