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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Berkeleyside to launch a journalism venture in Oakland in spring 2020 with $3.12M in funding from the Google News Initiative and the American Journalism Project — A new Oakland, California-based journalism venture will launch next spring with $1.56 million in funding from the Google News Initiative (GNI), executives tell Axios.
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Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
American Journalism Project announces its first 11 recipients, with $8.5M distributed among them, comprising 15-30% of their 2020 budgets; AJP has raised $46M — “The grants will fund an organization's first dedicated revenue positions, or grow an existing revenue team.
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Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
How WaPo published “The Afghanistan Papers”, which includes interviews with key figures critiquing the US war in Afghanistan, after years of legal battles — The path to The Afghanistan Papers started with Michael Flynn. — In the summer of 2016, as the retired Army general became renowned …
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Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
How Recode's Open Sourced, a just-launched, Omidyar Network-funded project, aims to explain the consequences of tech using reader questions to guide coverage — Yes, social media companies are irrevocably altering our way of life, our information streams are more tainted than ever …
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Sara Jerde / Adweek:
Bloomberg has bought The Atlantic's CityLab, its first acquisition since Businessweek in 2009; CityLab will continue to operate as a standalone site and brand — The brand will continue to operate as a standalone entity — Another media acquisition is afoot.
Tali Arbel / Associated Press:
In Q&A, Gannett execs say digital innovation can make classifieds relevant again and that investments from shareholders demanding returns lead to new approaches — In this Aug. 13, 2019, photo Gannett CEO Paul Bascobert poses for a photo in McLean, Va. The Associated Press spoke recently …
Sean Murray / TheJournal.ie:
Given video evidence, BBC and ITV journalists apologize for tweeting that a Labour activist had punched a Tory advisor based on info given by Tory sources — THERE WAS FURTHER controversy on the UK general election campaign trail this evening, after a claim on social media reported by a number …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Magna Global: global TV ad sales fell 4% in 2019, the steepest decline since 2009 with European TV channel viewership between 18 and 49 dropping 7-8% — - Global ad sales still rise, thanks to technology firms — TV viewership falls sharply in U.S., Europe and Asia
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Facebook's Portal TV adds access to Amazon Prime Video, Sling TV, FandangoNOW, and Deezer — Facebook is bringing additional media services to its Portal TV device: Portal owners got access to subscription video content Amazon's Prime Video service and Sling TV Tuesday.
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Warner Bros. says AJC's claims of defamation in the film Richard Jewell are “baseless” and plans to defend against them, says the film already has a disclaimer — Warner Bros is more than willing to take on one of America's largest newspapers over claims that portion …
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Brent Lang / Variety:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution demands disclaimer that the film “Richard Jewell” took dramatic license when portraying its late journalist as trading sex for tips
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Emma Goldberg / New York Times:
A look at the decline of feminist digital media, as sites like Feministing, The Establishment, and others have closed in the past year or are about to close — Soon after Anna Holmes took on the job of building the website Jezebel, in 2007, she set it apart from established publications …
Kerry Flynn / CNN:
Source: Verizon Media Group, which includes Yahoo, AOL, TechCrunch, and HuffPost, is laying off 150 staffers this week, or about 1.4% of its workforce — New York (CNN Business)Verizon Media Group is laying off 150 staffers this week, which means the telecom company's 2019 is ending much in the same way it started.
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