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Pew Research Center:
A Pew study of 50+ of its surveys shows that political party affiliation is the biggest factor affecting trust or skepticism of the news media — Partisan dynamics overshadow other factors in Americans' evaluations of the news media — It is no secret that, in an information environment characterized …
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Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Cosmo is hosting “You” Watch Parties, with quizzes and more, on a separate site with a CMS built by Google News Lab, which Google may license to others — Cosmopolitan knows its readers are fans of Netflix's “You,” and wants to see if it can be part of their watching experience during the show's second season.
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Belinda Luscombe / TIME:
Time names Bob Iger Businessperson of the Year following Disney's Fox acquisition, box office success, and Disney+ launch — Not since somebody figured out that you could attach two black plastic disks to a skull cap and make everyone look like Mickey Mouse has a pair of ears sent such a buzz through a media executive.
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Caroline Porter / Shorenstein Center:
A case study of Mother Jones' revenue strategy: prioritizing investigative journalism, following reader preferences, effective campaign messaging, and more — Case Study co-published by the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Institute for Nonprofit News.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Apple News will co-host a presidential debate for the first time, on Feb. 7 in New Hampshire, and Twitter will co-host a debate on Feb. 25 in South Carolina — The Democratic National Committee announced on Thursday the hosts of the next four presidential debates in the first four primary and caucus states.
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Kali Hays / WWD:
Editors of Out magazine and The Advocate, owned by Pride Media, are leaving; sources: Pride Media CEO is also stepping down, and more departures are expected — The Advocate editor Zach Stafford is out, too, along with executive leadership, leaving insiders wondering if the LGBTQ titles will continue.
Maya Shwayder / Digital Trends:
Decentralizing Twitter won't solve its hate speech problems as it will only distribute them to others — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey floated a compelling possibility on Wednesday: He wants to put together a team to explore decentralizing Twitter. … The possibility is fascinating.
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Matthew Strauss / Pitchfork:
Netflix is developing a scripted TV show about the creation of Spotify, inspired by the book Spotify Untold — The scripted series will tell the story of Spotify's creation — Netflix is developing a scripted TV series about the creation of Spotify, the company announced today (December 11).
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Greg Dool / Folio:
Palm Beach Media Group, a subsidiary of Hour Media Group, acquires Gulfstream Media and its six Florida lifestyle magazines, plus FortLauderdaleDaily.com — Gold Coast, Boca Life, Jupiter, Stuart and Florida Home & Garden join the Michigan-based publisher's ever-expanding roster of regional magazines.
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:
Google says it is changing mobile search results for news topics, adding more carousels of stories, starting in the US and rolling out later internationally — Google is changing how it presents news stories in its search results. When people search for news, they typically see two top stories …
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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Amazon launches Audible Suno, an ad-free service featuring more than 60 original series in Hindi and English, in India for free — Amazon is having another go at expanding its reach to listeners in India. The company, which launched pay-to-use Audible in the country last year …
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Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Newsquest will not pursue layoffs for its titles in Scotland after journalists threatened to strike and eight staff left the Glasgow newsroom voluntarily — Newsquest has dropped the threat of compulsory redundancies on its titles in Scotland after journalists voted in favour of strike action this week …
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Ryan Deto / Pittsburgh City Paper:
At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Newspaper Guild members have withheld bylines for 3 weeks amid a labor battle; 20 guild members and 9 managers have left in 2019 — Removed: Model Carolina Loyola-Garcia demonstrates a city without a daily newspaper. — Three weeks into a byline strike …
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