Mediagazer: Growing skepticism about big platforms' benefits for journalism can be seen in 42 interviews with people from 27 news outlets, 6 platforms, and 1 foundation (Laura Hazard Owen/Nieman Lab)

3:08 AM ET, November 24, 2019

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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:

Growing skepticism about big platforms' benefits for journalism can be seen in 42 interviews with people from 27 news outlets, 6 platforms, and 1 foundation — The era when publishers could be just mildly skeptical of platforms while continuing to work with them enthusiastically appears to be over.

Discussion: Columbia Journalism Review, @emilybell, @danielpmcdermot, @nushinrashidian, @mathewi, @niemanlab and NewsLab

Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:

White nationalist outlets including VDare and Red Ice TV still operate on Facebook despite its ban on white nationalism; Facebook says it is investigating — Guardian analysis finds VDare and Red Ice TV among several outlets that are still on the platform despite Facebook's promised ban

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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:

Three major Democratic groups criticize Google for policies that may let politicians run false ads and ask platforms to reconsider plans to “bluntly limit” ads — I report on technology. And I got hacked. — Washington DC (CNN Business)The three major Democratic committees blasted Google …

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Jan Schaffer / CPB:

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Variety:

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Simon van Zuylen-Wood / Columbia Journalism Review:

National Enquirer's longtime editor Dylan Howard was removed after its Trump issues and its Bezos exposé; he is now writing and promoting true-crime books — What happened to the National Enquirer after it went all in for Trump? — Technically, Dylan Howard didn't invite me to his book party.

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Dylan Byers / NBC News:

Sources: in early October, The Athletic had tried to save Sports Illustrated by offering $50M, 11% more than Maven, to license SI content from Authentic — Moving the Market: Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann, the co-founders of the burgeoning sports news site The Athletic …

Discussion: @ckrewson, @dylanbyers, @ashkan, @maghielse and Awful Announcing

Al Jazeera:

Mada Masr, one of the few independent news websites in Egypt, says security forces have arrested one of its editors Shady Zalat, on Saturday — Plain-clothed police arrest Mada Masr editor Shady Zalat from his Cairo home in the early hours of Saturday. — A prominent investigative media outlet …

Discussion: @kenroth, @tomgara and Mada

Cynthia Littleton / Variety:

Comcast criticized by the Congressional Black Caucus and The Africa Channel owner for challenging Byron Allen's racial discrimination suit at SCOTUS hearing — The Congressional Black Caucus and an owner of cable's Africa Channel have turned up the pressure on Comcast …

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable

Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:

Q&A with Cierra Hinton, executive director of five-year-old Southern mag Scalawag on its path to sustainability, fundraising, and reaching a diverse audience — One of the biggest frustrations in local media is how national outlets cover issues in their own communities — often …

Discussion: @ewalkerwells and @jbenton

Tim Shipman / The Times:

John Sweeney, a BBC investigative reporter, filed a complaint with Ofcom accusing BBC of suppressing reports into the close links between politicians and Russia — BBC bosses have been accused of pulling the plug on politically sensitive reports into the close links between leading politicians and Russia.

Discussion: @mirabarhillel

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