Mediagazer: Spotify adds video ads to Ad Studio, its self-serve ad platform, in Canada, UK, and the US, and says 50% of its advertisers used it in May, up from 11% in March (David Cohen/Adweek)

9:10 AM ET, June 17, 2020

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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

A misleading NBC story about Google “banning” The Federalist and ZeroHedge sounds just like what happened to Techdirt last year because of comments on one page — from the another-day-another-story dept — So, earlier today, NBC reported that Google had “banned” …

Discussion: NBC News, @mmasnick, @normative, @mmasnick, @jason_a_w, @simonowens, @mmasnick, @peterwsinger, Gizmodo, Breitbart, Adweek and Techdirt

Aaron Holmes / Business Insider:

Google cracks down on The Federalist and ZeroHedge for violating policies on race-related content and may permanently suspend their access to Google Ads revenue — - Google is cracking down on two right-wing outlets, ZeroHedge and The Federalist, for violating its policies on race-related content.

Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC:

Facebook and Instagram will allow some US users to turn off political ads starting Wednesday; the feature will roll out to all US users over the next few weeks — - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced the social network will allow its users to turn off seeing political ads.

Washington Post:

A deep look at the toxic relationship between Pittsburgh Post-Gazette journalists and its publisher, whose family has owned the paper for nearly a century — Before last year, Keith C. Burris was mostly known to reporters at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as the author of the most controversial opinion piece …

Discussion: Media Nation, New York Times, Pittsburgh Business Journal, @elaheizadi, @mlcalderone, @vmochama, @maurajudkis, @katenocera, @_cingraham, @ekhatami, @sulliview, @dominicholden and @wesleylowery

The Philadelphia Inquirer:

Philadelphia Magazine editor Tom McGrath to step down at the end of the summer, says the pub needs to hire a replacement who isn't “a middle-aged white guy” — Philadelphia Magazine editor Tom McGrath will step down at the end of the summer, telling his staff the publication needs …

Discussion: Philadelphia Magazine, @mrernestowens, @williams_paige and @emarvelous

Neal Justin / Star Tribune:

American Public Media Group ends production on Live From Here, the successor to A Prairie Home Companion, and lays off 28; CEO blames the pandemic for cuts — Cancellation part of cuts at St. Paul-based American Public Media Group. — TEXT SIZE — American Public Media Group …

Discussion: Bring Me The News, @anamariecox, @dtaberski, @christhile, @christhile, @nwquah and Current

David Cohen / Adweek:

Spotify adds video ads to Ad Studio, its self-serve ad platform, in Canada, UK, and the US, and says 50% of its advertisers used it in May, up from 11% in March — They will debut in Canada, the U.K., the U.S. and with select advertisers in other test markets

Discussion: MediaPost

Jimmy Nsubuga / Yahoo News:

BBC DG announces a program for voluntary redundancies, as part of plans to save £125M this year — The BBC has announced a wide-ranging programme for voluntary redundancies in order to save tens of millions of pounds in the wake of changes to the licence fee and the coronavirus fallout.

Discussion: RadioToday, @scottygb and @jimwaterson

David Shortell / CNN:

Court docket: the Trump admin sues to block John Bolton's book, set to publish June 23, alleging breach of contract and that it's “rife” with classified info — Trump team concerned over release of Bolton's book — (CNN)The Trump administration is suing former national security …

Discussion: @kaitlancollins, Vanity Fair, The Week, @meridithmcgraw, @pwnallthethings, @pwnallthethings, @pwnallthethings, @paulareidcbs, @lizmair, The Hill, Boing Boing, Just The News, Reuters, Wall Street Journal and Vanity Fair

Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:

PAMCo: national UK newspapers added a record 6.6M daily digital readers in Q1; The Sun was the most read at 39.8M and The Guardian was the fastest growing — National newspaper brands added 6.6m readers daily digital readers in the UK in the first quarter of this year reaching a record audience …

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.

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

Discussion: @jimwaterson, Reuters Institute, @dominicholden, @tomlondon6, @markcurtis30, @tomchivers, @stancollymore, @jamesrbuk, @mikeh_pr and Le débrief' Media

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

Discussion: @bbcnews, @bbcnews, @bbcnews, @dionhesson, @kharizzmaaa, @roger_sent, @bbcindia and One Man & His Blog

Luke Guillory / Ad Age:

GroupM: in 2020, print ad spend to drop 26%, digital advertising 3%, TV advertising 7%; SVOD like Hulu and Roku to grow 15% in 2021 — Sustained advertising by marketers is helping to cushion the pandemic's impact — Although the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered the worst economic decline since …

Discussion: MediaPost and Multichannel News

Tim Baysinger / The Wrap:

ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish says the full rebrand for CBS All Access will happen in 2021, not this summer, with more Viacom content including sports and news — ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish gave a small update on the network's upcoming rebrand for CBS All Access on Tuesday.

Discussion: MediaPost, Hollywood Reporter and The Streamable

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Chloe Schama / Vogue:
New York outlet The City, in partnership with Columbia's and CUNY's journalism schools, launches a project to commemorate every New Yorker who died of COVID-19

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Lila Shapiro / Vulture:
In the last week, 14 of the 24 board members of the National Book Critics Circle have resigned, citing racism, privacy and political correctness concerns

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Kevin Truong / VICE:
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Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters:
Gallup/Knight poll: nearly two-thirds in US support Section 230 in principle; 85% favored removing intentionally misleading health information from social media

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International Center of Photography:
International Center of Photography partners with the Black Press Freedom Fund to offer $400 grants for PPE to Black photojournalists covering the protests

Andreas Wiseman / Deadline:
Universal resumes filming of Jurassic World and will spend an additional ~$5M on coronavirus safety protocols

Discussion: @media_evan, @jorcru, @pinewoodstudios, @girlpash, @amestris_star, Fortune and Page Six

Sara Fischer / Axios:
Disney consolidates its ad tech teams under one unit, housed under its direct-to-consumer arm, streamlining ad campaign management across its brands

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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

Discussion: Nieman Lab, @oaklandside, The Keyword, @lpostcollective, @poynter, @dw_grant, @savethenews, @citysidelocal, The Oaklandside, @poynter, @berkeleyside, @oaklandside, @kristenhare and Berkeleyside

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

Discussion: Nieman Lab, Poynter, @sarakgoo and @myhlee

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

Discussion: regmovies.com, Observer, @mrseangerber, The Playlist and /Film

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

Discussion: @rebekahlsanders, @alxthomp, @blackamazon, Newser and Talking Points Memo

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

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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

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

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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
President Trump pauses tariffs on most countries for 90 days, setting a 10% “lowered Reciprocal Tariff”, and sets 125% tariffs on China “effective immediately”

David DiMolfetta / Nextgov/FCW:
President Trump directs the DOJ to investigate former CISA Director Chris Krebs, who Trump fired for contradicting Trump's baseless 2020 election fraud claims

Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk:
The US Senate confirms former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins as SEC chair, succeeding Gary Gensler; Atkins is widely expected to support crypto-friendly policies

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