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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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Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting reveals that it has been fighting a lawsuit from Planet Aid for the past three years, which has cost it $7M+ — In 2016, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting began publishing stories resulting from a wide-ranging investigation into Planet Aid …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Avaaz: false stories on Facebook had 158M views in 2019, greater than before the 2016 election, with 86M views in the last 3 months, up 3x over the prior 3 — An explosive new study reveals that political misinformation is running rampant on Facebook as the 2020 election approaches.
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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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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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Washington Post Newspaper Guild / Washington Post Newspaper Guild:
Washington Post Guild newsroom pay study: median salary for women of color is $30K less than white men; men receive a higher rate of merit pay raises than women — By members of the Washington Post Newspaper Guild — Washington Post employees work hard every day to ensure that our company is a leader in the journalism industry.
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Sara Jerde / Adweek:
McClatchy launches Impact2020, a $50/year subscription for political news with an outside-the-beltway approach, via journalists in TX, FL, PA, NC, SC, CA, more — New subscription service Impact 2020 will cost $129 per year — As media organizations ramp up their coverage of the 2020 presidential race …
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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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Vox Media:
Vox Media closes its acquisition of New York Media, the publisher of New York magazine and more, and says it now boasts a workforce of more than 1,250 people — CEO Jim Bankoff and President Pam Wasserstein address the newly expanded Vox Media team about the exciting road ahead
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Bobby Finger / Jezebel:
A look at Bon Appétit's YouTube channel, which has expanded to become a Food Network-type destination with series centered around hosts' specializations — My father got me into food thanks to his alchemic ability to turn a simple assortment of unappealing produce and expired dried spices …
Jem Aswad / Variety:
The Fader says it has fired its head of content Eric Sundermann after an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct — Eric Sundermann, head of content for The Fader, was fired by the company after an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct that initially emerged on Twitter.
The Daily Beast:
Great Hill Partners VP Eric Ahlgren, one of two execs heavily involved in the direction of G/O Media, has been removed from the equity firm's website — Great Hill Partners veep Eric Ahlgren, who played a key role in acquiring Deadspin and other Gizmodo websites, has been removed from the equity firm's website.
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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 — As veteran Philadelphia journalist Dan McQuade — best known for turning a night out at a comedy show into the beginning of the end of Bill Cosby — watched his colleagues …
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