Mediagazer: Interview with Red Ventures CEO Ric Elias as the company finalizes its purchase of CNET Media Group, on media disruption and the crisis of consumers' trust (Connie Guglielmo/CNET)

11:35 PM ET, November 1, 2020

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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:

With fears that Trump may prematurely claim victory, journalists must to do something that is not in their nature: be patient and not join a rush to judgment — Almost two months before the 2016 presidential election, Dave Wasserman, an editor at the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, wrote a prescient piece.

Discussion: Axios, @axios, @andybcampbell, @nickjandl, @ericgeller and @sulliview

Ben Smith / New York Times:

Since 2016, Trump's ongoing spectacle has slowed the decline of legacy media, but this election, regardless of who wins, marks the end of an era for the media — Trump made the legacy media great again. Here's what's next for them. — There's a media phenomenon the old-time blogger Mickey Kaus calls …

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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:

In an editor's note, The Atlantic says it regrets commissioning a story by Ruth Shalit Barrett, has updated her byline, thought she deserved a “second chance” — In pointing out errors and fabrications in a wildly popular story about niche sports, the magazine said it was wrong …

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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:

Fact-checking finds more problems with The Atlantic story on niche sports by Ruth S. Barrett, who had a scandal-ridden record when using the byline Ruth Shalit — Over a couple of paragraphs in a recent story on niche sports and college athletics, Ruth S. Barrett writes of two injuries sustained …

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David Bauder / Associated Press:

AP says it will be more transparent with calling US elections, explaining how its experts make decisions and why they hold off declaring a winner in tight races — NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press, one of several news organizations whose declarations of winners drive election coverage …

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David Bauder / Associated Press:
How news outlets are preparing for election night, with plans for extended live coverage and transparency about what's known and what isn't

Discussion: New York Times, Slate, @politics1com, @bristei, @aclu_mo, @jeffveillette, Variety, @ap, @ellenlweintraub, @mikeysmith, @stengel, The Wrap, @niemanlab, @vivian, @rasmus_kleis, @ap_christina, @ap, @ap_politics and Poynter

Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal:

Twitter allows NY Post's account to tweet again, updating its practice of “not retroactively overturning prior enforcement” — Social-media company reverses policy that previously required newspaper to delete old tweets before being able to tweet again

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism:

Survey of 136 news industry leaders from 38 countries: 55% say remote work has helped efficiency and 48% are planning to downsize physical premises — Reckoning with the lack of diversity in newsrooms | Attracting, developing and retaining talent | Executive summary ↑

Discussion: @dcnorg, @tanlmont, @chrismoranuk and What's New in Publishing

Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:

Reuters survey: 42% of news leaders globally say improving ethnic diversity in their newsroom is the highest diversity priority, while 18% say gender diversity — More than four out of ten newsroom employees believe ethnic diversity is the highest diversity priority in the next year …

Discussion: @niemanlab, @fedecherubini, @dryemisi and @mediavoicespod

Mark Graham / Internet Archive Blogs:

The Internet Archive starts adding banners on some Wayback Machine pages with links that provide contextual information from fact-checking organizations — Fact checking organizations and origin websites sometimes have information about pages archived in the Wayback Machine.

Discussion: @internetarchive, @waybackmachine, @donie, @xor, @mhall119, @cindyotis_, @ctardaguila, @ngleicher, @noupside, @brandyzadrozny, @nathonsecurity, @balajis, @skepticaliblog, @raymserrato, @sethcotlar and Poynter, more at Techmeme »

New York Times:

How publishing houses are increasingly making senior-level hires and structural changes to improve diversity, like Hachette's newly launched imprint Legacy Lit — The push in book publishing for more authors and workers of color hasn't abated, and companies are increasingly making lasting changes to the way they do business.

Discussion: @nytimesbooks, @fredtjoseph, @msshanitarenee, @xanalter, @maritzamoulite, @newblackman, @hachetteus and Publishers Weekly

Peter Sterne / New York Magazine:

Greenwald's break with The Intercept was inevitable: he planned to leave, viewed editing as censorship, and Substack may be able to match his six-figure salary — On Thursday, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald denounced The Intercept, the news outlet he co-founded six years ago, and announced his immediate resignation.

Vignesh Ramachandran / Nieman Lab:

Brown Institute's Local News Lab is partnering with small- and medium-sized newsrooms to help build dynamic paywalls that adapt to content or reader behavior — Paywalls are nothing new. But using advances in machine learning to make paywalls “smarter” could help resource-strapped local newsrooms …

Discussion: @browninstitute, @niemanreports, @spj_tweets and @vigneshr

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Lauren Harris / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Priyanjana Bengani, who began researching “pink slime” journalism in 2019, on how it scales and the role of local outlets in discovering the phenomenon

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Connie Guglielmo / CNET:
Interview with Red Ventures CEO Ric Elias as the company finalizes its purchase of CNET Media Group, on media disruption and the crisis of consumers' trust

Discussion: @stshank and @techledes

Kerry Flynn / CNN:
The NYT podcast The Daily plans to host its first-ever live show, from 4pm to 8pm on Election Day, anchored by Michael Barbaro and Carolyn Ryan on the NYT site

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Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
YouTube TV says it is dropping NESN, the sports network for the Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins, on Saturday; NESN will only stream on fuboTV and AT&T TV NOW

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Pew Research Center:
Among six public US newspaper companies, ad revenue fell by a median 42% YoY in Q2; circulation revenue fell by 8% YoY; labor expenses in four fell a median 20%

Discussion: @niemanreports, @sguzik, @singernews, @elisashearer, @pewjournalism, @johngramlich, @pewresearch and Poynter

Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Tim Davie says that BBC journalists can attend Pride marches, if they aren't seen as taking a stand on “politicized issues”, though what that means is unclear

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New York Times:
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Carly Page / TechCrunch:
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