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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Publications dependent on revenue from event ads, like alt-weeklies, are hit hard by coronavirus; Seattle's The Stranger says it's lost ~90% of its income — In a memo to staff, The New York Times called the coronavirus “an enormous story, a once-in-a-generation crisis that inevitably touches everyone's lives.”
Variety:
Sources: Universal Music Group chief Lucian Grainge has been hospitalized after a positive COVID-19 test — Universal Music Chairman and CEO Lucian Grainge has been hospitalized after testing positive for coronavirus, multiple sources exclusively told Variety.
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Billboard, Los Angeles Times, Music Ally, @mattloverera, @jeff__benjamin, @thebrentsmith, @billboard, NME, UPROXX, @timlarew, The Wrap, @yashar, @mattdonnelly and Music Business Worldwide
Emily Roseman / The Membership Puzzle Project:
How Danish subscription news site Zetland, with ~15K members, achieved financial sustainability by leveraging its most loyal supporters to recruit new members — In March 2016, the Danish member-driven newsroom Zetland launched as a daily publication with the goal of adding curiosity and complexity to public conversation.
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Interview with Cristina Tardáguila, the associate director of the International Fact-Checking Network, on international efforts to fight COVID-19 misinformation — New York (CNN Business)A global network of researchers and journalists spanning 40 countries has issued …
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@mediawise, @davidclinchnews and @donie
David Folkenflik / NPR:
How NYT reported on a months-long investigation into lawyers of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged victims guided by an unreliable source and ultimately exposing little — Audio will be available later today. — The intriguing tale began in mid-September with an invitation for two New York Times reporters …
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@jackshafer, @alexanderrusso, @alexanderrusso, @npr and @davidfolkenflik
Poynter:
A licensed psychotherapist weighs in on how journalists can manage the stress of nonstop COVID-19 coverage — 9 ways journalists can push back against the stress of an always-on story — I have been hearing from journalists who are stressed out by this nonstop COVID-19 coverage.
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@jimmacmillan, @firstdraftnews, @junkeranna and @ctardaguila
Javier C. Hernández / New York Times:
Chinese journalists, usually muzzled, are publicly pushing back against the government's positive coronavirus spin, buoyed by widespread calls for free speech — The Communist Party is trying to fill the airwaves with positive stories about its battle against the virus.
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Interview with John Paton, chairman of the UK's Independent Digital News and Media, on traffic and revenue growth at digital-only news outlet The Independent — Four years ago it seemed the death of The Independent's print edition was the sad end to a brave but ultimately futile journalism story.
American Press Institute:
API is building a real-time network of local news decision-makers who will communicate with newsrooms to combat misinformation during the 2020 election — Voters get information about candidates, issues and the mechanics of their elections from an increasingly vast media ecosystem …
New York Times:
As the COVID-19 outbreak discourages moviegoers and theatrical releases get delayed, the ascendancy of streaming services may be accelerating — Cinemas, already contending with streaming services, are now facing the prospect of no audiences and no new films because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Discussion:
@ennisnyt and @rossdawson
Wall Street Journal:
TikTok says it will stop using ~100 moderators it had in China to monitor overseas content and shift that work to those outside China — The popular short-video app said it would halt using China-based moderators to monitor overseas content and shift that work to those outside of China.
Discussion:
@elliottzaagman, @jchengwsj, @jchengwsj, Engadget and Gizmodo
Rachel Piper / Better News:
Q&A with Rachel Piper, digital news director at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, on how the paper drove subscriptions by making journalists its brand ambassadors — Here's an idea to steal and adapt: Ask the journalists in your newsroom to tell readers about the value of their work …
Discussion:
@ampress, @niemanlab, @journalismnews and @simonowens
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