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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Jeff Zucker tells employees that CNN Airport Network will shut down on March 31; he blames the rise in mobile video and declines in air passenger traffic — CNN Airport Network — the service that beamed the cable news channel's content into terminal waiting areas throughout the country — is shutting down on Mar. 31.
Jim Friedlich / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at potential damage from a successful Alden Global Capital bid for Tribune Publishing, and how civic-minded local investors could offer alternatives — Largely lost in the extraordinary national news of the new year is a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that could have an outsized impact on local news.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
A look at Spotify's push into podcasting as it seeks profitability: ~2M podcasts are available, up from 2,500 in 2017, and 20% of its users listen to podcasts — When Spotify went public in April 2018, Daniel Ek had been struggling with this question for more than a decade: How would the company make money?
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@nicktheandersen, @juliastmi, @abbieruzicka and @lucas_shaw
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
In reply to a group of public radio stations who aired Caliphate, the NYT acknowledged errors in how it rolled out the retraction of key episodes of the podcast — On Tuesday, the New York Times acknowledged errors in how it rolled out the retraction of key episodes in its 2018 “Caliphate” podcast series.
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@wajahatali, @paigepfleger, @pwthornton, @ajmacadam, @jeremymbarr, @erikwemple and @erikwemple
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Public radio stations have sent a protest to NYT after the collapse of Caliphate, citing Michael Barbaro's behavior and presence of Andy Mills
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Pew Research Center:
Survey of 9,220 US adults: 53% get news from social media at least sometimes; 36% regularly get news from Facebook, 23% from YouTube, 15% from Twitter — Facebook stands out as a regular source of news for about a third of Americans … As social media companies struggle to deal …
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Nieman Lab, @pewresearch, @pewresearch, @mikeelgan, @pressgazette, TechCrunch, Adweek and MediaPost, more at Techmeme »
Telegraph:
Sir David Barclay, owner of the Telegraph Media Group with his twin brother Sir Frederick, has died at 86 — One friend recalled that he was ‘able to read the economic tea-leaves like few people of his generation’ — Sir David Barclay, who has died unexpectedly after a short illness aged 86 …
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The Guardian, @benfenton, @peterhoskinstv, @mattandersonnyt, @janemartinson, @janemartinson and New York Post
About Facebook:
Facebook updates priorities for news articles in News Feed, saying articles that do not contain new original reporting or analysis will get less distribution — Update on January 12, 2021 at 10:00AM PT: News articles that do not contain new original reporting or analysis will now receive less distribution in News Feed.
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@campbell_brown, @parkermolloy, @kantrowitz, @campbell_brown, @chanman, @campbell_brown, @campbell_brown, @froomkin, @campbell_brown and @froomkin
Aaron Williams / Source:
An “exit interview” with Aaron Williams, who worked his way up to being a graphics and data reporter at WaPo and then left journalism to join Netflix — “There's a reason why when you think about what a ‘data journalist’ looks like, you don't think of someone who looks like me."
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@source, @albertocairo, @sarahkaplan48, @terabithia4, @atmccann, @macloo, @terabithia4, @ajvicens, @becca_aa, @terabithia4, @shmcminn, @choire, @hermanywong, @meghanhoyer, @craftworksxyz, @markberman, @terabithia4, @vigneshr, @tylrfishr, @rdmurphy, @source and @markberman
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Disney and MPA join Comcast and AT&T in suspending donations to members of Congress who voted not to certify the presidential election results — The Motion Picture Association and Disney have joined the ranks of companies refusing to donate to members of Congress who voted not to certify the presidential election results.
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Variety and Popular Information
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Amazon launches a mobile-only Prime Video plan in India starting at Rs. 89, or ~$1.3, per month — Amazon is doubling down on one of the biggest strengths of Prime Video streaming service: Aggressive pricing. — The e-commerce giant on Wednesday launched Prime Video Mobile Edition …
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Variety, The Economic Times, Engadget and XDA Developers, more at Techmeme »
Paul Karp / The Guardian:
Google admits it is running “experiments”, each reaching about 1% of search users in Australia, which remove some media sites from its search results — The tech giant says it is ‘running a few experiments that will each reach about 1% of Google Search users in Australia’
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Australian Financial Review and The Keyword
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
TikTok makes accounts of users aged 13 to 15 private by default, limiting who can comment on the videos and how other users can download or remix their videos — TikTok is introducing a new set of “enhanced” privacy settings that restricts certain features for younger teens and changes …
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Fast Company, TikTok, Associated Press, 9to5Mac and The Verge
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Nielsen releases lists of 2020's most popular streaming content in the US, based on minutes watched: Netflix dominates TV series and Disney+ does well in movies — Because streaming services only release viewership numbers selectively, and because each one uses its own methodology …
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nielsen.com, Los Angeles Times, Variety, /Film, Forbes, The Wrap, Adweek, Business Insider and MediaPost
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