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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Reuters digital news report based on surveys of 80K+ people in 40 countries: more people are paying for news, many prefer sources with “no point of view”, more — The percentage of people paying for news online continues to increase — and people may even pay for more than one subscription.
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Report: just 15% of UK left-leaning voters say they mostly trust news media, down from 46% in 2015, trust is down 20%+ overall in UK; BBC is most trusted org — Overall trust down 20 points since 2015, and ‘silent majority’ want ‘neutral and detached’ news
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BBC:
Report finds 11% of people under-25 use Instagram for news compared with 12% for Twitter, predicts Instagram will overtake Twitter next year as a news source — Photo-sharing app Instagram is set to overtake Twitter as a news source, research suggests. — The 2020 Reuters Institute Digital …
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Benedict Evans:
Analysis: while US newspaper ad revenue has collapsed since the 2008 financial crisis, newspapers have been losing marketshare of ad spend since the 1950s — There are two ways you can talk about newspapers. You can talk about the ‘third estate’, and newspapers' role in culture, politics …
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Wall Street Journal:
Staffers across US newsrooms seek changes on diversity, hiring, and coverage; sources: at WSJ, 150+ journalists sent letter to top execs expressing concerns — Staffers at several media outlets are pressing for changes on diversity, coverage and pay transparency
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CBS Boston:
Six former employees of eBay charged with leading a cyberstalking campaign against a couple they believed was critical of eBay in an online ecommerce newsletter — BOSTON (CBS) - Six former eBay executives and employees are facing federal charges after they allegedly led a cyberstalking campaign …
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Rachel Abrams / New York Times:
The AP apologizes for supplying newspapers with a Jefferson Davis quote as part of its Today in History feature; it will no longer run Thought for Today quotes — The wire service, which serves more than 2,000 newspapers, published a quotation from the leader of the Confederacy on his birth date.
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Memo: Voice of America Director Amanda Bennett and Deputy Director Sandy Sugawara have resigned as Trump appointee Michael Pack takes over VOA's parent agency — New York (CNN Business)Two top officials at Voice of America resigned on Monday as an appointee of President Trump prepares …
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Community-centered nonprofit newsroom The Oaklandside, a Berkeleyside sister publication, officially launches with $1.56M in funding from Google News Initiative — The Oaklandside is a nonprofit newsroom that's already covered the pandemic and protests — Oakland's newest newsroom wasn't supposed to launch until today.
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Hanna Ziady / CNN:
Cineworld, which owns Regal Cinemas, says it will start reopening theaters next week and plans to reopen all in the UK and US by July 10 — London (CNN Business)Cineworld Group, the owner of Regal Cinemas, will begin reopening movie theaters next week following a three-month shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
Some publishers are prioritizing subscription volume, often by offering discounts, over immediate revenue, lowering the value of each subscriber — Like a lot of media trends spinning out of the pandemic and disconnecting legacy business norms with new in-market realities …
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@sarahmarshall, @joinsubtext, @simonowens and @media_evan
Nicholas Quah / Hot Pod News:
On Monday, Axios will launch a daily news podcast called Axios Today, hosted by Niala Boodhoo with ten-minute episodes every weekday morning before 6am ET — Word of Axios making a push into the ever-competitive genre has been around for a while, dating back to a NBC News write-up from March, but we're getting final details today.
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