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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Twitter buys newsletter platform Revue, plans to lower its cut of paid newsletter revenue to 5% and let writers host conversations with subscribers on Twitter — Twitter on Tuesday said it has acquired Revue, a newsletter platform for writers and publishers.
Discussion:
@sarafischer, Twitter, New York Times, Variety, Reuters, TechCrunch, Protocol, @justinhendrix, @ibjiyongi, @kimfox, @raju, The Verge, @modestproposal1, @jackmarshall, @gavinsblog, @richlightshed, @benedictevans, Engadget, @perlberg, @martinsfp, @ivanthek, @ourielohayon, @pkafka and Bloomberg, more at Techmeme »
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Washington Post's Zeus ad tech platform adds video to the range of formats publishers can sell; video ads are especially important for local broadcast companies — The Washington Post will expand its performance software on Tuesday to add video to Zeus, its suite of ad placement and optimization tools.
Discussion:
@jarroddicker
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS Television Stations President Peter Dunn and SVP of News David Friend have been placed on leave, after an LAT report alleging racism and misogyny at work — Peter Dunn, president of the CBS Television Stations, and David Friend, senior vice president of news for the stations were placed on the leave …
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Los Angeles Times, The Hill, New York Times, NABJ, @rolandsmartin, @megjameslat, @phil_rosenthal and The Wrap
Margaret Carmel / BoiseDev:
Idaho News Guild says Idaho Statesman's top editor was fired over her tweet advocating for staff resources in a protest letter sent to McClatchy management — Idaho's largest daily newspaper abruptly changed editorial leadership Monday. — As of Monday, the Statesman's top editor …
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@idahonewsguild, Washington Post, @mlcarmel, @jenwsheehan, @k_talerico, @zebpalmer, @thekaitmonster, @intensenerd, @dataeditor, @nicknehamas, @idahonewsguild, @emilyrpape, @kevinrichert, @nicknehamas, @frankeljulia, @donlday, @emmaiannacone, @kateconger, @donlday, @annehelen, @melissasantos1, @hayley__harding, @mattdpearce, @ribunchreports, @veenadubal and @leszaitz
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Verizon Media hit $2.3B in Q4 revenue, up 11.4% YoY, its first YoY revenue gain since buying Yahoo in 2017, and reported a net loss of $119M from HuffPost sale — In announcing Q4 earnings Tuesday, Verizon said the results included a net loss of $119 million “primarily related to the disposition of the HuffPost business.”
Discussion:
@alex, Verizon, Light Reading, @kerrymflynn and @kerrymflynn
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Facebook News launches in the UK, partners with Axel Springer and Samsung owned Upday for curation; announces new partnerships and payments for some publishers — As the United Kingdom prepares to sharpen its focus on how it regulates big tech companies, Facebook is taking a big step …
Alana Wise / NPR:
White House press briefings will now include an American Sign Language interpreter; Trump administration was sued over accessibility of its briefings — The White House on Monday announced that its regular press briefings will now include an American Sign Language interpreter.
Discussion:
@n_yang, @evelynpr and @seemiaroll
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Tara Conlan / The Guardian:
Sky UK says it is increasing the number of original British shows by 50% and releasing a new, exclusive movie every two weeks to compete with streaming services — Exclusive: TV company aims to be releasing a new film every week by 2022, with 30 due this year
Discussion:
@jamesjonesfilm and @scottygb
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Insider Inc. says it was profitable in 2020 and added 200 jobs as revenue grew 30% YoY; sources: it generated $150M+ in revenue as subscribers doubled to 100K+ — Business-news site generated 30% revenue growth in 2020 despite Covid-19 crisis thanks to subscriptions, automated ads
Washington Post:
Washington Post Executive Editor Marty Baron is retiring on February 28 after eight years at the paper and nearly 45 years in journalism — Washington Post Publisher and CEO Fred Ryan today shared the following note with Post employees. — Dear Washington Post colleagues,
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CNN
Julia Alexander / The Verge:
In letter to creators, CEO Susan Wojcicki says YouTube has paid $30B+ to creators, artists, and media organizations over the last three years — The company still has work to do with creator transparency — YouTube has paid out more than $30 billion to creators, artists …
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Bloomberg, more at Techmeme »
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Rupert Murdoch says free speech is being suppressed by an “awful woke orthodoxy” and says he is “far from done” — Mr. Murdoch of News Corp, who spoke in a video, has been relatively quiet publicly in recent years. He called conformity on social media “a straitjacket on sensibility.”
Discussion:
The Wrap, Vanity Fair, Newser, Mediaite, Vanity Fair, @billybragg, @meridithmcgraw, @janemayernyer, @donmoyn, @ianbassin, @peterjukes, @billbarnwell, @slpng_giants, @safimichael, @lukeoneil47, @mariskreizman, @jasonhirschhorn, @markberman, @parkermolloy, @mattgertz, @dylanbyers, @caslernoel, @scout_finch, @dylanbyers, @richardhanania, @katie_robertson, @rschooley, @mattgertz, @edmundlee, @edmundlee, @oliverdarcy, @benyt, Rolling Stone, Variety, The Age and The Hill
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Survey: the average American household spent $47 a month on streaming in 2020, up from $34 a month in 2019; 81% of US households used Netflix at the end of 2020 — The average American household dropped more money on streaming television services in 2020 compared to the previous year …
Discussion:
@appleinsider
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Sources: 100+ Politico staffers sent a letter to Allbritton criticizing the decision to publish Ben Shapiro and calling out EIC Kaminski's internal response — More than 100 Politico staffers signed onto a letter sent to publisher Robert Allbritton, expressing disgust with allowing right …
Discussion:
The Daily Beast, @meghanmccain, @benshapiro, @jrubinblogger, @bmarchetich, Yahoo News, Townhall, Raw Story and Mediaite
Politico:
Former NYT op-ed editor James Bennet has been hired by The Economist as a visiting senior editor for one year, writing mostly on foreign policy — DRIVING THE DAY — We've done some digging and pieced together who occupies most of the offices on the first two floors of the West Wing.
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Roll Call, Capital Views, New York Post, Mercury News, Just Security, @nkulw, @dylanbyers, Real Clear Politics, FiveThirtyEight, WTOP, The Week, Raw Story and Uphill
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