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Edmund Lee / New York Times:
NYT Q3: operating profit up 17.9% YoY to $44M on revenue of $428.5M with 273K new digital-only subscriptions, for a total of 4.9M print and digital subscribers — Readers continue to shower The New York Times with money. Advertisers, not so much. — The publisher added 273,000 …
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@raju, @thehowie, @nickkristof, @nytimesbusiness, Business Wire, @dansaltzstein, @glennkesslerwp, @carolynryan and @sulliview
Jason Koebler / VICE:
Paul Maidment resigns as editorial director of G/O Media effective immediately to pursue “an entrepreneurial opportunity” — Paul Maidment says it “has been a great honor” to work at G/O Media. — G/O Media's editorial director Paul Maidment has left the company less than a week …
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Will Bunch / Philadelphia Inquirer:
Deadspin's staff revolt feels like part of a dramatic change for US labor, as workers seek a more moral workplace
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@dapper_feller, @will_bunch, @dhm and @dhm
Louisa Thomas / New Yorker:
G/O's demand that Deadspin stick to sports is foolish, as much of what happens in sports is a result of power, money, and the culture in which athletes operate
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Slate, VICE, @nick_kapur, @ethangach, @j_fuller, @pkafka, @kerrymflynn, @adampasick, @ashleyfeinberg, @michaelroston, @alyssakeiko, @ashleyfeinberg, @ryanlcooper, @pdavis_llc, Adweek, CNN, @michaelluo, @eleanor_mueller and @lainnafader
Peter Szekely / Reuters:
Florida county board says it will revisit the decision to reject its library system's request for a digital subscription to NYT, following backlash — (Reuters) - Responding to a public furor, a Florida county board on Tuesday said it would revisit its decision to reject its library system's request …
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@anthony, Tampa Bay Times, @hbraum and Boing Boing
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
NBC needs a transparent, external investigation of its failure to air Ronan Farrow's reporting about Harvey Weinstein — In recent weeks, NBC has made a loud and clear statement about its values: — Profits matter more than journalism, ratings more than truth. — The official words, of course, say something different.
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@sulliview, @digiphile, @lynnrschrader, @johnlgoodman, @ckrewson, @janicedean, @megynkelly, @_toddstone and @mollyjongfast
Kiley Roache / Bloomberg:
Freedom House report concludes global internet freedom declined for the ninth consecutive year; AI advances are fueling a boom in surveillance of social media — - Freedom House says AI opens up new ways for mass surveillance — U.S. score drops amid increased monitoring of social media
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NBC News, @bpolitics, The Next Web, @carlzimmer, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, DW.COM and CNET, more at Techmeme »
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Conservative Drudge Report-style aggregators claim traffic has risen since Drudge has been accused of anti-Trump bias, but none seem near Drudge's ~80M MAUs — The president's supporters are furious at the aggregation king. Now upstart rivals want a piece of the action.
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@willsommer and @thedailybeast
R. Thomas Umstead / Multichannel News:
NBA TV is now available as a subscription-based streaming service on NBA.com and the NBA app for $6.99 per month or $59.99 per year — Linear sports channel available on a direct-to-consumer basis for $6.99 — The NBA and Turner Sports made a fast break to the direct-to-consumer consumer court Tuesday …
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Ofcom says Jonathan Oxley will become interim CEO as Sharon White steps down this year; sources say Melanie Dawes will be named CEO after general election — Most senior woman in the civil service chosen by UK media and telecoms regulator — Ofcom has chosen Melanie Dawes …
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Press Gazette, Ofcom and @marksweney
Nicholas Quah / Hot Pod News:
Members of the podcasting industry anonymously discuss common issues in the field: inexperienced leadership, poorly managed ad sales, accessibility, more — Over the past month, we've been running a call for opinions built around a fairly straightforward question: “What are you most frustrated by?”
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Nieman Lab, @amahnke, @nwquah, @roseveleth, @jbenton and onairfest.com, more at Techmeme »
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
Researchers: Albany Daily News and City of Edmonton News, two local news sites in the US and Canada with millions of pageviews, are part of an ad fraud scheme — Since 2004, more than 2,000 newspapers have closed in the United States, and many local news outlets are struggling to build a digital business.
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@craigsilverman, @craigsilverman and @craigsilverman
Nat Ives / Wall Street Journal:
Comscore names board Vice Chairman Bill Livek as its new CEO and executive vice chairman, following what one analyst called a “tumultuous year” — Media measurement firm has been led by an interim chief since spring — Media measurement firm Comscore Inc. has named board Vice …
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Broadcasting & Cable, The Drum and Adweek
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Univision reports Q3 revenue of $681.4M up 8.5% YoY and net income of $77.4M, up from loss of $83.7M a year ago — The Spanish-language media giant's audience “is consistently competitive with the top English-language broadcast networks and includes a higher concentration of millennial viewers,” says CEO Vincent Sadusky.
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