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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Apple lowering its subscription revenue cut for those making under $1M/year in App Store will boost some news publishers' revenue; more details coming in Dec. — Instead of taking 30% of new subscribers' payments, it'll take 15%. The money's welcome, but it's also a reminder …
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Axios:
Media coverage of COVID-19 hasn't fallen despite a drop in reader interest, which sociologists ascribe to the coverage becoming too redundant and often alarmist — Ahead of Thanksgiving travel, new coronavirus cases in the U.S. have never been higher, and online interest in the pandemic …
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Columbia Journalism Review, CNN, Poynter, American Press Institute, @kyleorl, @bryanrwalsh, @jaaavis, @schmalie and @brianstelter
Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube rolls out ads on some videos from channels outside its revenue sharing program; updated TOS says such channels might not receive a cut of the revenue — YouTube, in an expansion of its advertising business, will begin serving up ads on channels that will not receive a cut of the revenue.
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Adweek and @caseynewton
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube is introducing audio-only ads for users who listen to music or podcasts in the background and letting advertisers buy ads targeted by mood
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New York Times:
Should Trump decide to write a memoir, publishers would have to weigh huge sales against possible revolts by staff and authors and concerns about veracity — Some publishing executives worry their authors and staff might rebel, but they say their bigger concern would be ensuring the book's accuracy.
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@andrewlavallee, @elongreen, The Media Nut, @scarylawyerguy, @irishlittimes, @tinajordannyt, @bradfordpearson, @typesandspells, @azalben, @xanalter, @silvermanjacob, @jbenton, @mariskreizman, @pronounced_ing, @raju, @sarahw, @smh, @naomiaklein, @dreamoforgonon, @haymarketbooks, @alexweprin and @nytimes
Gilad Edelman / Wired:
The latest congressional hearing was another parade of bad-faith arguments about Section 230, best illustrated by Senate Republicans mischaracterizing the law — The latest congressional hearing with Facebook's and Twitter's CEOs was another parade of bad-faith arguments.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation, The Information, Roll Call, ABC News and Variety, more at Techmeme »
Emily Atkin / HEATED:
Last week, Washington Post ran 1,421-words of climate denialism as a full-page ad, which the author says cost $25K — Should newspapers profit from spreading factual inaccuracies about deadly threats? — 5 hr ago — Happy hump day, hot stuff. Some shameless self- and friend-promotion before today's edition.
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@emorwee, @gernotwagner, @sammy_roth, @emorwee and @emorwee
Tony Semerad / Salt Lake Tribune:
The Salt Lake Tribune appoints Sacramento Bee executive Lauren Gustus as its top editor, the third woman to hold the post in the newspaper's 150-year history — The Salt Lake Tribune has hired a seasoned journalist, media executive and pioneer in community-supported news as its top editor.
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@laurengustus, @sltribbyu, Poynter, @niemanlab and @em_means13
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast launches Watchwith, an interactive live-streaming app for Xfinity X1 and Flex customers that lets viewers engage with programs using their remotes — Comcast is getting Twitch-y, starting with tonight's episode of Bravo's “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.”
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The Streamable, Light Reading and Cord Cutters News
Nikki Usher:
Right-wing news appears legitimate to partisans because it looks and feels like journalism with appeals to expertise and slick, professional news production — Republican media is peddling lies with reason and professionalism — and GOP partisans are never coming back to mainstream news
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@nikkiusher, Salon, Press Watch, @oliverdarcy and @jayrosen_nyu
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
UK Music, which represents the commercial music industry, says the sector's economic contribution could halve in 2020 due to events shutdowns — The UK music industry is set to halve in size this year as issues including an effective shutdown of concerts, gigs and festivals strip £3bn from its contribution to the economy.
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@matt_w_walsh, @helenbarrett, @ism_music and NME
Max Willens / Digiday:
Verizon Media Group, which includes Yahoo, HuffPost, TechCrunch, and Engadget, says its commerce revenues are up more than 250% YoY through November — Last year, Verizon Media Group CEO Guru Gowrappan told Digiday that commerce could account for one third of Verizon Media Group's revenues …
Christian Calgie / Guido Fawkes:
UK's new press secretary Allegra Stratton says she will speak to the media on the record, changing a tradition of anonymous Lobby briefings — Yet more changes in the way that Downing Street handles the media were announced today ahead of televised briefings beginning in the new year.
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Mirror.co.uk, @mediaguido and Shropshire Star
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