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emptywheel:
NYT, WaPo, NBC have once again opted for a both sides approach in their coverage of Trump's suggestion of ingesting disinfectant as coronavirus treatment — Last night, an increasingly desperate President went on live TV and advised that people might try ingesting disinfectant to cure COVID-19.
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Poynter:
Gannett laid off an undisclosed number of staff across its papers on Friday; source: the cuts relate to its integration with GateHouse following its 2019 merger — Gannett merged with GateHouse in late 2019 to become the largest newspaper chain in the U.S. with 261 newspapers in 46 states
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Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson to step down, President and COO John Stankey will take over the position on July 1 — Randall Stephenson, chairman and chief executive officer of AT&T Inc. — AT&T announced CEO Randall Stephenson will step down. President and COO John Stankey will take over the position on July 1.
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The Wrap, Variety, CNBC, @cnbc, @mattrosoff, @nytmedia, New York Times, AT&T, Light Reading, Axios, The Verge, Politico, @pkafka, TechCrunch, @davidschawel, @felixsalmon, @cnschedules, @ryanforsmyrna, Fast Company and AgencySpy, more at Techmeme »
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
A group of 75+ scholars and non-profits urges social media companies to preserve data on content removal during the pandemic and make it available for research — The data provides an ‘unprecedented opportunity’ — A group of scholars and nonprofit organizations have asked web platforms …
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@firstdraftnews, @epirkova, @accessnow, Committee to Protect …, Center for Democracy …, @mollyjongfast, @holden and @aaronmiller
Todd Spangler / Variety:
In Q1, revenue for Verizon Media came in at $1.7B, down 4% YoY, due to decline in ad rates; FiOS TV lost 84K subscribers — Verizon posted first-quarter 2020 revenue of $31.6 billion, down 1.6%, citing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic for the miss on Wall Street expectations.
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Verizon, ZDNet, The Verge, Light Reading, @xpangler, Multichannel News and Protocol
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
A look at Luminary Media, a year after its launch as “the Netflix of podcasting”: company says subscriber base grew by 14% in the past six weeks amid lockdown — No ads. No Axelrod. No problem. New CEO is gung-ho on subscription model — When Luminary Media launched in April 2019 …
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@lucas_shaw, @gerryfsmith and @felixgillette
Greg Dool / Folio:
Executive Media launches MagBox, a subscription-based bundle of five niche magazines from different independent publishers, mailed every two months for $40/year — Unlike most mass-market magazine publishers, whose print books generally depend far more on subscriptions and advertising revenue …
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@foliomag, @glecharles and @ronhogan
Sara Jerde / Adweek:
WaPo's ad tech platform, Zeus, has now signed on more than 50 publishers, including Snopes.com, Bonnier, and the Dallas Morning News — Snopes is the latest client to find success — Key insights: — Large media companies are building and licensing their own in-house tech to compete with Google and Amazon.
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@jarroddicker and @jarroddicker
Jeremy Klaszus / @klaszus:
[Thread] Spruce founder details how the digital outlet was excluded from Canada's Local Journalism Initiative, which he says is crafted by and for legacy papers — Soooo the newspaper lobby group administering the Local Journalism Initiative (LJI) for the Canadian government explicitly barred @sprawlcalgary from eligibility for federal funds. Don't know whether to laugh or cry. THREAD
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@farhanmohamed, @achurrell, @natepike, @erinmillar, @adrianweckler and @jessebrown
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
MGM lays off 7% of its workforce, ~50 staff, including in scripted, unscripted TV and feature film, while United Artists Releasing furloughs third of its staff — Deadline has confirmed that MGM has cut 7% of its 750 member staff -roughly 50 jobs- across all departments including scripted, unscripted TV and feature film.
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Variety, CNBC, The Wrap, Los Angeles Times and Hollywood Reporter
Sam Kille / Report for America:
Report for America announces its 2020 corps, which comprises 225 journalists vs. 59 in 2019, to be placed in 162 outlets, and $2.5M in funding from Facebook — Report for America today announced the selection of 225 journalists for its 2020 reporting corps.
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Columbia Journalism Review, American Press Institute, Nieman Lab, @niemanlab, @alexpshorts, @mcclatchy, @block_m3, @jengriffinfnc, @kenwardjr, @madsburk, @jesskorina, @jakewittich, @searchlightnm, @bensessoms, @mohamed1brah1m, @ansarihibah, @_owendaugherty, @deasia_paige, @syraob, @byfernandas, @laurenmpeace, @acaciatree18, @pfannyyy, @craignewmark, @mlcalderone, @jason_w_white, @mikeviimusic, @abbeymarshall, @zoemjack, @stevenwaldman, @groundtruth, Raleigh News & Observer, @poynter, @groundtruth, @hberkes, @sbodine120, @benyt, @annaliznichols, @iowapublicradio, @douglassoule, @wypr881fm and @mathewi
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Leaked images from 2019 show Google considered a feature that let users tip money to websites like Wired or NYT as part of its Contributor program — Leaked images obtained by TechCrunch reveal that Google considered and designed a feature that would let people donate money to websites …
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@joshconstine, @brianroemmele, Android Central, @jonrussell, @jason_kint, @tedgioia, @joshconstine and @joshconstine, more at Techmeme »
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