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Pew Research Center:
Pew: 11% of US adults report using Google News often, and 24% say they use it sometimes; 3% saying they get news from Apple News often and 10% do so sometimes — One major challenge researchers may encounter in designing surveys about news consumption: Does the U.S. public understand the range …
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Substack CEO Chris Best on why it is not a media company, content moderation, making a reader app for users to easily read their newsletters, and more — On today's episode of Decoder, I'm talking to Chris Best, co-founder and CEO of Substack, the subscription newsletter startup that's taken …
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Michael J. Socolow / Nieman Lab:
Substack isn't a new model for journalism, but it's better than the “tip jar” financing model and might help retrain readers to pay for good journalism — Since 2017, Substack has provided aspiring web pundits with a one-stop service for distributing their work and collecting fees from readers.
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
AT&T CEO says HBO Max now has 12.6M subscribers in the US, up from 8.6M at the end of Q3; ~30% of HBO subscribers have exercised their right to access HBO Max — HBO Max, which closed the third quarter at 8.6 million activated subscribers in the U.S., has added another four million …
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Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:
WarnerMedia's decision to debut 2021 films on HBO Max had blindsided creatives and their reps; sources: Warner Bros. COO Carolyn Blackwood came up with the plan
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Sources: USAGM head Michael Pack has instructed associates not to discuss the agency's operations, budget, and personnel with Biden's transition team — A Trump appointee with a short but controversial record of overseeing Voice of America and other federally funded news agencies has declined …
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Sam Kille / Report for America:
Report for America expands to 200+ newsrooms that will host 300+ journalists next year; 33%+ of beats cover communities of color, 50% of outlets are nonprofits — Report for America unveils more than sixty new newsroom partners—including a doubling of Black and Hispanic owned media—and opens the application window for new reporters
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
STAT hit $10M+ in revenue this year, up 66% YoY, plans to grow staff ~40% in 2021, and has 6M MAUs, up from ~1.5M pre-pandemic; ad deal volume rose 33% YoY — STAT News is planning a big expansion next year, thanks in part to explosive growth during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Scroll, which offers ad-free browsing at 300+ sites, partners with McClatchy to bundle Scroll membership with McClatchy subscriptions at 8 McClatchy news sites — A little less than a year after launch, Scroll is partnering with McClatchy to experiment with bundling subscriptions to its ad-free network.
Jason Lynch / Adweek:
Nielsen introduces Nielsen One, a video analytics tool that will measure total video consumption across linear and digital platforms, to debut in Q4 2022 — But the new solution, Nielsen One, won't be ready until late 2022 — Farewell, Total Audience Measurement. Hello, Nielsen One.
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Sources: FTC and 40+ state AGs to file antitrust suits against Facebook Wednesday, saying Instagram and WhatsApp buys helped it amass power, traffic, and ads — More than 40 attorneys general and the U.S. government are preparing to file antitrust lawsuits against Facebook on Wednesday …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Challenger, Gray & Christmas: of the 30,000 media jobs lost in 2020 in the US, 16,000 were in digital, print, and broadcast newsrooms — Data: Challenger, Gray & Christmas; Chart: Andrew Witherspoon/Axios. Newsroom jobs include jobs in digital, print and broadcast.
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
YouTube says fans watched over 100B hours of gaming content in 2020, about double 2019, with live streams accounting for 10% of watch time — The year is just about over, and perhaps the only things worth celebrating about 2020 are the memories of the hot videos on YouTube Gaming.
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