Mediagazer: Bloomberg launches a suite of subscriber-only content, including a daily blog, aimed at the 76% of Odd Lots podcast listeners who are non-subscribers (Sarah Scire/Nieman Lab)

11:25 AM ET, May 12, 2021

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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:

Bloomberg launches a suite of subscriber-only content, including a daily blog, aimed at the 76% of Odd Lots podcast listeners who are non-subscribers — In February, roughly two and a half years after launching its paywall, Bloomberg Media met a major milestone: 300,000 paying subscribers.

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Peter White / Deadline:

IAB: podcast ad revenue in the US grew 19% in 2020 to hit $842M, up from $708M in 2019 and $479M in 2018, and is set to reach $2B by 2023 — The world of podcasting has grown exponentially over the last few years and it doesn't look like it's slowing down any time soon.

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Ko Bragg / Columbia Journalism Review:

Advocates at nonprofits that aid the poor say media too often seeks help finding people with specific profiles of suffering, rather than building relationships — In the summer of 2020, Tara Raghuveer found herself dealing with a barrage of inquiries from national media outlets.

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NYT announces Amanda Morris as its first reporting fellow focused on disability issues — Amanda will join the National desk as The Times's first reporting fellow focused on disability issues. The fellowship is in partnership with the National Center on Disability and Journalism …

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English Premier League will roll over £5B domestic TV contract with Sky, BT, and Amazon, after accepting UK demands to give extra funding to lower league teams — English top division has agreed to hand £100m to lower leagues as part of government deal to roll over TV contract

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Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg:

Former journalist in the UK says LinkedIn froze his account and removed his comments critical of China; LinkedIn has now restored his account and some comments — - Peter Humphrey says critical content was removed by platform — Move raises concerns over LinkedIn policies outside China

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Jessica Toonkel / The Information:

Sources: BuzzFeed is in talks to acquire Complex Networks after BuzzFeed goes public via a SPAC, 890 Fifth Avenue Partners, even as the SPAC market slows down — BuzzFeed is in talks to acquire digital lifestyle publisher Complex Networks as part of its plan to go public by merging …

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Emanuel Maiberg / VICE:

Twitter temporarily restricted the account of Palestinian-American writer reporting on Palestinian protests; the company said the move was an error — The impacted account belongs to Mariam Barghouti, who was on the ground reporting on protests against the expulsion of Palestinians from their homes in East Jerusalem.

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@theappealunion:

[Thread] The Appeal Union says The Appeal is formally recognizing the union and “pausing layoffs” — Yesterday, we announced our union and requested voluntary recognition from The Appeal's management. Minutes later, they tried to lay off almost a third of our unit. Today, management said they will recognize our union and pause layoffs. Here's our statement: https://twitter.com/...

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
The Appeal staff say the outlet announced retaliatory layoffs minutes after a staff email to management announcing a union drive

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