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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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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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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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Bloomberg:
Sources: BuzzFeed is in talks to go public through a merger with 890 5th Avenue, a SPAC; one source says proceeds could be used for future acquisitions — BuzzFeed Inc. is in talks to go public through a merger with 890 5th Avenue Partners Inc., a special purpose acquisition company, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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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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Fast Company, @nicdawes, @davidbauer, @suryamattu, @davidbauer and @justinhendrix, more at Techmeme »
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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Archie Bland / The Guardian:
Ian Murray, executive director of UK's Society of Editors, steps down following backlash over his claims that there is no racism in the UK press — Ian Murray steps down amid backlash over his article criticising duchess's claims of UK media bigotry — The executive director of the Society …
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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”
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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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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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Nieman Lab, @caseyriankelly, @jnelz and @mayerjoy
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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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.
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The Streamable
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
Geoffrey Fowler / Washington Post:
Amazon is the only major publisher that withholds its digital books from public libraries, preventing people from downloading over 10,000 e-books and audiobooks — Its monopoly is stopping public libraries from lending e-books and audiobooks from Mindy Kaling, Dean Koontz, Dr. Ruth Westheimer …
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Publishers Weekly, Insider, @stevekopack, @nancercize, @winningwriters, @fightfortheftr, @pranavdixit, @dangillmor, @joanegreve and The Verge
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 …
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