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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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J. Clara Chan / The Wrap:
David Pecker, the CEO of American Media tied to efforts to silence women with accusations against Trump, is out as CEO as AMI merges with a marketer/distributor — David Pecker is out as the CEO and President of American Media, the owner of tabloids like the National Enquirer …
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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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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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Owen Thomas / San Francisco Chronicle:
Hearst picks Emilio García-Ruiz, The Washington Post's digital operations managing editor, as the new EIC of the San Francisco Chronicle — Hearst, the owner of The Chronicle, named Emilio Garcia-Ruiz the publication's new editor in chief Thursday. — Garcia-Ruiz, the Washington …
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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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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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Rune Werliin / AudienceProject:
Survey: 41% of US users have ad blockers, down from 52% in 2016; mobile ad blocking grows to 7% from 5% in 2018; 50% say online ads are irrelevant to them — In a new study on the attitude towards advertising and use of ad blocking, we see that ad block usage is dropping …
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Digiday, MediaMedia, @niemanlab and @larakiara
Matt Mullenweg / @photomatt:
Matt Mullenweg says Apple locked WordPress updates on iOS, and won't unlock them unless WordPress commits to support in-app purchases for .com plans — Heads up on why @WordPressiOS updates have been absent... we were locked by App Store. To be able to ship updates and bug fixes again we had to commit to support in-app purchases for .com plans. I know why this is problematic, open to suggestions. Allow others IAP? New name?
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Executive pay cuts triggered by the pandemic ended July 31 at Fox as planned and, sources say, Disney cuts will be lifted August 23 — EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of executives across The Walt Disney Company and Fox Corporation are getting their paychecks restored to pre-COVID-19 levels.
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@danpriceseattle, @datelinedisney and Crain's New York Business
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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