Mediagazer: Survey of video watching habits: TV-era quality markers like production value, being on a preferred platform, and famous actors ranked low on reasons to watch (Think with Google)

4:40 PM ET, August 10, 2020

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Facebook, Google, and Twitter are making the same mistakes big news outlets made decades ago, trying to placate hyperpartisan critics who are “working the refs” — The new referees in American politics are Facebook, Google and Twitter, and they would be wise to pay attention to lessons the old media tried to learn.

Bloomberg:

Hong Kong police have arrested pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai as well as his sons and Next Digital execs under its new national security law — - Lai's media group had backed pro-democracy demonstrations — His two sons, media executives also arrested: report

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Galileo Cheng / @galileocheng:
[Thread] Police in Hong Kong are raiding the Next Media Building, amid the arrest of Jimmy Lai and six others under a national security law passed in late June

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Juli Clover / MacRumors:

In iOS 14, Apple News+ publishers' web links are opened in the Apple News app by default for Apple News+ subscribers, though this feature can be turned off — Apple News in iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur has a toggle that's designed to open web links from ‌Apple News‌+ publishers directly …

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:

Sources: after its corporate restructuring announced Friday, about 800 layoffs are expected in WarnerMedia's HBO and Warner Bros. divisions, starting Monday — WarnerMedia is expected to let go of at least 800 staffers at its Warner Bros. and HBO operations as part of a broad restructuring put in place by the unit's CEO, Jason Kilar.

Discussion: Variety, The Streamable, Musings on Mouse, @loudmouthjulia, @jbflint, @bristei, @variety, The Hill and Variety

Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times:

TikTok announces first round of recipients of its $200M US creator fund, composed of 19 creators, 6 in LA; source: at least one will receive six figures — TikTok on Monday pushed back against rivals eager to poach its U.S. video creators (and to lure their audiences) …

Discussion: TikTok, MediaPost, Hollywood Reporter, The Verge, @loudmouthjulia, KGET-TV, Business Insider, Boing Boing and New York Post

Steven Perlberg / Digiday:

Some publishers worry about the end of the “Trump Bump” in traffic, ratings, and subscriptions if he loses to Biden, as the pandemic decimates the ad market — It had been more than a decade since the New York Times launched a brand advertising campaign, but 2017 felt like the right moment.

Discussion: Mediaite, @maxwellstrachan, @ethanz, @perlberg, @media_evan, @ddayen and @_cooper

Ethan Zuckerman / The Atlantic:

Trump, who has dominated US media coverage since 2016, and the pandemic, which has dominated coverage in 2020, are crowding out almost all other topics — Over the past six months, it has seemed like every news story is about the coronavirus, or President Donald Trump's failed response to it.

Discussion: @ethanz, @niemanreports, @stefanie2000 and @adriennelaf

Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:

Disney changes name of 20th Century Fox Television to 20th Television and Fox 21 TV Studios to Touchstone Television — No leadership changes or layoffs are expected to come with the moves. — To no surprise, Disney is rebranding its TV studios to remove the Fox name from two of them.

Discussion: The Verge, The Wrap, Variety, Deadline, Forbes and @harrymccracken

Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:

Chatham names former Tribune Publishing CEO Tony Hunter as CEO of McClatchy when the newspaper chain emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy next month — Former Tribune Publishing CEO Tony Hunter will become CEO of McClatchy Co. when the newspaper chain emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy next month …

Discussion: Columbia Journalism Review, @tonywhunter, @raju, PR Newswire and Daily Herald

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE:

In the wake of a widely protested election in Belarus, nonprofits say the government has blocked many sites, including those of independent media and Twitter — Twitter, local journalists, and internet freedom organizations report that there are widespread internet blocks in Belarus.

Discussion: @janelytv, @josephfcox and @lorenzofb, more at Techmeme »

The Guardian:

BBC's Tony Hall apologizes after the N-word was used during a TV news broadcast, following mass complaints; BBC had initially refused to apologize last month — Play Video — The BBC's director general, Tony Hall, has apologised after the N-word was used in a TV news broadcast …

Discussion: Press Gazette, BBC, NBC News, The Independent, @larrymadowo, @wahibaasa, @dionnegrant, @bbcnewsbeat, @mlothianmclean, CNN, Metro.co.uk, @bbcsangita, BBC, @sofiehagen, @thelondonhughes, @ammarkazmi_, Deadline and New York Post

Noam Cohen / Wired:

A look at Wikipedia's growing skepticism towards Fox News, designated as a generally unreliable source on politics and science in July — The move offered a new model for moderation. Maybe other platforms will take note. — When Karen Bass, a Congresswoman from Los Angeles …

Discussion: @caitlin__kelly, @pandemic_times and @drleighmjohnson

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