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Hannah Farrow / Local News Initiative:
A look at monetization strategies that Gannett is experimenting with, including dynamic paywalls, changing the size of its metered paywalls, and premium content — News Outlets Apologize Less and Innovate More, With a ‘Freemium’ Model and Dynamic Paywalls — Gannett's Amalie Nash is tired …
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Columbia Journalism Review, @cjr, @cjr, @ifjglobal, @coreyhutchins, @kerrymflynn, @niemanlab, @arionnenettles, @raju, Chalkbeat and American Press Institute
Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
Netflix is running a test cracking down on password sharing, prompting some users to get their own account if they don't live with the owner of the account — Earlier this week, some Netflix subscribers began to notice that it might be a bit harder to “borrow” someone's password.
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CNBC, Fast Company, The Verge, Variety, The Wrap, Insider, The Desk, Reuters, Cord Cutters News, Hollywood Reporter and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
A deep look at what happened at Gimlet Media and its top podcast Reply All, following the pressure of a union drive and rewards of a lucrative sale to Spotify — A podcast was applauded for its reporting on embedded racism in the workplace. It didn't make it to the third episode.
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The Markup:
Citizen Browser project's Split Screen tool shows Facebook's different News Feeds for Trump and Biden voters, based on data from 2,500+ users across the US — Facebook's recommendation algorithm shows different news, groups, and hashtags to different users. But who sees what?
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@nicdawes, @davidbauer, @suryamattu, @davidbauer, Fast Company and @justinhendrix, more at Techmeme »
Craig Forman / Nieman Reports:
The pandemic relief bill throws a lifeline to newspapers weighed down by pensions by changing financing rules; it could have saved McClatchy from Chapter 11 — Pension provisions in the $1.9-trillion bill give local news outlets crucial breathing room to pursue sustainable digital business models
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American Press Institute, @bgrueskin, Poynter, @dougfisher, @jeremylittau, @peterhamby, @apantazi, @nancygibbs, @cforman, @stevenwaldman, @ckrewson and @niemanreports
Kerry Flynn / CNN:
Teen Vogue's incoming EIC Alexi McCammond apologizes again for using “hurtful and inexcusable language” in tweets from 2011 and 2012 when she was a teenager — New York (CNN Business)Teen Vogue's newly appointed editor in chief isn't slated to start until March 24 …
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The Daily Beast, USA Today, Breitbart, WWD, @rbraceysherman, @hjessy_ and @kerrymflynn
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Roku will premiere its first exclusively licensed series on March 19 on the Roku Channel as it begins a big push into exclusive and original programming — “Cypher,” an FBI-set crime drama series, will premiere exclusively on the Roku Channel on March 19 in the U.S. and Canada.
Discussion:
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Wall Street Journal:
Radio broadcaster Entercom buys podcast ad network Podcorn, a self-service marketplace with almost 40,000 podcasters, for $22.5M — Deal valuing Podcorn at $22.5 million helps radio giant tap up-and-coming podcasters — Entercom Communications Corp. will acquire podcast ad network Podcorn …
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AdExchanger, Radio & Television … and RAIN News
RQ1:
Study: Caliphate is an example of performative journalistic transparency that concealed issues, like a lack of editorial oversight, that doomed the project — Welcome to another edition of RQ1! For those who are new, we are Mark Coddington and Seth Lewis — two former journalists turned academics …
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@caseyriankelly, @jnelz, @mayerjoy and Nieman Lab
Reuters:
NHL signs seven-year rights deal with Disney that brings games to ESPN, ABC, ESPN+, and Hulu; 75 national regular season games will be only on Hulu and ESPN+ — (Reuters) - The National Hockey League and Walt Disney Co said on Wednesday they reached what the NHL commissioner called a …
Linh Ta / Axios:
Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri was acquitted of all charges by a jury after her arrest while covering a BLM protest last summer — Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri was acquitted of all charges by a jury on Wednesday following her arrest while covering a Black Lives Matter protest last summer.
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@andreamsahouri, Washington Post, New York Times, @mwadsworth, Des Moines Register, Freedom of the Press …, CNN, @cbhessick, @annahbackstrom, @danbarrynyt, @fbajak, @davidcayj, @abby4iowa, @ryanjreilly, @mikejason73, @lyzl, @lyzl, @jeremiahdavis10, @mattdpearce, @indivisrural_ia, @kimzetter, @robneyer, @aprilehrlich, @clay_masters, @omarjimenez, @slavamalamud, @pressfreedom, @kb_gardner, @konfrstforhouse, @mattlaslo, @michaelrzuzel, @sulliview, @dena, @anupkaphle, @tonymess, @jessicataylor, @spjwash, @katie_robertson, @dmrmorris, @katie_robertson, @wesleylowery, @freedomofpress, @sgrubermiller, @linhmaita, @keitholbermann, @jaredlholt, @adamserwer, @nycsouthpaw, NPR, USA Today, Des Moines Register, Committee to Protect …, Associated Press, Law & Crime, Reason, The Hill, Forbes, Al Jazeera and The Wrap
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Newsrooms are increasingly packaging their long form journalism as podcasts, newsletters, or even documentaries as they pivot away from long articles online — From pop-up newsletters to podcasts and short courses to documentaries, newsrooms are getting creative about presenting long-form journalism in the Internet era.
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@katerinareports and bookforum.com
Robert Williams / Marketing Dive:
Reddit signs its first enterprise partnership with a media agency, Omnicom, whose advertiser clients will have greater access to the site's data and insights — Reddit signed its first-ever enterprise partnership agreement with a media agency, teaming with Omnicom Media Group (OMG) …
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Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Facebook is making in-stream ads available on one-minute videos and is testing ads that look like stickers in Stories — Ads integrated into content — Facebook introduced Stories to its platform four years ago, mostly as a way to encourage people to post content that wasn't highly produced or necessarily photogenic.
Discussion:
Engadget, About Facebook, TechCrunch and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »
Sarah Turnnidge / HuffPost UK:
ITV news anchor Charlene White quits as host of National Press Awards following the Society of Editors' widely ridiculed claim that the UK media is “not racist” — Exclusive: Loose Women panellist calls out media organisation for its assertion that the UK press is “not racist”.
Discussion:
New York Times, The Bristol Cable, BBC, @charlenewhite, Breitbart, Jon Slattery, @nbentleytweets, @claudiawebbe, @marshadecordova, @dionnegrant, @davidlammy, @stancollymore, @mehdirhasan, @afuahirsch, @mwolferobinson, @henrymance, @georgiebingham, @stephenkb, @andreabyrnetv, @jessbrammar, @pressgazette, HoldtheFrontPage, Press Gazette and The Guardian
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David Sharman / HoldtheFrontPage:
UK's Society of Editors issues a clarification after 200+ journalists of color criticize its denial of Prince Harry's claim that UK media is “bigoted”
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Press Gazette, New Yorker, Hollywood Reporter, @peterjukes, @peterjukes, @oz_f, @georgiebingham, @billt, @campbellclaret, @tobyperkinsmp, @hackneyabbott, @pressgazette, @archiebland, @meghamohan, @david_conn, @mwolferobinson, @davidallengreen, @monisha_rajesh, @miqdaad, @archiebland, @bizpears, @markpack, @jakubkrupa, @jeffjarvis, @archiebland, @vivian and The Guardian
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