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Joe Berkowitz / Fast Company:
The Washington Post homepage was dominated by a Trump campaign ad on Thursday, sparking a furious debate as some say the purchase will fund journalism — The digital home of the Washington Post, that venerated beacon of American journalism, is currently an exercise in cognitive dissonance.
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
American Media's David Pecker, who OK'ed hush-money payments to women who had affairs with Trump, is out as CEO; AMI to merge with logistics firm Accelerate 360 — Mr. Pecker is out as chief executive of American Media after two-decade tenure — David Pecker is stepping down as chief executive …
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Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Matt Mullenweg says Automattic will add IAP for WordPress.com plans to WordPress iOS app after Apple froze app updates and demanded the addition — This sounds ridiculous — WordPress, the iOS app, lets you build and manage a website right from your iPhone or iPad.
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Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Gannett releases workforce demographics of USA Today and its local outlets for the first time, along with its goals for diversity and inclusion by 2025 — On Thursday, Gannett, the parent company of USA Today and more than 260 daily local news outlets in the United States …
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Alex Kantrowitz / OneZero:
Q&A with Verge's Casey Newton on newsletter writing and how trust in tech press is eroded by algorithms, including Twitter's amplification of “snarky bastards” — The Verge's Silicon Valley editor discusses tech media, recent issues with Facebook, and more
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
BBC Sport strengthens moderation policies for its comments sections and vows to keep growing coverage of women's sports — BBC Sport has a message for its 8.5 million followers on Twitter. The pinned tweet is part promise, part mission statement. — The BBC exists for all of us, so it should represent all of us.
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
A trade body representing NYT, WaPo, WSJ, and other publishers asks Apple for improved deal terms for digital subscriptions sold through the App Store — The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal are among companies seeking more favorable terms in Apple's app store
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Live TV viewership of the Democratic National Convention fell 17.6% from 2016, with average nightly audience of 21.6M viewers; Biden's speech drew 24.6M viewers — Live television viewership for the Democratic National Convention fell 17.6 percent from 2016, but many Americans watched online.
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: CBS is seeking ~$5.5M for Super Bowl ads, requiring telecast advertisers to appear in the online stream, and promising refunds in case of cancelation — Ad buyers seek assurances they will be let out of their commitments in the event the game can't be played, sources say
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Tim Schwab / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the correlation between the $250M+ in journalism grants the Gates Foundation has made and the overwhelmingly positive coverage it has received — Last August, NPR profiled a Harvard-led experiment to help low-income families find housing in wealthier neighborhoods …
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Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost:
Digital Entertainment Group: total consumer home entertainment spending was up 26% YoY to $15.1B in H1 2020 with spending on digital formats up 37% YoY — In another perspective on the streaming video lift driven by the pandemic's stay-at-home mode, preliminary sales data …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
News UK is proposing to shut down its monthly standalone Sunday Times Travel Magazine, affecting six staff — News UK is proposing to close its monthly standalone Sunday Times Travel Magazine to focus resources on the newspaper and its digital offerings. — About six members of staff work …
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