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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
NYT Q1: net income up 8.9% YoY to $32.8M on revenue of $443.6M, up 1% YoY, ad rev fell 15.2% YoY, digital subscriptions grew 39.6% YoY to 5M of 5.8M total subs — Widespread interest in coronavirus coverage drew nearly 600,000 digital subscribers during three months of 2020.
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New York Times:
Facebook announces the first 20 members of its Oversight Board, out of a total of 40, including ex-Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger — The company's independent oversight body will focus on challenging content issues, such as hate speech and harassment. — The authors are co-chairs of Facebook's oversight board.
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Alan Rusbridger / OneZero:
Some will inevitably see Facebook's Oversight Board as a fig leaf, but in my view, there's no excuse for not trying
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@arusbridger and The Week
Tom Jones / Poynter:
Reporter describes harassment by Trump supporters for wearing masks outside a Honeywell plant while Trump was inside thanking staff for making masks — Reporters covering President Donald Trump's visit to a Honeywell plant in Arizona on Tuesday faced nasty words from a small group of his supporters.
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Joe Mandese / MediaPost:
Axel Springer to merge eMarketer and Business Insider Intelligence to form Insider Intelligence — eMarketer, founded in 1996 and acquired by German publishing company Axel Springer in 2016, is being merged with Business Insider Intelligence, a research and reports division launched in 2015 …
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Digiday
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
European Data Protection Board publishes updated guidelines arguing that scrolling and “cookie walls”, which block users from content, don't constitute consent — You can't make access to your website's content dependant on a visitor agreeing that you can process their data — aka a ‘consent cookie wall’.
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Engadget, @jeremiahlee and @counternotions, more at Techmeme »
Bloomberg:
Spotify CEO expects Apple to “open up” its platform more to 3rd-party apps, after Spotify's antitrust complaint with the EU, but sees it as a long-term process — - Apple plans to let other music services integrate with HomePod — Ek says ‘steps to go before’ Apple is open and fair platform
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Internal email: BuzzFeed's Peretti announces plans to keep losses under $20M, including furloughs for 68 who keep health insurance and extending salary cuts — BuzzFeed, still hoping to avoid layoffs during the economic downturn caused by COVID-19, will furlough 68 staffers without pay starting next week through mid-August.
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@maxwelltani and @xpangler
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BuzzFeed:
BuzzFeed names Mark Schoofs as EIC of BuzzFeed News, starting May 18; a Pulitzer winner, Schoofs is currently a professor at USC, where he'll continue to teach
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The Information:
Sources: WarnerMedia has had talks about selling Crunchyroll, a streaming service that specializes in Japanese anime, with Sony among possible buyers — AT&T's WarnerMedia has had discussions about selling Crunchyroll, a streaming service that specializes in Japanese anime, according to people familiar with the matter.
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@cityofthetown, @laureninspace, @lheiskell and Digiday
CNN:
In Trump's first TV interview outside the Fox-verse since the start of the pandemic, ABC's David Muir let Trump float brazen misinformation to millions — When he sat down to interview President Trump, David Muir had an enormous responsibility on his hands.
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Polls, Columbia Journalism Review, Mediaite, Vanity Fair, @oliverdarcy, @jayrosen_nyu, @ericboehlert, TVNewser and ABC News
Dave McNary / Variety:
Authentic Brands and David Glasser's 101 Studios partner to launch Sports Illustrated Studios, with plans for several TV series and feature films per year — Sports Illustrated Studios is launching to develop feature film and television projects as a joint venture between David Glasser's 101 Studios …
Janko Roettgers / Protocol:
Sources: Google to release a Fire TV-like Android TV dongle with a new content-centric UI in the coming months, likely extending its Nest brand to the product — Google is set to introduce an Android TV streaming device in the coming months, a reimagined dongle with a new user interface …
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Light Reading and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
The union representing Chicago Tribune newsroom staff and other Tribune workers is trying to unseat 2 board members representing hedge fund Alden Global Capital — The union representing newsroom employees at the Chicago Tribune and other Tribune Publishing newspapers is waging a proxy campaign …
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Nieman Lab, @chicagotribune, @rumormill, @tshortell, @tidewaterguild, @royalpratt, @gaufre and @baltsunguild
Angela Lashbrook / OneZero:
A look at Libro.fm, an indie audiobook company, and Bookshop.org, whose 10% affiliate share extends to its 3K+ partners, including NYT, Vox, and 560 bookstores — Bookshop and Libro.fm hope to change your shopping habits. Will it last after the pandemic?
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@ozm, @dlberes, @bookshop_org, @medium, @lemonsand, @ozm and @lmatsakis
Will Oremus / OneZero:
Interviews with Emily Bell and Ken Doctor highlight potential gains and pitfalls if Silicon Valley giants were to start compensating news producers — With news outlets in crisis, some countries are turning to Big Tech to save them. That's trickier than it sounds. — News media are in crisis.
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The Verge, @rasmus_kleis, Beyond Search, American Press Institute, @jeffjarvis, @ozm, @willoremus, @yeahyeahyasmin, @dlberes, @bryson_m, @kerrymflynn, @donie, @lenoretaylor, Free Press and The Guardian
CNBC:
Disney reports $18.01B in Q2 revenue vs. $17.8B expected, up 21% YoY, estimates COVID-19 impact on Q2 operating income for parks and experiences was about $1B — - Disney reported mixed results for its Q2 2020 earnings after the bell on Tuesday. — The pandemic has disrupted Disney's theme parks …
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